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WCWS Most Outstanding Player Kristin Schmidt earned Women’s College World Series Most Outstanding Player honors at the 2004 WCWS, making her the only player to not win the national championship and earn the honor outright.

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Women’s College World Series Appearances LSU is one of five schools in SEC history with multiple Women’s College World Series appearances. The Tigers along with Florida, Georgia and Tennessee have tallied a winning record in WCWS play.

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Academic All-Americans The Tigers have had three CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in the 14-year history of the program, while only one program in the SEC has had more than four.

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SEC Western Division Titles LSU has won more Division titles than any school in the SEC. Only the Tigers and Alabama have claimed the division crown.

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50-win Seasons LSU is one of only two programs in the nation, along with Arizona, to have posted nine 50-win seasons over the past 16 years.

Weeks Ranked in the ESPN/USA Softball Poll The Tigers have been inside the ESPN/USA Softball Poll for 128 of the 139 weeks since the poll’s inception during the 2003 season, while spending 44 weeks ranked inside the Top 10.

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NCAA Regional Appearances LSU has racked up 13 NCAA Tournament appearances, including seven-straight from 1998-2004. The Tigers are tied for the most NCAA trips among SEC schools since 1997.

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SEC Tournament MVP’s Six of the 15 SEC Tournament Most Valuable Player honors have been won by the Tigers, including an unparalleled five straight from 1999-2004.

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All-Americans The Tigers have 13 NFCA All-Americans in the 15-year history of the program, second-most of any school in the SEC.

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Wins per Season LSU is averaging 48 wins per season since 2001, the seventh best average in the nation.

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LEGACY

Weeks ranked in the NFCA/USA Today Poll LSU has ranked among the nation’s elite for 193 of the 216 weeks of the NFCA/USA Today Poll since the Tigers began play in 1997. Highlighting the stretch was a span of 103 consecutive weeks in the poll from Feb. 20, 1998 to March 30, 2005. LSU also has been ranked inside the nation’s Top 10 for 93 of those weeks.

SEC Championships LSU claimed an unprecedented four consecutive league championships from 1999-2002. Only three other schools in SEC history, Alabama, Florida and Georgia, have claimed multiple regular season titles. SEC Tournament Titles LSU has won an unrivaled five SEC Tournament titles and has advanced to the championship game in nine of the past 13 seasons.

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All-SEC Selections LSU has garnered 63 All-SEC First-Team or Second-Team selections since 1997, the second-highest of any school in the conference.

Winning Percentage LSU has compiled the sixth-best winning percentage in the nation since the 2001 season. Winning Percentage in SEC Games LSU has posted the second-best winning percentage of any school during conference play.

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Winning Percentage in the SEC Tournament LSU has the best winning percentage in SEC Tournament history by 102 percentage points.


“Tiger Park Is a wonderful visual representation of not only the commitment to the very deserving LSU softball team, but further, to women’s athletics.” Cheri Kempf

Commissioner/President - National Pro Fastpitch Broadcast Analyst - ESPN, Cox Sports Television, Fox Sports Network

Rated Fifth-Best Building of LSU Architecture

“Best seen at night, when its gables and overhang seem to brighten into shimmering white sails winging through cool ebony skies, the softball stadium shows that LSU can come up with a building that plays to something other than the local taste for plantation imagery and Greco-Roman bric-a-brac. Welling out of a hillock in a way that suggests strong shoulders on the brink of swinging a home run, the softball stadium evidences a modest freshness that brings a smile and savors of popcorn and hot dogs.” - LSU Faculty Senate Monthly Newsletter • October 2010 Stadium Amenities • LSU Locker Room • Outdoor Deck overlooking Playing Field • Team Lounge • Meeting Facility • Stadium-Style Theater for Video Breakdown • Training Facility • Equipment Room • Indoor Batting Cages • Umpire Locker Rooms

• Luxury Suites • Press Box • TV/Radio Booths • Open Concourse • Video Monitors • Concession Stands • Restrooms • Ticket Booth

Seating Areas • Chairback Seats • Grandstand Seats • Berm Seats

OPENING DAY OF TIGER PARK • FEBRUARY 11, 2009

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Prolific Players

Jodi Otten

Ashlee Ducote

1998 All-American 1998 Louisiana Hitter of the Year

1999 & 2000 All-American 2000 SEC Player of the Year

Tara Asbill 2000 All-American 2000 Academic All-American

Stephanie Hastings

Britni Sneed

2000 All-American 1998, 1999 & 2001 All-SEC First Team

2000, 2001 & 2002 All-American 2001 & 2002 SEC Pitcher of the Year

Trena Peel 2002 All-American 2002 SEC Athlete of the Year

Kristin Schmidt

LaDonia Hughes

2003 & 2004 All-American 2004 Women’s College World Series MVP

2004 All-American 2004 Louisiana Hitter of the Year

2004, 2006 & 2007 All-American 2007 Louisiana Player of the Year

Emily Turner

Killian Roessner

2006 All-American 2006 Louisiana Pitcher of the Year

2007 All-American 2007 Diamond Sports National Catcher of the Year

Kirsten Shortridge

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Head Coach Beth Torina Assistant Coach Howard Dobson Assistant Coach Lindsay Leftwich Director of Operations Quinlan Duhon & Support Staff 2012 Diamond Backers

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2011 Season Review 2011 Game Results 2011 Final Statistics 2011 Game Superlatives 2011 Miscellaneous Stats 2011 Honors/Awards 2011 SEC Review 2011 SEC/NCAA Rankings

HISTORY 64 65 66-67 68 69 70 71 72-73 74-75 76 77

INTRODUCTION 1 2-3 4 5 6

Tiger Softball by the Numbers Tiger Park Prolific Players This is LSU Softball Table of Contents & Credits

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Media Worldwide: SEC on ESPN Cox Communications Academic Center Academic Success Community Outreach Athletic Training Strength and Conditioning Campus Life Why LSU Prominent Alumni LSU Greats

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Quick Facts & Travel Headquarters 2012 Season Outlook 2012Roster 2012 TV/Radio Roster 2012 Opponents

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Little League Tigers Ashley Applegate Katie Guillory Ashley Langoni Brittany Mack Heidi Pizer Morgan Russell Juliana Santos Cassie Trosclair Rachele Fico Lauren Houston Jacee Blades Alex Boulet Allison Falcon Simone Heyward Meghan Patterson Tammy Wray Rikki Alcaraz, A.J. Andrews & Ashleigh Kuhn Kailey McCasland, Dylan Supak & Tammy Vermeulen

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President & Board of Supervisors Chancellor & Faculity Representative Director of Athletics Joe Alleva Athletics Administration Championship Tradition

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Individual & Team Game Records Individual Season Records Individual Career Records Team Season Records Yearly Leaders Year-by-Year Results All-Time Series & Coaching Records LSU in the Polls Miscellaneous Stats & Streaks

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All-Americans NFCA/NCAA Regional Honors & Awards SEC Honors & Awards Louisiana Honors & Awards Academic Honors & Awards Salute: 2004 Women’s College World Series Team Salute: 2001 Women’s College World Series Team NCAA Tournament History & Records SEC Tournament History & Records Letterwinners SEC Softball

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Media Guidelines LSU on the Air LSUsports.net LSU Softball Fan Day LSU Softball Camps

CREDITS Editor: Matt Dunaway Cover Design: Courtney Wilburn Production Assistance: Courtney Wilburn, Jason Feirman, Krystal Bennett, Tia Guntz, Ashley Langoni, Tiffany Shaw & Corey Schneider Photography Steve Franz, Jason Feirman, Chris Parent, Hilary Scheinuk & Jim Zietz Printing Multi Ad - Peoria, Ill. The 2012 LSU Softball Media Guide is produced by the LSU Sports Information Office and has been rated among the top seven collegiate softball publications in the nation for seven of the last 10 seasons. The 2011 media guide matched its highest national showing with a second-place finish by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The publication ranked third in 2007 & 2010, second in 2005, third in 2004, fifth in 2006 and seventh in 2002.

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media worldwide Media Training LSU is one of the few schools where student-athletes go through media training to enhance their communication skills. Dr. Tommy Karam and Dr. Shirley White are two experts in the field who give training sessions to student-athletes here on campus. The Academic Center features

a mock press conference setting to get student-athletes acclimated to giving interviews in front of both print and electronic media. Karam and White record the mock interviews on camera and then provide feedback, allowing student-athletes to become more comfortable and confident when doing actual interviews.

Social Media LSU has been on the cutting edge in collegiate athletics when it comes to integrating social media into its traditional website and publications. Through its sports-specific Facebook pages and feeds on the micro-blogging site Twitter, LSU offers its fans in-game updates, and behind-thescenes access to coaches and studentathletes. For more information, visit LSUsports.net/connect.

ESPN, SEC and LSU In 2009-10, ESPN and the Southeastern Conference reached a milestone 15-year agreement. ESPN acquired rights to every SEC home football game -excluding those on the CBS network broadcast package -- and serves as the exclusive national cable home and the syndication rightsholder for the conference. LSU has made 11 appearances on the ESPN family of networks since the 2010 season as part of that package.

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Bo Campbell Auditorium

The 1,000-seat auditorium is used through the year as a classroom and lecture hall. Each seat in the auditorium has space for a laptop and a modem hookup, providing each student unlimited learning opportunities. The auditorium also contains a movie theatre size screen to aid professors with lectures and classroom activities.

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ACADEMIC CENTER FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES The Library

The library (pictured left) provides a perfect setting for individual study, or with a tutor as a group.

Amenities

• 54,000 square feet of working space • 300 computer workstations • 14 private computer rooms in a state-of-theart computer lab • Additional study rooms and classrooms for private or group study • Electronic scheduling of tutoring sessions • A 1,000-seat auditorium for classes and lectures

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A $15 million renovation to the Gym Armory in 2002 not only made it among the nation’s premier academic centers, but put it at the forefront. Improvements to the existing center give LSU student-athletes the best opportunity for success by providing access to the latest technology, as well as an array of expanded services.

career development job experience • champs Job Experience

CHAMPS

The LSU women’s basketball program has a longstanding internal summer jobs program that aggressively seeks opportunities to help place its players in career-developing positions within the community. Every LSU player that wants to get a leg up on her future has the opportunity to earn valuable experience during the summer. Student-athlets spend most of their summer participating in jobs that relate to their major, like working at ...

• Hospitals • Physical Therapy centers • Public Relations firms • Building Contractors • Restaurant Management • Engineering firms • Accounting offices

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The CHAMPS (Challenging Athletes Minds for Personal Success)/Life Skills program was developed by the NCAA to help prepare student-athletes for the challenges of life beyond the playing field.

How Can CHAMPS Help? By focusing on “real life” skills and personal development, the CHAMPS Program not only assists the student-athletes with meeting daily challenges, but also enhances student-athlete’s growth in their college years and beyond. CHAMPS at LSU The CHAMPS/Life Skills program at LSU is operated out of the Academic Center for Student-Athletes, and the focus of the program is on five commitments viewed as critical to personal growth.

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Director of Student Affairs/ CHAMPS Program

Assistant Director for Diversity, Inclusion, and Civic Engagement

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Academic Success

GRADUATES

Every one of LSU’s 30 four-year letterwinners from 1997-2011 have received her bachelor’s degree, including Tiffany Shaw from the 2011 class.

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Jessica Clark, Biological Engineering Erin Johnson, Sociology Trena Peel, Kinesiology Aleshia Perry, Kinesiology Trisha Ward, Psychology

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Dee Douglas, Kinesiology April Janzen, Elementary Education Ashley Lewis, Family Sciences Jennifer Schuelke, Secondary Education Britni Sneed, Kinesiology

2001 Director of Operations Quinlan Duhon earned her bachelor’s degree in general business from LSU in December 2008 and is currently pursuing her master’s in sports management.

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Ashley Applegate, Elementary Education Jessica Mouse, Sport Administration Tiffany Shaw, Sport Administration Kirsten Shortridge, Elementary Education

Lauren Castle, General Studies Lauren Delahoussaye, Mass Communications Camille Harris, General Studies Kristen Hobbs, Mass Communications Leslie Klein, Biological Sciences Emily Turner, Communications Studies

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Dani Hofer, Communication Studies Rachel Mitchell, Agricultural Business Cody Trahan, Kinesiology

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Leigh Ann Danos, Biological Sciences Stephanie Hill, Finance/Political Science Megann Steege, General Studies

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Tayl’r Hollis, General Studies Shannon Stein, General Studies Erika Sluss, General Studies Kristen Hobbs, Master’s Kinesiology

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Tara Asbill, Kinesiology Shaunte’ Fremin, Kinesiology Stacey Newton, Kinesiology Taryn Perry, Elementary Education Julie Stashko, Kinesiology

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Jodi Otten, Kinesiology

Sophia Mount, Kinesiology Melissa Poole, Kinesiology Cathy Whitlock, Kinesiology

Jennie Reeves, Family & Consumer Sciences Kristin Schmidt, Political Science Julie Wiese, Kinesiology

Quinlan Duhon, General Business Dee Dee Henderson, Kinesiology Tiffany Garcia, Communication Studies Killian Roessner, General Studies

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Christy Connor, General Studies Sara Fitzgerald, Kinesiology LaDonia Hughes, General Studies

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Janell Deslattes, Plant Biology Ashlee Ducote, Kinesiology Stephanie Hastings, Kinesiology Kim Traina, Sociology Auburne Ziober, Advertising

Academic Honors

CoSIDA Academic All-Americans 2007

Dee Dee Henderson

Third Team

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Stephanie Hill

First Team

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Stephanie Hill

First Team

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Tara Asbill

Third Team

CoSIDA Academic All-District Selections 2011 2011 2010

Brittany Mack Tiffany Shaw Brittany Mack

Second Team Second Team Second Team

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Dee Dee Henderson

First Team

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Stephanie Hill

First Team

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Stephanie Hill

First Team

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Leigh Ann Danos

First Team

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Stephanie Hill

First Team

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Kristin Schmidt

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Leigh Ann Danos

Second Team

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Kristin Schmidt

Second Team

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Tara Asbill

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Tara Asbill

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First Team

2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll Ashley Applegate

Jessica Mouse

Allison Falcon

Heidi Pizer

Rachele Fico

Tiffany Shaw

Ashleigh Kuhn

Cassie Trosclair Anissa Young

Brittany Mack

2011 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll

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Brandi Landry, Kinesiology Tyra Perry Kinesiology

Jacee Blades Alex Boulet Simone Heyward

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Cindy Pineda, Mass Communications

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Academic Support

The goal for each student-athlete is to reach and receive the highest-quality education and degree. The responsibility of the academic center is to oversee the educational development and progress toward graduation for all student-athletes.

Dr. Kenneth Miles Dr. Mary Boudreaux Executive Director

Becca Hubbard Associate Director for Health and Wellness

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Director of Academic Affairs

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Leah Saal

Learning Specialist

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Walter Holliday

Jason Shaw

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Carole Walker

Senior Associate Director

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Associate Director for Student Learning/ Learning Specialist

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Assistant Director

• Tutoring • Career Counseling and Development • Comply with academic rules established by LSU, the NCAA and SEC • Time Management • Study Skills

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community outreach LSU softball participates in a variety of community service projects throughout the year ranging from collecting cans as part of the SEC Together WE CAN food drive to speaking at assemblies for National’s Girls and Women in Sports day. New for 2012 season is Brittany Mack’s “Geaux Play” initiative where the LSU softball community can share the gift of sports with special needs

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children at the Miracle League Association at Cypress Mounds and local schools. Ashley Applegate represents softball on LSU’s Student Athlete Advisory Community and has earned a spot on the SEC Community Service team during each of the last three seasons. Every year, the program raises money

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LSU is one of the few schools nationally who maintain a state-of-the-art nutritional program for today’s studentathlete. Senior Associate Athletic Trainer Shelly Mullenix coordinates with LSU dining services to provide a balanced training table diet. LSU trainers also meet one-on-one with student-athletes to give them expert nutritional information.

athletic training

LSU boasts the largest and most complete athletic training facilities in all of collegiate athletics with both the Operations Center and the Broussard Center for Athletic Training in Tiger Stadium. Both are furnished with the latest in technology and equipment. The Operations Center training room features a full view of the practice fields, two hot/cold jacuzzis and an underwater treadmill.

The Broussard Center includes an on-site x-ray room, an in-house pharmacy, as well as the largest hydrotherapy pool in both collegiate and professional sports and is one of the few collegiate training centers with a full-service pharmacy and a full-service vision center.

Hydrotherapy Treatment An integral part of rehabbing and developing LSU studentathletes is the operations center’s hot/cold jacuzzis and an underwater treadmill in a fully equipped Hydrotherapy room. The Broussard training center boasts the largest hydrotherapy pool in both collegiate and professional sports.

Broussard Athletic Training Center The two story, 22,000 square foot facility contains 20 treatment tables with the newest forms of modalities available, 14 taping stations, a 1,600 square foot rehabilitation area which contains the latest rehabilitation equipment including the Cybex Norm, Woodway treadmills and Body Master select rise equipment. LSU’s multi-million dollar athletic training facility is named in honor of Dr. Martin J. Broussard (left), the legendary trainer whose career spanned over 40 years at LSU.

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strength and conditioning

The LSU strength and conditioning facility, located in Tiger Stadium, was built in 1997 and features the latest in both strength training and cardiovascular training equipment.

Melissa Moore and the weight room staff conduct workout sessions that include both strength and endurance training.

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campus life Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College has, throughout its 147-year history, served the people of Louisiana, the region, the nation, and the world. LSU is creating a revolution, one of pervasive change and advancement. For the past seven years, the focus of the LSU community has been an increased commitment to excellence. Our progress has been dramatic and shows no sign of stopping. Having witnessed many of yesterday’s possibilities become today’s tangible realities, the LSU community set forth to capitalize on its success. The goal was to improve our standing as a nationally competitive flagship university. Following intense discussions among the LSU Board of Supervisors, campus administrators, faculty, and student leaders, the objectives required to reach this status crystallized, providing the impetus for LSU’s National Flagship Agenda.

Location: Founded: Enrollment: President:

Baton Rouge, La. January 2, 1860 28,771 Dr. John V. Lombardi

Major Fields for Bachelor’s Degrees: 72 Major Fields for Master’s Degrees: 76 Major Fields for Doctoral Degrees: 54

LSU’s Memorial Tower (top main photo) was one of the first structures completed on the present campus and sits east of the quadrangle (above, left). It represents the University as a memorial to those who gave their lives during World War I. Although it currently houses the LSU Anglo-American Art Museum, plans are in process to return Memorial Tower to a military museum as originally intended. The University lakes (above, right) on the LSU campus give various recreational options.

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Why LSU?

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Britni Sneed

Three-time All-American, Two-time SEC Pitcher of the Year & current Baylor assistant coach

“I chose LSU because I loved the school. Everything from the beautiful campus to the dominating softball program. On my recruiting visit I noticed the support from the athletic program and the awesome fans. The overall atmosphere was like none I had experienced! My years at LSU are dear to my heart and I will forever bleed purple and gold.” Sylvia Fowles

Tyson Jackson

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Defensive End (2005-08)

Two-time State Farm All-American and 2008 Olympic gold medalist

“When you go back and get your degree, it says a lot about your work ethic. I accomplished things that I will never forget here. I come home to Miami, but a lot of people don’t know me like everyone in Baton Rouge and the fans. Baton Rouge and LSU has been my home. If I had to do it all over again, LSU would be the only place I would do it.”

Allison Hightower Guard (2007-10)

2009 NFL Draft No. 3 Pick

“Throughout the entire recruiting process I always knew LSU was the best choice. Being from the great state of Louisiana, LSU was a home away from home. I knew that this would be a place I could grow as a student-athlete and a young man. The coaches, faculty, and the 92,000 marvelous fans only help to make the decision much easier. Looking back on it, I couldn’t have asked for more from the experience.”

Two-time All-SEC and State Farm Honorable Mention All-American

“This is a tremendous honor to graduate from LSU. Coming from Texas, I always knew this was the right choice. From my time on the court to the classroom, LSU has been home to me. Getting a degree is what it is all about and I thank everyone who had an impact on my time at LSU. What we accomplished and all of the friends I have made, that will always be a part of my life.”

did you know? • In the 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions of U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges, LSU is ranked in the first tier for “Best National Universities.” • LSU is the only public university in Louisiana designated as having very high research activity (RU/VH) by the prestigious Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the highest ranking awarded to doctorate-granting institutions. • LSU was named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement, by the Corporation for National and Community Service. • LSU earned the prestigious Carnegie Community Engagement and Outreach classification in 2008, one of 68 public institutions nationally with this elective classification based on community engagement. • LSU is one of only a handful of universities in the nation having land-grant, sea-grant and spacegrant status. • LSU currently ranks among the top 30 public universities in total research awards. The University’s total federal funding -- from agencies such as the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Homeland Security -- has increased 86 percent or more than $90 million over the last five years.

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• In 2009, the LSU Robert S. Reich School of Landscape Architecture was ranked among the top five schools in the nation by DesignIntelligence, the leading journal of the design professions. According to the results of the 2009 survey, LSU has the number two-ranked landscape architecture school in the United States.

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• The E. J. Ourso College of Business was ranked in the Top 50 of the internationally known “Top Business Schools” in 2009 by Eduniversal and was recognized during the inaugural Eduniversal World Convention. • Newsweek magazine named LSU the “Most Diverse” school in the nation in the Sept. 3, 2003, issue. The enrollment consists of 24 percent minority students.

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Shaquille O’Neal A four-time NBA champion and 15-time All-Star, Shaquille O’Neal is one of the most dominant centers in league history. O’Neal, one of the most quotable athletes on the planet, joined the long list of prominent LSU alumni when he earned his degree in general studies in December 2000. O’Neal announced his retirement from the NBA in June 2010 after a brilliant Hall of Fame career of 19 seasons.

Seimone Augustus received her degree in 2005 after just three years at LSU and while earning NCAA Women’s Basketball National Player of the Year honors twice. She was the first pick of the 2006 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx and teamed with fellow LSU alum Sylvia Fowles to claim an Olympic gold medal for the United States in 2008.

prominent LSU Alumni Eduardo Aguirre, Jr.

Carlos Roberto Flores

Named the first Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for the Department of Homeland Security in 2003, Aguirre, Jr., was the U.S. Ambassador to Spain from 2005 until 2009.

The president of Honduras from 1997-2001, Flores helped the nation recover after Hurricane Mitch devastated the country in 1998. Flores is married to the former Mary Carol Flake, also an alumnus of LSU.

James Carville Carville received both a bachelor’s degree and law degree from LSU and gained fame in the 1990s as the chief campaign strategist for Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Carville also penned a best-selling memoir titled “All’s Fair: Love, War and Running for President”.

Jim Flores Flores graduated with two bachelor’s of science degrees; one in corporate finance in 1981 and the second in petroleum land management in 1982. Flores is currently Chairman, President and CEO of Plains Exploration & Production Company.

Sylvia Fowles

Lod Cook

Sylvia Fowles was a two-time State Farm AllAmerican at LSU before going onto a career in the WNBA with the Chicago Sky. Fowles and Seimone Augustus became the first LSU basketball players to claim Olympic gold when they did so in 2008 for the United States.

Cook graduated from LSU with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1955 and then earned his Master’s degree in petro engineering in 1955. Cook served as CEO of ARCO for nine years.

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Prominent LSU Alumni

LSU’s enrollment is more than 27,000 students, including more than 1,600 international students and nearly 5,000 graduate students.

Mike Papajohn The starting centerfielder on LSU’s inaugural College World Series team in 1986, Mike Papajohn today is a prominent actor in Hollywood. Papajohn was the only actor to star in four $150 million movies in the same calendar year doing so in 2009. The LSU alumnus has appeared in blockbuster films: Spiderman, Terminator Salvation, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and For the Love of the Game.

Hubert Humphrey - U.S. vice president (1965-69).

Thomas O. Ryder - Chairman of the Board, The Reader’s

Digest Association.

W. Vernon Jones - Senior Scientist for Suborbital Research, NASA headquarters. Catherine D. “Kitty” Kimball - In 2009, was sworn in as first female to serve as chief justice of Louisiana’s highest court Delos “Kip” Knight - Vice president of marketing and Russell Long - U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1948-87). Ray Marshall - Secretary of Labor under President

Dr. Larry O. Arthur - AIDS researcher.

A. Wright Elliott - Retired executive vice president, Chase

Manhattan Bank.

Graves Erskine - U.S. Marine Corps General in WWII.

John Breaux - U.S. Senator (1987-2005) and U.S. Congressman (1972-86) from Louisiana.

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Wil Calhoun - Executive Producer of television sitcom

Mary Carol Flake Flores - Former first lady of

“Friends”.

Honduras.

Cassandra Chandler - One of the Federal Bureau of

Murphy “Mike” Foster, Jr. - Former governor of

National Geographic.

Kevin Griffin - Lead singer of the platinum-selling rock

Board, Texaco.

Jake Lee Netterville - Chairman of the board of

Postlethwaite and Netterville, the largest Louisiana-based public accounting firm.

Maxime A. Faget - Designed Mercury and Gemini

Edwin Newman - Longtime NBC News journalist and

Ray Strother - Author, political consultant. David Suarez - Architect and preservationist who restored

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Olympia Vernon – Award-winning author and recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for her debut novel, Eden Rebeccca Wells - Author of the novel and film “Devine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.’

Joanne Woodward - Academy Award-winning actress

and wife of Paul Newman.

Carolyn Bennett Patterson - Former senior editor,

Investigation’s highest ranking African-American women as special agent in charge of the Norfolk Fielf office.

Louisiana (1996-2004).

“Lightning Joe” Lawton Collins - Chief of Staff for

band “Better Than Ezra”

J. Howard Rambin - Former CEO and Chairman of the Rex Reed - Drama critic, syndicated columnist.

Paul Groves - Award-winning tenor with the Metropolitian Opera

Maj. Gen. Thomas Rhame - Led 1st Infantry Division against Iraq during Persian Gulf War.

Reinosuke Hara - Former president and CEO of Seiko Instruments

Eric Arturo Delvalle - President of Panama (1985-

Rufus William (Bill) Harp - Television set decorator for series including “L.A. Law” and “Moonlighting”

Dr. Alexander William “Alex” Dunlap - Current chief veterinarian for NASA who is responsible for all NASA policies related to animal health and welfare

Pat Hewlett - CIO of Exxon Mobil.

1988).

Dolores Spikes - Former President of the Southern University System and the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore.

the Washington Monument, the National Archives Building and Louisiana’s Old State Capitol

James E. Maurin - Founding partner and CEO of Stirling Properties, a national real estate services firm.

John Ed Bradley - Sports Illustrated writer and novelist, former LSU football player

Bill Conti - Oscar-winning composer who has written theme music for several well-known movies, including “Rocky” and its sequels.

