2014 SOUTHERN MISS STBALL GENERAL Name: University of Southern Mississippi Location: Hattiesburg, Miss. Founded: 1910 Enrollment: 16,506 Nickname: Golden Eagles Colors: Black and Golde Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Conference USA President: Dr. Rodney D. Bennett Director of Athletics: Bill McGillis Senior Woman Administrator: Sonya Varnell Faculty Athletic Rep: Dr. Dennis Phillips HISTORY First Season of Competition: 1983 Reinstated: 1999 All-Time Record: 582-681 (23 years) Facility: Southern Miss Softball Complex Capacity: 1,000 Surface: Natural Grass Dimensions: L: 200, C: 220, R: 200 Year Opened: 2002 All-Time Record: 136-115-2 Conference Titles: 4 Regular Season: 2 (2000, 2004) Tournament: 2 (2000, 2001) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 4 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2004) NCAA Regional Titles: 2 (1999, 2000) College World Series Apperances: 2 (1999, 2000) Last Postseason Appearance: 2004 COACHING STAFF Co-Head Coach: Jon Malgradi (Arizona State, 2005) Record at Southern Miss: 27-75 (2 years) Career Record: 27-75 (2 years) Co-Head Coach: Kirsten Voak (Arizona State, 2002) Record at Southern Miss: 27-75 (2 years) Career Record: 27-75 (2 years) Assistant Coach: Grady Moorhead (Arizona State, 2009) Graduate Assistant: Courtney Ramos (Southern Miss, 2012) TEAM ORMATION Overall Record: 14-41 Home / Away / Neutral: 8-12 / 5-21 / 1-8 Conference USA Record: 4-18 Home / Away / Neutral: 3-7 / 1-11 / 0-0 Non-Conference Record: 10-23 Home / Away / Neutral: 5-5 / 4-10 / 1-8 Conference USA Finish: 8th/9 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/6 Starters Returning/Lost (Position Players): 7/2 Starters Returning/Lost (Pitchers): 1/2 Newcomers: 11 MEDIA RELATIONS Assistant Director of Athletics / Media Relations: Jack Duggan Associate Director of Athletic Media Relations: Shirley Hill Associate Director of Athletic Media Relations: Tim Andrzejewski Assistant Director of Athletic Media Relations (Softball Contact): Chris Whitehead Office: (601) 266-4503 Cell: (404) 697-6363 E-mail: christopher.whitehead@usm.edu Twitter: @ChrisWhitehead5 Media Relations Office Manager: Ty Stewart ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Taylor Beck 2 Senior Danielle Block 3 UTIL Bragan Burns 29 -C Priscilla Burns 22 Katie Cleary 16 Mikayla Davis 1 -C Selena Estrada 6 Sarah Evans 19 Peyton Garner 27 Jenifer Gary 7 Rachel Johnson 9 Morgan McKeever 18 Paige Miller 20 -C Meaghen Nelson 10 Arielle Pollock 13 Samantha Robles 34 - Shelbee Rodgers 55 Junior Tori Rouse 31 Mackenzie Sher 12 Senior Michelle Stringer 8 Kaitlin Wilson 15 Emily Wood 21 1
2014 Southern Miss Schedule 2014 SOUTHERN MISS STBALL DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (CT) Fri., Feb. 7 at Arizona Tucson, Ariz. 7:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 8 at Arizona Tucson, Ariz. 3:00 p.m. Sun., Feb. 9 at Arizona Tucson, Ariz. 12:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 14 vs. North Dakota State 1 Tallahassee, Fla. 11:15 a.m. Fri., Feb. 14 at Florida State 1 Tallahassee, Fla. 3:35 p.m. Sat., Feb. 15 vs. Hofstra 1 Tallahassee, Fla. 9:00 a.m. Sat., Feb. 15 TBD 1 (based on seed) Tallahassee, Fla. TBA Sun., Feb. 16 TBD 1 (based on seed) Tallahassee, Fla. TBA