Career Highlights
- Norfolk State's all-time career home run leader (56)
- NSU’s all-time single-season home run leader (18, 2026)
- Norfolk State’s all-time leader in walks drawn (104)
- Fourth all-time in career hits at NSU
- HBCU National Player of the Year - Black College Nines (2024)
- All-NEC First Team (2025)
- All-NEC Second Team (2024, 2026)
2026 (Senior):
Played in 50 games with 50 starts … Batted .332 with 61 hits, 60 RBIs, 51 runs scored, 18 home runs, and 13 doubles … Posted a .696 slugging percentage and a .438 on-base percentage … Earned All-NEC Second Team honors … Broke Norfolk State’s 37-year single-season home run record with his 18th homer on May 16 … Ranked second in the NEC in home runs, fourth in RBIs, fourth in slugging percentage, and fifth in OPS … Named NEC Player of the Week on Feb. 24 … Went 3-for-3 with six RBIs, four runs scored, and two home runs against Virginia State (Apr. 21) … Finished 3-for-4 with five RBIs, four runs scored, and two home runs against Delaware State (Mar. 20) … Recorded a 3-for-4 outing with five RBIs, two home runs, and a double against FDU (May 8) … Went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and two runs scored against Coppin State (Apr. 3) ... Earned the Early Season Impact Award at the Spartan Choice Awards.
2025 (Junior):
Earned All-NEC First Team honors … Selected to the NSU AD Honor Roll for both semesters … Started all 42 games … Broke Norfolk State’s 36-year-old career home run record with his 36
th homer on Apr. 25 … Led Spartans with .331 batting average, 15 home runs, 45 RBIs, .645 slugging percentage, and .529 on base percentage … Ranked second in the conference in home runs and fourth in slugging percentage … Recorded 55 hits, 34 runs, and 25 walks as well … Logged a home run in four consecutive games from Feb. 28 to Mar. 2, then again in four consecutive games from Apr. 18 to Apr. 25 … Hit a home run in all three games of Stonehill series … Recorded four RBIs on two hits and a home run against Le Moyne (3/30) … Produced four RBIs in win over Merychurst (5/3) hitting a two-run homer in the fifth inning.
2024 (Sophomore):
Named HBCU Player of the Year by Black College Nines … Selected to the HBCU Swingman Classic … Earned All-NEC Second Team honors … Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for both semesters … Started all 51 games … Fourth on the team in batting average (.304) … Brought in 35 runs on 59 hits … Placed third on the team in doubles (10) and led the team in triples (three) … Led the team in homeruns (15), setting the school’s Division I record, and RBIs (47) … Also drew 27 walks … Recorded three hits on five at bats along with three runs scored at Richmond (4/23) … Went 4-of-4 at Longwood (3/26) bringing in four runs … Hit a pair of home runs at UMES ... Earned a spot on the NEC Honor Roll.
2023 (Freshman):
Played and started in fifty games … Tallied 45 hits, nine HR’s, 27 runs scored, and 29 RBIs on the year while batting .253 … Also produced an on base percentage of .345 … Went 3-4 with one home run and three RBIs in a win against Sacred Heart … Also went 3-3 with a pair of RBIs against Niagara (2/24) … Tallied a season high four RBIs at Fairleigh Dickinson (4/23) … Stole a season high two bases against Stonehill (4/2) … Also recorded a career high five putouts against Wagner … Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for the spring semester.
Personal:
Justin Eneko Journette was born on June 21, 2004 ... Majoring in business management.