Frances Seghers - Senior VP of Sony Entertainment European Community Affairs, which includes Sony Music, Sony Pictures and Sony Playstation.

brand management for eBay international.

Jimmy Carter.

President Harry Truman.

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Dr. James Andrews A world-renowned orthopedic surgeon, Andrews is a 1963 graduate of LSU and a 1967 graduate of LSU Medical School. While at LSU, Andrews won the SEC indoor and outdoor

Walter Hitesman - Former president, Reader’s Digest.

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A 1982 LSU graduate, Steiner has served as the CEO of Waste Management since 2004. The Houstonbased company is finding new ways to create energy and they are ranked among the top 200 companies in America by Fortune Magazine.

The former president of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins franchise, the 37-year veteran of the NFL is currently a Trustee of the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle Retirement and Disability Plan.

Mary L. Landrieu

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Landrieu became the first woman from Louisiana elected to a full term in the United States Senate

A 1991 LSU graduate, Suzanne Perron is a rising star in the design world having worked with top designers Vera Wang and Carolina Herrera. Perron has designed dresses for Hollywood stars Jennifer Lopez, Mariska Hargitay and Holly Hunter, among others.

in 1997.

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Longwell graduated from LSU in 1963 with a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering and retired in 2004 as the Executive Vice President and Director of ExxonMobil.

Senior Technical Director for PDI/DreamWorks’ movies “Antz,” “Shrek,” “Shrek 2,” “Shrek the Third,” “Madagascar” and “Over the Hedge”.

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The following nine individuals are the only athletes to have their jerseys retired by LSU. Men’s basketball has retired the No. 23 for Pete Maravich, No. 50 for Bob Pettit, Jr., No. 33 for Shaquille O’Neal and No. 40 for Rudy Macklin. Women’s basketball retired the No. 33 for Seimone Augustus. Football’s only two retired jerseys are the No. 20 worn by Billy Cannon and the No. 37 worn by Tommy Casanova. Baseball retired the No. 15 in honor of longtime coach and former athletics director Skip Bertman and the No. 20 for Ben McDonald. Casanova, Macklin and McDonald joined the prestigious list in May 2009. Augustus became the first woman in LSU Athletics history to have her jersey retired in January 2010.

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Pettit led LSU to its first NCAA Final Four in 1953 and he later became the first player in NBA history to exceed the 20,000-plus point barrier. Pettit is a member of the NBA Hall of Fame, and in 1997, he was named as one of the top 50 players in NBA history.

• In 2009, became first LSU gymnast to capture two individual national titles

Glen “Big Baby” Davis

“Pistol Pete,” Maravich still holds the NCAA record for career points with 3,667 and for career scoring average with 44.2 points a game. He was selected the National Player of the Year in 1970 after leading the Tigers to the NIT Final Four. He scored 50-plus points an amazing 28 times. He went on to a 10-year professional career and was selected as one of the NBA’s 50 greatest players in 1997.

• 2006 First-Team All-American • 2008 NBA World Champion Boston Celtics

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Sylvia Fowles • Three-time All-American • 2008 U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist • WNBA All-Star Game MVP

Billy Cannon

One of the true legends of college football in the South, Cannon was the 1959 Heisman Trophy winner and helped the Tigers to the 1958 national title. Cannon’s most memorable performance came in 1959 against Ole Miss when No. 1 LSU trailed No. 3 Ole Miss 3-0 in the fourth quarter. He fielded a punt, broke seven tackles and returned it 89 yards for the 7-3 victory. He went on to a successful 11-year professional career.

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Susan Jackson

• Three-time NCAA individual champion • 2009-10 SEC Female Athlete of the Year • 2010 NCAA Gymnast of the Year

Shaquille O’Neal

O’Neal was the first pick in the 1992 NBA Draft. He was named MVP of the league in 2000 and was a three-time NBA Finals MVP after leading the Los Angeles Lakers to three World Championships. At LSU, O’Neal averaged 21.6 points and 13.6 rebounds for his career, and in 1991, he was named the World’s Amateur Athlete of the Year as well as SEC Athlete of the Year and National Player of the Year. In 1997, he was named as one of the top 50 players in NBA history.

Esther Jones

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• 21-time track All-American • 1992 Olympic Gold medalist

Skip Bertman

A legend in the college baseball ranks, Bertman created a dynasty at LSU, guiding the Tigers to five national titles in a 10-year stretch from 1991-2000. He also coached the United States to a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and was an assistant on the gold medal-winning U.S. squad in Seoul, Korea, in 1988. Bertman retired from coaching following the 2001 season and served as LSU’s athletics director for seven years. Bertman was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.

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The retirement of the jerseys of Casanova, McDonald, Macklin and Augustus comes under a new provision of the LSU jersey retirement bylaws that says the retirement of an athlete’s jersey in a particular sport does not preclude a current student-athlete in that sport from wearing the jersey number in that or any other sport, subject to the discretion of the head coach. This provision applies only to jerseys retired after January 1, 2007, so the numbers worn by Maravich, Pettit, O’Neal, Cannon and Bertman may never again be worn by future student-athletes in their respective sports. To have a jersey retired at LSU, an athlete must have completed intercollegiate competition for LSU a minimum of five years prior to nomination. Athletes must have demonstrated truly unusual and outstanding accomplishments, exceeding and in addition to all criteria used for Hall of Fame selection. Nominees must have a unanimous vote of support from the Hall of Fame committee.

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Rudy Macklin was a two-time basketball All-American selection during his Tiger career from 1976-81 during which time he became LSU’s all-time leading rebounder with 1,276 boards and the second-leading scorer in school history behind only the legendary Pete Maravich with 2,080 points. He led the Tigers to two Elite Eight appearances and the 1981 Final Four in Philadelphia. He still holds the school single game rebound record with 32, a mark like some of the great records in any sport that may never be broken.

Tommy Casanova

• 20-time track All-American • Two-time Olympian

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Tommy Casanova is the only three-time All-American in the history of LSU football and is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. During his Tiger career from 1969-71, Casanova personified versatility for his myriad of talents as he played offense, defense, returned punts and kickoffs. One of just two three-time All-SEC performers at LSU, he played six seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL while earning his medical degree.

Ben McDonald

• Eight-time track All-American • 2 008 Olympic Silver medalist

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Ben McDonald won the prestigious Golden Spikes Award, given annually to the nation’s most outstanding player, in 1989 and is a member of the College Baseball Hall of Fame. He led LSU to two College World Series appearances. In 1989, McDonald was named National Player of the Year by Baseball America, The Sporting News and Collegiate Baseball. He was selected by the Baltimore Orioles as the No. 1 pick in the major league draft in 1989 and went on to enjoy a 10-year major league career with the Orioles and the Milwaukee Brewers.

Seimone Augustus

• Two-time SEC Golfer of the Year • 2 001 PGA Champion • 13-time PGA Tour winner

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• All-time College World Series team • F ormer Major Leaguer

Seimone Augustus is the only women’s basketball player in school history to earn State Farm Coaches Association AllAmerica honors three times: 2004, 2005 and 2006. Augustus became LSU’s first NCAA National Player of the Year and she claimed the honor twice in 2005 and 2006. A 2006 graduate of LSU, Augustus was the WNBA’s No. 1 draft pick in 2006. She went on to lead the United States to a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Brian Wilson

• Two-time Major League All-Star • 2 010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants • 2010 MLB Saves Champion

Tommy Casanova (left), Seimone Augustus (middle) and Rudy Macklin (right) were the newest LSU greats to have their jerseys retired during the 2009-10 athletic year.

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2012 LSU SOFTBALL TRAVEL HEADQUARTERS Louisville Slugger Desert Classic • Feb. 17-19 Loews Lake - Las Vegas 101 Montelago Boulevard Henderson, Nevada 89011 (702) 567-6000

Tennessee • April 12-15 Crowne Plaza Knoxville 401 West Summit Hill Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 (865) 522-2600

The Preview • March 1-4 Holiday Inn Qual Springs 13800 Quail Springs Parkway Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73134 (405) 286-9393

Florida • April 23 Springhill Suites 4155 Southwest 40th Boulevard Gainesville, FL 32608 (352) 376-8873

South Carolina • March 22-25 The Inn at USC 1619 Pendleton Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201 (803) 779-7779

Kentucky • May 3-6 Crowne Plaza - Campbell House 1375 South Broadway Lexington, Kentucky 40504 (859) 255-4281

Director of Athletics/Vice Chancellor Joe Alleva Sr. Assoc. AD/Operations Verge Ausberry Sr. Assoc. AD/Student Services & SWA Miriam Segar Sr. Assoc. AD/External Affiars Herb Vincent Vice Chancellor University Relations Sr. Assoc. AD/Business Mark Ewing Sr. Assoc. AD/Compliance & Planning Bo Bahnsen Sr. Assoc. AD/Facilities & Grounds Ronnie Haliburton Sr. Assoc. AD/Internal Affiars & Eddie Nunez Project Development Assistant AD/Ticket Manager Brian Broussard Assistant AD/Marketing TBD

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Alabama • April 5-8 Hilton Garden Inn 800 Hollywood Boulevard Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35405 (205) 722-0360

SOFTBALL STAFF Head Coach Alma Mater, Year Record at LSU (Seasons) Career Record (Seasons) Best Time for Interviews Assistant Coach Alma Mater, Year Year at LSU Assistant Coach Alma Mater, Year Year at LSU Director of Operations Alma Mater, Year Year at LSU

PROGRAM HISTORY Beth Torina Florida, 2000 0-0 (1) 129-111 (4) Contact SID Howard Dobson McNeese State, 1997 1st Season Lindsay Leftwich Northwesten State, 2005 1st Season Quinlan Duhon LSU, 2008 3rd Season

All-Time Record 743-222-1 (.770) All-Time SEC Record 314-112-1 (.737) SEC Western Division Titles 8 Seasons 1997-2002, 2004 & 2007 SEC Regular Season Titles 5 Seasons 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 All-Time SEC Tournament Record 36-15 (.706) SEC Tournament Titles 5 Seasons 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007 NCAA Tournament Record 38-26 (.594) NCAA Tournament Appearances 13 Seasons 1998-2004, 2006-2011 Women’s College World Series Appearances 2 Seasons 2001, 2004

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2011 Overall Record 40-18 2011 SEC Record (Finish) 19-9 (4th) 2011 SEC Division Finish 2nd – West 2011 SEC Tournament Finish Quarterfinals NCAA Regionals 2011 Postseason 2011 Final Ranking (NFCA/USA Softball) 22/22 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 13/2 Starters Returning/Lost 7/2 Pitchers Returning/Lost 3/0 Newcomers 5

Location Baton Rouge, La. Founded 1860 Enrollment 28,771 Nickname Tigers or Fighting Tigers Colors Purple & Gold Mascot Mike VI (live Bengal tiger) Conference (Division) Southeastern (Western) President Dr. John V. Lombardi Chancellor Dr. Michael V. Martin NCAA Faculty Representative Dydia DeLyser

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seniors haven’t won a regional yet and haven’t won a conference championship. They’ve been in some battles, and they’ve done some good things. A championship is what they talk about. They want a championship, they want to leave their mark and they want to hang a trophy in the hallway. They want to do all of those things. From the minute we got here, they expressed that that’s where they wanted to be, and it fit perfectly with where we were trying to go as well.” To reach those goals, Torina has challenged the 2012 Tigers to have the ‘it’ factor in every aspect of the program whether it be during the execution of a hitting drill at practice to delivery season tickets to the fans. “One thing we’ve talked a lot about during the fall and leading into the season is having the ‘it’ factor,” Torina said. This ‘it’ factor, we talked about creating it with this team, and it’s kind of that intangible factor that you can’t necessarily put words on. Coach Miles talked about it a lot in his football postgame interviews and talked all year that this team just had ‘it.’ “Our tag line is ‘whatever it takes’. We’ve talked a lot with our players about what it takes to create that, and what is it about those special teams that have that ‘it’ factor,” Torina continued. “It’s determination, it’s chemistry and it’s work ethic. All of those things go into creating that ‘it’ factor. I feel like this is a very solid unit of 22 players, and all will contribute this season.” LSU also heads into its fourth season of “Softball on the Berm” at Tiger Park. The park has gone through many additions from when it first opened its gates in 2009, including a state-of-the-art ticket booth and training facility. During the fall season, LSU played host the National Pro Fastpitch All Stars as part of the league’s college tour. The Tigers carried a 1-0 lead into the seventh inning, and had the NPF All Stars down to their final out. “I’m pretty proud of how it went,” Torina said after the game. “I’m proud of our team, I’m proud of the city of Baton Rouge and the LSU fans. I think this performance can boost us to play with anybody in the country. If we can play with professional players then obviously we can play with anybody in Division one. This is going to be a really good year for LSU softball. I feel really good about what is in store for us.”

THE BATTERY BRITTANY MACK The 2012 LSU softball team is ready to usher in the next chapter of its storied history under first-year coach Beth Torina. She is ready to build on a championship legacy and tradition of two Women’s College World Series trips, five SEC regular season crowns, five SEC Tournament titles and 13 NCAA Regional appearances. “Before talking about the 2012 season, I would like to thank Yvette Girouard and everything that she has done for this program and what she has built,” Torina said. “It’s through her efforts that we’re standing in one of the nation’s top facilities and one of the best places to play college softball. It’s no question that this is done by all of her effort and the efforts of the staff previous to our current staff. I want to thank her for giving us these 22 young women. This team was selected 100 percent by her, and I love them like they were my own. We thank her every day for everything that she’s done for this program.” The Tigers return all the necessary ingredients with a solid nucleus of experience, depth and talented newcomers to return to the pinnacle of the softball world. Torina and the Tigers have their sights high and hope to earn the program’s third trip to Oklahoma City. “Number one is to be in the College World Series, without question,” Torina said. “It was very clear to us as a coaching staff where this team wanted to go. These eight RETURNING POSITION STARTERS PLAYER AVG GP-GS AB R Heyward .294 53-53 153 39 Langoni .271 58-58 177 24 Trosclair .270 50-36 100 19 Blades .252 53-38 103 15 Wray .247 58-58 166 20 Houston .246 49-45 118 5 Santos .232 55-54 164 27 RETURNING PITCHERS PLAYER ERA W-L APP-GS Mack 1.74 20-7 33-27 Fico 2.40 14-10 32-23 Patterson 3.26 6-1 17-8

H 2B 45 1 48 6 27 1 26 1 41 7 29 3 38 9

3B 3 2 0 0 0 0 2

HR 0 5 0 0 8 2 1

RBI TB 9 52 38 73 5 28 5 27 33 72 13 38 26 54

CG SHO/CBO SV IP 17 6/4 1 184.2 16 5/3 2 160.2 5 3/3 0 53.2

OTHER RETURNING LETTERWINNERS PLAYER AVG GP-GS AB R Boulet .212 51-16 52 23 Russell .202 43-37 99 7 .167 5-3 6 1 Falcon Pizer .146 30-16 48 6 Guillory .000 17-0 0 7 Applegate .000 3-0 0 2

H 131 126 44

As is the case for any collegiate softball program, LSU’s pitching staff will have the biggest impact on the Tigers. Reigning All-SEC First-Team, NFCA All-South Region First-Team and NFCA AllAmerican Third-Team performer Brittany Mack headlines a three-arm arsenal and is looking to build on a 20-7 junior campaign. Mack ranked among the SEC’s elite in ERA (1.74), opponent batting average (.187) and strikeouts (209). She won 10 of her last 13 decisions, including a pair of wins during LSU’s sweep of No. 1 Alabama last season. Rachele Fico also finished last season strong and returned to her 2010 SEC Freshman of the Year and NFCA All-South Region First-Team form. Her 183 strikeouts were seventh in the SEC. During the NCAA Regional opener against Syracuse, Fico notched 18 strikeouts. The 18 Ks were the second-most in program history for a single-game, only behind Britni Sneed’s 19 strikeout against Oklahoma at the 2001 Women’s College World Series. Meghan Patterson compiled a 6-1 mark during her freshman campaign and picked up eight or more strikeouts during six of her eight starts. The Destrehan native finished the season with 91 Ks in 53.2 innings of work.

SLG% BB .340 28 .412 21 .280 4 .262 9 .434 24 .322 7 .329 15

R 66 62 29

ER BB 46 64 55 50 25 25

HBP 9 3 0 2 3 20 5

SO 209 183 91

SO OB% 33 .429 21 .356 28 .298 16 .325 52 .351 17 .384 22 .310

2B 14 12 8

3B 1 1 1

SF SH SB-ATT 1 3 23-29 1 2 6-7 0 2 9-12 0 3 3-5 1 1 0-1 1 3 1-1 3 8 10-12

PO A 27 3 41 3 44 45 60 25 51 126 309 15 53 74

HR AB B/AVG. 5 665 .197 16 580 .217 5 203 .217

WP 9 4 1

E FLD% 2 .938 2 .957 6 .937 0 1.000 7 .962 5 .985 8 .941

HBP BK 20 0 18 12 6 0

H 2B 11 0 20 3 1 0 7 2 0 0 0 0

3B 1 0 1 0 0 0

HR 0 0 0 1 0 0

RBI TB 3 13 11 23 3 3 9 12 0 0 0 0

SLG% BB .250 2 .232 10 .500 0 .250 6 .000 0 .000 0

HBP 2 6 1 1 0 0

SO OB% 14 .268 13 .313 1 .250 19 .250 0 .000 0 .000

SF SH SB-ATT 0 2 19-24 0 6 1-1 1 0 0-0 1 0 0-0 0 0 1-2 0 0 0-0

PO A 18 3 199 10 1 3 53 2 0 0 0 0

E FLD% 1 .955 2 .997 0 1.000 5 .917 0 .000 0 .000

POSITION PLAYERS LOST PLAYER AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B Young .272 57-57 147 30 40 6 Shaw .272 58-51 147 18 40 1

3B 0 0

HR 10 0

RBI TB 42 76 12 41

SLG% BB .517 27 .279 7

HBP 26 8

SO OB% 29 .465 19 .340

SF SH SB-ATT 0 1 2-2 0 4 16-23

PO A 307 21 20 0

E FLD% 4 .988 0 1.000

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“We’re led by our pitching staff,” Torina said. “All three of them are very talented, they’re very special and they will keep us in every ball game on the schedule this season. Any one of them could be a No. 1 at many universities throughout the country. We’re really lucky to have a staff of that caliber all in one place.” Calling the shots for LSU behind the plate will be Morgan Russell and Lauren Houston. The veteran duo has combined to start in 185 games over the last three seasons for the Tigers.

THE INFIELD LSU’s infield was key as the Tigers compiled a sparkling .973 fielding percentage in 2011, a second straight Top 20 national finish. Tammy Wray, an All-Louisiana Second Team selection, returns to the hot corner. She tallied 126 assists, second-most in the SEC. Offensively, Wray belted eight home runs and 33 RBIs to rank second and third on the squad. Opposite Wray on the diamond will be Ashleigh Kuhn at first base. The Northwestern State transfer sat out last season due to NCAA rules. She tallied a .289 average with 28 RBIs during the 2009 season with the Demons. Heidi Pizer and Dylan Supak also are a candidates to see time at first base. Pizer chipped in nine RBIs in limited action, while Supak collected TSWA All-State and AllDistrict accolades all four years at LaGrange High School in Texas. Allison Falcon, Juliana Santos and Cassie Trosclair will all see time in the middle of the infield. Defensively when not on the field, the trio could see time in the lineup at designated player. Falcon is back to full strength after an injury cut her 2011 season to only five appearances. LSU was 30-3 when she was the starting shortstop in 2010. Santos was a strong force at the top of the lineup as LSU won 33 of 43 games last season when Santos batted in the No. 2 hole. She cranked a team-leading nine doubles en route to 26 RBIs. Trosclair made 50 appearances, including 36 starts after transferring from Auburn. Her .270 batting average was upped to a .328 clip when she was in the No. 7 or No. 8 spot in the lineup. Rikki Alcaraz and Kailey McCasland will provide depth on the infield and also are in the running to see time in the lineup at designated player.

Alcaraz, from Marist High School in Orland Park, Ill., picked up All-Conference and AllArea honors during the 2008, 2009 and 2010 season. McCasland hails from California’s San Clemente High School where she secured multiple All-South Coast League FirstTeam picks. “We have a lot of depth and some great competition in a variety of positions on the field,” Torina said. “Another thing that’s contributed is that I’m new, and I haven’t seen these guys play in a ton of games yet. As a coach, I don’t want to make judgment on people solely based on practice, because I don’t think that’s fair. “There are a bunch of girls that want to be great, and they’re working hard every day,” Torina continued. “They all deserve to play, without question. They’ve all worked and deserve a chance and deserve a spot.”

THE OUTFIELD LSU’s outfield will have a veteran presence with Ashley Applegate and Ashley Langoni on the corners. Simone Heyward also is back to patrol centerfield. Applegate will start in right field after missing most of last season due to injury. Being used primarily at designated player, she spent the majority of the 2010 season with over a .300 batting average and produced 12 multi-hit efforts. She also scored 35 runs and drew 32 walks in 2010. Heyward, an 2011 All-SEC All-Freshman honoree, turned in a team-leading .294 batting average, scored a team-high 39 runs, drew a team-best 28 walks and added a team-leading 23 stolen bases from the leadoff spot. The 23 stolen bases ranked sixth in the SEC. Langoni compiled a .271 batting average to go along with five dingers and 38 RBIs. Her 48 hits and 12 multi-hit performances paced the Tigers, while her 38 RBIs were second. She also produced several ESPN type web gem plays from her left field post. A.J. Andrews, Jacee Blades, Alex Boulet, Katie Guillory and Tammy Vermeulen will provide depth in the outfield. All five players possess blazing speed and are candidates to serve as pinch runners in critical situations. Andrews racked up 57 stolen bases on a crisp .557 hitting ratio while at Countryside High School in Florida and was selected to play in the 2011 Under Armour All-America Game.

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“I like to have some speed, some power,” Torina continued. “We work on defense the same amount of time we work on offense, and we don’t go a day without doing one or the other. This team is capable of all of the things I’m asking them to do. We can run, we can hit, we can play defense and definitely pitch. They have all of the tools and all of the things I need them to have.”

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ashley langoni Blades, a utility option, will be utilized in the infield when not in the outfield. She started 38 games and notched a .252 batting average last season. She also garnered a perfect fielding percentage with 60 putouts and 25 assists. Boulet scored on 14 of her 28 pinch running attempts. She also registered 19 stolen bases to not only rank second on the team but tied for 10th in the SEC. Guillory checked in with 17 pinch running appearances after she missed the first two months of the season due to injury. Vermeulen was named to the Section 11 Team and played travel ball for Florida’s Gold Coast Hurricanes squad. “I can’t ask for a lot more than this team, and I can’t ask for a lot more than what they’ve given us as a staff,” Torina said. “They have done every single thing we’ve asked them to. They’ve bought into every change and everything we’ve asked them to do.”

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The Tigers affirmed their long-standing commitment of facing the nation’s elite as they square off with five of the eight participants from the 2011 Women’s College World Series. In total, the 2012 slate features 27 games against 13 teams that qualified for the 2011 NCAA Tournament. “From start to finish, the 2012 schedule will be very challenging for the Tigers,” Torina said. “Our team will have to put forth its best effort every time we take the field. We will have many opportunities throughout the season to prove ourselves matching up with softball’s best-of-the-best.” LSU will play host to three non-conference tournaments, including the Tiger Classic [Feb. 10-12] on opening weekend. The Tigers square off with Big 10 NCAA Tournament foes Michigan and Penn State before meeting Louisiana Tech. LSU welcomes Alcorn State, McNeese State and South Alabama for the Tiger Invitational [Feb. 25-26], while Mississippi Valley State and Troy head to the Capitol City for the Purple & Gold Challenge [March 9-10] to conclude the non-conference tournament schedule. LSU hits the road for the first time at the high profile Louisville Slugger Desert Classic [Feb. 18-19] in Las Vegas, Nev., where the Tigers meet up with 2011 WCWS participant California, 2011 NCAA Tournament Team DePaul, Cal State Northridge and Utah State. At the prestigious The Preview [March 2-4], LSU has a quartet of games scheduled with 2011 WCWS participants Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. The Tigers will play at a pair of games at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, home of the WCWS, in addition to the campus sites. “We are fortunate to put a team on the field that has a great deal of experience,” Torina said. “Our eight seniors have the poise and confidence to tackle these types of marquee games. They truly have the chance to go out on top. There’s no question that we will have to show up at our best level each and every day.” LSU welcomes ACC members Florida State [Feb. 15] and Georgia Tech [March 21] along with Southeastern Louisiana [Feb. 21] for midweek action to Tiger Park. The Tigers also take on Nicholls State [March 7 & April 4] and McNeese State [March 28 & April 18] for midweek home-and-home series. The rugged SEC schedule gets underway with a home mid-week doubleheader against 2011 NCAA Tournament participant Auburn [March 14]. Other league series inside the friendly confines of Tiger Park include three-game sets with Mississippi State [March 16-18], Arkansas [March 30-April 1], Ole Miss [April 20-22] and 2011 NCAA Super Regional qualifier Georgia [April 27-29]. The Tigers have conference road trips to South Carolina [March 23-25] before meeting SEC heavy hitters which include 2011 WCWS participant Alabama [April 6-8], 2011 NCAA Tournament participant Tennessee [April 13-15], 2011 WCWS finalist Florida [April 24] and 2011 NCAA Super Regional qualifier Kentucky [May 4-6]. “The atmosphere for SEC softball is second to none,” Torina said. “Each team gives one another their best shot week in and week out. I know our fans are already excited for the season. Our players are ready for the challenges ahead.”

