{"id":295781,"date":"2026-06-04T13:13:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/295781\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T13:13:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:13:25","slug":"florida-state-softball-all-american-enters-transfer-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/295781\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida State Softball All-American Enters Transfer Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5b\">All-American junior Jaysoni Beachum announced via social media on Tuesday afternoon that she is moving on from Florida State and will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/softball\/transfer-portal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">enter the transfer portal<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5e\">&#8220;Thank you to FSU and Team 41, 42, &amp; 43 for the opportunity. This was definitely not an easy decision, but it\u2019s time to move on,&#8221; she wrote on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you to FSU and Team 41, 42, &amp; 43 for the opportunity. This was definitely not an easy decision, but it\u2019s time to move on. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/transferportal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#transferportal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mMRqc3vFcH\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/mMRqc3vFcH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JAYSONI BEACHUM (@BeachumJaysoni) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BeachumJaysoni\/status\/2061908263579353126?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5k\">The third baseman and slugger made an immediate impact in Tallahassee as a freshman in 2024. She finished the season leading the team in batting average (.417), hits (78), home runs (16), RBIs (66), and on-base percentage (.509). She even broke the school&#8217;s freshman RBI record with 66 and posted the third-highest batting average in school history, becoming the first Seminole and the first ACC athlete to win the NFCA Division I Freshman of the Year award.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5n\">The numbers didn\u2019t look quite the same in her sophomore year as she finished 2025 with a .304 batting average with 11 home runs and 45 RBIs, but she jumped back right into All-American self this season. Beachum ended 2026 with a .406 batting average, 10 homers, and 69 RBIs, which was the fourth-most in school history, while her batting average was the 10th-highest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5q\">She earned NFCA Second-Team All-American honors at the conclusion of the 2026 regular season after drawing 54 walks with a .549 on-base percentage, which was the third-highest on-base percentage in school history. Beachum was on an active streak of reaching base in 50-consecutive games, which was tied for Maddie O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s school record.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beachum\u2019s Resume\u00a02026 NFCA First Team All-Region2026 First Team All-ACC2026 ACC Championship All-Tournament Team2024 TUCCI\/NFCA Division I Freshman of the Year2024 NFCA Second Team All-American2024 ACC Freshman of the Year2024 First Team All-ACC2024 USA Softball National Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5z\">Beachum ended her Seminole career at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional. Beachum hit .429 with two home runs and eight RBI, including her first career grand slam against Stetson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JAYSONI BEACHUM GRAND SLAAAMMMMM\u203c\ufe0f\u203c\ufe0f\u203c\ufe0f\u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>6-0 NOLES\ud83c\udf62\ud83c\udf62\ud83c\udf62<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfaESPN<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Team43?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#Team43<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MLElrIe6pW\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/MLElrIe6pW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Florida State Softball \ud83e\udd4e (@FSU_Softball) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FSU_Softball\/status\/2055763655040340023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">May 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"65\">Beachum now joins teammates pitcher Mimi Gooden and outfielder Addie DeLong in the transfer portal. These players have split from Lonni Alameda\u2019s squad after the team had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/softball\/college\/tallahassee-regional-schedule-updates-2026-fsu-ucf-jax-state-stetson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">disappointing run in the NCAA Regionals, losing to Stetson and UCF at home.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">As a native of Tallahassee, Florida State was the perfect home for Beachum. She lettered in softball for seven years, starting in sixth grade, and ranked as the No.14 player in the Extra Innings Extra Elite 100 list.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6b\">The transfer portal officially opens for undergraduate players on June 8.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All-American junior Jaysoni Beachum announced via social media on Tuesday afternoon that she is moving on from Florida&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-295781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}