University of South Alabama Athletics

SOUTH ALABAMA
2024 (Senior):  Appeared in 55 games with 54 starts … Batted .251 for three home runs and two doubles on 46 hits for 25 RBIs and 28 runs … Walked 20 times and stole six bases … Tallied nine multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games … Turned 20 double plays … Struck two-RBI single in extras to tie the game against Nicholls State (2/28) … Hit a game-tying double that scored two runners against Alabama … Hit a go-ahead two-run home run against UAB.

2023 (Junior): Played in 53 games with 52 starts in his first season as a Jaguar … Totaled 43 runs and 28 RBIs on 58 hits and a .279 batting average … Recorded four hits, three runs, and two walks at Nicholls State, also hitting in the winning run (3/29).

Junior College:  Helped Pearl River CC capture the 2022 NJCAA national championship, along with a Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC) and Region 23 title ... Batted .291 with two doubles, three home runs, 24 RBIs, 40 runs scored and 11 stolen bases in 34 games played in 2022 ... Hit .271 with nine doubles, two triples, six home runs, 27 RBIs, 33 runs scored and 15 stolen bases in 41 games played as a freshman in 2021.

High School:  Lettered at Faith Academy in Mobile, Ala. ... Hit .331 during prep career with nine home runs, 25 doubles, six triples and 71 RBIs with a .449 on-base percentage and .525 slugging percentage ... Also stole 38 bases ... Named ASWA Class 6A Second Team All-State in 2019 and Program 15 All-Prospect Top 10 ... Helped lead Faith to 5A State Championship in 2018 and was the runner-up in ‘17 ... Also played football ... Helped lead Faith to an undefeated campaign and 5A Regional Championship in ‘19 ... During career on the gridiron, recorded 1,210 receiving yards, 154 rushing yards, 327 return yards and scored 17 touchdowns with three interceptions on the defensive side of the ball.

Personal:  Full name is John Griffin Bell ... Born May 23, 2001, in Mobile, Ala. ... The third of four children to John and Dawn Bell ... Has two older brothers, Braxton and Jackson, and one younger brother, Peyton ... Brother, Braxton, played two years of baseball at Coastal Alabama-South CC ... Brother, Peyton, currently plays baseball at Jones (Miss.) JC ... Brother, Jackson, played one year of baseball at Spring Hill (Ala.) College ... Majoring in exercise science.