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00 Ashley Langoni 1 Rikki Alcaraz 2 Juliana Santos 3 Cassie Trosclair 4 Morgan Russell 6 A.J. Andrews 9 Alex Boulet 10 Ashley Applegate 11 Dylan Supak Heidi Pizer 12 Katie Guillory 13 Lauren Houston 16 Tammy Wray 18 20 Meghan Patterson 23 Jacee Blades 25 Simone Heyward 28 Tammy Vermeulen 32 Allison Falcon 33 Kailey McCasland 37 Rachele Fico 44 Brittany Mack 47 Ashleigh Kuhn

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Hometown (Previous School)

Sr.-3L Pueblo, Colo. (Pueblo West HS) Fr.-HS Orland Park, Ill. (Marist HS) Sr.-3L Newman, Calif. (Orestimba HS) Sr.-1L New Orleans, La. (Auburn) Sr.-3L Edmond, Okla. (Santa Fe HS) Fr.-HS Oldsmar, Fla. (Countryside HS) So.-1L Crowley, La. (Notre Dame HS) R Sr.-3L Modesto, Calif. (Fred C. Beyer HS) Fr.-HS LaGrange, Texas (LaGrange HS) Sr.-2L Tigard, Ore. (Louisiana-Lafayette) Sr.-3L Lafayette, La. (Carencro HS) Jr.-2L Youngsville, La. (St. Thomas More Catholic HS) So.-1L Somers, N.Y. (Somers HS) So.-1L Destrehan, La. (Mount Carmel Academy) So.-1L Baton Rouge, La. (Parkview Baptist HS) So.-1L Sacramento, Calif. (Rosemont HS) Fr.-HS Patchogue, N.Y. (Bayport Blue Point HS) R So.-1L Donaldsonville, La. (Ascension Catholic HS) Fr.-HS San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente HS) Jr.-2L Oxford, Conn. (Masuk HS) Sr.-3L Round Rock, Texas (Westwood HS) So.-TR Nederland, Texas (Northwestern State)

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1 Rikki Alcaraz 6 A.J. Andrews Ashley Applegate 10 Jacee Blades 23 Alex Boulet 9 Allison Falcon 32 Rachele Fico 37 Katie Guillory 13 Simone Heyward 25 Lauren Houston 16 47 Ashleigh Kuhn Ashley Langoni 00 44 Brittany Mack 33 Kailey McCasland 20 Meghan Patterson 12 Heidi Pizer 4 Morgan Russell 2 Juliana Santos 11 Dylan Supak 3 Cassie Trosclair Tammy Vermeulen 28 18 Tammy Wray Coaching Staff Head Coach Assistant Coach

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Assistant Coach Director of Operations

Beth Torina (Florida, 2000) Howard Dobson (McNeese State, 1997)

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California (4) Ashley Applegate, Simone Heyward, Kailey McCasland, Juliana Santos

Oregon (1) Heidi Pizer

Hometown/Previous School

Fr.-HS Orland Park, Ill. (Marist HS) Fr.-HS Oldsmar, Fla. (Countryside HS) R Sr.-3L Modesto, Calif. (Fred C. Beyer HS) So.-1L Baton Rouge, La. (Parkview Baptist HS) So.-1L Crowley, La. (Notre Dame HS) R So.-1L Donaldsonville, La. (Ascension Catholic HS) Jr.-2L Oxford, Conn. (Masuk HS) Sr.-3L Lafayette, La. (Carencro HS) So.-1L Sacramento, Calif. (Rosemont HS) Jr.-2L Youngsville, La. (St. Thomas More Catholic HS) So.-TR Nederland, Texas (Northwestern State) Sr.-3L Pueblo, Colo. (Pueblo West HS) Sr.-3L Round Rock, Texas (Westwood HS) Fr.-HS San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente HS) So.-1L Destrehan, La. (Mount Carmel Academy) Sr.-2L Tigard, Ore. (Louisiana-Lafayette) Jr.-2L Edmond, Okla. (Santa Fe HS) Sr.-3L Newman, Calif. (Orestimba HS) Fr.-HS LaGrange, Texas (LaGrange HS) Sr.-1L New Orleans, La. (Auburn) Fr.-HS Patchogue, N.Y. (Bayport Blue Point HS) So.-1L Somers, N.Y. (Somers HS) Lindsay Leftwitch (Northwestern State, 2005) Quinlan Duhon (LSU, 2008) New York (2) Tammy Vermuelen, Tammy Wray

Oklahoma (1) Morgan Russell

Connecticut (1) Rachele Fico Illinois (1) Rikki Alcaraz

Colorado (1) Ashley Langoni

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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Players Rikki ALCARAZ awl-KUHL-raz Alex BOULET BOO-lay Rachele FICO FEE-co Katie GUILLORY Gill-or-ree JACEE Blades Jay-CEE Ashley KUHN koon Heidi PIZER PIE-zer Dylan SUPAK SHOO-pak Tammy VERMEULEN VUR-mill-yuhn Coaching Staff Beth TORINA Quinlan DUHON

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Ashley Langoni Outfield 5-6 · Sr.-3L · R-R Pueblo, Colo.

Alex Boulet Outfield 5-0 · So.-1L · L-L Crowley, La.

Tammy Wray Infield 5-7 · So-1L · R-R Somers, N.Y.

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Rikki Alcaraz Infield 5-2 · Fr.-HS · L-R Orland Park, Ill.

Applegate 10 Ashley Outfield

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Juliana Santos Infield 5-5 · Sr.-3L · R-R Newman, Calif.

Supak 11 Dylan Utility

Patterson Blades 20 Meghan 23 Jacee Pitcher Utility 5-7 · So.-1L · R-R Destrehan, La.

Kailey McCasland Infield 5-6 · Fr.-HS · R-R San Clemente, Calif.

Rachele Fico Pitcher 5-6 · Jr.-2L · R-R Oxford, Conn.

Head Coach Beth Torina 1st Season Career Record: 129-111

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Simone Heyward Outfield 5-0 · So.-1L · L-R Sacramento, Calif.

Mack 44 Brittany Pitcher

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Morgan Russell Catcher 5-7 · Sr.-3L · R-R Edmond, Okla.

Katie Guillory Outfield 5-6 · Sr.-3L · L-L Lafayette, La.

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A.J. Andrews Outfield 5-4 · Fr.-HS · L-R Oldsmar, Fla.

Houston 16 Lauren Catcher 5-5 · Jr.-2L · R-R Youngsville, La.

Vermeulen 28 Tammy 32 Outfield

5-10 · Sr.-3L · R-R Round Rock, Texas

Assistant Coach Howard Dobson 1st Season

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5-10 · Sr.-2L · R-R Tigard, Ore.

5-6 · So.-1L · L-R Baton Rouge, La.

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Cassie Trosclair Infield 5-4 · Sr.-1L · L-R New Orleans, La.

Pizer 12 Heidi Infield

5-10 · Fr.-HS · R-R LaGrange, Texas

5-5 · Sr.-3L · L-R Modesto, Calif.

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Allison Falcon Infield 5-4 · So.-1L · R-R Donalsonville, La.

Ashleigh Kuhn Utility 5-7 · So.-TR · R-R Nederland, Texas

Assistant Coach Lindsay Leftwitch 1st Season

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2012 Opponents Penn State Nittany Lions Feb. 10 & 11 • Tiger Park • 6 p.m. & 3 p.m.

Location Colors Conference Website Head Coach Record at Penn State (Seasons) Career Record (Seasons) 2011 Record 2011 Postseason Letterwinners R/L Media Relations Contact Email

Cal State Northridge Matadors Feb. 18 • Las Vegas, Nev. • 1:15 p.m.

University Park, Pa. Blue & White Big 10 gopsusports.com Robin Petrini 455-371-2 (15) Same 31-24-1 (11-8-1 Big 10) NCAA Regionals 15/5 Jeremy Fallis jsf16@psu.edu

Location Colors Conference Website Head Coach Record at CSUN (Seasons) Career Record (Seasons) 2011 Record 2011 Postseason Letterwinners R/L Media Relations Contact Email

Michigan Wolverines Feb. 11 & 12 • Tiger Park • 12:30 p.m. & 3 p.m.

California Golden Bears Feb. 19 • Las Vegas, Nev. • 1:15 p.m.

Location Ann Arbor, Mich. Colors Maize & Blue Conference Big Ten Website mgoblue.com Head Coach Carol Hutchings Record at Purdue (Seasons) 1209-407-4 (27) Career Record (Seasons) Same 2011 Record 53-6 (18-2 Big Ten) 2011 Postseason NCAA Regionals 15/6 Letterwinners R/L Media Relations Contact Sarah VanMetre Email vanmetre@umich.edu

Location Berkeley, Calif. Colors Blue & Gold Conference Pac-12 Website calbears.com Head Coach Diane Ninemire Record at Cal (Seasons) 1059-509 (24) Career Record (Seasons) Same 2011 Record 45-13 (15-6 Pac-10) 2011 Postseason NCAA Women’s College World Series (T-5th) 13/2 Letterwinners R/L Media Relations Contact Anna Oleson-Wheeler Email aowheeler@berkeley.edu

Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters Feb. 12 • Tiger Park • 12:30 p.m.

Utah State Aggies Feb. 19 • Las Vegas, Nev. • 3:30 p.m.

Location Ruston, La. Red & Blue Colors Western Athletic Conference Website latechsports.com Head Coach Sarah Dawson Record at Louisiana Tech (Seasons) 196-284 (7) Same Career Record (Seasons) 2011 Record 17-39 (6-15 WAC) 2011 Postseason None Letterwinners R/L 9/11 Media Relations Contact Malcolm Butler mbutler@latech.edu Email

Location Colors Conference Website Head Coach Record at Utah State (Seasons) Career Record (Seasons) 2011 Record 2011 Postseason Letterwinners R/L Media Relations Contact Email

Florida State Seminoles Feb. 15 • Tiger Park • 6 p.m. Location Colors Conference Website Head Coach Record at FSU (Seasons) Career Record (Seasons) 2011 Record 2011 Postseason Letterwinners R/L Media Relations Contact Email

Location Colors Conference Website Head Coach Record at Southeastern Louisiana (Seasons) Career Record (Seasons) 2011 Record 2011 Postseason Letterwinners R/L Media Relations Contact Email

DePaul Blue Demons Feb. 18 • Las Vegas, Nev. • 11 a.m.

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Hammond, La. Green & Gold Southland lionsports.net Pete Langlois 355-491 (17) Same 22-30 (11-19 SLC) None 13/7 Kemmler Chapple kchapple@selu.edu

South Alabama Jaguars Feb. 25 & Feb. 26 • Tiger Park • 12:30 p.m. & 3 p.m.

Chicago, Ill. Royal Blue & Scarlet BIG EAST depaulbluedemons.com Eugene Lenti 1102-527-6 (30) Same 41-15 (19-2 BIG EAST) NCAA Regionals 10/5 Bob Sakamoto rsakamot@depaul.edu

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Logan, Utah Navy Blue & White Western Athletic utahstateaggies.com Carissa Millsap-Kalaba 35-72 (3) 183-155 (6) 15-42 (8-13 WAC) None 13/6 Couper Sorensen coupdawg@gmail.com

Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions Feb. 21 • Tiger Park • 6 p.m. & April 11 • Hammond • 6 p.m.

Tallahassee, Fla. Garnet & Gold Atlantic Coast seminoles.com Lonni Alameda 120-62 (3) 277-220-1 (8) 32-28 (9-11 ACC) NCAA Regionals 12/8 Steve Stone sstone@fsu.com

Location Colors Conference Website Head Coach Record at DePaul (Seasons) Career Record (Seasons) 2011 Record 2011 Postseason Letterwinners R/L Media Relations Contact Email

Northridge, Calif. Red, White & Black Big West gomatadors.com Tairia Flowers 22-31 (1) Same 22-31(10-11 Big West) None 10/7 Geoff Herberg geoffrey.herberg@csun.edu

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Location Mobile, Ala. Colors Red, Blue & White Conference Sun Belt Website usajaguars.com Head Coach Becky Clark Record at South Alabama (Seasons) 143-123-1 (4) Career Record (Seasons) 299-156-2 (17) 2011 Record 37-17 (14-10 Sun Belt) 2011 Postseason None Letterwinners R/L 10/7 Media Relations Contact Lauren Logan Email llogan@usouthal.edu

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2012 Opponents McNeese State Cowgirls Feb. 25 & April 18 • Tiger Park • 3 p.m. & 6 p.m. March 28 • Lake Charles • 6 p.m.

Mississippi Valley State Devilettes March 9 & 10 • Tiger Park • 5 p.m. & 4 p.m.

Location Lake Charles, La. Colors Royal Blue & Yellow Conference Southland Website mcneesesports.com Head Coach Mike Smith Record at McNeese St (Seasons) 0-0 (1) Career Record (Seasons) 636-173 (13) 2011 Record 31-29 (18-12 SLC) 2011 Postseason None Letterwinners R/L 12/8 Media Relations Contact Pam LaFosse Email plafosse@mcneese.edu

Location Colors Conference Website Head Coach Record at MVSU (Seasons) Career Record (Seasons) 2011 Record 2011 Postseason Letterwinners R/L Media Relations Contact Email

Alcorn State Lady Braves Feb. 26 • Tiger Park • 5:30 p.m. Location Colors Conference Website Head Coach Record at Alcorn State (Seasons) Career Record (Seasons) 2011 Record 2011 Postseason Letterwinners R/L Media Relations Contact Email

Itta Bena, Miss. Forest Green & White Southwestern Athletic mvsu.edu/athletics Lee Smith 266-255 (10) Same 26-25 (15-2 SWAC) None NA Kenneth Mister sportsinfo.mvsu.edu

Troy Trojans March 9 & 10 • Tiger Park • 7:30 p.m. & 1:30 p.m.

Alcorn, Miss. Purple & Gold Southwestern Athletic alcornsports.com Kevin Montgomery 124-181 (6) Same 19-33 (6-11 SWAC) None LaToya Shields latoya@alcorn.edu

Location Troy, Ala. Colors Cardinal, Black & Silver Conference Sun Belt Website troytrojans.com Head Coach Melanie Davis Record at Troy (Seasons) 706-423-2 (18) Career Record (Seasons) 804-444-2 (21) 2011 Record 32-27 (11-12 Sun Belt) None 2011 Postseason Letterwinners R/L 9/9 Media Relations Contact Matt Mays mtmays@troy.edu Email

Oklahoma Sooners March 2 & 3 • Norman/Oklahoma City, Okla. • 6 p.m. & 4 p.m.

Auburn Tigers March 14 • Tiger Park • 5 p.m. [DH]

Location Norman, Okla. Crimson & Cream Colors Conference Big 12 Website soonersports.com Head Coach Patty Gasso 817-271-2 (17) Record at Oklahoma (Seasons) 978-330-2 (21) Career Record (Seasons) 2011 Record 43-19 (10-8 Big 12) 2011 Postseason NCAA Women’s College World Series (T-7th) Letterwinners R/L 12/4 Media Relations Contact David Bassity dbassity@ou.edu Email

Location Colors Conference Website Head Coaches Record at Auburn (Seasons) Career Record (Seasons) 2011 Record 2011 Postseason Letterwinners R/L Media Relations Contact Email

Oklahoma State Cowgirls March 3 & 4 • Oklahoma City/Stillwater, Okla. • 11 a.m. & 12 p.m.

Auburn, Ala. Burnt Orange & Navy Blue Southeastern auburntigers.com Tina Deese 499-412-1 (16) 785-535-1 (24) 40-19 (15-13 SEC) NCAA Regionals 14/5 Bob Grant grantrs@auburn.edu

Mississippi State Bulldogs March 16-18 • Tiger Park • 6 p.m., 4 p.m. & 1 p.m.

Location Stillwater, Okla. Colors Orange & Black Conference Big 12 Website okstate.com Head Coach Rich Wieligman 178-115 (5) Record at Oklahoma State (Seasons) Career Record (Seasons) Same 2011 Record 42-20 (8-10 Big 12) 2011 Postseason NCAA Women’s College World Series (T-7th) Letterwinners R/L 12/5 Media Relations Contact Mike Noteware Email mike.noteware@okstate.edu

Location Starkville, Miss. Colors Maroon & White Conference Southeastern Website hailstate.com Head Coach Vann Stuedeman 0-0 (1) Record at Mississippi State (Seasons) Career Record (Seasons) Same 2011 Record 24-32 (10-18 SEC) 2011 Postseason None Letterwinners R/L 17/3 Media Relations Contact Kyle Niblett Email kniblett@athletics.mstate.edu

Nicholls State Colonels March 7 • Thibodaux • 6 p.m. & April 4 • Tiger Park • 6 p.m.

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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets March 21 • Tiger Park • 6 p.m.

Thibodaux, La. Red & Grey Southland geauxcolonels.com Angel Santiago 0-0 (1) Same 15-37 (7-22 SLC) None NA Jamie Bustos jamie.bustos@nicholls.edu

Location Colors Conference Website Head Coach Record at Nicholls State (Seasons) Career Record (Seasons) 2011 Record 2011 Postseason Letterwinners R/L Media Relations Contact Email

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Atlanta, Ga. Old Gold & White Atlantic Coast ramblinwreck.com Sharon Perkins 228-85 (5) Same 45-12 (18-2 ACC) NCAA Regionals 13/5 Betsy Devine bdevine@athletics.gatech.edu

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South Carolina Gamecocks March 23-25 • Columbia, S.C. • 5 p.m., 1 p.m. & 12 p.m. Location Colors Conference Website Head Coaches Record at South Carolina (Seasons) Career Record (Seasons) 2011 Record 2011 Postseason None Letterwinners R/L 16/6 Media Relations Contact Email

Florida Gators April 24 • Gainesville, Fla. • 4 p.m. [DH] Columbia, S.C. Garnet & Black Southeastern gamecocksonline.com Beverly Smith 26-30 (1) Same 26-30 (6-22 SEC)

Koby Padgett kpadgett@sc.edu

Location Colors Conference Website Head Coaches Record at Florida (Seasons) Career Record (Seasons) 2011 Record 2011 Postseason Letterwinners R/L Media Relations Contact Email

Gainesville, Fla. Orange & Blue Southeastern gatorzone.com Tim Walton 331-80 (6) 454-144 (9) 56-13 (21-7 SEC) NCAA Women’s College World Series (2nd) 9/8 Kelly Reynolds kellyr@gators.ufl.edu

Arkansas Razorbacks March 30-April 1 • Tiger Park • 6 p.m., 4 p.m. & 1 p.m.

Georgia Bulldogs April 27-29 • Tiger Park • 6 p.m., 4 p.m. & 4 p.m.

Location Fayetteville, Ark. Colors Cardinal & White Conference Southeastern Website arkansasrazorbacks.com Head Coach Mike Larabee Record at Arkansas (Seasons) 41-68 (2) Career Record (Seasons) 155-215 (7) 2011 Record 13-39 (3-23 SEC) 2011 Postseason None Letterwinners R/L 15/6 Media Relations Contact Emily Robinson Email eerobins@uark.edu

Location Colors Conference Website Head Coach Record at Georgia (Seasons) Career Record (Seasons) 2011 Record 2011 Postseason Letterwinners R/L Media Relations Contact Email

Alabama Crimson Tide April 6-8 • Tuscaloosa, Ala. • 7 p.m., 1:30 p.m. & 1:30 p.m.

Kentucky Wildcats May 4-6 • Lexington, Kent. • 5 p.m., 12 p.m. & 12 p.m.

Location Colors Conference Website Head Coach Record at Alabama (Seasons) Career Record (Seasons) 2011 Record 2011 Postseason Letterwinners R/L Media Relations Contact Email

Location Lexington, Ky. Blue & White Colors Southeastern Conference Website ukathletics.com Head Coach Rachel Lawson Record at Kentucky (Seasons) 123-103 (4) 215-187 (7) Career Record (Seasons) 40-16 (14-9 SEC) 2011 Record 2011 Postseason NCAA Super Regionals Letterwinners R/L 15/4 Media Relations Contact Deb Moore deb.moore@uky.edu Email

Tuscaloosa, Ala. Crimson & White Southeastern rolltide.com Patrick Murphy 684-190 (13) 715-210 (14) 53-11 (19-6 SEC) NCAA Women’s College World Series (T-3rd) 15/2 Skip Powers spowers@ia.ua.edu

Athens, Ga. Red & Black Southeastern georgiadogs.com Lu Harris-Champer 553-195 (11) 762-259-1 (15) 51-14 (17-9 SEC) NCAA Super Regionals 11/11 Whitney Tarpy wtarpy@sports.uga.edu

Tennessee Lady Volunteers April 13-15 • Knoxville, Tenn. • 5 p.m., 11 a.m. & 3 p.m.

Southeastern Conference Office Contact Information

Location Colors Conference Website Co-Head Coaches Record at Tennessee (Seasons) Career Record (Seasons) 2011 Record 2011 Postseason Letterwinners R/L Media Relations Contact Email

Birmingham, Ala. Location Commissioner Mike Slive Executive Associate Commissioner Mark Womack Associate Commissioner Communications Charles Bloom Softball Umpire Coordinator Lurline Hamilton Chevonne Mansfield Softball Media Relations Contact (205) 458-3000 Phone Email cmansfield@sec.org Website secsports.com Mailing Address 2201 Richard Arrington Blvd. North Birmingham, AL 35203

Knoxville, Tenn. Orange & White Southeastern utladyvols.com Ralph & Karen Weekly 514-162-2 (10) 1015-343-2 (24 - Ralph) & 737-259-2 (15 - Karen) 49-12 (20-8 SEC) NCAA Regionals 15/5 Brian Davis bdavis16@utk.edu

Ole Miss Rebels April 20-22 • Tiger Park • 6 p.m., 6 p.m. & 1 p.m. Location Oxford, Miss. Colors Cardinal Red & Navy Blue Conference Southeastern Website olemisssports.com Head Coach Windy Thees Record at Ole Miss (Seasons) 0-0 (1) Career Record (Seasons) 184-154 (6) 2011 Record 14-39 (3-23 SEC) 2011 Postseason None Letterwinners R/L 4/4 Media Relations Contact Daniel Snowden Email desnowde@olemiss.edu

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SEC & NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS May 10-12 • SEC Tournament • Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Eight Teams • Single Elimination May 17-20 • NCAA Regionals • 16 Campus Sites • Double Elimination May 24-27 • NCAA Super Regionals • Eight Campus Sites • Best 2-of-3 May 31-June 3 • College World Series • Oklahoma City, Okla. • Double Elimination

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Pictured Left to Right: Row 1: Assistant Coach Lindsay Leftwich, 10 Ashley Applegate, 11 Dylan Supak, 6 A.J. Andrews and 23 Jacee Blades. Row 2: 32 Allison Falcon, 1 Rikki Alcaraz, 44 Brittany Mack, 20 Meghan Patterson and 18 Tammy Wray. Row 3: 13 Katie Guillory, 33 Kailey McCasland and 16 Lauren Houston. Row 4: 37 Rachele Fico, Director of Operations Quinlan Duhon, 4 Morgan Russell, 2 Juliana Santos and 12 Heidi Pizer. Row 5: Assistant Coach Howard Dobson, 9 Alex Boulet, 47 Ashleigh Kuhn, Head Coach Beth Torina and 00 Ashley Langoni. Row 6: 28 Tammy Vermeulen, 3 Cassie Trosclair and 25 Simone Heyward.


10 Ashley Applegate

OF · 5-5 · Sr.-3L · L-R · Modesto, Calif. (Fred C. Beyer HS) HONORS & AWARDS 2011 SEC Community Service Team 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll 2010 All-Louisiana Second Team 2010 SEC Softball Community Service Team 2010 Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team 2009 All-LSWA Honorable Mention 2009 SEC Softball Community Service Team 2009 Purple & Gold Challenge All-Tournament Team 2008 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll

REDSHIRT SEASON (2011) Appeared in three games as a pinch runner before taking a medical redshirt … Scored two runs, including the game-winning run during a 1-0 nine-inning victory over Hofstra (March 4) ... Run clinched Yvette Girouard’s 500th win at LSU. JUNIOR SEASON (2010) One of four Tigers to start all 61 games ... LSU won 17 of 19 games when Applegate started at right field ... Finished with a .294 (52-for-177) average after spending a majority of the season over .300 ... Tacked on 22 RBIs; one of seven Tigers to finish with over 20 RBIs ... Upped her average to .357 (20-of-56) when playing right field ... Compiled a team-best 32 walks and hit-by-a-pitch 13 times en route to a .437 on-base percentage ... Recorded a 10-for-11 clip in the stolen base department ... Scored 35 runs to rank third on the team ... LSU was 28-0 when Applegate crossed the plate ... Reached base in 54 of 61 games, including 23 of 24 games during LSU’s program-long winning streak (Feb. 20-March 31) ... Tallied 12 multi-hit performances, third-best on team ... Matched a career-best six-game hitting streak on two occasions (Feb. 13-19 & May 8-15) ... Added a 2-for-4 performance with two RBIs against Virginia (Feb. 21) to earn Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team honors ... Garnered RBIs in four of five games at the Tiger Invitational (Feb. 26-28) ... Slapped hits in seven of her first eight SEC games (March 13-21), including all three games of the South Carolina series (March 13-14) ... Followed with a trio of multi-hit games with RBIs during the Auburn series (March 20-21) ... Turned in a 2-for-4 performance with a career-best three RBIs at Southeastern Louisiana (March 24) ... Added hits in two games of the Mississippi State (April 10-11), Arkansas (April 17-18) and Kentucky series’ (April 24-25) ... Broke a 1-1 tie with a RBI single during the fifth inning of the Arkansas finale (April 18) ... Cranked hits in all three games of the Tennessee series (May 8-9) and LSU’s games at the SEC Tournament (May 13-15) ... Knocked a RBI single to ignite LSU’s four-run fifth inning against No. 4 Alabama (May 15) ... Went 0-for-8 with two walks during the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional (May 21-22). SOPHOMORE SEASON (2009) Saw action in 52 games and made 48 starts splitting time between right field, designated player and second base ... Finished with a .281 batting average to go along with 22 RBIs ... Spent most of the season with over a .300 hitting clip ... One of four players to record double-digit, multi-hit games ... Six of her 10 multi-hit efforts came against SEC opponents ... Capped seventh inning, four-run comeback with a RBIsingle and added game-winning RBI on a bases loaded walk during ninth inning at Hawai`i (Feb. 7) ... Provided game tying, two-run single in sixth inning against No. 5 Texas A&M (Feb. 15) ... Notched hits in three of four games en route to All-Tournament Team honors at Purple & Gold Challenge (Feb. 20-22) ... Slapped hits in 15 of 27 games versus SEC opponents ... Tallied a career-best four hits with a RBI in game two against Kentucky (March 7) ... Strung together a career-long six-game hitting streak with four multi-hit efforts (April 10-18) ... Was 4-for-7 with four RBIs in doubleheader against Southeastern Louisiana (April 15) ... Started three NCAA Tempe Regional games and knocked in a two-run single in LSU’s 10-2 victory over No. 9 Arizona State (May 16). FRESHMAN SEASON (2008) Played in 43 games, starting 14 ... Saw most action in the outfield, but also saw action at third base, as the designated player and as a pinch runner ... Recorded one multiple-hit game on the season with a 2-for-5 performance against Troy... Had two multiple-RBI games, both against UL-Monroe ... Had a three-game hitting streak during the year ... Recorded one double and nine RBIs on the season ... Was 3-for-3 in stolen bases ... Committed only one error on the season ... Member of the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll. HIGH SCHOOL Earned Most Valuable Player and all-state honors ... A three-time all-league selection with back-to-back first-team honors ... Earned all-district honors ... Led the Modesto area in batting average and stolen bases in 2006 ... For her career, recorded a .485 batting average ... Broke Beyer High School’s career records for hits, on base percentage, runs scored and stolen bases ... Also earned letters as a goalie in water polo ... Was a four-time academic all-softball selection. PERSONAL Full name is Ashley Rochelle Applegate ... Parents are Greg and Angie Applegate ... Has one sister, Amanda (25) ... Graduated in December 2011 with a degree in Elementary Education ... Perusing a Master of Education with a curriculum and instruction specialization … Led her summer league team, the California Grapettes, to a 13th place finish in the ASA Gold Nationals ... Born on Jan. 30, 1989, in Modesto, Calif.


