University of South Carolina Aiken Athletics

2024: Appeared in nine games before missing the rest of the year due to an injury … Had a pair of strikeouts in one inning on the mound … Rattled off eight hits, including three doubles … Drove in four and scored three times … Had an RBI double against UNC Pembroke … Tallied a hit and struck out two against the Braves … Posted a single and scored at No. 11 West Florida … Garnered two hits, including a double, while posting an RBI against the Argonauts … Totaled two hits against American International … Recorded a double, drove in one and scored in the win over AIC … Registered one RBI in the win over American International.

2023: Started all 54 games … Posted 52 hits, 12 doubles (second on the team) and drove in 42 runs (tied team lead) … Scored 27 times … Was 11-for-12 in stolen base attempts … Was named Freshman of the Week on February 21 … Pitched in 15 games … Went 2-0 with three saves … Struck out 18 batters on the year … Drove in a run and scored in the season-opening win over Carson-Newman … Homered to left field in the game two win over Carson-Newman … Doubled, scored a run and earned the save while pitching one inning of work giving up no hits and walking one in the series finale win against Carson-Newman … Doubled and scored at Newberry … Smacked a solo home run, singled and scored twice in the win over the Wolves … Crushed a two-run home run and drove in three in the win over Francis Marion … Singled and scored a run in the win at North Georgia … Doubled and collected two RBI in the win over North Georgia; also pitched one inning allowing one hit and walked one against five batters faced … Singled and scored a run in the final game of the three-game sweep of North Georgia … Went two-for-four with a double and one RBI in game one against Embry-Riddle … Collected a walk in game two against Embry-Riddle … Collected a walk in game three of series against Embry-Riddle and pitched one inning giving up two hits with one run and a strikeout … Doubled in loss to Southern Wesleyan … Went two-for-five with two RBI and a stolen base in game one against the Sand Sharks … Collected an RBI and walk in game two against USC Beaufort … Went three-for-five with a double, two runs, and three RBI in the win in final game of series versus the Sand Sharks … Scored a run and stole a base in the win over Francis Marion … Doubled, scored a run and collected an RBI in the win over the Coker Cobras … Went two-for-four with two doubles and five RBI in game one win against Flagler … Singled, scored  a run and stole base in the shutout win against Flagler … Hit for a single and collected an RBI in series final against Flagler also pitched 1.2 innings allowing one hit and striking out one … Singled and pitched one frame giving up three runs on two hits in the top-25 contest to Newberry … Singled and collected an RBI in the game two win over the Cougars … Scored a run and stole a base in series-finale win against the Cougars … Singled and collected an RBI in game one against Young Harris … Went three-for-five with a double and two runs scored in game two against the Mountain Lions … Earned his first win of the season against Young Harris in the game three win while pitching one inning and striking out three … Worked two innings in the non-conference game to Augusta at SRP Park allowing no runs or hits and striking out three … Scored a run in the game one run-rule shortened win over Claflin … Collected an RBI and pitched a frame giving up two hits and no runs in game three sweep of Claflin … Homered, collected two RBI and a stolen base in the game one doubleheader win against Augusta … Singled, scored a run and stole a base in the game two doubleheader win against Augusta … Singled in the series finale to Augusta and pitched one inning allowing one walk … Scored a run in at Belmont Abbey … Singled twice and collected an RBI against the Crusaders … Scored a run in game one to Georgia Southwestern … Pitched an inning of relief in game one to Georgia Southwestern striking out two … Hit a double in game two against Georgia Southwestern … Hit two singles, scored a run, collected an RBI and pitched a third of an inning earning his second save of the season in the win over Southern Wesleyan … Hit two-for-five with a run scored, three RBI and a stolen base in game one win over GCSU … Hit a single and stole a base in game against GCSU … Singled, scored a run, collected an RBI and pitched a frame allowing one hit while striking out one while getting his third save of the season in the win over Erskine … Went three-for-four with a run scored and collected an RBI in game one against Lander … Singled in game against Lander … Singled twice, collected three RBI and earned his second win of the year pitching two innings allowing one run on three hits and striking out two in series finale win against Lander … Doubled, scored a run, collected an RBI and hurled a frame of relief striking out three in the round one win over Lander in PBC Tournament … Singled and collected an RBI in the PBC Tournament win over Young Harris … Hit a single and collected an RBI in bracket semifinal loss to Mountain Lions … Singled in bracket finals against YHC.

High School: Attended North Oconee H.S. … Four-year letterwinner … Two-sport standout … Earned all-region honors twice in basketball and once in baseball ... Four-year member of the honor roll. 

Personal: Justin Thomas Byrd was born March 27 in Conyers, Ga. … Son of Tommy and Jill Byrd … Has a sister, Shelby … Majoring in cybersecurity.