2025: Started 54 of 55 games in the outfield … Tallied 45 hits, including eight doubles, three triples, and seven home runs … Drove in 31 runs and scored 39 times … Walked 27 times and stole 12 bases in 14 attempts … Finished with a .233 batting average, a .415 slugging percentage, and a .333 on-base percentage … Achieved a .992 fielding percentage with 121 putouts and two assists … Notched nine two-out RBIs … Recorded a hit in 41 games … Registered hits in 20 of 55 leadoff opportunities … Reached safely in 41 games … Contributed to four double plays in the field.
2024: Played in 51 games and made 48 starts in centerfield…batted .262 with 15 doubles, one triple, eight homers, 36 RBI and 38 runs scored…ranked second on the team with 24 extra-base hits and slugged .486…drew 28 walks and posted a .367 OBP…went 8-for-14 in stolen base attempts…recorded 11 multi-hit games, including three games with three hits…tallied 10 multi-RBI games, including a pair of three-RBI games…hit a walk-off homer vs. North Carolina A&T (3/8)…had four games with a pair of doubles…longest hitting streak (11 games) and longest reached base streak (14).
2023: Played in 47 games and made 35 starts…batted .189 with four doubles, five homers and 20 RBI…scored 20 runs…slugged .333…went 4-for-5 in stolen base attempts…recorded five multi-hit games and four multi-RBI efforts…first homer of the season was a game-tying three-run blast in the ninth inning at No. 7 Florida as USF overcame a five-run deficit in the frame to defeat the Gators, 10-9…homered in back-to-back games at Florida (2/22) and at FAU (2/24)…tallied a season-best three hits vs. Stetson (5/16)…recorded two outfield assists.
2022: Played in 49 games and made 41 starts as a true freshman…batted .265 with eight doubles, one triple, nine homers and 31 RBI…tied for second on the team with 34 runs scored…ranked third on the team in home runs and RBI, and fourth in walks (25)…slugged .503 and had a .366 OBP (.869 OPS)…first collegiate home run turned into his first career two-homer game vs. Bradley (3/11)…logged season highs in hits and RBI in that game, going 4-for-5 with four RBI…homered in back-to-back games vs. Stetson (5/17) & Wichita State (5/19)…earned the No. 1 spot on SportCenter’s Top 10 Plays after a leaping catch sent him over the right field fence to rob a home run at UCF (4/1)…recorded eight multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI efforts…put together a six-game hitting streak and 15-game streak of reaching base safely…went 4-for-7 in stolen base attempts…recorded one outfield assist…named the AAC Player of the Week on March 14th...named to the All-Star Team of the Sunbelt Baseball League (summer).
HIGH SCHOOL: 2021 Babe Ruth Award recipient at Bolles High School in Jacksonville…named to the academic honor roll all four years.
PERSONAL: Born October 25 in Birmingham, Alabama…full name is Mark Jackson Mayo…son of Ronnie and Mark…father played cornerback at Appalachian State…has one sister, Mackenzie…played travel ball for 5 Star National where he received multiple awards: 2020 Minority Baseball Prospects All-American, 2021 Perfect Game Preseason All-American, 2020 Perfect Game Preseason All-American, 2019 Jr. National Showcase Top Prospect, 2020 National Showcase Top Prospect, 2017 Prospect Wire NextGen All- American…also received offers from EKU, Missouri and Texas A&M…majoring in business.
