Nicholls State University

2017 (Senior): Appeared in 47 games, making 36 starts (23 DH, 8 1B, 5 2B) … The team’s highest batting average overall (.326) and in league play (.333) … Totaled 47 hits, including eight doubles, a triple and a homer … Scored 22 runs and drove in 21 … Walked 16 times … Went 5-6 in stolen base attempts … Committed just one error in 90 chances for a .989 fielding percentage … A team-high 16 multiple-hit games … Four multiple-RBI performances.

At Lawson State: Named to the Gold Flove Team in 2015... Earned a spot on the Dean's List in Math... Member of the S.T.E.M. program, tutoring students in math.
 
At John Carroll Catholic: Named to the Over the Mountain Team in 2011.
 
Personal: Full name is Juan Valdez Givan, born July 28... Is the son of Juan and Bernice Given, and has one sibling, Shardae... Cousin Jameis Winston plays quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers... Majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies, Juan hopes to become a Major League Baseball player.