Tues., Feb. 18 Ole Miss (DH) Hattiesburg, Miss. 3:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 21 Detroit Hattiesburg, Miss. 5:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 22 Detroit (DH) Hattiesburg, Miss. 12:00 p.m. Sun., Feb. 23 Detroit Hattiesburg, Miss. 10:00 a.m. Wed., Feb. 26 Baylor (DH) Hattiesburg, Miss. 5:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 28 vs. Texas Southern 2 Austin, Texas 1:00 p.m. Fri., Feb. 28 at Texas 2 Austin, Texas 6:30 p.m. Sat., Mar. 1 vs. Texas Southern 2 Austin, Texas 10:00 a.m. Sat., Mar. 1 vs. ULM 2 Austin, Texas 3:30 p.m. Sun., Mar. 2 vs. ULM 2 Austin, Texas 11:00 a.m. Sat., Mar. 8 at UTEP (DH) El Paso, Texas 1:00 p.m. Sun., Mar. 9 at UTEP El Paso, Texas 12:00 p.m. Wed., Mar. 12 Alcorn State (DH) Hattiesburg, Miss. 4:00 p.m. Thurs., Mar. 13 Alcorn State Hattiesburg, Miss. 1:00 p.m. Sat., Mar. 15 Middle Tennessee (DH) Hattiesburg, Miss. 1:00 p.m. Sun., Mar. 16 Middle Tennessee Hattiesburg, Miss. 1:00 p.m. Sat., Mar. 22 at Florida Atlantic (DH) Boca Raton, Fla. 5:00 p.m. Sun., Mar. 23 at Florida Atlantic Boca Raton, Fla. 12:00 p.m. Wed., Mar. 26 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (DH) Hattiesburg, Miss. 5:00 p.m. Sat., Mar. 29 UTSA (DH) Hattiesburg, Miss. 1:00 p.m. Sun., Mar. 30 UTSA Hattiesburg, Miss. 1:00 p.m. Tues., Apr. 1 at Troy (DH) Troy, Ala. 4:00 p.m. Sat., Apr. 5 at East Carolina (DH) Greenville, N.C. 12:00 p.m. Sun., Apr. 6 at East Carolina Greenville, N.C. 11:00 a.m. Sat., Apr. 12 UAB (DH) Hattiesburg, Miss. 1:00 p.m. Sun., Apr. 13 UAB Hattiesburg, Miss. 1:00 p.m. Fri., Apr. 18 at Louisiana Tech (DH) Ruston, La. 5:00 p.m. Sat., Apr. 19 at Louisiana Tech Ruston, La. 2:00 p.m. Wed., Apr. 23 Alabama Hattiesburg, Miss. 6:00 p.m. Fri., Apr. 25 at Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. 7:00 p.m. Sat., Apr. 26 at Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. 7:00 p.m. Sun., Apr. 27 at Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. 12:00 p.m. Sat., May 3 FIU (DH) Hattiesburg, Miss. 1:00 p.m. Sun., May 4 FIU Hattiesburg, Miss. 12:00 p.m. Thurs.-Sat., May 8-10 Conference USA Tournament Boca Raton, Fla. TBA Thurs.-Sun., May 15-18 NCAA Regionals Campus Sites TBA Thurs.-Sun., May 22-25 NCAA Super Regionals Campus Sites TBA Thurs.-Wed., May 29-June 4 NCAA College World Series Oklahoma City, Okla. TBA Tournament Key: 1 Renegade Classic Tournament (Tallahassee, Fla.) 2 Texas Invitational (Austin, Texas) 2 Home games listed in BOLD and played at Southern Miss Softball Complex (1,000) All times listed are CENTRAL and are subject to change Denotes Conference USA game
2014 SOUTHERN MISS STBALL 2014 Southern Miss Roster No. Name Pos. B-T Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 1 Mikayla Davis -C R-R 5-0 Fr. HS Orange Park, Fla. (Oakleaf HS) 2 Taylor Beck R-R 5-5 Sr. 1L Mesa, Ariz. (West Alabama) 3 Danielle Block UTIL R-R 5-8 Fr. HS Phoenix, Ariz. (Desert Vista HS) 6 Selena Estrada R-R 5-6 Fr. HS Panama City, Fla. (A. Crawford Mosely HS) 7 Jenifer Gary R-R 5-9 So. 1L Biloxi, Miss. (St. Patrick Catholic HS) 8 Michelle Stringer R-R 5-5 So. 1L Waveland, Miss. (Bay HS) 9 Rachel Johnson R-R 5-6 Fr. HS Southaven, Miss. (Lewisburg HS) 10 Meaghen Nelson R-R 5-5 So. 1L Cerritos, Calif. (Cactus Shadows HS) 12 