Played in 44 games, starting 42 as a true freshman...Drew 33 starts in the outfield, six at designated player and three behind the plate...Spent most of the season in the top portion of the lineup, hitting third 26 times...Ranked second on the squad in numerous categories, with a .291 batting average, 19 runs scored, 37 hits, six doubles, two homers and 16 runs batted in...Tied for the team lead in walks with 14 while ranking third in on-base percentage (.397) and slugging percentage (.386)...Hit a team-best .356 (16-for-45) with runners in scoring position while compiling a .429 mark with runners on third and less than two outs...Stood third on the squad during SEC play with a .264 batting average and five RBI while ranking second with her nine runs, .306 slugging percentage and .329 on-base percentage...Started the season reaching base safely in 20 consecutive games...Had four multi-RBI and seven multi-hit games, including the only four-hit contest for the Gamecocks against Gardner-Webb in the Carolina Classic (3/2)...Also tied for the second-longest hitting streak in 2008 with an eight-game stretch from the start of the Kentucky series through the first game against Mississippi State (3/29-4/12)...Went 2-for-3 in her second game at the Florida Atlantic Kick-Off Classic against the host Owls...Also drove in and scored her first runs during the tournament...Went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI in the home opener against Western Carolina (2/13)...The first home run of her career against Cal State Northridge proved to be the difference-maker, as her three-run blast provided the margin in the 3-2 victory (2/17)...After missing Saturday's action in the Carolina Classic, came back to go 4-for-4 with a double and a run scored...Named SEC Freshman of the Week on March 10 after going 4-for-12 with two doubles, five runs scored and an RBI in the series win over Arkansas...Scored three of those runs in the first game of the series (3/8)...Went 5-for-11 with a double, three runs and an RBI in the sweep at Kentucky (3/29-30)...Also stole a base against the Wildcats, the only successful steal for Carolina in SEC play...Hit another three-run homer and went 3-for-4 in the win at Winthrop (4/2)...Scored two runs while driving in another in the win at Coastal Carolina (4/9)...Drove in the Gamecocks' lone run at Mississippi (4/27)...Added two RBI in the first game against LSU (5/3)...Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team.
High School
Personal |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
