Jenkins-Cowart Selected By Miami In Eighth Round Of 2024 MLB Draft
July 15, 2024 | Baseball
ARLINGTON, Texas – East Carolina junior outfielder Jacob Jenkins-Cowart was selected in the eighth round (244th overall) of the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft Monday by the Miami Marlins. He represents the 24th Pirate draft pick under head coach Cliff Godwin.
A two-time All-American Athletic Conference First Team selection (2023 and 2024) as well as a Freshman All-America designee (2022), Jenkins-Cowart was one of three ECU players to start all 63 games as the Pirates' every day right fielder. He set the East Carolina and AAC single-season RBI records, driving in 79 runs to slot 10th nationally. Jenkins-Cowart also ranked among the NCAA Division I leaders in hits (32nd/90) and sacrifice flies (45th/6). He finished the season with a .340 batting average, 61 runs scored, 19 doubles, 13 home runs, 148 total bases, 21 walks and seven stolen bases while pacing the league in doubles.
Leading the club in both multiple-hit (28) and multiple-RBI (20) efforts, Jenkins-Cowart put together a 13-game hitting streak from March 22 to April 10 during which he hit .333 (17-for-51) with 14 runs scored, two doubles, a home run and 10 RBI. He also registered a team second-best 27 two-out RBI while driving in at least three runs in 13 contests and notching a hit in 51 of 63 games played.
Jenkins-Cowart ranks in the top five all time for ECU rookies in single-season games played, at bats, runs scored, hits, batting average, RBI, home runs, total bases and stolen bases. As a rookie in 2022, he helped the Pirates win both the AAC regular season and tournament championships and the NCAA Greenville Regional before taking part in the NCAA Greenville Super Regional versus Texas.
East Carolina Draft Selections Under Cliff Godwin
2015 – Reid Love, Baltimore Orioles (10th Round/Pick 313)
2015 – Luke Lowery, Arizona Diamondbacks (14th Round/Pick 406)
2015 – David Lucroy, Milwaukee Brewers (20th Round/Pick 601)
2017 – Evan Kruczynski, St. Louis Cardinals (Ninth Round/Pick 274)
2018 – Dwanya Williams-Sutton, San Diego Padres (Fifth Round/Pick 141)
2018 – Chris Holba, St. Louis Cardinals (11th Round, Pick 333)
2018 – Connor Litton, Philadelphia Phillies (20th Round/Pick 587)
2019 – Jake Agnos, New York Yankees (Fourth Round/Pick 135)
2019 – Bryant Packard, Detroit Tigers (Fifth Round/Pick 142)
2019 – Spencer Brickhouse, Arizona Diamondbacks (Seventh Round/Pick 212)
2019 – Trey Benton, Cleveland Indians (15th Round/Pick 460)
2019 – Evan Voliva, New York Yankees (18th Round/Pick 555)
2019 – Turner Brown, Colorado Rockies (19th Round/Pick 579)
2019 – Jake Washer, Chicago Cubs (29th Round/Pick 882)
2020 – Alec Burleson, St. Louis Cardinals (Second Round 2crB/Pick 70)
2021 – Gavin Williams, Cleveland Indians (First Round/Pick 23)
2021 – Connor Norby, Baltimore Orioles (Second Round/Pick 41)
2021 – Thomas Francisco, St. Louis Cardinals (19th Round/Pick 571)
2022 – Carson Whisenhunt, San Francisco Giants (Second Round/Pick 66)
2022 – Zach Agnos, Colorado Rockies (10th Round/Pick 296)
2023 – Josh Grosz, New York Yankees (11th Round/Pick 342)
2023 – Tyler Bradt, St. Louis Cardinals (16th Round/Pick 485)
2024 – Trey Yesavage, Toronto Blue Jays (First Round/Pick 20)
2024 – Jacob Jenkins-Cowart, Miami Marlins (Eighth Round/Pick 244)
A two-time All-American Athletic Conference First Team selection (2023 and 2024) as well as a Freshman All-America designee (2022), Jenkins-Cowart was one of three ECU players to start all 63 games as the Pirates' every day right fielder. He set the East Carolina and AAC single-season RBI records, driving in 79 runs to slot 10th nationally. Jenkins-Cowart also ranked among the NCAA Division I leaders in hits (32nd/90) and sacrifice flies (45th/6). He finished the season with a .340 batting average, 61 runs scored, 19 doubles, 13 home runs, 148 total bases, 21 walks and seven stolen bases while pacing the league in doubles.
Leading the club in both multiple-hit (28) and multiple-RBI (20) efforts, Jenkins-Cowart put together a 13-game hitting streak from March 22 to April 10 during which he hit .333 (17-for-51) with 14 runs scored, two doubles, a home run and 10 RBI. He also registered a team second-best 27 two-out RBI while driving in at least three runs in 13 contests and notching a hit in 51 of 63 games played.
Jenkins-Cowart ranks in the top five all time for ECU rookies in single-season games played, at bats, runs scored, hits, batting average, RBI, home runs, total bases and stolen bases. As a rookie in 2022, he helped the Pirates win both the AAC regular season and tournament championships and the NCAA Greenville Regional before taking part in the NCAA Greenville Super Regional versus Texas.
East Carolina Draft Selections Under Cliff Godwin
2015 – Reid Love, Baltimore Orioles (10th Round/Pick 313)
2015 – Luke Lowery, Arizona Diamondbacks (14th Round/Pick 406)
2015 – David Lucroy, Milwaukee Brewers (20th Round/Pick 601)
2017 – Evan Kruczynski, St. Louis Cardinals (Ninth Round/Pick 274)
2018 – Dwanya Williams-Sutton, San Diego Padres (Fifth Round/Pick 141)
2018 – Chris Holba, St. Louis Cardinals (11th Round, Pick 333)
2018 – Connor Litton, Philadelphia Phillies (20th Round/Pick 587)
2019 – Jake Agnos, New York Yankees (Fourth Round/Pick 135)
2019 – Bryant Packard, Detroit Tigers (Fifth Round/Pick 142)
2019 – Spencer Brickhouse, Arizona Diamondbacks (Seventh Round/Pick 212)
2019 – Trey Benton, Cleveland Indians (15th Round/Pick 460)
2019 – Evan Voliva, New York Yankees (18th Round/Pick 555)
2019 – Turner Brown, Colorado Rockies (19th Round/Pick 579)
2019 – Jake Washer, Chicago Cubs (29th Round/Pick 882)
2020 – Alec Burleson, St. Louis Cardinals (Second Round 2crB/Pick 70)
2021 – Gavin Williams, Cleveland Indians (First Round/Pick 23)
2021 – Connor Norby, Baltimore Orioles (Second Round/Pick 41)
2021 – Thomas Francisco, St. Louis Cardinals (19th Round/Pick 571)
2022 – Carson Whisenhunt, San Francisco Giants (Second Round/Pick 66)
2022 – Zach Agnos, Colorado Rockies (10th Round/Pick 296)
2023 – Josh Grosz, New York Yankees (11th Round/Pick 342)
2023 – Tyler Bradt, St. Louis Cardinals (16th Round/Pick 485)
2024 – Trey Yesavage, Toronto Blue Jays (First Round/Pick 20)
2024 – Jacob Jenkins-Cowart, Miami Marlins (Eighth Round/Pick 244)
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