Mackenzie Sher R-R 5-7 Sr. 3L Bellaire, Texas (Bellaire HS) 13 Arielle Pollock L-R 5-5 Fr. HS Windermere, Fla. (West Orange HS) 15 Kaitlin Wilson R-R 5-9 So. 1L Sierra Vista, Ariz. (Buena HS) 16 Katie Cleary L-L 5-10 So. 1L Temecula, Calif. (Temecula Valley HS) 18 Morgan McKeever L-R 5-3 So. 1L Tucson, Ariz. (Sahuaro HS) 19 Sarah Evans L-R 5-6 So. 1L Livingston, Texas (Livingston HS) 20 Paige Miller -C R-R 5-5 Fr. HS Carrierre, Miss. (Poplarville HS) 21 Emily Wood R-R 5-6 So. 1L Suwanee, Ga. (North Gwinnett HS) 22 Priscilla Burns R-R 5-3 Fr. HS River Ridge, La. (John Curtis Christian School) 27 Peyton Garner R-R 5-7 Fr. HS Gilbert, Ariz. (Campo Verde HS) 29 Bragan Burns -C R-R 5-3 Fr. HS Gardendale, Ala. (Gardendale HS) 31 Tori Rouse R-R 5-10 Fr. HS Centreville, Miss. (Centreville Academy) 34 Samantha Robles - R-R 5-11 Fr. HS Texas City, Texas (Texas City HS) 55 Shelbee Rodgers L-R 5-3 RJr. TR Central, La. (Louisiana-Lafayette) Coaching Staff Jon Malgradi (Arizona State, 2005), Co-Head Coach, Third Season Kirsten Voak (Arizona State, 2002), Co-Head Coach, Third Season Grady Moorhead (Arizona State, 2009), Assistant Coach, Third Season Courtney Ramos (Southern Miss, 2012), Graduate Assistant, Second Season Support Staff Ben Elliott (Troy, 2010), Certified Athletic Trainer, Fourth Season Chris Whitehead (Georgia Tech, 2002), Athletic Communications, First Season 3
2013 Statistics (Overall) 2014 SOUTHERN MISS STBALL Record: 14-41 Home: 8-12 Away: 5-21 Neutral: 1-8 Conference USA: 4-18 Batting Statistics Player Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB Slg% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E Fld% McKeever, Morgan.269 55-54 167 23 45 7 1 2 21 60.359 21 1 16 1.353 1 0 0-2 94 123 7.969 Evans, Sarah.241 54-54 145 11 35 9 1 0 13 46.317 28 6 30 1.383 1 4 3-4 435 13 15.968 Beck, Taylor.228 55-55 158 20 36 7 1 3 17 54.342 25 0 20 3.333 0 2 4-6 62 11 2.973 LaPointe, Danielle.226 49-49 133 12 30 5 1 1 8 40.301 10 5 18 0.304 0 2 6-7 81 50 11.923 Stringer, Michell.220 49-44 127 15 28 2 0 1 7 33.260 12 0 31 0.286 1 0 2-4 39 105 20.878 Sher, Mackenzie.219 55-55 155 19 34 7 0 9 30 68.439 23 1 48 1.322 1 1 2-3 136 24 4.976 Walker, Caroline.330 31-29 88 20 29 9 1 1 15 43.489 16 1 18 2.434 1 1 3-4 55 65 10.923 Edwards, Madison.200 30-28 65 7 13 1 0 0 0 14.215 5 0 21 1.257 0 1 0-2 32 2 5.872 Nelson, Meaghen.194 13-13 31 3 6 3 0 0 1 9.290 1 2 9 0.265 0 1 0-0 20 29 2.961 Cleary, Katie.176 46-41 125 5 22 2 1 0 9 26.208 8 3 31 4.243 0 0 0-1 44 1 3.938 Wagner, Kimberly.167 11-5 18 0 3 0 0 0 1 3.167 2 0 4 1.250 0 1 1-1 5 42 0 1.000 Franson, Kristen.099 39-34 71 7 7 0 0 0 3 7.099 13 1 32 0.247 0 2 0-0 15 0 1.938 Gary, Jenifer.080 39-32 88 7 7 0 0 4 8 19.216 2 2 28 1.120 0 1 0-0 36 6 2.955 Wilson, Kaitlin.000 19-7 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 2 0 10 0.133 0 1 2-3 16 26 3.933 Southern Miss.213 55-55 1384 154 295 52 6 21 133 422.305 168 22 316 15.307 5 17 23-37 1076 527 88.948 Opponents.293 55-55 1511 302 443 73 11 34 256 640.424 169 36 166 10.375 12 36 83-97 1134 436 47.971 LOB USM (310), Opp (389). DPs turned USM (12), Opp (26). CI USM (1), Sher, M. 1. IBB USM (3), Sher, M. 3. Picked off Beck, T. 1, Gary, J. 1, Edwards, M. 1. Pitching Statistics Player ERA W-L App GS CG Sho SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA Dietrich, Beth 3.55 4-15 28 19 13 1/0 3 126.1 153 84 64 45 47 24 1 6 525.291 2 9 1 5 19 Wagner, Kimberly 4.32 6-9 25 16 9 0/0 0 116.2 140 104 72 56 60 26 2 12 505.277 11 13 0 1 7 Wilson, Kaitlin 5.51 4-12 21 15 6 0/0 1 89.0 113 81 70 43 50 20 6 15 373.303 4 7 4 3 8 Wood, Emily 6.56 0-5 12 5 0 0/0 0 26.2 37 33 25 25 9 3 2 1 108.343 6 7 0 3 2 Southern Miss 4.47 14-41 55 55 28 1/0 4 358.2 443 302 229 169 166 73 11 34 1511.293 23 36 5 12 36 Opponents 2.30 41-14 55 55 32 13/4 3 378.0 295 154 124 168 316 52 6 21 1384.213 19 22 6 5 17 PB USM (6), Beck, T. 4, Sher, M. 2, Opp (13). Pickoffs USM (2), Beck, T. 2, Opp (3). SBA/ATT Sher, M. (53-66), Dietrich, B. (27-33), Beck, T. (30-31), Wagner, K. (29-31), Wilson, K. (20-22), Wood, E. (7-11). 4
2014 SOUTHERN MISS STBALL 2013 Statistics (Conference USA) Record: 4-18 Home: 3-7 Away: 1-11 Neutral: 0-0 Batting Statistics Player Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB Slg% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E Fld% Evans, Sarah.255 21-21 55 4 14 5 0 0 4 19.345 13 2 16 0.414 0 2 2-2 166 7 7.961 McKeever, Morgan.250 22-22 64 7 16 2 0 1 5 21.328 11 0 7 1.355 1 0 0-0 55 52 2.982 Stringer, Michell.237 22-22 59 7 14 1 0 1 3 18.305 6 0 15 0.308 0 0 1-2 15 53 9.883 Beck, Taylor.197 22-22 61 7 12 2 0 1 2 17.279 10 0 11 1.310 0 1 0-0 21 7 1.966 Cleary, Katie.196 20-18 56 3 11 0 1 0 5 13.232 1 2 17 2.237 0 0 0-0 18 1 2.905 Sher, Mackenzie.180 22-22 61 5 11 2 0 3 9 22.361 9 0 24 0.282 1 1 1-2 53 16 2.972 LaPointe, Danielle.164 22-22 61 6 10 1 0 1 4 14.230 7 4 8 0.292 0 0 3-4 45 36 6.931 Edwards, Madison.300 6-4 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 3.300 2 0 6 0.417 0 0 0-1 7 0 1.875 Walker, Caroline.211 8-6 19 3 4 0 0 0 1 4.211 2 1 4 1.318 0 0 1-1 13 17 0 1.000 Wagner, Kimberly.154 7-4 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 2.154 1 0 2 1.214 0 0 0-0 2 12 0 1.000 Gary, Jenifer.122 18-17 41 3 5 0 0 3 6 14.341 1 1 16 0.163 0 1 0-0 16 1 0 1.000 Franson, Kristen.086 19-19 35 2 3 0 0 0 0 3.086 6 0 17 0.220 0 0 0-0 7 0 1.875 Wilson, Kaitlin.000 8-2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 1 0 3 0.200 0 0 1-2 6 11 1.944 Southern Miss.195 22-22 539 49 105 13 1 10 40 150.278 70 10 146 6.298 2 5 9-14 427 230 32.954 Opponents.313 22-22 597 130 187 30 3 10 105 253.424 71 18 58 5.401 3 19 39-52 449 162 20.968 LOB USM (128), Opp (151). DPs turned USM (6), Opp (9). IBB USM (3), Sher, M. 3. Picked off Gary, J. 1, Beck, T. 1. Pitching Statistics Player ERA W-L App GS CG Sho SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA Dietrich, Beth 3.14 4-6 11 7 7 1/0 0 62.1 73 33 28 19 18 10 1 2 252.290 1 4 0 2 10 Wagner, Kimberly 5.25 0-5 9 6 4 0/0 0 42.2 62 47 32 24 23 13 1 2 190.326 6 5 0 0 3 Wilson, Kaitlin 8.51 0-6 7 6 1 0/0 0 26.1 41 37 32 15 12 7 1 6 115.357 2 5 1 1 5 Wood, Emily 6.36 0-1 6 3 0 0/0 0 11.0 11 13 10 13 5 0 0 0 40.275 6 4 0 0 1 Southern Miss 5.02 4-18 22 22 12 1/0 0 142.1 187 130 102 71 58 30 3 10 597.313 15 18 1 3 19 Opponents 1.78 18-4 22 22 16 7/1 2 149.2 105 49 38 70 146 13 1 10 539.195 5 10 3 2 5 PB USM (1), Sher, M. 1, Opp (7). Pickoffs USM (0), Opp (2). SBA/ATT Sher, M. (26-38), Wagner, K. (19-21), Dietrich, B. (11-16), Beck, T. (13-14), Wood, E. (5-9), Wilson, K. (4-6). 5