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Jersey Number 23
JT Popick
- Position:
- IF
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- East Canton, Ohio
- Previous School:
- USC Sumter
- High School:
- Louisville HS
- Pronunciation:
- R/R
2026: Played and started in 52 games in his second season at UT Martin… posted career-highs in average (.298) runs scored (36), hits (59), doubles (14), home runs (two) and RBI’s (34)… Third on the team in multi-hit games (21) and boasted nine multi-RBI performances… Produced a season-best 14-game on base streak and a five-game hitting streak from March 7-March 14… Tallied a season-high three hits at No. 15 Ole Miss and drove in a season-best three runs on four occasions… Hit .298 in conference play with six doubles and 13 RBI’s… Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the fall and spring semester.
2025: Made 37 starts in 45 games played in his first season at UT Martin… Finished the year with 36 hits, 23 runs scored, five doubles, one home run, 23 RBIs and five stolen bases… Drew 14 walks and reached base safely at a clip of .323… Totaled nine multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI outings… had a season-long eight-game hitting streak and reached base safely in 14 consecutive games... Made 30 starts at second base and six at shortstop… heated up in conference play with a .338 average (second on the team), 27 hits, 15 runs scored, three doubles, one home run and 17 RBIs… Slugged .413 against league foes and notched an on-base percentage of .386… Had a career-high four hits at Tennessee Tech (April 27) to pair with two RBIs and two runs scored… Clocked in a career-best three RBIs at Little Rock (May 11)… Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the fall semester.
PRIOR TO UTM: transferred from USC Sumter where he batted .308 with two home runs, 30 RBI, 53 runs scored, 32 stolen bases, and 17 multi-hit games… was at Akron in 2023, did not see playing time… prepped at Louisville HS in Ohio.
PERSONAL: Born on Sept. 15, 2003... son of Gina Popick... has one sibling, Payton... majoring in business.
2025: Made 37 starts in 45 games played in his first season at UT Martin… Finished the year with 36 hits, 23 runs scored, five doubles, one home run, 23 RBIs and five stolen bases… Drew 14 walks and reached base safely at a clip of .323… Totaled nine multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI outings… had a season-long eight-game hitting streak and reached base safely in 14 consecutive games... Made 30 starts at second base and six at shortstop… heated up in conference play with a .338 average (second on the team), 27 hits, 15 runs scored, three doubles, one home run and 17 RBIs… Slugged .413 against league foes and notched an on-base percentage of .386… Had a career-high four hits at Tennessee Tech (April 27) to pair with two RBIs and two runs scored… Clocked in a career-best three RBIs at Little Rock (May 11)… Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the fall semester.
PRIOR TO UTM: transferred from USC Sumter where he batted .308 with two home runs, 30 RBI, 53 runs scored, 32 stolen bases, and 17 multi-hit games… was at Akron in 2023, did not see playing time… prepped at Louisville HS in Ohio.
PERSONAL: Born on Sept. 15, 2003... son of Gina Popick... has one sibling, Payton... majoring in business.
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