13 katie guillory

OF · 5-6 · Sr.-3L · L-L · Lafayette, La. (Carencro HS)

JUNIOR SEASON (2011) Registered 17 pinch running appearances after she missed the first two months of the season due to injury … LSU won all seven games when Guillory scored, including five SEC contests … Represented gamewinning run during the sixth inning of a 4-2 victory at Mississippi State (April 29) … Crossed plate in back-to-back contests to conclude South Carolina series (May 7 & 8) … Appeared in all four NCAA College Station Regional contests and scored game’s initial run of a 10-0 rout against Sacred Heart (May 21) during an elimination game. SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010) Recorded 36 appearances being used primarily used as a pinch runner ... Scored seven runs in 31 pinch running efforts ... LSU won six of seven games when Guillory crossed the plate, six of her seven runs also were scored at Tiger Park ... Added stolen bases against Arkansas (April 18) and Georgia (April 30) ... Scored during LSU’s six-run fourth inning against Oklahoma State (Feb. 19) ... Represented the go-ahead run in the middle game of the Mississippi State series (April 10). FRESHMAN SEASON (2009) Made 24 appearances being primarily used as a pinch runner ... Scored her first career run during LSU’s four-run, seventh inning comeback at Hawai`i (Feb. 7) ... Went 3-for-11 at the plate... Earned her first career start at right field against UAB (Feb. 21) ... Slapped a RBI-single to left field in her first plate appearance, stole a base and scored a run against UAB ... Also picked up hits against Southern Miss (Feb. 25) and Nicholls (March 4) ... Scored game-winning run in first game of doubleheader against No. 2 Alabama (March 18) ... Represented tying run during sixth inning of Tigers comeback victory in series finale at Mississippi State (March 22) ... Appeared in all four NCAA Tempe Regional games and recorded a career-best three putouts starting in right field against No. 9 Arizona State (May 17). HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for Mary Eldridge at Carencro High School ... batted .425 and slugged .600 with 11 stolen bases and 15 RBIs en route to Daily Advertiser’s All-Acadiana and LSWA All-State honors in 2008 ... Played for the West squad at the 2008 School Coaches Association AllStar Doubleheader ... Notched a pair of All-District selections during 2007 and 2008 seasons ... Strong academically as an Academic All-State Honorable Mention pick and member of the National Honors Society ... Also lettered in soccer and swimming and served as a student trainer for boys soccer team. PERSONAL Full name is Katie Lynn Guillory ... Daughter of David and Cynthia Guillory ... Has one brother, Christopher (25) and one sister, April (22) .... Majoring in kinesiology with a fitness studies concentration ... Born on Sept. 12, 1990 in Opelousas, La.


00 ashley langoni

OF · 5-6 · Sr.-3L · R-R · Pueblo, Colo. (Pueblo West HS) HONORS & AWARDS 2011 NCAA College Station All-Regional Team 2011 All-Louisiana Honorable Mention 2011 Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team 2010 All-Louisiana Honorable Mention 2010 Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team 2010 Louisiana Hitter of the Week (02/23, 04/20) 2009 NCAA Tempe Regional All-Tournament Team 2009 Easton Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team

JUNIOR SEASON (2011) One of two players to start in all 58 games … Batted .271 (48-for-177) and provided five home runs along with 38 RBIs … Her 48 hits and 12 multi-hit performances were a team-high … Her 38 RBIs, seven multi-RBI outings and 73 total bases were second on the team … 20 of her 38 RBIs came during SEC action, good enough for a 12th place tie in league rankings … Equaled a career-high three hits versus Bowling Green (Feb. 12) … Notched Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team accolades … Broke 45 at-bat homerless stretch to open the season in-style against Fordham (Feb. 26) … Final leg of LSU’s historic three consecutive long balls off of All-American Jen Mineau during the sixth inning … Put together a career-long seven-game hitting streak (March 13-April 1) … Was 3-for-4 and contributed a career-best five RBIs in Arkansas series opener (April 1) … Became 30th player in program history to reach 100 career hits versus No. 1 Alabama (April 9) … Racked up seven hits sparked by a trio of multi-hit efforts en route to NCAA College Station All-Regional Team honors … Went 2-for-4 with a RBI against Sacred Heart (May 21) … Turned in a 3-for-4 performance with a RBI-triple and a two-run homer versus Syracuse (May 21). SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010) Totaled 51 starts at left field ... Batted .288 (42-for-146) with a team-high nine home runs and 34 RBIs ... Compiled a .527 slugging clip to rank second on the squad ... Her 10 multi-RBI efforts were second on the team ... Paced the LSU outfielders with 10 assists ... Earned a pair of LSWA Hitter of the Week (Feb. 23 & April 20) awards ... Connected for a two-run homer in the fifth inning against No. 19 North Carolina (Feb. 13) ... Opened a season-best four-game hitting streak en route to a Tiger Classic All-Tournament selection (Feb. 19-21) ... Turned in a 3-for4 performance and matched a career-best four RBIs against Virginia (Feb. 21) ... Cranked a solo walkoff homer during the ninth inning against Houston (Feb. 28) ... Missed a 10-game stretch (March 13-24) due to injury ... Reeled off 15 RBIs over a 12-game stretch (April 10-29) ... Equaled a career-high with four RBIs at Nicholls State (April 14) ... Notched more late inning heroics with a walkoff RBI-double in the 10th inning versus Arkansas (April 17) ... Scored a career-best three runs in LSU’s 9-1 semifinal victory over No. 5 Florida (May 14) at the SEC Tournament ... Went 2-for-8 with two walks at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional (May 21-22) FRESHMAN SEASON (2009) Totaled 49 appearances, including 46 starts seeing action at five different positions ... Batted .227 and paced team with nine home runs ... Finished third driving home 29 RBIs and teamed with fellow freshmen Juliana Santos and Anissa Young to provide 43.0 percent (92-of-214) of LSU’s RBIs ... Shared team lead producing 10 multi-RBI efforts ... Drew bases loaded walk for her first career RBI in season opener against UAB (Feb. 5) ... Picked up first career hit on a single at Hawai`i (Feb. 7) ... Went 2-for-3 and belted first career homer against No. 5 Texas A&M (Feb. 15) ... Strung together a season-long six-game hitting (March 4-18) ... Knocked go-ahead two-run home run during Auburn series finale (May 3) ... Started all four NCAA Tempe Regional games in left field ... Cranked grand slam in 10-2 victory over No. 9 Arizona State (May 16) ... Became 17th player in program history to pop two home runs in a game against No. 9 Arizona State (May 17). HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for Bob Zinanti at Pueblo West High School in Colorado ... Team won backto-back 4A State Championships in 2005 and 2006 ... A two-time All-State First-Team pick in 2007 and 2008 ... Played club softball with the Colorado Quick Silvers. PERSONAL Full name is Ashley Rose Langoni ... Daughter of Robert and Terry Langoni ... Has one brother, Eric (30) ... Majoring in sports administration with a commerce concentration ... Born on July 15, 1989 in Pueblo, Colo. LANGONI’S COMPLETE BIO IS AVAILABLE AT LSUSPORTS.NET


44 Brittany Mack

P · 5-10 · Sr.-3L · R-R · Round Rock, Texas (Westwood HS) HONORS & AWARDS 2011 NFCA All-America Third Team 2011 NFCA All-South Region First Team 2011 NCAA College Station All-Regional Team 2011 All-SEC First Team 2011 SEC Pitcher of the Week (03/07, 04/11, 04/25) 2011 All-Louisiana First Team 2011 Louisiana Pitcher of the Week (03/08, 03/22, 04/12, 04/26, 05/03) 2011 Purple & Gold Challenge All-Tournament Team 2011 Capitol One Academic All-District Second Team

2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll 2010 All-Louisiana Honorable Mention 2010 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 6 Second Team 2009 NFCA Scholar-Athlete 2009 Purple & Gold Challenge All-Tournament Team & Tournament MVP 2009 Easton Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team 2009 Louisiana Pitcher of the Week (02/25) 2009 SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll

JUNIOR SEASON (2011) Garnered a 20-7 record, a stout 1.74 ERA, amassed 209 strikeouts and limited opponents to a.197 batting average during her 184.2 innings of work … All four marks [wins, ERA, strikeouts and opponent batting average] were among the SEC’s Top 7 … Claimed All-SEC First-Team, NFCA All-South Region First-Team and NFCA All-American Third-Team accolades … Racked up a trio of SEC Pitcher of the Week awards (March 7, April 11 and April 25) to join former All-Americans Kristin Schmidt and Britni Sneed as only LSU hurlers to earn the honor three times during the same season … Won 10 of her first 13 decisions (Feb. 11-April 10) … Six of her seven setbacks came versus Top 10 opponents where she received only three runs of support … Tossed one-hit shutout in six innings of work and added five strikeouts during season debut against Bowling Green (Feb. 11) … Outdueled All-American Jen Mineau of Fordham (Feb. 26) and allowed two runs, zero earned, with nine Ks in complete game win … Racked up 11 strikeouts in two-hit, nine-inning shutout victory versus Hofstra (March 4) … Mowed down 11 more batters and surrendered one run on five hits at Arkansas (April 2) … Registered a career-best 14 Ks over a career-long 14 innings and limited No. 1 Alabama’s potent offense to a single run (April 8) … Completed Alabama sweep (April 10) with a twohit shutout fueled by nine strikeouts … Ran off seven straight wins during the Ole Miss (April 22, 24), Mississippi State (April 29, 30, May 1) and South Carolina (May 6, 8) series … Notched a pair of NCAA Tournament elimination wins over Sacred Heart (May 20) and Syracuse (May 21) to bring her season win total to 20 games … Fanned 28 batters over 21 innings of work en route to NCAA College Station All-Regional team accolades … Enters her senior season 74 Ks away from fifth place on the program’s all-time strikeouts list. SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010) Went 9-3 over 21 appearances and recorded 81 strikeouts over 88.0 innings of work ... Her 1.59 ERA ranked fourth, while her 27 runs allowed were second-fewest in the SEC ... Won eight of her last nine decisions (Feb. 24-April 30), including a 4-0 mark in SEC action ... Received only one run of support during her three losses at Texas (Feb. 13), against No. 4 Michigan (Feb. 20) and McNeese State (April 21) ... Racked up five or more Ks eight times, including a season-best eight strikeouts apiece against Texas and Michigan, respectively ... Tossed a one-hit gem over six innings in game two at South Carolina (March 13) ... Surrendered one earned run on six hits over 6.2 frames during the middle game of the Auburn series (March 20) ... Secured wins in the middle games of the Mississippi State (April 10) and Kentucky (April 25) series ... Missed the month of May due to injury. FRESHMAN SEASON (2009) Recorded 28 appearances, including 14 starts ... Went 11-4 with a 2.36 ERA and added nine complete games ... Racked up 110 strikeouts in 103.2 innings and held opponents to a staff low .197 batting average ... Her 2.36 ERA and .197 opponent batting average ranked inside the SEC Top 10 ... Earned her first career win providing five innings of relief with six strikeouts in LSU’s comeback victory at Hawai`i (Feb. 7) ... Fanned a career-best 13 batters over eight innings during win against No. 5 Texas A&M (Feb. 14) ... Also notched a save against No. 5 Texas A&M (Feb. 15) ... Won eight consecutive decisions (Feb. 20-April 10) ... Tossed first career no-hitter and registered eight strikeouts against Texas State (Feb. 21) ... Earned complete game triumph and scattered three runs, two earned, on three hits against Baylor (March 11) ... Picked up a pair of victories to open Mississippi State series (March 21) ... Dealt hard-luck loss after limiting No. 1 Florida (April 18) to one run on five hits. HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for Tiffany Gates and Westwood High School in Texas ... Totaled a 60-16 career record with a 0.54 ERA ... Tossed six no-hitters and three perfect games ... Struck out 39 batters in a single game pitching 21 innings ... Featured in Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd in May 2008 ... Nothced multiple All-District and All-State honors during career highlighted by District 14 5-A MVP and EA Sports All-American Second-Team honors as a junior ... Member of National Honor Society, National German Honor Society and Who’s Who among American High School students ... Played club softball with Stix. .PERSONAL Full name is Brittany Lynn Mack ... Daughter of Scott and Jan Mack ... Has one sister, Courtney (23) ... Majoring in kinesiology with a human movement concentration ... Born on Jan. 25, 1990 in Phoenix, Ariz. MACK’S COMPLETE BIO IS AVAILABLE ON LSUSPORTS.NET


12 heidi pizer

INF · 5-10 · Sr.-2L · R-R · Tigard, Ore. (Louisiana-Lafayette) HONORS & AWARDS 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll 2010 SEC Academic Honor Roll

JUNIOR SEASON (2011) Garnered 30 appearances, including 16 starts split between first base (9), shortstop (6) and designated hitter (1) … Tallied a .146 batting average (7-for-48) to go along with a home run and nine RBIs … All nine of her RBIs fueled came against non-conference opponents … Went 4-for-7 at the plate with four walks and five RBIs during Tiger Classic (Feb. 11-13) … Notched two RBIs during season-opener against Louisiana Tech (Feb. 11) … Turned in a 2-for-3 effort with two RBIs versus Louisiana Tech (Feb. 13) … Blasted a two-run dinger at Houston (Feb. 19) … Recorded a hit in her lone plate appearance against No. 14 California (Feb. 26) … Drew a bases loaded walk to score game’s first run during a 2-0 triumph that secured weekend sweep over No. 1 Alabama (April 10) … Made three appearances at NCAA College Station Regional (May 20-22) … Hit-by-pitch and scored a run as part of LSU’s eight-run sixth inning in a 10-0 rout of Sacred Heart (May 21). SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010) Registered 20 appearances, including two starts ... Made her first career start at shortstop against Oklahoma State (Feb. 20) ... Went 2-for-17 at the plate primarily used as a pinch hitter ... Started at third base at Nicholls State (April 14) ... Knocked two home runs and added three RBIs against the Colonels ... Drew a pitch-hit walk in the middle game of the Arkansas series (April 18). FRESHMAN SEASON (2009 AT ULL) Appeared in eight games off the bench for the Cajuns ... Went 2-for-5 with a RBI at the plate ... Knocked home RBI-single against McNeese State (April 7). HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for Gary Edwards at Tigard High School in Oregon ... Four-time All-Pacific Conference selection at shortstop from 2005-08 ... Also lettered in basketball where she earned Team MVP honors as a sophomore ... Team made state playoffs in softball (2005) and basketball (2007 & 2008). PERSONAL Daughter of Wayne and Kimberly Pizer ... Has two sisters Destiney and Shantell along with a brother Correy ... Born on March 15, 1990 ... Majoring in elementary education.


4 Morgan Russell

C · 5-7 · SR.-3L · R-R · Edmond, Okla. (Santa Fe HS)

JUNIOR SEASON (2011) Tallied 43 appearances, including 37 starts split between catcher (23) and designated player (14) … Teamed with Lauren Houston to throw out 13 runners from the catcher position … Batted .202 (20-for-99) with 11 RBIs … Opened the season on a careerlong five-game hitting streak (Feb. 11-18) … Went 1-for-3 with a two-run double during season debut against Bowling Green (Feb. 11) … Platted two runs on a single as part of a seven-run third inning against McNeese State (Feb. 23) … Strung together hits in three consecutive games (March 23-April 2) … Connected for a pinch-hit RBI groundout to cap 2-0 victory and series sweep over No. 1 Alabama (April 10) … Reached base in 13 of her final 16 outings (April 22-May 22) … Matched a career-high three hits with a RBI against South Carolina (May 7) … Recorded 18 putouts, second-most for a single game in program history, against Syracuse (May 20) at NCAA College Station Regional. SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010) Made 51 appearances and checked in with 42 starts at catcher ... Batted .230 (23-for-100) with a home run and drove home all 14 of her RBIs after March 5 ... Her 280 putouts ranked 10th in the SEC ... Mowed down five runners attempting to steal and limited LSU’s opponents only totaled 34 stolen bases for the season ... Went 2-for2 with two RBIs against Syracuse (March 7) ... Pieced together a four-game hitting streak (March 20-31)Ripped a RBI-single through the left side for a 2-1 walkoff win to open the Mississippi State series (April 10) ... Provided a 1-for-2 effort with two RBIs in LSU’s 3-0 game two victory at No. 18 Tennessee (May 8) ... Connected for her first career home run and smashed a RBI-single during LSU’s 9-1 semifinal with over No. 5 Florida (May 14) at the SEC Tournament ... Was 1-for8 at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional (May 21-22). FRESHMAN SEASON (2009) Saw action in 47 games and made 43 starts at catcher ... Recorded double digit putouts on five occasions, including a career-best 13 versus No. 5 Texas A&M (Feb. 13) and at Mississippi State (March 21) ... Notched her first career hit on a two-run single against Texas State (Feb. 21) ... Scored game-winning run on a wild pitch in seventh inning of 4-3 win over Baylor (March 11) ... Turned in her first multi-hit effort with a 2-for-3 performance at No. 8 Georgia (March 14) ... Went 2-for-4 in series finale against No. 13 Tennessee (April 5) ... Started all four NCAA Tempe Regional games knocking hits in victories over Cal State Fullerton (May 15) and No. 9 Arizona State (May 16). HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for Rhonda Lawson at Edmond Sante Fe High School in Oklahoma ... Team won four regional championships and appeared in the 2006 championship game ... Named All-Edmond Co-Player of the Year, All-Region and All-State as a senior after batting .402 with 22 doubles and 27 RBIs ... Three-time All-Edmond and All-Conference pick ... Member of Principal and Superintendent Honor Rolls ... Played club softball with the Oklahoma Ultimate Gold. PERSONAL Full name is Morgan Shea Russell ... Daughter of Brad and Angela Russell ... Has one sister, Chelsea (24) and one brother, Garrett (15) ... Father played baseball at Oklahoma State from 1978-79 ... Majoring in sports administration with a commerce concentration ... Born on Nov. 24, 1989 in Austin, Texas. RUSSELL’S COMPLETE BIO IS AVAILABLE ON LSUSPORTS.NET


2 Juliana Santos

INF · 5-5 · Sr.-HS · R-R · Newman, Calif. (Orestimba HS) HONORS & AWARDS 2011 Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team 2009 Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-South Region First Team 2009 SEC All-Freshman Team 2009 All-LSWA Honorable Mention 2009 Easton Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team SEC Freshman of the Week (April 13, 2009) LSWA Hitter of the Week (April 14, 2009) LSU Female Student-Athlete of the Week (April 15, 2009) 2009 Easton Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team 2009 Oceanic Time Warner Cable Paradise Classic All-Tournament Team

JUNIOR SEASON (2011) Appeared in 55 games with 54 starts … Registered 38 of her 54 starts at shortstop … Notched a .232 batting average (38-for-164) with one home run and 26 RBIs … 32 of her 38 hits and 24 of her 26 RBIs came while batting in lineup’s No. 2 spot … LSU went 33-10 when Santos batted second … Cranked a team-best nine doubles ... One of three players to record at least 10 stolen bases … Racked up seven RBIs during opening weekend (Feb. 11-13) to garner Tiger Classic All-Tournament honors … Went 4-for-4 with two RBIs and added three steals against Louisiana Tech (Feb. 13) … Turned in a 1-for-3 effort with a RBI versus No. 14 California (Feb. 26) … Drew bases loaded walk to plate go-ahead run during seventh inning of 7-4 comeback win over Cal Poly (Feb. 27) … Hit safely in 14 of her last 28 appearances (April 1-May 22) … Tied a single-game program record with 5-for-5 performance at Arkansas (April 2) … Lauren Castle is the only other Tiger to tally five hits in a game … Put together a career-long six-game hitting streak (April 16-23) … Went 3-for-4 with a RBI during series finale against No. 6 Tennessee (April 17) … Went 1-for-4 with a RBI during 10-0 rout of Sacred Heart (May 21) at the NCAA College Station Regional … Tallied a 1-for-3 effort with a run scored at No. 18 Texas A&M (May 22). SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010) Battled injuries to make 47 appearances, including 44 starts ... Split her starts between second base (19), shortstop (16) and designated player (9) ... Batted .209 (23-for-110) to go along with three home runs and 11 RBIs ... Perfect 9-for-9 in stolen bases ... Blasted a three-run homer to erase a 2-0 deficit at McNeese State (March 31) ... Finished strong with hits in 12 of her last 20 outings (April 14-May 22) ... Turned in a 2-for-2 effort with a RBI in game one against Arkansas (April 17) ... Belted a two-run home run in the fourth inning during the Kentucky finale (April 25) ... Coaxed a bases loaded walk to cap LSU’s 5-3 comeback win in game two against No. 8 Georgia (April 30) ... Reeled off RBIs in three straight games (May 14-21) ... Drew another bases loaded free pass in LSU’s 9-1 semifinal with over No. 5 Florida (May 14) at the SEC Tournament ... Her RBI ground out tied the score at 4-4 against No. 4 Alabama (May 15) at SEC Championship game ... Went 3-for-9 with a run scored at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional (May 21-22) ... Ripped a RBI-double to put LSU on the board against McNeese State (May 21) ... Provided two of LSU’s five hits against Louisiana-Lafayette (May 22). FRESHMAN SEASON (2009) Appeared in all 53 games, including 52 starts at shortstop ... Became sixth infielder in program history to earn NFCA All-South Region First-Team honors ... Batted .279 with four home runs and 27 RBIs ... Teamed with fellow freshmen Ashley Langoni and Anissa Young to provide 43.0 percent (92-of-214) of LSU’s RBIs ... Scored a team-best 40 runs ... Tied for second on the squad with 13 multi-hit games ... LSU was 25-10-1 when Santos hit in the No. 3 spot ... Knocked a single in her first career at-bat against UAB (Feb. 5) ... Went 3-for-4 and belted her first career home run, a two-run shot, at Hawai`i (Feb. 6) ... Cranked LSU’s first home run in the new Tiger Park as part of a 3-for-4 effort against No. 5 Texas A&M (Feb. 14) ... Tallied 20 of her 27 RBIs versus SEC opponents ... Strung together a pair of five-game hitting streak (March 7-18 & April 10-15) ... Picked up a career-best five RBIs highlighted by a first inning grand slam during series finale against Kentucky (March 8) ... Notched hits in all three games of the Mississippi State (March 21-22) and Arkansas (April 10-11) series’ ... Slapped game-tying, RBI-triple as a pinch hitter in seventh inning at Nicholls (April 7) ... Collected RBIs in all three games of the South Carolina series (April 25-26) ... Started all four NCAA Tempe Regional games ... Popped a RBI-triple against Cal State Fullerton (May 15) to join Britni Sneed as the only players in program history to produce RBI hits in their first postseason at-bat ... Went 2-for-2 and scored two runs in 10-2 victory over No. 9 Arizona State (May 16). HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for Casey Cooper at Orestimba High School in California ... Team won 2007 and 2008 WAC Section championship; her 2007 team was undefeated ... Earned 2007 and 2008 WAC MVP ... Hit .667 and paced her section with 55 RBIs on 11 home runs despite battling Crohn’s Disease ... Garnered Modesto Bee Player of the Year and small school California Player of the Year in 2008 ... Carried a 4.0 GPA on a 5.0 scale. PERSONAL Full name is Juliana Nichole Santos ... Daughter of Ralph and Yvette-Camara Santos ... Has one brother, Alec (19) ... Majoring in sports administration with a commerce concentration ... Born on July 31, 1990 in Hayward, Calif. SANTOS’ COMPLETE BIO IS AVAILABLE ON LSUSPORTS.NET

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3 Cassie Trosclair

INF · 5-4 · Sr.-1L · L-R · New Orleans, La. (Auburn) HONORS & AWARDS 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll

JUNIOR SEASON (2011) Made 50 appearances, including 36 starts split between second base (33) and designated player (3) … Batted .270 (27-for-100) to rank fifth on the squad and added five RBIs … Upped her average to a .328 mark (19-for-58) when hitting No. 7 or No. 8 in the lineup ... Tied for fourth on the team with eight multihit efforts … Secured a 9-for-12 clip in the stolen base department … Went 1-for-3 with a run scored in LSU debut against Louisiana Tech (Feb. 11) … Turned in 2-for-3 performances with a RBI versus Bowling Green (Feb. 12) and Purdue (Feb. 13) … Picked up two RBIs as part of 2-for-2 effort against Southern (Feb. 18) … Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored versus Nicholls State (Feb. 19) ...Scored two runs at Arkansas (April 2) … Recorded a career-best five putouts against No. 1 Alabama (April 8) … Pieced together a three-game hitting streak (April 6-9) highlighted by a career-high three hits during 3-1 victory over No. 1 Alabama (April 9) … Went 1-for-3 with a RBI and scored a run in series finale against No. 6 Tennessee (April 17) … Scored runs during three straight pinch running appearances (April 24-May 1) … Returned to starting lineup in final three games of the NCAA College Station Regional (May 21-22) … Equaled a career-best with three hits and swiped a program single-game record four stolen bases against Sacred Heart (May 21) … Went 1-for-3 with a runs scored versus Syracuse (May 21). REDSHIRT SEASON (2010) Trosclair will sit out the 2010 season due to SEC transfer regulations, and she will have two years of eligibility remaining at LSU starting in 2011. FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE SEASONS (2008 & 2009 at Auburn) Played two seasons and appeared in 107 games with 84 starts for the Tigers ... 76 of her 84 starts came at second base ... Went 8-for-11 in the stolen base department fueled by a 6-of-7 mark as a sophomore ... Knocked home game-winning RBI against Lipscomb (March 17) ... Belted her first career home run (high school or college) against Arkansas in series finale (April 5) ... Slapped hits in all three games of the LSU series (May 2-3) ... Started 51 games as a freshman ... Tallied her first career hit against Gardner Webb (Feb. 16) to open a career-long four-game hitting streak ... Was 1-for-2 with a run scored and drove home her first career RBI during series finale against Mississippi State (March 12) ... Notched first multi-hit game against Ole Miss (March 15) ... Walked and scored game’s only run against No. 9 Tennessee (March 29) ... Paced team with a .667 batting average at the 2008 NCAA Regionals highlighted by a 3-for-3 performance against Stephen F. Austin (May 17) ... Member of the 2009 SEC Academic Honor Roll. HIGH SCHOOL Three-year letterwinner for Tony Labella at Cabrini High School in New Orleans ... Named New Orleans Metro Area High School Athlete of the Year ... Team won three district titles ... Tallied All-District First-Team and All-New Orleans Team accolades in 2006 & 2007 ... Also lettered for two seasons in volleyball and one season in track. PERSONAL Daughter of Brian and Giselle Trosclair ... Born on Sept. 25, 1989 ... Has one sister, Carlie (25) ... Majoring in kinesiology with a sports studies concentration.


