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MISSISSIPPI STATE SOFTBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS MEDIA/PROGRAM INFORMATION 2 HISTORY 45 2016 Quick Facts ____________________2 All-Time Series Records Versus Opponents This is Mississippi State Softball ________3 ___________________________ 45-47 Covering the Bulldogs ________________4 All-Time Scores by Opponent ______ 48-57 2016 Schedule ______________________5 Year-by-Year Results _____________ 58-65 2016 Roster _________________________6 All-Time Games Against Ranked Opponents 2016 TV/Radio Lineup ________ Back cover ___________________________ 66-67 All-Time Extra-Inning Games __________68 All-Time Run-Rule Games _________ 68-69 2015 SEASON IN REVIEW 7 All-Time Jersey Numbers _____________70 Nusz Park _________________________71 2015 Season in Review: Notebook ____ 7-8 Annual Statistical Leaders _________ 72-74 MSU by the Numbers _________________8 Team Year-by-Year Records and Statistics 2015 Game-by-Game Results __________9 ______________________________75 2015 Individual Statistics _____________10 All-Time Grand Slams ________________76 2015 Game-By-Game Starters ______ 11-12 Longest Hitting Streaks ______________76 2015 SEC Results ___________________13 Longest Winning Streaks _____________76 The Last Time ___________________ 77-78 COACHES & STAFF 14 RECORDS 79 Head Coach Vann Stuedeman ______ 14-16 The Stuedeman File _______________15 Team Records: Season ___________ 79-80 Stuedeman’s Career Capsule ________16 Team Records: Game ________________81 MSU Under Stuedeman ____________17 Individual Career Records _________ 82-84 Assistant Coach Samantha Ricketts__ 18-19 Individual Season Records _________ 85-87 Assistant Coach Tyler Bratton _________20 Individual Game Records _____________88 Career No-Hitters/Perfect Games ______89 Class Records ___________________ 90-91 2016 BULLDOGS 21 Kat Moore _______________________21 HONORS 92 Katie Anne Bailey _________________22 All-Americans ___________________ 92-94 Cassady Knudsen _________________23 National Honors ____________________95 Reggie Harrison __________________24 Conference & Regional Honors ________96 Alexis Silkwood________________ 25-26 Team & Tournament Honors _______ 97-98 Kayla Winkfield ________________ 27-28 Academic Awards & Honors ______ 99-100 Loryn Nichols _________________ 29-30 All-Time Letterwinners ______________101 Emily Heimberger_________________31 Olivia Golden ____________________32 Mackenzie Toler _______________ 33-34 POSTSEASON PLAY 102 Holly Ward ______________________35 Caroline Seitz _________________ 36-37 NCAA Regional ________________ 102-103 Cori Cooper ______________________37 SEC Tournament ___________________104 Morgan Bell _____________________38 Sarai Niu ________________________39 Taylor Kelly ______________________39 Calyn Adams _____________________40 Amanda Ivy ______________________41 Carmen Carter ___________________42 Regan Green _____________________43 Sabrina Turner ___________________44 2016 MISSISSIPPI STATE SOFTBALL • FACT BOOK 1 MISSISSIPPI STATE SOFTBALL QUICK FACTS MISSISSIPPI STATE QUICK FACTS SOFTBALL HISTORY Location _________________________________________ Starkville, Miss. Program Years ______________________________ 1982-86; 1997-Present Founded ___________________________________________Feb. 28, 1878 All-Time Overall Record ______________________________ 729-580 (.557) Enrollment ______________________________________________ 20,138 All-Time Southeastern Conference Record _______________ 233-295 (.441) Conference ___________________________________ Southeastern (West) NCAA Tournament Appearances _______________________________ 12 Nickname ______________________________________________Bulldogs ______________________________(2000, 2002-05, 2007-09, 2012-15) Mascot____________________________________________________Bully All-Time NCAA Tournament Record ______________36 games: 12-24 (.333) Colors _______________________________ Maroon (PMS 202) and White Southeastern Conference Tournament Appearances ________________14 President _____________________________________ Dr. Mark E. Keenum _________________________ (1998-2005, 2007-08, 2011-12, 2014-15) Sr. Assoc. AD/SWA ______________________________________ Ann Carr All-Time Southeastern Conference Tournament Record ______ 11-22 (.333) SOFTBALL STAFF 2015 REVIEW & 2016 PREVIEW Head Coach ____________________Vann Stuedeman (Huntingdon, 1994) 2015 Record ______________________________________________ 36-21 Year at Mississippi State __________________________________ Fifth 2015 Southeastern Conference Record (Conference Finish) ___10-14 (10th) Record at Mississippi State, Seasons _____________ 141-90 (.610), Four Postseason _______________________________ NCAA Lafayette Regional Career Record__________________________________________ Same Positional Starters Returning/Lost _______________________________ 6/3 Assistant Coach _________________ Samantha Ricketts (Oklahoma, 2009) Pitchers Returning/Lost _______________________________________ 4/0 Year at Mississippi State ________________________________Second Letterwinners Returning/Lost _________________________________ 13/7 Assistant Coach _________________Tyler Bratton (Mississippi State, 2007) Newcomers ___________________________________________________9 Year at Mississippi State _________________________________ Third Softball Office Phone Number _________________________ 662-325-0573 Certified Athletic Trainer ___________________________ Kayleigh Zavadil MEDIA INFORMATION Strength and Conditioning Coach _____________________Elizabeth Gore Assistant Athletics Director/Media Relations ________________ Bill Martin Academic Advisor _______________________________ Sawyer Bowering Assistant Media Relations Director/ Student Managers _______________________ Pat Grant, Stephen Spencer Softball Contact ________________________________ Andrew Piper Laken Shankle, Jamie Desporte Office Phone____________________________________ 662-325-0972 Mobile Phone ___________________________________ 662-419-9183 FACILITY INFORMATION E-mail ____________________________ [email protected] Media Relations Fax _________________________________ 662-325-2563 Home Field __________________________________MSU Softball Stadium Mailing Address ____________________________________ P.O. Box 5327 Capacity _________________________________________________ 1,000 ___________________________________ Mississippi State, MS 39762 Field Dimensions _______________________________L-200, C-220, R-200 Official MSU Athletics Web site ___________________ www.HailState.com Mississippi State Softball Twitter ________________________@HailStateSB 2 2016 MISSISSIPPI STATE SOFTBALL • FACT BOOK MISSISSIPPI STATE SOFTBALL THIS IS MISSISSIPPI STATE SOFTBALL Mississippi State is in its 25th season of varsity softball since the restart of the program in 1997. The Bulldogs also fielded squads from 1982-86. This is also the 20th season of Southeastern Conference softball. The Bulldogs will open a brand new facility on Feb. 11, 2016, a project that cost $6 million in total and will include 1,000 Maroon chairback seats, a Daktronics videoboard and numerous other aspects (training room, locker room, additional standing room for fans). The facility will host the 2016 SEC Tournament. In the previous 19 seasons, MSU has advanced to the NCAA Tournament 12 times, including seven of the last nine and four consecutive postseason events. The Bulldogs have won one postseason contest in each of the last three years, defeating Mississippi Valley State in 2013, Texas Southern in 2014 and Weber State in 2015. The Bulldogs have had 13 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America honorees and seven Easton All-America selections. During the 2015 campaign, first year assistant coach Samantha Ricketts helped the offense set MSU single-season records for batting average, home runs, runs batted in, slugging percentage and on-base percentage. In 2013, MSU was selected as an Easton Team of the Year, joining Women’s College World Series partici- pants Florida and Texas, and had consecutive 30-win seasons for the first time since 1998-2008. Since the National Fastpitch Coaches Association started giving the Diamond Catcher of the Year award in 1997, MSU leads all Division I institutions with four winners. Chelsea Bramlett received the honor from 2008-10 while Keri McCallum was the 2000 winner. Mississippi State claims three USA National Team members as Bramlett (2010, 2009), Courtney Bures (2009) and Kellie Wilkerson (2005) have all suited up for the red, white and blue. Former head coach Jay Miller was also the USA National Team head coach for 2009-10. In addition to the USA National Team members, the Bulldogs claim 11 professional softball players. Bures was drafted 16th overall by the Washington Glory in 2008 and Iyhia McMichael led the Akron Racers to the 2005 title, hitting the game-winning home run off Jennie Finch. A year earlier, in 2004, McMichael claimed the league’s Most Valuable Player award and Wilkerson guided the New York/New Jersey Juggernaut to the National Pro Fastpitch title. During 18 years of softball, Mississippi State student-athletes have not only shined on the field, but in the classroom as well. Bulldogs have accumulated a total of 10 Academic All-America honors and 19 Academic All-District awards. Bramlett was a two-time First Team Academic All-America honoree, in 2008 and 2010. 2016 MISSISSIPPI STATE SOFTBALL • FACT BOOK 3 MISSISSIPPI STATE SOFTBALL COVERING THE BULLDOGS he Mississippi State Media Relations Department welcomes INTERVIEWS your interest