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Jace LaViolette officially claims Texas A&M’s all-time HR record
By Paul Harvey
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Jace LaViolette will officially go down as one of the best all-around sluggers in the history of Texas A&M baseball. The junior outfielder arrived with a bang in 2023 and has not slowed down yet.
As a true freshman, LaViolette started 64 games and blasted 21 home runs with a .632 slugging percentage and 18 stolen bases. He followed that up by hitting 29 home runs, the 2nd-most ever in a single season for the Aggies, to go with a .726 slugging and .449 on-base percentage.
LaViolette has been on a similar tear to open his junior campaign, and he officially cemented his position atop A&M’s all-time home run record books on Saturday. In the bottom of the 1st inning vs. Kentucky, LaViolette blasted a 2-out solo home run to tie things up at 1 run apiece.
That blast gives Jace LaViolette his 7th of the season in his 26th game of the year. It is career home run No. 57 for LaViolette, breaking a first-place tie with Daylan Holt. Holt previously set the mark with 56 career home runs and still holds the single-season record for the Aggies with 34 during the 1999 campaign.
It has been a disappointing year for the Aggies with a 13-12 overall mark entering Saturday and a 1-6 mark in the SEC thus far. We’ll see how LaViolette and the Aggies can turn things around in the race to the College World Series in Omaha.
Paul Harvey lives in Atlanta and covers SEC football.
