Norfolk State University Athletics

2023 (Redshirt Senior):
Played in 47 games, making 46 starts … Posted a .242 batting average … Recorded 40 hits, 21 RBIs, seven doubles, four home runs, three triples, and three stolen bases … Had multiple hits in 10 games … Posted a season high three hits at Coppin State (5/18) … Went 2-4 with four RBIs and three runs scored at VMI (3/18) … Also went 2-3 with a pair of RBIs at Delaware State (4/14) … Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll both semesters.
 
2022 (Redshirt Junior):
Played in started in all 45 games … Led the team with a .346 batting average … Also led the team in hits with 55 and home runs with four … Recorded 33 RBIs, 10 doubles, and one triple … Tallied two or more hits in a game 16 times … Posted four games in a row with two hits … Was 5-6 with three RBIs, one double and one run scored against Maryland Eastern Shore (4/24) … Went 3-4 with three RBIs, three runs scored, a home run and a double at Coppin State (4/10) … Was also 3-4 at Delaware State (4/15) with three RBIs, a double and a run scored … Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for the fall semester.

2021 (Redshirt Sophomore):
Played in 42 games and started 38 times in his first year with NSU … Hit .311, ranking among the MEAC’s top 15 hitters … Posted seven doubles, one triple, two home runs and 28 RBIs … Tallied two or more hits in a game on 11 occasions … Went 5-for-9 with three doubles in a doubleheader with Coppin State in late March … Was 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored in the first game of that series … Hit a solo homer in the first game of the road Florida A&M series … Had two RBIs and hit 2-for-3 with a double in the fourth game at FAMU … Hit a two-run homer at Delaware State on April 24 … Drove in a season-high three runs while going 2-for-5 at VMI … Posted back-to-back two RBI games against Delaware State in the season finale and in the MEAC Tournament opener with FAMU … Matched his career high with three hits (3-for-4) in the FAMU games … Also enjoyed a 2-for-3 day in the NCAA Regional game against East Carolina … Member of the NSU AD Honor Roll for the spring semester.

At Bryant & Stratton (Freshman/Redshirt):
Attended Bryant & Stratton College in Virginia Beach for two years … Council batted .336 with five home runs, 31 RBIs and 16 steals as a freshman in 2019 … Also doubled 11 times and scored 33 runs … Batted .333 with two homers, 16 RBIs and five stolen bases in 18 games before the 2020 season was shut down by COVID-19.

High School:
Four-year letterwinner … Earned second-team all-state honors his senior year and first-team accolades as a junior … Team Player of the Year as a senior.

Personal:
Raymond Jacob Council was born June 14, 2000 … Goes by Jacob … Son of Raymond and Tinika Council … Majoring in information technology.