37 Rachele Fico

P · 5-6 · Jr.-2L · R-R · Oxford, Conn. (Masuk HS) HONORS & AWARDS 2011 NCAA College Station All-Regional Team 2011 USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List 2011 All-Louisiana Honorable Mention 2011 Louisiana Pitcher of the Week (04/05) 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll 2010 NFCA All-South Region First Team 2010 SEC Co-Freshman of the Year 2010 All-SEC Second-Team 2010 All-SEC Freshman Team 2010 All-SEC Defensive Team 2010 LSWA Freshman of the Year 2010 All-Louisiana First Team

2010 SEC Pitcher of the Week (04/19, 04/26) 2010 SEC Freshman of the Week (03/22) 2010 Louisiana Pitcher of the Week (03/02, 03/24, 04/20) 2010 Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team 2010 Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team & Tournament MVP 2010 Purple & Gold Challenge All-Tournament Team

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2011) Named to the prestigious 2011 USA Softball Top 50 Preseason Player of the Year Watch List … Recorded 32 appearances, including 23 starts … Went 14-10 with a 2.40 ERA and two saves … Seven of Fico’s 10 losses came versus Top 25 opponents … Her 2.40 ERA and .217 opponent batting average was 12th in the SEC … Added 16 complete games highlighted by five shutouts … Racked up 183 strikeouts over 160.2 innings of work … Her 183 Ks were seventh-best in the SEC … 58 of her 183 strikeout were looking, fifth-highest in the SEC … Tossed program’s third-ever perfect game against Southeastern Louisiana (Feb. 16) … Fired 4.2 frames of two-hit relief and notched nine Ks against No. 3 Arizona (Feb. 25) … Tagged for a career-high six earned runs in losses versus No. 2 Florida (March 9), No. 1 Georgia (March 11), No. 24 Kentucky (March 18) and No. 6 Tennessee (April 16) … Won nine of her last 11 decisions (March 19-May 20) … Limited No. 1 Alabama to one run on four hits and tacked up 11 strikeouts during 3-1 dramatic 10-inning victory (April 9) … Mowed down 10 batters in an eight-hit shutout against South Carolina (May 7) during legendary coach Yvette Girouard’s final home game … Turned in a career-best 18 strikeouts and was tough-luck loser in an 11-inning setback versus Syracuse (May 20) at NCAA College Station Regional … The 18 Ks were the second-most in program history for a single-game, only behind Britni Sneed’s 19 against Oklahoma at the 2001 Women’s College World Series … Earned spot on NCAA College Station All-Regional Team. FRESHMAN SEASON (2010) Compiled a 20-7 record with a SEC-leading 1.15 ERA over 41 appearances ... Became first LSU pitcher to reach 20-win plateau since Dani Hofer (24) and Emily Turner (21) in 2007 ... Secured a SEC-high five saves en route to a program single-season record ... Tallied a staff-best 161 strikeouts, seventh in the SEC, over 158.2 innings of work ... 65 of her 165 strikeouts were looking, fifth-highest in the SEC ... Her .184 opponent batting average also ranked fourth in the SEC and ninth for a single-season at LSU ... Made impressive debut in LSU’s season opener and allowed one run with six strikeouts during 1-0 complete game setback to No. 19 North Carolina (Feb. 12) ... Notched her first career win with 2.2 frames of two-hit relief and three Ks against the Tar Heels (Feb. 13) ... Reeled off 10 straight victories (Feb. 17-April 3) ... Added first complete-game shutout against South Alabama (March 5) ... Put together a run of 26 straight scoreless innings (March 6-31) ... Bounced back to hold opposition to a pair of earned runs during a 47.0 inning stretch (April 10-May 9) after loss at No. 6 Alabama (April 7) ... Shouldered the load with two wins and a save at Kentucky (April 24-25) ... Garnered back-to-back SEC Pitcher of the Week (April 19 & 26) awards to join Britni Sneed (March 11 & 18, 2002) as last LSU player to reach that feat ... Came away with a four-hitter in middle game at No. 18 Tennessee (May 8) ... Piled up eight strikeouts in 5.0 spotless innings of three-hit ball to claim 20th win against McNeese State (May 21) during NCAA Baton Rouge Regional ... Turned in a career-best 11 strikeouts and allowed only two hits during 1-0 tough-luck loss to No. 20 Texas A&M (May 22). HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for Jacqui Sheftz at Masuk High School in Connecticut ... Team won the 2007 and 2008 Class LL State Championship ... Compiled an impressive 105-3 record with a 0.07 ERA during her high school career ... Racked up 1,884 strikeouts over 775 innings ... Fired 26 perfect games, a national high school record, along with 47 no-hitters and 95 shutouts ... Struck out all 21 batters she faced during record breaking 21st perfect game and earned a spot on ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays ... Four-time All-District, All-Conference and All-State First-Team selection ... Notched 2008 and 2009 Connecticut Gatorade Player of the Year, Louisville Slugger/NFCA and EA Sports High School All-America First-Team accolades ... Featured multiple times by Sports Illustrated and ESPN.com PERSONAL Daughter of Ralph and Lee Fico ... Born on June 17, 1991 ... Majoring in sports administration with a commerce concentration. FICO’S COMPLETE BIO IS AVAILABLE ON LSUSPORTS.NET


16 Lauren Houston

C · 5-5 · Jr.-2L · R-R · Youngsville, La. (St. Thomas More HS)

HONORS & AWARDS 2010 Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2011) Notched 49 appearances with 45 starts split between catcher (35) and designated player (10) … LSU won eight of 10 contests when Houston was the designated player … Teamed with Morgan Russell to limit opponents to 51 stolen bases and throw out 13 runners from the catcher position … Upped her average to .246 (29-for-118) with two home runs and 13 RBIs … One of seven Tigers to record double digit RBIs … Hit-by-pitch 20 times, good enough for second on the team and in the SEC … Posted four of her six multi-hit efforts during month of February … Went 2-for-2 and set a career-high with three RBIs against Louisiana Tech (Feb. 13) … Cranked a three-run dinger as part of LSU’s eight run fifthinning during an 11-2 triumph over Nicholls State (Feb. 19) … Was 2-for-4 with two RBIs versus Cal Poly (Feb. 27) … Turned in 2-for-4 effort against Hofstra (March 4) during Yvette Girouard’s 500th win at LSU … Went 2-for-2 with a solo homer at No. 1 Georgia (March 11) … Recorded 16 putouts during LSU’s 2-1 win in 14 innings over No. 1 Alabama (April 8) … Posted five 1-for-3 performances over a seven-game run (April 13-22) … Laced sixth inning single which turned into winning run in a 4-2 victory at Mississippi State (April 29) … Hit safely in all three games and added RBIs during the last two games of the South Carolina series (May 6-8) … Was 1-for-3 with a RBI single against Texas A&M (May 22) at the NCAA College Station Regional. FRESHMAN SEASON (2010) Tallied 27 appearances, including 18 starts ... Tigers won 17 of 18 games when Houston was the starting catcher ... Garnered 11 of her 18 starts during LSU’s program-best 24-game winning streak (Feb. 20-March 31) ... Went 4-for-42 at the plate with six RBIs ... Recorded her first career RBI on a bases loaded walk against Southeastern Louisiana (Feb. 24) ... Turned in a 2-for-3 performance and her RBI single broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth inning against Jacksonville State (Feb. 27) en route to Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team honors ... Provided two RBIs against South Alabama (March 5) ... Added a RBI on a bases loaded walk at McNeese State (March 31) ... Picked up 113 putouts highlighted by a career-best 12 in the middle game of the Arkansas series (April 18). HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for Andria Waguespack at St. Thomas More High School in Youngsville ... Team captured the 2007 4A and 2009 5A State Championships ... Four-time All-District and All-Acadiana First-Team selection from 2006-09 ... Notched 2007 District MVP and LSWA All-State First-Team accolades ... Garnered 2009 Daily Advertiser All-Acadiana MVP and LSWA All-State First-Team honors ... Tallied LSWA AllState Honorable Mention in 2006 and 2008. PERSONAL Daughter of Rodney and Monique Houston ... Born on Oct. 25, 1990 ... Majoring in sports administration with a commerce concentration.


23 Jacee Blades

UTL · 5-6 · So.-1L · L-R · Baton Rouge, La. (Parkview Baptist School) HONORS & AWARDS 2011 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll

FRESHMAN SEASON (2011) Totaled 53 appearances, including 38 starts between second base (20), right field (12), centerfield (3) and shortstop (3) … LSU won 15 of 20 games when Blades started at second base … Turned in a .252 batting average (26-for-103) with five RBIs … Reached base in 26 of her 38 starts … Garnered a perfect fielding percentage fueled by 60 putouts and 25 assists … Was hit-by-pitch and notched a RBI in first career plate appearance versus Louisiana Tech (Feb. 11) … Scored first career run and added another RBI against Southern (Feb. 18) … Collected a career-best 3-for-3 performance with a career-high two runs scored versus Nicholls State (Feb. 19) … Went 2-for-2 with a RBI against McNeese State (Feb. 23) … Recorded hits against No. 3 Arizona (Feb. 25) and No. 14 California (Feb. 26) … Was 2-for-4 versus Hofstra (March 4) during Yvette Girouard’s 500th win at LSU … Came away with a career-high seven putouts to go along with two assists at No. 1 Georgia (March 11) … Picked up a RBI single as part of LSU’s seven-run third inning at Nicholls State (March 23) … Secured hits in nine of her last 12 games (April 22-May 20) sparked by a career-long seven-game hitting streak (April 22-May 1) … Her seven-game streak was tied for second-longest on the team in 2011 … Racked up a .429 hitting clip (9-for-21) and boosted her average by 53 points during the streak … Scored a run in five of those contests … Went 2-for-3 with a RBI at Ole Miss (April 23) … Tallied a 2-for-4 effort with a run scored at Mississippi State (April 30) … Posted hits and scored a run during final two games of the South Carolina series (May 7-8) … Was 0-for-2 against Syracuse (May 20) in her lone appearance at the NCAA College Station Regional. HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for former Tigers April Janzen and Ashlee Ducote at Parkview Baptist School ... Notched NFCA All-America Second-Team and All-South Region First-Team honors in 2010 ... Earned a trio of All-District and All-State selections after her team finished as the 3A runner-up from 2008-10 ... Selected LSWA’s 3A Most Outstanding Player in 2010 ... Member of National Honors Society .. Recruited by Baylor and Louisiana-Lafayette ... Also lettered in basketball and track. PERSONAL Daughter of Jeanne Johnson, and Gene and Julie Blades ... Born on November 4, 1991 ... Has one sister, Bryndi (25) ... Cousin, Michele Williams, was a member of the LSU volleyball team (2008-11) ... Majoring in kinesiology with a human movement concentration.


9 Alex Boulet

OF · 5-0 · So.-1L · L-L · Crowley, La. (Notre Dame HS) HONORS & AWARDS 2011 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll

FRESHMAN SEASON (2011) Made 51 appearances, including 16 starts between right field (14) and centerfield (2) … Primarily used as a pinch runner and scored in 14-of-28 attempts … Went 19-for-24 in the stolen base department … Her 19 steals ranked second on the team and tied for 10th in the SEC … Garnered multiple steals on four occasions … Fifth on the team with 23 runs scored … Batted .212 (11-for-52) with three RBIs … Her first career RBI came on a bases loaded walk against Southern (Feb. 18) … Tallied a 1-for-3 effort with a run scored and two stolen bases versus No. 20 Oklahoma State (Feb. 18) … Drew a walk and scored two runs against Nicholls State (Feb. 19) … Knocked a RBI single in 1-0 nine-inning victory over Hofstra (March 4) to give Yvette Girouard her 500th win at LSU … Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored against Nicholls State (April 6) … Belted RBI triple and added an outfield assist off bench at Ole Miss (April 23) … Picked up a hit, a run and two stolen bases versus Southern Miss (April 27) … Ripped an RBI single as part of LSU’s eight-run sixth inning during a 10-0 rout of Sacred Heart (May 21) at the NCAA College Station Regional. HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for former Tiger Lauren Delahoussaye at Notre Dame High School ... Stockpiled a quartet of All-District honors from 2007-10 ... Earned 2010 All-State accolades after her team won the state championship ... Four-year member of the Principal’s List ... Also lettered in volleyball, basketball and track.

PERSONAL Daughter of Steven and Brenda Boulet ... Born on May 23, 1992 ... Has two sisters, Taylor (17), Sara (8); and four brothers: Steven (20), Ben (14), Brad (11), Hayden (2) … Majoring in mathematics with a secondary education concentration.


32 Allison Falcon

INF · 5-4 · So.-2L · R-R · Donaldsville, La. (Ascension Catholic HS) HONORS & AWARDS 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll 2010 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll

REDSHIRT SEASON (2011) Saw action in five games, including three starts at shortstop before taking a medical redshirt … Went 1-for-2 with a run scored and three RBIs highlighted by a two-run triple versus Purdue (Feb. 13). FRESHMAN SEASON (2010) Garnered 56 appearances to go along with 37 starts ... Tigers won 30 of 33 games when Falcon was the starting shortstop ... Made 18 of her 33 starts during LSU’s program-best 24-game winning streak (Feb. 20-March 31) ... Tallied 17 walks and was hit-by-a-pitch eight times en route to a .355 on-base percentage, nearly 200 points over her batting average ... Went 3-for-3 with a pair of RBI doubles against Southern (Feb. 26) for her first career hits ... Added two RBIs against South Alabama (March 5) ... Strung together hits in four of five games (March 14-20) sparked by a solo home run during the South Carolina series finale (March 14) ... Notched a 2-for-2 performance with three runs scored against Nicholls State (March 23) ... Posted a 2-for-2 effort with a RBI single in the series finale against Arkansas (April 18) ... Her two-out, seventh inning double down the right field line against Kentucky (May 13) kept the Tigers alive to set the table for Kirsten Shortridge’s walkoff homer in the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals ... Turned in a 1-for2 effort against No. 20 Texas A&M (May 22) at NCAA Baton Rouge Regional. HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for Don Henry at Ascension Catholic High School in Donaldsville ... Three-time All-District and All-Parish pick at shortstop from 2007-09 ... Earned 2007 District 9-1A MVP in addition to 2007 and 2009 LSWA All-State First-Team selections ... Also lettered in basketball. PERSONAL Daughter of Scott and Lauren Falcon ... Born on April 30, 1991 ... Majoring in biology.


25 Simone Heyward

OF · 5-0 · So.-1L · L-R · Sacramento, Calif. (Rosemont HS) HONORS & AWARDS 2011 All-SEC Freshman Team 2011 SEC Freshman of the Week (May 9) 2011 All-Louisiana Second Team 2011 Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team & MVP 2011 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll

FRESHMAN SEASON (2011) Started in centerfield for 53 of LSU’s 58 games … Secured All-SEC Freshmen and All-Louisiana SecondTeam honors … Compiled a team-leading .294 batting average (45-for-153), scored a team-high 39 runs, drew a team-best 28 walks and added a team-leading 23 stolen bases … LSU won 25 of 27 games when Heyward scored a run … Scored multiple runs on 10 occasions … Her 23 stolen bases were sixth-best in the SEC … Provided 11 multi-hit games to rank second on the team … Batted in the leadoff spot in 46 of 53 appearances … Spent the first 34 games of 2011 with over a .300 batting clip (Feb. 11-April 2) … Went 7-for-17, scored 11 runs and swiped six steals to garner Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team and MVP accolades (Feb. 11-13) … Missed a five-game stretch (Feb. 18-23) due to injury … Added a quartet of four-game hitting streaks (Feb. 18-26, March 9-12, April 20-23 and May 20-22) … Was 2-for-4 with a triple and run scored versus No. 3 Arizona (Feb. 25) … Tacked on hits in both games of doubleheader against No. 2 Florida (March 9) … Went 1-for-3 with a RBI at Nicholls State (March 23) … Scored runs in all three games of the Arkansas series (April 1-3) … Was 2-for-4 with two runs scored at McNeese State (April 13) … Recorded hits in nine of her last 12 outings since returning to the top spot of the lineup (April 27-May 22) … Earned the SEC Freshman of the Week award (May 9) after she scored five runs and collected a .700 on-base percentage during South Carolina series (May 6-8) … Hit safely in all four games of NCAA College Station Regional (May 20-22), including a pair of multi-hit efforts during elimination wins over Sacred Heart (May 21) and Syracuse (May 21) … Also added a RBI and scored a run in those wins. HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for Bill Kapp at Rosemont High School ... Team earned first playoff berth during her freshman season and won its first playoff game as a junior ... Earned All-League First Team and All-Metro honors in 2008-09 ... Set program records for batting average and stolen bases ... Member of Student Government and the Principal’s List ... Recruited by Cal and Stanford ... Also lettered in track. PERSONAL Daughter of Earl and Mavis Heyward ... Born on August 27, 1992 ... Has one brother, Spencer (17) and one sister, Stephanie (14) ... Majoring in sociology with a criminology concentration.


20 Meghan Patterson

P · 5-7 · So.-1L · R-R · Destrehan, La. (Mount Carmel Academy) HONORS & AWARDS 2011 Louisiana Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 15 & 22) 2011 Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team 2011 Purple & Gold Challenge All-Tournament Team

FRESHMAN SEASON (2011) Recorded 17 appearances, including eight starts in the circle … Compiled a 6-1 mark with a 3.26 ERA … Racked up 91 strikeouts and surrendered 44 hits during her 53.2 innings of work … First LSU freshman hurler in program history to win her first five decisions … Garnered eight or more strikeouts in six of her eight starts … Struck out side in her career debut to close out a 5-0 victory over Bowling Green (Feb. 11) … Pumped in a career-best 11 strikeouts en route to a four-hitter during her first career start versus Bowling Green (Feb. 12) … Added another 11 Ks over five innings against Louisiana Tech (Feb. 13) to claim Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team honors … Fired a five-inning no-hitter fueled by eight strikeouts against four walks versus Southern (Feb. 18) … Notched back-to-back Louisiana Pitcher of the Week awards (Feb. 15 & 22) for her efforts … Picked up eight Ks in 3.1 frames of relief against Cal Poly (Feb. 27) … Threw a one-hitter and tallied eight strikeouts versus Pittsburgh (March 4) to come away with Purple & Gold Challenge All-Tournament Team accolades … Bounced back from lone loss with six strikeouts in three innings to earn win at Nicholls State (March 23) … Tossed a perfect frame aided by a strikeout to close out a 10-0 triumph over Sacred Heart (May 21) at the NCAA College Station Regional. HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for Jerry Nugent, Jr. at Mount Carmel Academy ... Racked up 98 victories and 1,220 strikeouts en route to 2009 and 2010 Louisiana Gatorade Player of the Year awards ... Team won 2008 5A State Championship and a quartet of District titles from 2007-10 ... Garnered three District MVP’s and Metro Pitcher of the Year accolades from 2008-10 ... Hurled seven no-hitters as a senior ... Four-year member of the Principal’s List ... Also recruited by Louisiana-Lafayette. PERSONAL Daughter of Lance and Bethanne Patterson ... Born on February 20, 1992 ... Majoring in kinesiology with a human movement concentration.


18 Tammy Wray

INF · 5-7 · So.-1L · R-R · Somers, N.Y. (Somers HS) HONORS & AWARDS 2011 All-Louisiana Second Team

FRESHMAN SEASON (2011) Joined Ashley Langoni as the only two players to start in all 58 games … 50 of her 58 starts came at third base … Batted .247 (41-for-166) to go along with eight home runs and 33 RBIs to claim All-Louisiana Second-Team accolades … The eight HRs were second, while the 33 RBIs ranked third on the team … Coaxed 24 walks to notch a .351 on-base percentage … Chipped in seven multi-hit and seven multi-RBI outings … Tallied 126 assists, second-highest in the SEC … Recorded hits in six of her first seven games (Feb. 11-16) … Knocked her first career home run and three RBIs during a 3-for-3 effort against Southeastern Louisiana (Feb. 16) … Registered RBIs in five straight games (Feb. 23-27) and compiled a career-long six-game hitting streak (Feb. 26-March 6) … Smoked a two-run double to centerfield versus No. 14 California (Feb. 26) … Middle part of LSU’s historic three consecutive long balls off of Fordham All-American Jen Mineau during the sixth inning (Feb. 26) … Capped 2-for-4 game with a career-best three RBIs with game-tying RBI-single against Cal Poly (Feb. 27) … The RBI single sparked a four-run seventh inning and ignited a 7-4 comeback win … Went 1-for-3 with a RBI-single during 2-1 win over No. 12 Texas (March 6) … Garnered game-winning RBI on hit-by-pitch against No. 24 Kentucky (March 19) to end LSU’s seven-game losing streak … Added a second six-game hitting streak (March 20-April 6) … Blasted threerun dingers in consecutive games to open Arkansas series (April 1 & 2) … Came away with hits in 11 of her last 20 games (April 13-May 22) … Solo dinger finished a five-run third inning to open Auburn doubleheader (April 20) … Provided go-ahead RBI double in LSU’s 7-6 comeback victory in middle game of Mississippi State series (April 30) … Belted a three-run home run during an eightrun sixth inning against Sacred Heart (May 21) at the NCAA College Station Regional. HIGH SCHOOL Five-year letterwinner for Bob Antonucci at Somers High School ... Notched NFCA All-America and All-East Region First-Team honors in 2010 ... Garnered 2010 New York Gatorade Player of the Year ... Ranked among ESPN’s Rise Top 25 recruits for Class of 2010 ... Played in Under Armour All-America game ... Racked up five All-Conference, four All-Section and two All-State picks from 2006-10 ... Recorded over a .500 batting average in her last four seasons highlighted by a .623 clip, 10 home runs and 34 RBIs as a senior ... Owns 14 school records ... Also recruited by Alabama and Florida. PERSONAL Daughter of Sean and Tara Wray ... Born on June 10, 1992 ... Has one sister, Amanda (17) ... Majoring in sports administration with a leadership concentration.


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1 Rikki Alcaraz

INF · 5-2 · Fr.-HS · L-R · Orland Park, Ill. (Marist HS) HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for Denise Fasana at Marist High School in Illinois … Team won its regional championship from 2008-10 … Collected All-Conference and All-Area honors from 2008, 2009 and 2010 … Garnered an All-State selection in 2010 … First player in school history to make and start on varsity team as a freshman … Plays travel ball for the Beverly Bandits. PERSONAL Daughter of Robert and Jackie West … Born on June 4, 1993 … Has three siblings: Tatiana (22), Cristian (14) and R.J. (12) … Anticipated to major in education.

6 A.J. Andrews

OF · 5-4 · Fr.-HS · L-R · Oldmar, Fla. (Countryside HS) HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for Kaylyn Bayly at Countryside High School in Florida … Selected to play in 2011 Under Armour AllAmerica Game at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex … Secured 2011 Pinellas Country Player of the Year … Batted .557 with 57 stolen bases and 55 runs scored during senior season … Notched multiple All-State and All-Suncoast League picks … Her team won a trio of district championships from 2008-10 … Plays travel ball for Team Florida 18 Gold. PERSONAL Daughter of Michael and Jeanene Andrews … Born on July 7, 1993 … Has three siblings: Michael (26), Ailyah (13) and Athena (10) … Majoring in marketing.

47 Ashleigh Kuhn

UTL · 5-7 · So.-TR · R-R · Nederland, Texas (Northwestern State) AT NORTHWESTERN STATE Kuhn played in all 54 games, including 53 starts and finished fourth on the team with 45 hits and a .287 batting average ... Racked up a team-best 11 doubles to go along with two home runs and 28 RBIs ... Chipped in 12 multi-hit and seven multiRBI games to finish second on the team ... Knocked a three-run home run in 3-2 win over UAB (Feb. 19) ... Earned Southland Conference Hitter of the Week (March 22) after a 10-for-16 week during a doubleheader sweep of Alcorn State (March 16) and series win over Sam Houston State (March 20-21) ... Belted two doubles during an eight-run second inning in middle game of SHSU series. HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for Sissy Yeaman at Nederland High School ... Team earned a share of the District championship during all four seasons, including outright titles from 2007-09 and the 2008 state runner-up ... Garnered 2006 District Newcomer of the Year ... Three-time All-District First-Team selection sparked by the 2009 District MVP ... Notched All-State First Team accolades in 2009 ... Also picked up multiple academic All-District awards and a member of the National Honor Society. PERSONAL Daughter of Kenneth and Stacey Holder ... Born on April 5, 1991 ... Has two brothers, Cody (18) and Randy (12) ... Majoring in kinesiology with health and physical education concentration.

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33 Kailey McCasland

UTL · 5-6 · Fr.-HS · R-R · San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente HS) HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for Paul Hill at Sam Clemente High School in California … Secured All-South Coast League First-Team and All-County Third-Team honorees during the 2010 and 2011 seasons … Captured team Offensive MVP award all four seasons (2008-11) … Plays travel ball for Bill Jackson’s Firecrackers.

PERSONAL Daughter of Tim and Kym McCasland … Born on March 16, 1993 … Has two siblings: Shannon (15) and Brody (14) … Majoring in sport administration with a commerce concentration.

11 Dylan Supak

UTL · 5-10 · Fr.-HS · R-R · LaGrange, Texas (LaGrange HS) HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner for Tracy Knapik and Arthur Behrend at LaGrange High School in Texas … Collected TSWA All-State and All-District accolades all four years (2008-11) … Named Offensive District MVP in 2009 and 2010 followed by Overall District MVP in 2011 … Secured multiple Academic All-District awards … Member of the National Honor Society and a Student Council Representative … Plays travel ball for Houston Eclipse. PERSONAL Daughter of Thomas and Sheila Supak … Born on May 27, 1993 … Has three brothers: Tyler (23), Kyle (21) and Trey (15) … Majoring in kinesiology with a human movement concentration.

28 Tammy Vermeulen

OF · 5-7 · Fr.-HS · L-R · Patchogue, N.Y. (Bayport-Blue Point HS) HIGH SCHOOL Two-year letterwinner for Kristine Myer at Bayport-Blue Point High School in New York … Named to Section 11 Team … Member of the Honor Roll and Dean’s List … Plays travel ball for the Gold Coast Hurricanes based out of Florida. PERSONAL Born on August 28, 1992 … Majoring in sport administration with a leadership concentration.

