High Point University Athletics

Awards & Accolades
-Second Team All-Conference (2025)

2025: Started in all 51 games played in... slashed a career-high .346/.456/.601 with 10 home runs, 14 doubles, two triples, and drove in 54 runs... boasted a career-high six rbi vs Gardner-Webb (5/10)... registered 20 multi-hit games, and 13 multi-rbi games... held a 19 game on-base streak... went 9-for-14 stealing bases... played to a .949 fielding percentage spending most of his time at second base.

2024: Did not compete

2023: Appeared in 22 games, staring six for the Panthers ... capped the year off with a .103 batting average ... recorded 14 putouts in the infield turning 10 double plays. 

2022: Appeared in 48 games, starting 45 at second base and third base ... hit .256 with three home runs and 22 RBI ... slugged .404 and stole nine bases ... had a season-long nine game hitting streak which lasted for April 9 to April 22, hitting .363 over that span ... hit safely in the final eight games of the season.

2021: Appeared in 26 games and made 16 starts … hit .211 on the season with 12 hits and one home run … notched five RBI and drew two walks … recorded a .908 fielding percentage, making 29 putouts and 40 assists … credited with nine double plays … tallied a season-high four assists at Elon (4/6) and at Longwood (5/11) … recorded four putouts against UNCG twice (2/28 and 4/27).

Prior to HPU: Named to the Union County All-County team at second base as a junior at Cuthbertson High School.

Personal: Jackson Riley Melton was born May 25, 2002 … Son of Robert and Marcella Melton … has brothers Jonathan and Davis … Majoring in Sport Communication.