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Jersey Number 9
Henry Ford
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- INF/OF
- B/T:
- R/R
- Ht/Wt:
- 6-5 / 220
- Hometown:
- Charlottesville, Va.
- High School:
- Baylor School (TN)
- Previous Schools:
- Virginia
CAREER HIGHS
- Runs Scored: 4 (2x) // last at Louisville, 4/12/24 (with Virginia)
- Hits: 4 (3x) // last vs Duke, 3/23/25 (with Virginia)
- Doubles: 2 // vs. Wichita State, 2/23/24 (with Virginia)
- Triples: 1 (2x) // last vs Georgetown, 4/22/25 (with Virginia)
- Home Runs: 3 // vs. North Carolina, 4/4/24 (with Virginia)
- Total Bases: 12// vs. North Carolina, 4/4/24 (with Virginia)
- RBI: 6 // vs. North Carolina, 4/4/24 (with Virginia)
- Walks: 3 // at California, 3/16/25 (with Virginia)
- Stolen Bases: 1 (7x) // last vs VCU, 4/29/25 (with Virginia)
- At-Bats: 6 (4x) // last vs. Virginia Tech, 5/18/24 (with Virginia)
- Sac Bunts: N/A
- Sac Flies: 1 (5x) // last vs. Rice, 2/16/25 (with Virginia)
- Putouts: 14 // at California, 3/16/25 (with Virginia)
- Assists: 2 (7x) // last vs. Stanford, 3/27/25 (with Virginia)
CAREER HONORS
- 2025 All-ACC -- 2nd Team
- 2025 Perfect Game Preseason All-American -- 2nd Team
- 2024 D1Baseball Freshman All-American
- 2024 NCBWA Freshman All-American
- 2024 Perfect Game Freshman All-American
- 2024 ACC Honor Roll
2025 - Virginia
- One of four Cavaliers to start all 50 games (34 in right field and 16 at first base)
- Batted .362 with nine doubles, one triple, 11 home runs and 46 RBI
- Averaged 1.50 hits per game to rank second in the ACC
- Led the team in hits (75), home runs (11) and multi-hit games (25)
- Ranked second on the squad in batting average (.362), RBI (46) and total bases (124), as well as third on the team in slugging percentage (.575) and runs (42)
- Held the longest hitting streak (13 games) and on-base streak (23 games) of the season for the Cavaliers
- Drove in a season-high four runs in the season finale against Boston College (5/21) in the ACC Tournament
- Had multi-home run games at NC State (4/6) and against Miami (5/11)
- Hit a two-run walk-off home run against Pitt (4/12)
- Matched his career-high with four hits against Duke (3/23)
2024 - Virginia
- Appeared in 61 games and started all 61, primarily at first base
- Batted .336 with 13 doubles, one triple, 17 home runs and 69 RBI
- Set the Virginia freshman records for home runs (17) and RBI (69)
- Became the fourth Cavalier freshman to hit 10 or more home runs in a season since 2004
- Ford mashed three homers in one game, including a grand slam, game-tying shot and go-ahead blast in an 14-11 come-from-behind victory against No. 10 North Carolina (4/4). It marked the first three-homer game by a Cavalier since Dan Street in 2002 and only the fifth time in program history that a player hit three home runs in a single game.
- Hit a walk-off double in the bottom of the 10th to give UVA a 5-4 win over Wichita State in the opening game of Jax College Classic (2/23)
High School
- Ranked the No. 19 overall prospect in Virginia and No. 4 shortstop by Perfect Game
- Played his first two seasons of high school baseball at St. Anne’s-Belfield in Charlottesville before transferring to the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Named a 2023 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper First Team All-American
- Two-time All-State and All-Region selection and was named the D2 East Region Hitter of the Year
- As a senior, hit .439 with 30 runs, 36 RBI and 14 home runs
- As a junior, hit .422 and scored 30 runs, had 32 RBI and hit 13 homers
Personal
- Born in Charlottesville, Va.
- Majoring in Communication Studies
- Son of Ryan and Christy Ford
- Has two sisters, Tulip and Ruby
- Father, Ryan, was a pitcher at William & Mary
- Uncle, Kevin, played third base at Virginia from 1993-96
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