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Beth Torina 5th Season Overall • 1st Season at LSU • Career Record: 129-111

Beth Torina,who guided Florida International’s program to new heights and a former University of Florida standout, was hired as LSU’s fourth softball coach on June 20, 2011. Torina, a two-time Sun Belt Coach of the Year recipient, led FIU to a 129-111 record in four seasons. She directed the Golden Panthers to their first NCAA Tournament victory in 2010. The 2010 campaign also saw FIU sweep the SBC postseason awards as Kasey Barrett was the league’s Pitcher of the Year, Ashley McClain was tabbed Player of the Year and Brie Rojas garnered Freshman of the Year status. Individually, Torina coached 10 players to 14 All-SBC selections sparked by Jessy Alfonso and McClain, who have picked up All-SBC First-Team honors during each of the last two seasons. McClain also has collected 2010 and 2011 NFCA All-South Region First-Team accolades. Torina currently serves as an assistant coach under Florida head coach Tim Walton for the USSSA Pride of the National Pro Fastpitch League. The Pride won the 2010 NPF championship and their roster features multiple Olympians, including ESPN softball analyst Jessica Mendoza. “We are extremely excited to welcome Beth to LSU and for her to take the leadership reigns of our softball program,” Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva said. “She brings great passion, energy and character to our program and will wear the purple and gold with pride!”

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University of Florida pitcher Stetson University Assistant Coach University of Houston Assistant Coach Florida International University Head Coach

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1998 SEC Championship Team 2001 Atlantic Sun Regular Season Champions Two NCAA Regionals, 2007 Conference USA Champions 2010 NCAA Regionals

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31-27 38-21 31-29 29-34 129-11

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One of her most prized recruits, Angel Shamblin, went on to become a two-time C-USA Pitcher of the Year, an NFCA All-South Region selection and a 2008 NFCA All-American. In addition to Shamblin, Torina saw seven UH hurlers receive All-Conference USA accolades during her tenure. Torina began her coaching career as an assistant coach at Stetson University from 2000-02, leaving her mark on the Hatters’ softball program after helping lead the 2001 squad to a share of the regular season Atlantic Sun Conference championship. Torina’s pitchers set a quartet of school records, including wins (45), shutouts (20), strikeouts (385) and strikeouts per seven innings (6.70). Torina earned her B.S. in health sciences and occupational therapy from Florida in 2000. During her playing career with the Gators, she was a member of the 1998 Southeastern Conference Regular Season Championship team as the squad’s top pitcher. She posted 60 career wins, which currently ranks tied for fourth in the UF record book.

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“We tried to hire Beth as an assistant coach before the 2008 season, but she really wanted to be a head coach. I have watched her career since she graduated from Florida. From players to coaches, she is a favorite. She has continued to improve by coaching in the National Pro Fastpitch league. That has allowed Beth to surround herself with the brightest softball minds and best players in the country. I believe LSU has landed a great young coaching talent that will be a shining star for years to come.” -Yvette Girouard, Retired LSU Softball Coach

“Beth is a perfect fit for LSU because she is a true leader with the tools of knowledge, passion and humility to recruit, teach and the ability to lead young women to be the best student-athletes possible. I am excited to see LSU softball with Beth as its leader because the Tigers will continue to be one of the most competitive softball programs in the country.” -Jessica Mendoza, ESPN Softball Analyst and USSSA Pride member

“Beth possesses all of the qualities that will allow her to be a successful coach in the Southeastern Conference. She is intelligent, a great recruiter and understands the game at the highest level. In addition, Beth is one of the best pitching minds in the country and as a result, I am confident she will keep LSU in the hunt for another SEC Championship and a return to the Women’s College World Series.” -Rachel Lawson, Kentucky Head Coach

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Howard Dobson 1st Season at LSU

Howard Dobson enters his first season as an assistant coach at LSU. He will serve as the program’s hitting coach, assist with recruiting and recently was one of 24 coaches named to the 2011-12 United States Women’s National Team coaching pool. Dobson spent the previous four seasons as the head coach of Southern Miss. During his tenure with the Golden Eagles, he coached seven AllConference USA performers highlighted by Megan Hill. The four-time AllConference USA pick set eight offensive program records, including hits (205), RBIs (151), runs scored (148), home runs (48) and total bases (398). She also garnered NFCA All-Midwest First-Team accolades, the program’s first recipient since the 2000 season. Prior to Southern Miss, Dobson served as an assistant coach at Oklahoma for five seasons. He helped the Sooners continue to develop their reputation as not only a Big 12 offensive powerhouse but a national offensive juggernaut. OU topped the Big 12 in scoring and also ranked among the league’s top two in batting average during all five of his seasons in Norman. The Sooners had seven players secure NFCA All-American honors in addition to 15 NFCA All-Midwest Region selections and 20 All-Big 12 honorees. Norrele Dickson, Heather Scaglione and Kristin Vesely racked up multiple NFCA All-America selections under Dobson. Dobson played an instrumental role as OU made a pair of trips to the Women’s College World Series trips in 2003 and 2004. The Sooners also made four NCAA Super Regional runs (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007) during their five consecutive trips to the postseason sparked by a 55-win campaign in 2007, which is tied for third in the OU record books. Before Oklahoma, Dobson contributed to the establishment of Houston’s softball program in 2000. The Orange, Texas, native had players notch 10 All-Conference USA accolades in two seasons fueled by Kristen Glowacz’s 2002 C-USA Freshman of the Year award. The 2002 Cougars paced C-USA in hits (480), runs scored (279), slugging percentage (.448), RBIs (244) and home runs (47). Dobson began his coaching career in the Pelican State with stops at Southeastern Louisiana, McNeese State and Barbe High School in Lake Charles. He directed his team at Barbe to a 5A state championship and

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gained valuable experience working at collegiate skills camps along with coaching on the international level. In the summer of 1999, his international team won the German Open. A former all-conference performer at Panola College in Carthage, Texas, Dobson went on to finish his collegiate baseball career at McNeese State where he graduated with a degree in health and human performance and English in 1997. Dobson and his wife Katharine have a five-year old son, Trip.

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Lindsay Leftwich 1st Season at LSU

Lindsay Leftwich embarks on her first season as an assistant coach at LSU. She is involved with all aspects of the program which include defense, hitting, recruiting and camps. The former Northwestern State standout was with Beth Torina every step of the way for the previous four seasons at Florida International. The Golden Panthers collected 14 All-Sun Belt selections sparked by a sweep of the league’s 2010 postseason awards where Kasey Barrett picked up the SBC’s Pitcher of the Year, Ashley McClain notched SBC Player of the Year and Brie Rojas secured SBC Freshman of the Year. McClain also has come away with National Fastpitch Coaches Association [NFCA] AllSouth Region First-Team honors in 2010 and 2011. FIU posted a 38-21 record and claimed the program’s second-ever NCAA Tournament bid and first-ever NCAA Tournament victory in 2010. The Golden Panthers improved their win total during three of her four seasons, and she aided Torina to a pair of SBC Coach of the Year awards. Prior to FIU, Leftwich served as a graduate assistant at New Mexico. She was in charge of softball operations and assisted with daily coaching duties during the 2007 season. In 2006, Leftwich worked as the pitching coach at Wichita State where she helped the Shockers compile a 35-23 record. Leftwich, a native of Houston, Texas, opened her coaching career as a student assistant at Northwestern State. She aided in coaching the offense and catchers in addition to playing an instrumental role in recruiting, fundraising, alumni relations and camps. Leftwich enjoyed a three-year playing career with the Demons highlighted by NFCA All-Southeast Region, All-Southland Conference and All-Louisiana Second-Team selections in 2002. NSU racked up a program-record 45 victories en route to a NCAA Tournament berth during the 2002 campaign. Leftwich drove home 44 RBIs, which are currently tied for third-most in program history for a single season, while her 123 assists on the infield paced the Southland Conference. During her career, Leftwich added five Southland Conference along with a pair of Louisiana Sports Writers Association [LSWA] Hitter of the Week awards. She finished her career ranked fifth in both home runs and

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RBIs at NSU after a back injury held her out of her senior season. An excellent student-athlete, Leftwich garnered numerous academic accolades, including Verizon Academic All-District Team recognition in 2002 and 2004 and NFCA Scholar Athlete recognition from 2001-04. In 2005, she earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in art and substance abuse prevention.

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Quinlan Duhon heads into third season as the Director of Operations for the LSU softball program after her exceptional four-year career from 2005-08. She also served as a student marketing assistant during the 2008-09 academic year following her playing career. Duhon is responsible for handling all the behind-the-scenes aspects of the softball program which includes team travel, supporting camp operations, supervising player academic progress, ordering and distributing of equipment, organizing recruiting functions and campus visits, as well as serving as the program’s liaison to the Daimond Backers Booster Club. She also oversees a staff of three student managers. Duhon has been instrumental in the direction and growth of the team’s footprint in the Baton Rouge community by coordinating the season ticket delivery program and being involved in the scheduling of the team’s philanthropy projects. On gameday, Duhon manages the coaching staff’s T2 motion video file system from the press box and handles pregame motivational pieces for the Tigers. During her playing career, Duhon was a part of three NCAA Regional teams highlighted by the 2006 and 2007 Super Regional squads. She scored the walk-off, game-winning run in a 5-4 triumph over Louisiana-Lafayette in the 2006 NCAA Regional championship game. LSU spent the duration of the 2007 season in the nation’s Top 10 and compiled an impressive 55-12 record. The Tigers tallied series victories over both No. 1 Tennessee and No. 2 Alabama during the regular season to win its fourth SEC Western Division crown and fourth SEC Tournament title during the Yvette Girouard era. Duhon had an outstanding postseason being named to both the NCAA Palo Alto Regional and Tempe Super Regional All-Tournament teams. She cranked three home runs in NCAA play, including a two-run shot as part of a 3-2 win against Cal State Northridge in the NCAA Regional opening round. As one of three captains for the 2008 team, Duhon posted career-bests in batting average (.333), hits (54), home runs (11), RBIs (38), on-base (.424) and slugging percentage (.605) en route to an All-SEC and All-Louisiana Second-Team honors. Duhon finished her LSU career ranked third belting 30 career home runs and is listed among the school’s Top 10 in walks (68), RBIs (128), total bases (300) and sacrifice flies (13). She is one of only 11 players in program history to score over 100 runs and post over 150 career hits. The Youngsville native also was a four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection. Duhon earned her bachelor’s degree in general business and currently is pursuing her master’s degree in sports management. She lives in Baton Rouge.

Ana Couture begins her sixth season as the associate athletics trainer for the LSU softball program. She joined the Tigers’ staff in 2006 after spending two years at Southern Miss. In addition to her duties as the athletics trainer for softball, she works to coordinate the drug prevention program for LSU’s student-athletes. Couture also is certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association and assists in teaching duties for the Athletic Training Education Program. While at Southern Miss, Couture spent two years working for the baseball team. She also worked with the cross country, soccer and football teams. In January 2006, she was promoted to Assistant Athletic Trainer. A New Orleans native, Couture graduated from LSU with a bachelor’s degree in athletic training. As an undergraduate for the Tigers, she worked with LSU’s 2003 National Champion football team, nationally ranked women’s basketball team, and men’s tennis team. Couture earned her master’s degree from Southern Miss in sports administration in May 2006. She is married to Corey Couture and is the oldest of Greg and Maria Gross’ five children.

Melissa Moore Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coordinator Melissa Moore, one of the top strength and conditioning coordinators in softball, enters her sixth season at LSU and her sixth season working with the Tiger softball team. Moore, a native of Enon, La., also coordinates the strength and conditioning of LSU women’s basketball team and assists with the Tiger football program. Moore came to LSU after stints at Georgia Tech and Elon as an assistant strength & conditioning coach. She spent two years at Georgia Tech working with Yellow Jackets’ softball and women’s tennis programs after a brief stint working with Elon’s baseball, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s basketball and track teams. A graduate of Southern Miss, Moore spent two years working with the football, baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, soccer, tennis, softball and volleyball programs while working toward her master’s degree. Moore’s expertise in strength and conditioning has led her to be published in two publications, including The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. She also authored an online presentation for the Atlantic Coast Conference’s website about Georgia Tech’s off-season softball training.

Matt Dunaway Associate SID/Softball Contact

Carole Walker Associate Director CCACSA & Academic Advisor

Matt Dunaway heads into his fourth year as an associate sports information director at LSU. He serves as the primary media relations contact for the Tiger softball and volleyball teams in addition to promoting LSU athletics community service efforts. Dunaway has publicized volleyball All-American Brittnee Cooper along with softball All-American’s Kirsten Shortridge and Brittany Mack while at LSU. He also fills as an analyst during road softball games and has served as the play-by-play announcer for LSU volleyball road and postseason matches. Dunaway comes to LSU from Rice where he promoted the Owl women’s basketball and tennis teams in addition to sharing secondary football duties. He also was the analyst for the women’s basketball broadcast team where Valeriya Berezhynska was a third round pick of the WNBA’s Detroit Shock. Prior to Rice, Dunaway spent two years across town as a sports information assistant at the University of Houston. There, he was the primary contact for the Cougar softball, volleyball and tennis teams. The 2007 Cougar softball team won the Conference USA championship en route to a NCAA Regional berth as Angel Shamblin and Jessica Valis swept C-USA Pitcher and Player of the Year awards. The pair also earned NFCA All-South Region accolades. Dunaway graduated from UCF in May 2005 with a BA in broadcast journalism from the Nicholson School of Communication. He was a student assistant in the sports information office where he shared media relations duties for the 2005 Golden Knight NCAA Regional Softball team that posted a 47-29-1 record. Stephanie Best was selected Atlantic Sun Player of the Year and NFCA All-Southeast Region honors. As a student, Dunaway wrote for the Central Florida Future and KnightVision. He also held sports director duties for the student chapter of the UCF ISP Sports Network responsible for broadcasting Golden Knight volleyball, women’s basketball, softball and baseball.

Carole Walker heads into her fifth year as an Associate Director in the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes (CCACSA). She is the advisor for LSU’s women’s basketball, soccer and softball team in addition to coordinating the Summer Academic Success Program for new studentathletes. Under her supervision, Dee Dee Henderson represented softball as a Third-Team Academic All-American in 2007. Brittany Mack has garnered Capital One Academic All-District VI Second Team accolades during each of the last two seasons. Walker also handles new student-athlete orientation and recruitment for the Center. Prior to LSU, Walker served as an Athletic Academic Advisor at South Alabama before becoming an Athletic Academic Services Coordinator at Miami. Walker graduated from Shaw University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration and earned her Master’s of Education in Higher Education Administration at Auburn. She was a member of the 2005-06 inaugural class for the NCAA Leadership Institute Ethnic Minority Females in addition to being awarded National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics (N4A) Professional Promise Award in 2002.

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Single Members Dorinda Beaumont Danny & Debbie Belanger Ken & Diane Bondioli Bernie, Jessica, Jacob & Reed Braun Kelvin & Lucy Braun Mike & Becky Brice Tisa Broussard Roy Buckley Eva Camara Terry Cannon Mrs. Pat Caruso Charles P. Caruso, Jr. Pat & Diane Cormack Lawrence & Cheryl Delahoussaye Col. L. E. & Mrs. Jan Delgehausen Phyllis Falcon Ralph & Lee Fico Capt. Jim Giblin Gene Giblin Wayne Givens Linda Givens Richard & Mona Hudson Don & Marla Jones Rosalynn Landes Diane K. Lejune Richard Lipsey Barbara Little Thomas Loupe Maxine M. Marionneaux Neil & Marilyn Marroy Julie L. Mayeux Maureen & Allison McCullough Carol Lee Moore Christine Mouton Mike Odom Jan Skelton & Phyllis Benoit Wayne Pizer Bonnie Pressler Constance D. Regira Linda Regira Ed & Becky Richardson Emma Roccaforte Dallas Roper Danielle Sharp

Home Run Members Beth Boulet John Burke Yvette Girouard Joey Odom Gregory & Suzanne Price Triple Members Andrea Babin Laurie Davidson Dean Flanner Beth Floyd & Steven Barker Janice Guitreau Sonia & Edward B. Hurst James Nugent Double Members Greg & Angie Applegate Bobby & Sylvia Atkins Gail & Sam Bass Frances Beck Kim Boudreaux Scott & Lauren Falcon David & Cindy Guillory Laura A. Leach Jan & Scott Mack Beazie Maurin Brian & Giselle Trosclair O. Wayne Watkins

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Gabrielle Sharp Sue Hunt & Sherry Desselle Brenda A. Simon Michael & Rita Spampinato Dick & Sally Stoewer Jane Swift Beth Tope Nick & Kim Torina The Torina Family Rodney Underwood Mason Vicknair Jill White Alumni Members Ashlee Ducote Kristin Schmidt Duplantis Dee Dee Henderson Leslie Klein Trena Peel Ashley Rush Tiffany Shaw Shannon Stein Cody Trahan Ron & Mary Zoiber The Diamond Backers are the official support group of the LSU Softball program. Your membership will support a program that aims to build better studentathletes, leaders and ultimately people. This growth gives LSU Softball an opportunity to maintain national prominence, contend for the SEC title, and ultimately, repeat trips to the Women’s College World Series. For more information concering the Diamond Backers, please call (225) 578-3947,

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Fight: 2011 Tigers Memorable in Girouard’s Final Season THE HALL OF FAME COACH RIDES OFF INTO THE SUNSET The LSU softball team fought to the finish during the 2011 season as the Tigers compiled another 40-win season under the guidance of Hall of Fame coach Yvette Girouard. Prior to the Purple & Gold Challenge in March, Girouard announced that the 2011 season would be her last with the Purple & Gold. After a seven-game losing streak which included five setbacks versus No. 2 Florida and No. 1 Georgia put the Tigers at 15-12, LSU founds its rhythm for a memorable finishing kick. The Tigers ripped off a 25-6 record down the stretch highlighted by a sweep of No. 1 Alabama in April to climb up to a fourth-place finish in the SEC race. During LSU’s final regular season home series against South Carolina, current and former players along with opposing coaches spotlighted Girouard’s impact on college softball with a video tribute. The Hall of Fame coach also penned a hand-written thank you note as a keepsake poster for the fans. The Tigers returned to the NCAA Tournament. After losing its opening game to Syracuse, LSU fired back with back-to-back wins before taking host and No. 16 seed Texas A&M to extra innings. After the loss, Girouard left her visor in the third base coaches box honoring the tradition of players leaving their cleats at their positions following the final game of their careers.

G’S LEGENDARY EFFECT ON LSU Pick whatever criteria you want to use and you’ll get the same result: Yvette Girouard was synonymous with outstanding softball. Her effect on LSU, the SEC and NCAA Softball has been powerful. A pioneer of the game, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Hall of Famer amassed 1,285 career victories, 526 of them coming at LSU, to rank second in the NCAA history. Girouard’s legacy is steeped in championship tradition as the fourtime SEC Coach of the Year guided the Tigers to a pair of Women’s College World Series appearances (2001 and 2004) in addition to three SEC Regular Season championships (2001, 2002 and 2004) and four SEC Tournament titles (2001, 2002, 2004 and 2007). She coached nine different players to 14 All-American selections during her 11 seasons at LSU. The Broussard, La., native played an instrumental role to the opening

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of the new Tiger Park, the single largest monetary investment LSU has made exclusively to any women’s sport. Girouard played her own personal touch by giving the architects many of the ideas for the park’s unique features, including the arches at the front of the stadium and the 1,000-seat outfield berm. For her efforts, the deck overlooking Tiger Park was named the “Yvette Girouard Clubhouse Deck”. On June 9, the Louisiana State Legislature honored Girouard with a resolution for her “extraordinary coaching career.”

LSU MAKES HISTORY ON ESPNU ALL-ACCESS SHOW LSU softball was the first female sports program to be spotlighted on ESPNU’s All-Access show. The 30-minute piece originally aired to a national audience on Wednesday, May 4th. “We were extremely honored to have ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports, spend a day with our program,” head coach Yvette Girouard said. “This is another prime example of how much our game has grown during my career. We’re excited for our fans and the nation to get an inside look at the day-to-day operations of Tiger softball.” Girouard opened the show by giving an inclusive tour of the state-ofthe-art Tiger Park facility, including a glance inside the team locker room. Girouard along with associate coach James DeFeo and assistant coach Kristen Hobbs Cain had the cameras rolling during their daily morning staff meeting. Junior pitcher Brittany Mack showed the cameras around campus for stops at Mike the Tiger’s cage, a team weights session led by Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coordinator Melissa Moore and a glimpse inside the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes. The piece continued with a training room visit guided by Associate Athletics Trainer Ana Gross before all three coaches were miked up during the team’s afternoon practice session. “It was a once in a lifetime experience and a privilege to show the ESPN cameras around our gorgeous campus,” Mack said. “We’re very excited to be not only the first softball team, but the first female sports program to be featured. It speaks volumes about our team.”

FICO FANS 18 IN NCAA OPENER VERSUS SYRACUSE Rachele Fico was masterful in LSU’s NCAA Tournament opener versus Syracuse. She allowed five baserunners, only two of them to reach scoring position, during her first 10 innings of work.

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MACK ETCHES HER NAME ON LSU’S ALL-AMERICAN LIST Brittany Mack (pictured above) was picked among the nation’s elite and became the 13th player in program history to garner Louisville Slugger/ NFCA All-America accolades. As a thrid-team selection, Mack joined Kristin Schmidt, Britni Sneed and Emily Turner on the prestigious list of Tiger hurlers to accomplish this feat. “Of all the players I’ve ever coached, Brittany being named an AllAmerican is one of the greatest achievements I’m most proud of,” head coach Yvette Girouard said. “She has worked extremely hard not only for herself but her team to overcome physical injuries as a freshman and a sophomore. I’m extremely happy for this particular woman because she’s has become a master of her mental game.” Mack, an All-SEC First-Team selection, claimed a 20-7 mark, a stout 1.74 ERA and amassed 209 strikeouts during her 184.2 innings of work to rank among the SEC’s Top Seven in those categories. She picked up two of the three victories during LSU’s sweep of No. 1 Alabama during the regular season. In the process, Mack doubled her career win and strikeout totals during the 2011 season. Mack also racked up a trio of SEC Pitcher of the Week awards in 2011 to join Schmidt and Sneed as the only LSU hurlers to earn the honor three times during the same season. The Round Rock, Texas, native enters her senior season 74 Ks away from Cody Trahan for fifth place on the program’s all-time list. In the process, Fico struck out the side three times en route to a memorable 18 strikeouts. However, the sophomore right-hander had her gem spoiled when Syracuse’s Lacey Kohl connected for a three-run homer to break a scoreless tie during the 11th inning. The 18 Ks were the second-highest single-game effort in program history only behind former three-time All-American Britni Sneed’s 19-strikeout performance against Oklahoma at the 2001 NCAA Women’s College World Series.

show,” head coach Yvette Girouard said. “I just wanted us to play well this weekend. That’s all any coach can ask of their team is to play well. I knew if we pitched well, we had a chance.” Young and Mack garnered SEC Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for their performances. Young also picked up USA Softball National Player of the Week. She was the fourth player in program history to earn this prestigious honor and joined the elite company of former All-Americans Kristin Schmidt [March 4, 2004], Emily Turner [April 18, 2006 & May 1, 2007] and Kirsten Shortridge [March 26, 2010].

DEJA VU: YOUNG’S BLASTS LIFT LSU PAST NO. 1 BAMA LSU’s series with No. 1 Alabama was filled with everything: clutch walkoff home runs, gutty pitching performances and record crowds at Tiger Park. Friday’s opener set the tone and marked both the longest game in terms of innings (14) and time (4 hours, 31 minutes) during program history. Brittany Mack tossed all 14 innings and stranded 16 Alabama baserunners along the way. She worked her out of multiple bases loaded jams en route to a career-best 14 strikeouts and hurled an amazing 234 pitches. Anissa Young broke the 1-1 deadlock to lead off the 14th inning and ripped the sixth pitch of the sequence, a 2-2 offering, on a line to clear the right field fence. “It was a curveball that I just sat on and stayed through it,” Young said. “It means a lot to me. I just want to say congratulations to my teammates. We stayed positive and did a great job. It was an awesome feeling seeing both the fans along with my teammates jumping up and down. It will be something I will never forget.” If that wasn’t enough, Young provided another majestic blast in the 10th inning for a 3-1 victory during game two of the series. Again, Young went to right field for the memorable longball to send the program-record 2,563 fans into pandemonium. Rachele Fico went the distance and limited the explosive Alabama offense to one run on four hits. She also picked up 11 strikeouts “The little things have really paid off this weekend,” Fico said. “We have capitalized on all of our opportunities, and we’re staying so mentally focused and locked in. To play two extra inning games, it takes so much mental focus for every pitch. We’re all here to help each other out. Brittany Mack gave me some pointers from last night’s game that helped me do well in tonight’s game.” Mack returned to the circle for the series finale and fired a two-hit shutout to clinch the sweep. She recorded nine strikeouts and at one point sat down 14 straight batters. “Brittany Mack has finally matured. I have said before that she has all the potential to be an All-American pitcher and now it’s starting to

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SANTOS TIES PROGRAM SINGLE-GAME HIT MARK Juliana Santos matched a program single-game record and notched an impressive 5-for-5 effort with three RBIs during LSU’s 10-1 victory over Arkansas on April 2. Santos joined Lauren Castle as the only players in program history to reach the impressive feat. Castle tallied her 5-for-5 effort during a 15-9 triumph over Mississippi State on March 31, 2005. “It’s awfully good to see Juliana swing the bat with a lot of confidence,” head coach Yvette Girouard said. “We always talk with the players about being a positive during an inning and doing anything you can to help your team be successful. She was the epitome of that today and got on-base a variety of different ways.”

HEYWARD PROVIDES INSTANT SPARK As a freshman, Simone Heyward started 53 of 58 games at centerfield for the Tigers. She garnered a team-leading .294 batting average on 45 hits primarly as the LSU leadoff hitter. Heyward crossed the plate to score a team-high 39 runs, drew a teambest 28 walks and added a team-leading 23 stolen bases. She went on to claim All-SEC Freshman and All-Louisiana Second-Team honors.

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DATE OPPONENT Feb. 11 Louisiana Tech [1] Feb. 11 Bowling Green [1] Feb. 12 Bowling Green [1] Feb. 12 Purdue [1] Feb. 13 Purdue [1] Feb. 13 Louisiana Tech [1] Feb. 16 Southeastern Louisiana Feb. 18 vs. Southern [2] Feb. 18 vs. No. 20 Oklahoma State [2] Feb. 19 at Houston [2] Feb. 19 vs. Nicholls State [2] Feb. 20 at Houston [2] Feb. 23 McNeese State Feb. 25 vs. No. 3 Arizona [3] Feb. 26 vs. No. 14 California [3] Feb. 26 vs. Fordham [3] Feb. 27 vs. Cal Poly [3] March 4 Pittsburgh [4] March 4 Hofstra [4] March 6 No. 12 Texas [4] March 9 No. 2 Florida [SEC] March 9 No. 2 Florida [SEC] March 11 at No. 1 Georgia [SEC] March 12 at No. 1 Georgia [SEC] March 13 at No. 1 Georgia [SEC] March 16 at Southern Miss March 18 No. 24 Kentucky [SEC] March 19 No. 24 Kentucky [SEC] March 20 No. 24 Kentucky [SEC} March 23 at Nicholls State April 1 at Arkansas [SEC] April 2 at Arkansas [SEC] April 3 at Arkansas [SEC] April 6 Nicholls State April 8 No. 1 Alabama [SEC] April 9 No. 1 Alabama [SEC] April 10 No. 1 Alabama [SEC] April 13 at McNeese State April 15 No. 6 Tennessee [SEC] April 16 No. 6 Tennessee [SEC] April 17 No. 6 Tennessee [SEC] April 20 at No. 25 Auburn [SEC] April 20 at No. 25 Auburn [SEC] at Ole Miss [SEC] April 22 April 23 at Ole Miss [SEC] April 24 at Ole Miss [SEC] April 27 Southern Miss April 29 at Mississippi State [SEC] April 30 at Mississippi State [SEC] May 1 at Mississippi State [SEC] May 6 South Carolina [SEC] May 7 South Carolina [SEC] May 8 South Carolina [SEC] May 12 vs. No. 8 Georgia [5] May 20 vs. Syracuse [6] May 21 vs. Sacred Heart [6] May 21 vs. Syracuse [6] May 22 at No. 18 Texas A&M [6]

RESULT W, 9-1 W, 5-0 W, 6-0 W, 5-3 W, 6-2 W, 10-2 W, 9-0 W, 12-0 L, 5-3 L, 5-4 W, 11-2 L, 1-0 W, 7-1 L, 4-1 L, 11-3 W, 6-2 W, 7-4 W, 4-0 W, 1-0 W, 2-1 L, 8-1 L, 5-0 L, 6-3 L, 8-0 L, 12-0 L, 7-0 L, 6-1 W, 2-1 W, 4-1 W, 8-0 W, 8-0 W, 10-1 W, 1-0 W, 8-0 W, 2-1 W, 3-1 W, 2-0 W, 4-2 L, 6-0 L, 11-0 L, 7-2 W, 7-3 W, 1-0 W, 8-0 W, 4-0 W, 4-0 W, 2-0 W, 4-2 W, 7-6 W, 3-1 W, 3-2 W, 6-1 W, 8-0 L, 9-0 L, 3-0 W, 10-0 W, 5-0 L, 3-1

INN [6] 7 7 7 7 [5] [5] [5] 7 [8] [5] [8] 7 7 7 7 7 7 [9] 7 7 7 7 [5] [5] 7 7 7 7 [5] 7 7 7 [5] [14] [10] 7 [9] 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 [5] [5] [11] [6] 7 [9]

LSU R-H-E 9-9-0 5-8-0 6-10-0 5-7-1 6-7-0 10-12-1 9-9-0 12-7-1 3-6-0 4-7-2 11-8-0 0-3-0 7-5-0 1-4-0 3-9-5 6-5-4 7-7-2 4-6-0 1-13-0 2-3-1 1-3-0 0-1-1 3-5-1 0-4-1 0-2-2 0-4-0 6-13-1 1-4-0 1-1-2 8-7-1 8-10-0 10-11-0 1-5-0 0-4-1 1-8-0 1-4-3 0-2-1 4-9-1 0-3-1 0-4-1 2-5-3 7-7-1 1-7-1 8-7-0 4-8-0 4-2-0 2-6-0 4-10-3 7-9-0 3-5-0 3-6-2 6-11-0 8-6-0 0-2-1 0-5-2 10-12-0 5-8-0 1-4-1

OPP. R-H-E RECORD (SEC) PITCHER OF RECORD ATT TIME 1-3-2 1-0 [0-0] Fico [1-0] 903 1:31 0-1-1 2-0 [0-0] Mack [1-0] 903 1:38 0-4-1 3-0 [0-0] Patterson [1-0] 1,189 2:04 3-4-1 4-0 [0-0] Fico [2-0] 1,189 1:29 2-7-1 5-0 [0-0] Mack [2-0] 1,135 1:49 2-3-3 6-0 [0-0] Patterson [2-0] 1,135 1:39 0-0-0 7-0 [0-0] Fico [3-0] 1,011 1:08 0-0-4 8-0 [0-0] Patterson [3-0] 537 1:33 5-7-0 8-1 [0-0] Fico [3-1] 537 2:32 5-5-0 8-2 [0-0] Fico [3-2] 1,326 2:12 2-2-3 9-2 [0-0] Patterson [4-0] 1,326 1:29 1-1-1 9-3 [0-0] Fico [3-3] 1,157 2:08 1-6-2 10-3 [0-0] Mack [3-0] 917 2:08 4-3-1 10-4 [0-0] Mack [3-1] 578 1:58 11-18-1 10-5 [0-0] Fico [3-4] 534 2:11 2-4-0 11-5 [0-0] Mack [4-1] 534 1:41 4-9-0 12-5 [0-0] Fico [4-4] 398 2:23 0-1-0 13-5 [0-0] Patterson [5-0] 916 1:26 0-2-0 14-5 [0-0] Mack [5-1] 916 2:20 1-4-0 15-5 [0-0] Fico [5-4] 968 1:43 8-12-2 15-6 [0-1] Fico [5-5] 1,267 1:40 5-10-1 15-7 [0-2] Mack [5-2] 1,267 1:43 6-9-1 15-8 [0-3] Fico [5-6] 335 2:11 8-9-0 15-9 [0-4] Mack [5-3] 1,355 1:42 12-10-1 15-10 [0-5] Fico [5-7] 1,392 1:42 7-7-0 15-11 [0-5] Patterson [5-1] 847 2:11 1-7-1 15-12 [0-6] Fico [5-8] 1,118 2:05 2-2-0 16-12 [1-6] Mack [6-3] 1,273 2:02 4-5-1 17-12 [2-6] Mack [7-3] 1,222 1:34 0-2-3 18-12 [2-6] Patterson [6-1] 293 1:21 0-4-2 19-12 [3-6] Fico [6-8] 556 1:49\ 1-5-4 20-12 [4-6] Mack [8-3] 672 2:22 0-3-2 21-12 [5-6] Fico [7-8] 585 1:37 8-11-0 22-12 [5-6] Fico [8-8] 965 1:38 2-7-1 23-12 [6-6] Mack [9-3] 1,503 4:31 3-7-0 24-12 [7-6] Fico [9-8] 2,563 3:15 2-0-2 25-12 [8-6] Mack [10-3] 1,865 2:02 2-6-2 26-12 [8-6] Fico [10-8] 506 2:26 6-6-0 26-13 [8-7] Mack [10-4] 1,326 2:01 11-10-0 26-14 [8-8] Fico [10-9] 1,260 2:09 7-10-1 26-15 [8-9] Mack [10-5] 1,280 2:24 3-6-3 27-15 [9-9] Mack [11-5] 203 2:24 0-3-1 28-15 [10-9] Fico [11-9] 203 1:43 0-4-4 29-15 [11-9] Mack [12-5] 387 2:20 0-3-0 30-15 [12-9] Fico [12-9] 511 1:56 0-1-2 31-15 [13-9] Mack [13-5] 118 1:48 0-5-2 32-15 [13-9] Fico [13-9] 1,176 1:5 2-8-1 33-15 [14-9] Mack [14-5] 226 2:11 6-5-4 34-15 [15-9] Mack [15-5] 215 2:20 1-3-0 35-15 [16-9] Mack [16-5] 213 1:57 2-5-0 36-15 [17-9] Mack [17-5] 1,429 2:04 1-8-2 37-15 [18-9] Fico [14-9] 1,515 2:13 0-2-2 38-15 [19-9] Mack [18-5] 1,483 2:11 9-9-0 38-16 [19-9] Mack [18-6] 1,080 1:43 3-6-0 38-17 [19-9] Fico [14-10] 1,098 2:45 0-2-3 39-17 [19-9] Mack [19-6] 1,249 1:33 0-4-0 40-17 [19-9] Mack [20-6] 1,249 1:32 3-4-0 40-18 [19-9] Mack [20-7] 1,252 2:12

All home games are bolded and played at Tiger Park • All rankings reflect NFCA Top 25 poll on day of game • [SEC] Southeastern Conference game; [1] Wilson/DeMarini Tiger Classic [Tiger Park]; [2] Houston Hilton Plaza Classic [Houston, Texas]; [3] Catherdral City Classic [Palm Springs, Calif.], [4] Purple & Gold Challenge [Tiger Park]; [5] SEC Tournament [Oxford, Miss.]; [6] NCAA College Station Regional [College Station, Texas].

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2011 Stats

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SF SH SB-ATT PO A 1 3 23-29 27 3 0 1 2-2 307 21 0 4 16-23 20 0 1 2 6-7 41 3 1 1 0-1 51 126 1 3 1-1 309 15 3 8 10-12 53 74 0 2 9-12 44 45 0 3 3-5 60 25 0 2 19-24 18 3 0 6 1-1 199 10 1 0 0-0 1 3 1 0 0-0 53 2 0 0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 9 35 91-119 1197 424 5 38 51-64 1156 490

E FLD% 2 .938 4 .988 0 1.000 2 .957 7 .962 5 .985 8 .941 6 .937 0 1.000 1 .955 2 .991 0 1.000 5 .917 0 .000 0 .000 45 .973 71 .959

OVERALL: 40-18 HOME: 21-5 AWAY: 13-7 NEUTRAL: 6-5 PLAYER AVG Simone Heyward .294 Anissa Young .272 Tiffany Shaw .272 Ashley Langoni .271 Tammy Wray .247 Lauren Houston .246 Juliana Santos .232 Cassie Trosclair .270 Jacee Blades .252 Alex Boulet .212 Morgan Russell .202 Allison Falcon .167 Heidi Pizer .146 Katie Guillory .000 Ashley Applegate .000 TOTALS .252 OPPONENTS .208

GP-GS AB R 53-53 153 39 57-57 147 30 58-51 147 18 58-58 177 24 58-58 166 20 49-45 118 5 55-54 164 27 50-36 100 19 53-38 103 15 51-16 52 23 43-37 99 7 5-3 6 1 30-16 48 6 17-0 0 7 3-0 0 2 58 1480 243 58 1448 157

H 45 40 40 48 41 29 38 27 26 11 20 1 7 0 0 373 301

2B 1 6 1 6 7 3 9 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 40 34

3B 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 3

HR 0 10 0 5 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 26

RBI TB 9 52 42 76 12 41 38 73 33 72 13 38 26 54 5 28 5 27 3 13 11 23 3 3 9 12 0 0 0 0 209 512 145 419

SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% .340 28 9 33 0 .429 .517 27 26 29 1 .465 .279 7 8 19 0 .340 .412 21 3 21 2 .356 .434 24 3 52 1 .351 .322 7 20 17 1 .384 .329 15 5 22 0 .310 .280 4 0 28 0 .298 .262 9 2 16 0 .325 .250 2 2 14 0 .268 .232 10 6 13 2 .313 .500 0 1 1 1 .250 .250 6 1 19 0 .250 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 .346 160 86 284 8 .357 .289 139 44 483 4 .296

LOB - Team (373), Opp (322). DPs turned - Team (12), Opp (22). IBB - Team (2), Wray 1, Young 1, Opp (1). Picked off - Wray 1. PLAYER

ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO/CBO SV

Brittany Mack 1.74 20-7 33-27 17 6/4 Rachele Fico 2.40 14-10 32-23 16 5/3 Meghan Patterson 3.26 6-1 17-8 5 3/3 TOTALS 2.21 40-18 58 38 19/5 OPPONENTS 3.34 18-40 58 32 9/0

1 2 0 3 1

IP

H

184.2 131 160.2 126 53.2 44 399.0 301 385.1 373

R

ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/AVG WP

66 46 64 209 14 62 55 50 183 12 29 25 25 91 8 157 126 139 483 34 243 184 160 284 40

1 1 1 3 9

5 665 .197 16 580 .217 5 203 .217 26 1448 .208 27 1480 .252

HBP BK

9 4 1 14 22

20 18 6 44 86

SHA

SFA

0 12 0 12 4

2 2 1 5 9

17 18 3 38 35

PB - Team (8), Houston 6, Russell 2, Opp (7). Pickoffs - Team (3), Houston 2, Russell 1, Opp (1). SBA/ATT - Houston (33-41), Mack (26-33), Russell (18-23), Fico (17-22), Patterson (8-9).

SEC: 19-9

HOME: 8-6 AWAY: 11-3

PLAYER AVG GP-GS AB

R

Ashley Langoni .276 28-28 87 Juliana Santos .274 26-25 73 Anissa Young .243 28-28 70 Lauren Houston .239 27-26 67 Simone Heyward .231 28-28 78 Tiffany Shaw .218 28-28 78 Tammy Wray .202 28-28 84 Jacee Blades .222 28-19 54 Morgan Russell .184 23-18 49 Cassie Trosclair .176 22-13 34 Alex Boulet .111 25-8 27 Heidi Pizer .000 13-5 16 Katie Guillory .000 11-0 0 TOTALS .222 28 717 OPPONENTS .229 28 733

10 16 9 2 14 5 5 9 2 6 8 3 5 94 89

H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH

24 2 20 7 17 3 16 2 18 0 17 0 17 3 12 1 9 1 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 159 19 168 20

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1

3 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 16

20 12 17 3 4 3 12 1 4 1 0 1 0 80 81

37 .425 32 .438 32 .457 21 .313 18 .231 17 .218 29 .32 13 .241 10 .204 6 .176 5 .185 0 .000 0 .000 220 .307 238 .325

9 9 19 5 17 2 9 5 6 1 0 1 0 83 71

1 3 12 12 3 5 2 0 4 0 1 1 0 44 23

12 9 13 7 18 12 29 9 5 12 9 10 0 145 211

2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 1

.351 .368 .475 .393 .384 .282 .295 .288 .322 .200 .143 .111 .000 .338 .316

0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2

SB-ATT PO A

2 5 0 2 2 3 0 3 4 0 2 0 0 23 18

4-5 4-4 1-1 0-0 10-12 5-8 0-0 2-2 1-1 2-5 4-6 0-0 1-2 34-46 34-42

24 30 164 164 17 10 24 38 61 17 13 24 0 591 578

2 43 11 11 2 0 72 17 4 17 3 0 0 230 223

E FLD%

1 3 3 3 0 0 6 0 1 2 0 1 0 22 40

.963 .961 .983 .983 1.000 1.000 .941 1.000 .985 .944 1.000 .960 .000 .974 .952

LOB - Team (198), Opp (167). DPs turned - Team (8), Opp (13). IBB - Team (2), Wray 1, Young 1, Opp (0). PLAYER

ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP

Brittany Mack 1.53 13-4 18-16 12 4/0 Rachele Fico 3.08 6-5 15-12 8 4/0 Meghan Patterson 14.44 0-0 5-0 0 0/0 TOTALS 2.48 19-9 28 20 8/0 OPPONENTS 2.36 9-19 28 13 5/0

0 2 0 2 1

H

114.1 85 77.1 71 5.1 12 197.0 168 192.2 159

R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/AVG WP HBP BK

38 37 14 89 94

25 34 11 70 65

41 123 25 78 5 10 71 211 83 145

10 7 3 20 19

1 0 0 1 3

3 10 3 16 12

336 257 29 733 717

.205 .246 .414 .229 .222

8 2 1 11 8

12 10 1 23 44

0 7 0 7 3

SFA SHA

2 0 0 2 3

12 6 0 18 23

PB - Team (6), Houston 4, Russell 2, Opp (3). Pickoffs - Team (1), Houston 1 Opp (1). SBA/ATT - Houston (23-29), Mack (17-21), Fico (15-19), Russell (1113), Patterson (2-2).

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2011 Game Superlatives

TEAM SINGLE-GAME HIGHS BATTING At-Bats Runs Scored Hits RBIs Doubles Triples Home Runs Total Bases Walks Strikeouts Sacrifice Hits Sacrifice Flies Stolen Bases Hit By Pitch Caught Stealing Runners LOB Hit into DP

40 12 13 10 2 2 2 4 18 9 14 3 3 2 8 5 3 3 12 2

Alabama (04/08) vs. Southern (02/18) Hofstra (03/04) Louisiana Tech (02/13) 11 times Louisiana Tech (02/11) at Ole Miss (04/23) vs. Fordham (02/26) vs. Fordham (02/26) vs. Southern (02/18) Alabama (04/08) at Arkansas (04/02) Alabama (04/08) at Mississippi State (04/29) at Ole Miss (04/22) at Ole Miss (04/22) Alabama (04/08) at Ole Miss (04/23) South Carolina (05/07) Five times

FIELDING Putouts Assists Errors Passed Balls DPs Turned

42 19 5 2 1

PITCHING Innings Pitched Runs Allowed Earned Runs Allowed Walks Allowed Strikeouts Hits Allowed Doubles Allowed Triples Allowed Homers Allowed Wild Pitches Hit Batters

Alabama (04/08) Alabama (04/08) vs. California (02/26) South Carolina (05/06) 12 times

Alabama (04/08) at Georgia (03/13) vs. California (02/26) at Mississippi State (04/30) vs. Syracuse (05/20) vs. California (02/26) Florida (03/09) Three times Florida (03/09) at Georgia (03/13) at Arkansas (04/02) at Southern Miss (03/16)

14.0 12 11 9 18 18 4 1 5 2 2 4

INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-GAME HIGHS BATTING At-Bats 6 Simone Heyward and Tammy Wray, Alabama (04/08) Runs Scored 4 Simone Heyward, Louisiana Tech (02/11) Hits 5 Juliana Santos, at Arkansas (04/02) RBIs 5 Ashley Langoni, at Arkansas (04/01) Doubles 2 Three times Triples 1 Nine times Home Runs 2 Anissa Young, vs. Fordham (02/26) Total Bases 8 Anissa Young, vs. Fordham (02/26) 8 Ashley Langoni, vs. Syracuse (05/21) Walks 3 Three times Strikeouts 4 Alex Boulet, Alabama (04/08) Sacrifice Hits 2 Alex Boulet, at Arkansas (04/02) 2 Ashley Langoni, Alabama (04/08) Sacrifice Flies 2 Juliana Santos, at Mississippi State (04/29) Stolen Bases 4 Cassie Trosclair, vs. Sacred Heart (05/21) Hit by Pitch 3 Anissa Young, vs. Arizona (02/23) Caught Stealing 2 Tiffany Shaw, Alabama (04/08) Runners LOB 7 Simone Heyward, Alabama (04/09) 7 Ashley Langoni, at McNeese State (04/13) FIELDING Putouts Assists Errors Passed Balls PITCHING Innings Pitched Runs Allowed Earned Runs Allowed Strikeouts Hits Allowed Doubles Allowed Triples Allowed Homers Allowed Wild Pitches Hit Batters

18 Morgan Russell, vs. Syracuse (05/20) 6 Five times 2 Heidi Pizer, at Houston (02/19) 2 Lauren Houston, vs. California (02/26) 2 Brittany Mack, at Mississippi State (04/29) 2 Lauren Houston, South Carolina (05/06) 14.0 7 6 18 13 4 1 3 2 3

Anissa young

Brittany Mack, Alabama (04/08) Rachele Fico, Tennessee (04/16) Six times Rachele Fico, vs. Syracuse (05/20) Rachele Fico, Kentucky (03/18) Brittany Mack, Florida (03/09) Three times Rachele Fico, Florida (03/09) Brittany Mack, at Arkansas (04/02) Four times

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HOME RUN TRACKER NO.

PLAYER OPPONENT (DATE)

PITCHER ON-BASE

1 Anissa Young [1] Purdue [Feb. 12] Petruzzi [LHP] 2 Tammy Wray [1] Southeastern Louisiana [Feb. 16] Morse [RHP] 3 Anissa Young [2] Southeastern Louisiana [Feb. 16] Morse [RHP] 4 Anissa Young [3] vs. No. 20 Oklahoma State [Feb. 18] Espinosa [RHP] 5 Heidi Pizer [1] at Houston [Feb. 19] Bourgeois [RHP 6 Lauren Houston [1] vs. Nicholls State [Feb. 19] Winklemann [RHP] 7 Anissa Young [4] vs. Fordham [Feb. 26] MIneau [RHP] 8 Anissa Young [5] vs. Fordham [Feb. 26] Mineau [RHP] 9 Tammy Wray [2] vs. Fordham [Feb. 26] Mineau [RHP] 10 Ashley Langoni [1] vs. Fordham [Feb. 26] Mineau [RHP] 11 Tammy Wray [3] vs. Cal Poly [Feb. 27] Cahn [RHP] 12 Anissa Young [6] Pittsburgh [March 4] Jones [RHP] 13 Lauren Houston [2] at No. 1 Georgia [March 11] Owen [RHP] 14 Juliana Santos [1] at No. 1 Georgia [March 11] Owen [RHP] 15 Ashley Langoni [2] No. 24 Kentucky [March 20] Riley [RHP] 16 Tammy Wray [4] at Nicholls State [March 23] Bennett [RHP] 17 Ashley Langoni [3] at Arkansas [April 1] McLemore [RHP] 18 Tammy Wray [5] at Arkansas [April 1] Cohen [RHP] 19 Tammy Wray [6] at Arkansas [April 2] Jones [RHP] 20 Anissa Young [7] No. 1 Alabama [April 8] Traina [RHP] 21 Anissa Young [8] No. 1 Alabama [April 9] Dunne [RHP] 22 Ashley Langoni [4] at No. 25 Auburn [April 20] Schmalz [RHP] 23 Tammy Wray [7] at No. 25 Auburn [April 20] Schmalz [RHP] 24 Anissa Young [9] at Mississippi State [May 1] Becker [LHP] 25 Anissa Young [10] South Carolina [May 6] Broyles [RHP] 26 Tammy Wray [8] vs. Sacred Heart [May 21] Russell [RHP 27 Ashey Langoni [5] vs. Syracuse [May 21] Caira [RHP]

1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1

INNING OUTS

3 1 3 3 4 5 1 6 6 6 3 6 7 7 3 2 4 7 6 14 10 3 3 1 1 6 5

COUNT

2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2

SCORE FINAL

2-1 3-1 0-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-2 0-0 2-2 2-0 2-1 1-0 2-2 3-2 3-2 1-1 1-0 2-2 3-1 2-2 2-1 1-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 1-0 1-0

2-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 1-1 8-2 0-0 1-2 4-2 5-2 1-1 1-0 1-6 2-6 1-1 0-0 2-0 5-0 5-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 4-0 0-0 0-0 7-0 2-0

W, 5-3 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 L, 5-3 L, 5-4 W, 11-2 W, 6-2 W, 6-2 W, 6-2 W, 6-2 W, 7-4 W, 4-0 L, 6-3 L, 6-3 W, 4-1 W, 8-0 W, 8-0 W, 8-0 W, 10-1 W, 2-1 W, 3-1 W, 7-3 W, 7-3 W, 3-1 W, 3-2 W, 10-0 W, 5-0

Bold represents game tying or go-ahead home run

HR BREAKDOWN Total Home Away Neutral

27 8 10 9

Solo Two-Run Three-Run Grand Slam

9 10 8 0

MULTIPLE HIT GAMES PLAYER 2 Ashley Langoni 8 Simone Heyward 11 Tiffany Shaw 9 Anissa Young 6 Cassie Trosclair 6 Tammy Wray 6 Juliana Santos 4 Lauren Houston 6 Jacee Blades 5 Alex Boulet 1 Heidi Pizer 1 Morgan Russell 0

3 4 - 1 2 2 1 1 - 1 - - 1

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4 9 14

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13 12 0 2

5 TOTAL - 12 - 11 - 10 - 8 - 8 - 7 1 7 - 6 - 6 - 1 - 1 - 1

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MULTIPLE RBI GAMES PLAYER 2 Anissa Young 10 Ashley Langoni 4 Tammy Wray 2 Juliana Santos 4 Lauren Houston 1 Morgan Russell 3 Heidi Pizer 3 Cassie Trosclair 1 Allison Falcon -

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3 1 1 7 2 1 1 3 4 0 1 3

3 2 1 5 2 2 - - - 1

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4 1 1 - - - - - - -

1st Inning 2nd Inning 3rd Inning 4th Inning 5th Inning 6th Inning 7th Inning Extra Innings

5 TOTAL - 13 1 7 - 7 - 6 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 1 - 1

4 1 7 2 2 6 3 2

Freshmen Sophomore Junior Senior

8 2 17 0

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23 4

Leadoff Inside the Park

HITTING STREAKS PLAYER Anissa Young Ashley Langoni Jacee Blades Juliana Santos Tammy Wray Morgan Russell Tiffany Shaw Simone Heyward Lauren Houston Cassie Trosclair Heidi Pizer Alex Boulet Allison Falcon

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LONGEST 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 1

2 0

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STARTERS BY LINEUP SPOT

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ex To LSU 34 24 66 29 34 34 16 6 243 Opponent 14 10 34 32 16 18 26 7 157

1ST Simone Heyward Tiffany Shaw

STARTS 46 12

RECORD 33-13 7-5

RECORD WHEN LEADING

2ND Juliana Santos Tiffany Shaw Cassie Trosclair Simone Heyward

STARTS 43 11 3 1

RECORD 33-10 5-6 2-1 0-1

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3RD Anissa Young Ashley Langoni

STARTS 31 27

RECORD 20-11 20-7

Home Away Neutral

4TH Anissa Young Ashley Langoni Tammy Wray

STARTS 24 21 13

RECORD 17-7 15-6 8-5

Day Games Night Games

25-12 15-6

5TH Tammy Wray Ashley Langoni Lauren Houston Anissa Young

STARTS 42 10 4 2

RECORD 31-11 5-5 2-2 2-0

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

0-0 0-0 8-3 0-1 10-6 12-4 10-4

6TH Lauren Houston Morgan Russell Juliana Santos Tammy Wray

STARTS 37 15 4 2

RECORD 28-9 8-7 3-1 1-1

RHP Starter LHP Starter

33-17 7-1

7TH Morgan Russell Heidi Pizer Juliana Santos Jacee Blades Lauren Houston Allison Falcon Cassie Trosclair Tammy Wray Tiffany Shaw

STARTS 19 15 7 5 4 3 3 1 1

RECORD 15-4 12-3 2-5 2-3 4-0 2-1 3-0 0-1 0-1

8TH Jacee Blades Cassie Trosclair Alex Boulet Morgan Russell Tiffany Shaw Heidi Pizer

STARTS 32 16 5 3 1 1

RECORD 21-11 12-4 5-0 1-2 0-1 1-0

9TH Tiffany Shaw Cassie Trosclair Alex Boulet Simone Heyward Jacee Blades

STARTS 26 14 11 6 1

RECORD 22-4 7-7 5-6 5-1 1-0

Inn 1 2 3 4 5 W-L 16-2 22-2 32-3 31-3 27-3

6 29-1

RECORD WHEN TRAILING Inn 1 W-L 0-7

2 3 4 0-8 0-10 2-13

5 1-9

6 1-11

5 5-3

6 1-3

RECORD WHEN TIED Inn 1 2 3 W-L 24-9 18-8 8-5

4 7-2

STARTERS BY POSITION P STARTS Brittany Mack 27 Rachele Fico 23 Meghan Patterson 8

RECORD 19-8 14-9 7-1

C Lauren Houston Morgan Russell

STARTS 35 23

RECORD 26-9 14-9

1B Anissa Young Heidi Pizer

STARTS 49 9

RECORD 32-17 8-1

2B Cassie Trosclair Jacee Blades Juliana Santos

STARTS 33 20 5

RECORD 21-12 15-5 4-1

SS Juliana Santos Tammy Wray Heidi Pizer Jacee Blades Allison Falcon

STARTS 38 8 6 3 3

RECORD 25-13 6-2 5-1 2-1 2-1

3B Tammy Wray Anissa Young Juliana Santos

STARTS 50 7 1

RECORD 34-16 6-1 0-1

LF Ashley Langoni

STARTS 58

RECORD 40-18

CF Simone Heyward Jacee Blades Alex Boulet

STARTS 53 3 2

RECORD 38-15 1-2 1-1

RF Tiffany Shaw Alex Boulet Jacee Blades

STARTS 32 14 12

RECORD 25-7 9-5 6-6

DP Tiffany Shaw Morgan Russell Juliana Santos Lauren Houston Cassie Trosclair Heidi Pizer Anissa Young

STARTS 19 14 10 10 3 1 1

RECORD 9-10 10-4 9-1 8-2 3-0 0-1 1-0

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WIN-LOSS SUMMARY 40-18 21-9 9-0 19-9 0-1 2-2 3-10 8-13 21-6 13-7 6-5

Shutouts Run-rule Games Extra-inning Games

19-9 8-3 4-4

One-run Games Two-run Games Three-run + Games

8-2 7-2 25-14

Scored First Opponent Scored First Scored in 1st Inning Opponent Scored in 1st Inning

39-3 1-15 17-2 1-7

Scored 0-2 Runs Scored 3-5 Runs Scored 6-9 Runs Scored 10 + Runs

8-14 12-4 15-0 5-0

Opponent Scored 0-2 Runs Opponent Scored 3-5 Runs Opponent Scored 6-9 Runs Opponent Scored 10 + Runs

36-1 3-6 1-8 0-3

Out-hit Opponent Out-hit by Opponent Hits are Tied

33-3 6-14 1-1

Hit 0 Home Runs Hit 1 Home Run Hit 2 + Home Runs

23-15 13-2 4-1

Opponent Hit 0 Home Runs Opponent Hit 1 Home Run Opponent Hit 2 + Home Runs

35-7 4-6 1-5

Made 0 Errors Made 1 Error Made 2 + Errors

25-8 13-5 7-3

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ASHLEY APPLEGATE

BRITTANY MACK

4SEC Community Service Team 4SEC Academic Honor Roll

4NFCA All-America Third Team 4NFCA All-South Region First Team 4NCAA College Station All-Regional Team 4All-SEC First Team 4SEC Pitcher of the Week (03/07, 04/11 & 04/25) 4All-Louisiana First Team 4 Louisiana Pitcher of the Week (03/08, 03/22, 04/12, 04/26, 05/03) 4Purple & Gold Challenge All-Tournament Team 4Capitol One Academic All-District Second Team 4SEC Academic Honor Roll

JACEE BLADES 4SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll

MEGHAN PATTERSON 4Louisiana Pitcher of the Week (02/15, 02/22) 4Purple & Gold Challenge All-Tournament Team 4Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team

ALEX BOULET 4SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll

HEIDI PIZER 4SEC Academic Honor Roll

ALLISON FALCON 4SEC Academic Honor Roll

JULIANA SANTOS 4Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team

RACHELE FICO 4NCAA College Station All-Regional Team 4USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List 4All-Louisiana Honorable Mention 4Louisiana Pitcher of the Week (04/05) 4SEC Academic Honor Roll

TIFFANY SHAW 4All-Louisiana Honorable Mention 4Purple & Gold Challenge All-Tournament Team 4Capitol One Academic All-District Second Team 4SEC Academic Honor Roll

YVETTE GIROUARD 4SEC Co-Coach of the Year 4Louisiana Coach of the Year

CASSIE TROSCLAIR 4SEC Academic Honor Roll

SIMONE HEYWARD 4All-SEC Freshman Team 4SEC Freshman of the Week (05/09) 4All-Louisiana Second Team 4Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team & MVP 4SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll

TAMMY WRAY 4All-Louisiana Second Team

ASHLEIGH KUHN 4SEC Academic Honor Roll

ANISSA YOUNG 4NFCA All-South Region Second Team 4All-SEC & All-Louisiana Second Team 4USA Softball National Player of the Week (04/12) 4SEC Player of the Week (04/11) 4Louisiana Hitter of the Week (04/12 & 05/11) 4Purple & Gold Challenge, Tiger Classic All-Tourny 4SEC Academic Honor Roll

ASHLEY LANGONI 4NCAA College Station All-Regional Team 4All-Louisiana Honorable Mention 4Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team

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2011 SEC Review 2011 SEC STANDINGS WESTERN DIVISION TEAM Alabama (*) (!) (%) (&) LSU (%) Auburn (%) Mississippi State Ole Miss Arkansas

SEC 19-6 19-9 15-13 10-18 3-23 3-23

PCT. OVERALL .760 53-11 .679 40-18 .536 40-19 .357 24-32 .115 14-39 .115 13-39

PCT. .828 .690 .678 .429 .264 .250

EASTERN DIVISION TEAM Florida (*) (%) (&) Tennessee (^) (%) Georgia (%) Kentucky (%) South Carolina

SEC 21-7 20-8 17-9 14-9 6-22

PCT. OVERALL .750 56-13 .714 49-12 .654 51-14 .609 40-16 .214 26-30

PCT. .812 .803 .785 .714 .464

(*) - SEC Division Champion; (!) - SEC Regular Season Champion; (^) - SEC Tournament Champion; (%) NCAA Tournament participant; (&) Women’s College World Series particpant.

yvette girouard SEC SOFTBALL AWARDS

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM P - Ellen Renfroe, Tennessee P - Hannah Rogers, Florida C - Sam Lenahan, Mississippi State IF - Cheyenne Coyle, Florida IF - Kaila Hunt, Alabama IF - Emily Jolly, Kentucky IF - Madison Shipman, Tennessee OF - Brianna Bell, Mississippi State OF - RT Cantillo, Ole Miss OF - Simone Heyward, LSU DP/UTL - Morgan Estell, Auburn

Player of the Year: Kelsey Bruder, Florida Pitcher of the Year: Kelsi Dunne, Alabama Co-Coach of the Year: Yvette Girouard, LSU Co-Coach of the Year: Tim Walton, Florida Freshmen of the Year: Ellen Renfroe, Tennessee Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Meagan Aull, Kentucky FIRST TEAM P - Kelsi Dunne, Alabama P - Brittany Mack, LSU C - Megan Yocke, Kentucky IF - Megan Bush, Florida IF - Alisa Goler, Georgia IF - Lauren Gibson, Tennessee IF - Whitney Larsen, Alabama OF - Kayla Braud, Alabama OF - Kelsey Bruder, Florida OF - Raven Chavanne, Tennessee OF - Megan Wiggins, Georgia DP/UTL - Brittany Schutte, Florida

ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM P - Kelsey Dunne, Alabama & Hannah Rogers, Florida C - Kendall Dawson, Alabama 1B - Brianna Hesson, Georgia 2B - Lauren Gibson, Tennessee SS - Whitney Larsen 3B - Alisa Goler, Georgia LF - Megan Wiggins, Georgia CF - Kelly Grieve, Tennesee & Michelle Moultrie, Florida RF - Jazlyn Lunceford, Alabama

SECOND TEAM P - Ellen Renfroe, Tennessee P - Hannah Rogers, Florida C - Ashley Razey, Georgia IF - Kara Dill, Kentucky IF - Brianna Hesson, Georgia IF - Aja Paculba, Florida IF - Anissa Young, LSU OF - Meagan Aull, Kentucky OF - Kelly Grieve, Tennessee OF - Michelle Moultrie, Florida OF - Taylor Schlopy, Georgia DP/UTL - Amanda Locke, Alabama

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ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM MVP - Ellen Renfroe, Tennessee Angel Bunner, Auburn Shelby Burchell, Tennessee Raven Chavanne, Tennessee Jennifer Fenton, Alabama Lauren Guzman, Auburn Whitney Larsen, Alabama Morgan Montemayor, Georgia Ashley Razey, Georgia Jessica Spigner, Tennessee Megan Wiggins, Georgia

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2011 LSU in SEC/NCAA Rankings LSU IN THE SEC STATISTICS TEAM STATS - OFFENSE Batting Average Slugging Percentage On-Base Percentage Runs Scored Hits RBIs Doubles Triples Home Runs Total Bases Plate Appearances At Bats Walks Hit by Pitch Strikeouts Sacrifice Bunts Sacrifice Flies Stolen Bases

.252 .346 .357 243 373 209 40 9 27 512 1770 1481 160 86 284 34 9 91

INDIVIDUAL STATS - OFFENSE On-Base Percentage Anissa Young Triples Simone Heyward Hit-by-Pitch Anissa Young Lauren Houston Hit-by-Pitch Hit-by-Pitch Simone Heyward Tiffany Shaw Hit-by-Pitch Juliana Santos Sacrifice Hits Sacrifice Hits Morgan Russell Juliana Santos Sacrifice Flies Simone Heyward Stolen Bases Stolen Bases Alex Boulet Tiffany Shaw Stolen Bases TEAM STATS - PITCHING & FIELDING 2.21 ERA Opponent Batting Average .208 399.0 Innings Pitched Strikeouts 483 135 Strikeouts Looking Wins 40 18 Losses 3 Saves Runners Picked Off 3 301 Hits Allowed 157 Runs Allowed 126 Earned Runs Allowed 139 Walks Allowed Doubles Allowed 34 3 Triples Allowed Home Runs Allowed 26 14 Wild Pitches 44 Hit Batters Fielding Percentage .973 Chances 1664 Putouts 1197 Assists 422 Errors 45 Double Plays 11 Passed Balls 8 INDIVIDUAL STATS - PITCHING & FIELDING Brittany Mack ERA ERA Rachele Fico Opp. Batting Average Brittany Mack Opp. Batting Average Rachele Fico Innings Pitched Brittany Mack Innings Pitched Rachele Fico Strikeouts Brittany Mack Strikeouts Rachele Fico Batters SO Looking Rachele Fico

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9th 9th 8th 7th 8th 8th 11th 7th 8th 9th 5th 6th T-7th 1st 5th Fewest 6th 9th 4th

.465 3 26 20 9 8 8 6 3 23 19 16

15th T-8th 1st 2nd T-11th T-15th T-8th T-15th T-9th 6th T-10th T-15th

5th 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd T-5th 6th Fewest 8th T-1st T-2nd Fewest 3rd Fewest 3rd Fewest 5th Most 2nd Fewest T-4th Fewest 4th Fewest T-Fewest 3rd Most 3rd 2nd 4th 4th 2nd Fewest T-3rd Fewest T-4th Most

1.74 2.40 .197 .217 184.2 160.2 209 183 58

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Brittany Mack Brittany Mack Rachele Fico Rachele Fico Brittany Mack Brittany Mack Rachele Fico Brittany Mack Jacee Blades Tiffany Shaw Lauren Houston Anissa Young Tammy Wray Anissa Young

41 20 14 2 1 27 23 46 1.000 1.000 310 305 126 7

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LSU IN THE NCAA TOP 100 FINAL STATISTICS TEAM STATS Fielding Percentage Stolen Bases Per Game W-L Percentage ERA Triples Per Game

.973 1.57 .690 2.21 0.16

INDIVIDUAL STATS Hit-by-Pitch Per Game Anissa Young Hit-by-Pitch Per Game Lauren Houston Brittany Mack Hits Allowed Per 7 IP Strikeouts Per 7 IP Rachele Fico ERA Brittany Mack Brittany Mack Strikeouts Per 7 IP Victories Brittany Mack Strikeouts Brittany Mack Shutouts Brittany Mack Stolen Bases Per Game Simone Heyward Juliana Santos Sacrifice Flies Strikeouts Rachele Fico Rachele Fico Saves Hits Allowed Per 7 IP Rachele Fico Shutouts Rachele Fico Simone Heyward Triples

17th 31st 37th 46th 99th

0.46 0.41 4.86 8.0 1.74 7.9 20 209 6 0.43 3 183 2 5.49 5 3

1st 3rd 48th 52nd 53rd 54th 59th 59th 66th 75th 76th 80th 83rd 83rd 86th 92nd

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All-Americans LSU’S LOUISVILLE SLUGGER/NFCA ALL-AMERICANS

Tara Asbill 2000

Ashlee Ducote 1999 • 2000

Stephanie Hastings 2000

LaDonia Hughes 2004

Leslie Klein 2004 • 2006 • 2007

Brittany Mack 2011

Jodi Otten 1998

Trena Peel 2002

Killian Roessner 2007

Kristin Schmidt 2003 • 2004

Kirsten Shortridge 2009 • 2010

NFCA FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 2010 Kirsten Shortridge 2007 Killian Roessner 2002 Britni Sneed 2001 Britni Sneed 2000 Ashlee Ducote 2000 Stephanie Hastings 1999 Ashlee Ducote NFCA SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 2004 LaDonia Hughes 2004 Kristin Schmidt 2002 Trena Peel Britni Sneed 2000 NFCA THIRD-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 2011 Brittany Mack 2009 Kirsten Shortridge 2007 Leslie Klein 2006 Leslie Klein Emily Turner 2006 2004 Leslie Klein 2003 Kristin Schmidt 2000 Tara Asbill 1998 Jodi Otten

Outfield Catcher Pitcher Pitcher Third Base Second Base Third Base Outfield At-Large Outfield Pitcher Pitcher Outfield Outfield At-Large Pitcher Outfield Pitcher Short Stop Second Base

Britni Sneed 2000 • 2001 • 2002

Emily Turner 2006

EASTON FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 2007 Killian Roessner 2004 LaDonia Hughes 2004 Kristin Schmidt 2002 Britni Sneed 2002 Trena Peel 2001 Britni Sneed

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EASTON SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 2009 Kirsten Shortridge Outfield 2007 Leslie Klein Outfield 2006 Lauren Castle Designated Player 2006 Leslie Klein Outfield Emily Turner Pitcher 2006 2005 Lauren Castle At-Large 2004 Leigh Ann Danos Catcher 2004 Leslie Klein Outfield 2003 Kristin Schmidt Pitcher Trena Peel Outfield 2001 2001 Stephanie Hastings Shortstop EASTON THIRD-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 2005 Stephanie Hill 2004 Lauren Castle 2001 Dee Douglas

First Base Outfield Outfield

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING ALL-AMERICANS 2000 Stacey Newton 1999 Stacey Newton 1998 Stacey Newton

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ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS 2007 Dee Dee Henderson 2006 Stephanie Hill 2005 Stephanie Hill 2000 Tara Asbill

Third Team First Team First Team Third Team

DIAMOND SPORTS NATIONAL CATCHER OF THE YEAR 2007 Killian Roessner WCWS MVP 2004 Kristin Schmidt WCWS ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM 2004 Camille Harris 2001 Britni Sneed 2001 Julie Wiese NFCA NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK 2009 Rachel Mitchell March 24 2007 Emily Turner May 2 2004 Kristin Schmidt March 3 2002 Britni Sneed April 24 2002 Trena Peel March 27 USA SOFTBALL NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK 2010 Kirsten Shortridge March 16 2007 Emily Turner May 1 2006 Emily Turner April 18 2004 Kristin Schmidt March 4

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NCAA SUPER REGIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM 2007 Quinlan Duhon 2007 Kristen Hobbs 2007 Rachel Mitchell 2007 Emily Turner NCAA REGIONAL MVP 2007 Rachel Mitchell 2004 Kristin Schmidt 2001 Britni Sneed NCAA REGIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM 2011 Rachele Fico 2011 Ashley Langoni 2011 Brittany Mack 2010 Rachele Fico 2010 Kirsten Shortridge 2009 Ashley Langoni 2009 Kirsten Shortridge 2007 Quinlan Duhon 2007 Dani Hofer 2007 Andrea Smith 2007 Vanessa Soto 2007 Emily Turner 2004 Lauren Castle 2004 Camille Harris 2004 Leslie Klein 2003 Blair Smith 2002 Tessa Lynam 2002 Aleshia Perry 2002 Britni Sneed 2001 Christy Connor 2001 Dee Douglas 2001 Stephanie Hastings 2001 Trena Peel 2001 Britni Sneed 2000 Dee Douglas 2000 Shaunte’ Fremin 2000 Stephanie Hastings 2000 Ashley Lewis 2000 Stacey Newton 2000 Britni Sneed 1999 Dee Douglas 1999 Ashlee Ducote 1999 Shaunte’ Fremin 1998 Tara Asbill 1998 Stephanie Hastings 1998 Brandi Landry 1998 Jodi Otten

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NFCA ALL-SOUTH REGION SECOND TEAM 2011 Anissa Young First Base 2010 Rachel Mitchell Outfied 2010 Cody Trahan Pitcher 2008 Rachel Mitchell Outfield 2008 Shannon Stein Second Base 2007 Dani Hofer Pitcher 2007 Jazz Jackson Outfield 2007 Leslie Klein Outfield 2007 Emily Turner Pitcher 2006 Leslie Klein Outfield 2006 Emily Turner Pitcher 2005 Camille Harris Outfield 2004 Stephanie Hill First Base 2004 Leslie Klein Outfield 2004 Kristin Schmidt Pitcher 2002 April Janzen Infield 2002 Kristin Schmidt Pitcher 2001 Stephanie Hastings Shortstop 2001 Trena Peel Outfield 2000 Tara Asbill Shortstop 2000 Ashley Lewis Pitcher 1999 Dee Douglas Outfield 1998 Tara Asbill Shortstop 1998 Dee Douglas Outfield 1998 Sarah KnifeChief Pitcher 1997 Ashlee Ducote Third Base 1997 Tyra Perry Outfield

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SEC Honors/Awards 2004 Lauren Castle DP/Utility 2004 Leigh Ann Danos Catcher 2004 Lauren Delahoussaye Shortstop 2004 Julie Wiese Third Base 2003 Kristin Schmidt Pitcher 2003 Christy Connor Infield 2003 Tessa Lynam DP/Utility 2003 Camille Harris Outfield 2002 Kristin Schmidt Pitcher 2002 April Janzen Infield 2002 Erin Johnson Outfield 2001 Christy Connor Infield 2001 Trena Peel Outfield 2001 Dee Douglas Outfield 2000 Ashley Lewis Pitcher 2000 Shaunte’ Fremin Infield 2000 Stacey Newton Outfield 1998 Brandi Landry Pitcher 1998 Tyra Perry DP/Utility 1997 Ashlee Ducote Infield 1997 Sarah KnifeChief Pitcher 1997 Stacey Newton Outfield

BRITNI SNEED SEC ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Trena Peel 2002 SEC PITCHER OF THE YEAR Britni Sneed 2002 SEC PLAYER OF THE YEAR (PRIOR TO 2002) Britni Sneed 2001 Ashlee Ducote 2000 SEC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Rachele Fico 2010 ALL-SEC FIRST TEAM 2011 Brittany Mack 2010 Kirsten Shortridge 2009 Kirsten Shortridge 2008 Rachel Mitchell 2007 Dani Hofer 2006 Leslie Klein 2006 Emily Turner 2004 LaDonia Hughes 2004 Leslie Klein 2004 Kristin Schmidt 2002 Britni Sneed 2002 Christy Connor 2002 Trena Peel 2001 Britni Sneed 2001 Stephanie Hastings

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ALL-SEC SECOND TEAM 2011 Anissa Young 2010 Rachele Fico 2010 Rachel Mitchell 2009 Jazz Jackson 2008 Cody Trahan 2008 Quinlan Duhon 2007 Jazz Jackson 2007 Leslie Klein 2007 Killian Roessner 2005 Camille Harris 2005 Emily Turner

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2000 Britni Sneed 2000 Ashlee Ducote 2000 Stephanie Hastings 2000 Tara Asbill 1999 Ashley Lewis 1999 Britni Sneed 1999 Tara Asbill 1999 Ashlee Ducote 1999 Trena Peel 1999 Dee Douglas 1998 Tara Asbill 1998 Stephanie Hastings 1998 Sarah KnifeChief 1998 Stacey Newton 1998 Jodi Otten 1997 Tara Asbill

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SEC ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM 2011 Simone Heyward Outfield 2010 Rachele Fico Pitcher 2009 Juliana Santos Infield 2007 Jazz Jackson Outfield 2007 Rachel Mitchell Outfield 2006 Dani Hofer Pitcher 2004 Leslie Klein Outfield 2004 Emily Turner Pitcher SEC ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM 2010 Rachele Fico 2010 Jessica Mouse 2010 Rachel Mitchell 2010 Kirsten Shortridge SEC TOURNAMENT MVP 2007 Dani Hofer 2004 Kristin Schmidt 2003 Kristin Schmidt 2002 Britni Sneed 2001 Britni Sneed 1999 Ashley Lewis SEC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM 2010 Jessica Mouse 2010 Kirsten Shortridge 2010 Cody Trahan 2008 Quinlan Duhon 2008 Shannon Stein

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SEC Honors/Awards 2007 Leslie Klein Outfield 2007 Rachel Mitchell Outfield 2007 Shannon Stein Second Base Lauren Delahoussaye Third Base 2006 2006 Killian Roessner Catcher 2006 Vanessa Soto Second Base 2006 Emily Turner Pitcher 2005 Stephanie Hill First Base Leslie Klein Outfield 2004 2003 Christy Connor First Base 2002 Christy Connor First Base 2002 Trena Peel Outfield 2001 Christy Connor First Base Stephanie Hastings Shortstop 2001 2001 Dee Douglas Outfield 2000 Britni Sneed Pitcher 2000 Stephanie Hastings Second Base 2000 Dee Douglas Outfield 2000 Ashley Lewis D. Player 1999 Ashley Lewis Pitcher 1999 Shaunte’ Fremin First Base 1999 Tara Asbill Shortstop 1999 Dee Douglas Outfield 1998 Dee Douglas Outfield 1998 Jodi Otten Second Base 1997 Tyra Perry Outfield

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SEC PLAYER OF THE WEEK 2011 Anissa Young April 12 2010 Kirsten Shortridge May 3 2010 Jessica Mouse April 26 2010 Kirsten Shortridge March 15 Rachel Mitchell March 23 2009 2008 Quinlan Duhon May 5 2008 Rachel Mitchell April 28 2008 Killian Roessner March 17 2007 Andrea Smith March 26 Leslie Klein March 19 2007 2007 Killian Roessner March 5 2006 Vanessa Soto March 7 2004 Lauren Castle March 1 2003 Julie Wiese April 21 Julie Wiese Feb. 17 2003 2002 Trena Peel March 25 2001 Megann Steege March 19 2000 Shaunte’ Fremin April 10 2000 Ashlee Ducote March 27 Stephanie Hastings March 20 2000 2000 Ashley Lewis Feb. 28 1999 Ashlee Ducote March 23 1999 Trena Peel Feb. 16 1998 Tyra Perry April 14 Sarah KnifeChief March 31 1998 1997 Sarah KnifeChief April 1

SEC PITCHER OF THE WEEK 2011 Brittany Mack April 25 2011 Brittany Mack April 11 2011 Brittany Mack March 7 Rachele Fico April 26 2010 2010 Rachele Fico April 19 2010 Cody Trahan March 22 Emily Turner April 23 2007 2007 Emily Turner April 2 2007 Dani Hofer March 12 2007 Dani Hofer Feb. 26 2006 Emily Turner April 17 2005 Emily Turner April 18 2004 Kristin Schmidt May 3 Kristin Schmidt April 19 2004 2004 Kristin Schmidt March 15 2003 Kristin Schmidt March 10 2002 Britni Sneed April 29 2002 Britni Sneed April 1 Britni Sneed March 18 2002 2002 Britni Sneed March 11 2001 Britni Sneed April 9 2001 Britni Sneed March 12 2001 Britni Sneed Feb. 12 Britni Sneed May 1 2000 2000 Britni Sneed April 17 2000 Britni Sneed April 3 2000 Ashley Lewis March 13

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Louisiana Honors/Awards

christy conner

Lauren castle

julie wiese

LOUISIANA PLAYER OF THE YEAR (PRIOR TO 2003) 2002 Britni Sneed Pitcher 2001 Britni Sneed Pitcher 2000 Ashlee Ducote Third Base 1998 Jodi Otten Second Base

2005 Lauren Castle Designated Player 2005 Camille Harris Outfield 2004 Lauren Castle Designated Player 2004 Lauren Delahoussaye Shortstop 2004 Stephanie Hill First Base 2004 LaDonia Hughes Outfield 2004 Leslie Klein Outfield 2004 Kristin Schmidt Pitcher 2004 Julie Wiese Third Base 2003 Christy Connor First Base 2003 Camille Harris Outfield 2003 Tessa Lynam Utility 2003 Kristin Schmidt Pitcher 2002 Leigh Ann Danos Utility 2002 Tessa Lynam Designated Player 2002 Trena Peel Outfield 2002 Britni Sneed Pitcher 2001 Dee Douglas Outfield 2001 Trena Peel Outfield 2001 Britni Sneed Pitcher 2000 Tara Asbill Shortstop 2000 Dee Douglas Outfield 2000 Ashlee Ducote Third Base 2000 Stephanie Hastings Second Base 2000 Britni Sneed Pitcher 1999 Tara Asbill Shortstop 1999 Dee Douglas Outfield 1999 Ashlee Ducote Third Base 1999 Ashley Lewis Pitcher 1999 Britni Sneed Pitcher 1998 Tara Asbill Shortstop 1998 Sarah KnifeChief Pitcher 1998 Brandi Landry Pitcher 1998 Stacey Newton Outfield 1998 Jodi Otten Second Base 1998 Tyra Perry Outfield 1997 Ashlee Ducote Third Base Jodi Otten Second Base 1997 1997 Tyra Perry Outfield

2008 Quinlan Duhon Outfield 2008 Dee Dee Henderson Designated Player 2006 Stephanie Hill First Base 2006 Dani Hofer Pitcher 2005 Stephanie Hill First Base 2005 Vanessa Soto Second Base 2005 Emily Turner Pitcher 2004 Leigh Ann Danos Catcher 2004 Camille Harris Outfield 2003 LaDonia Hughes Outfield 2003 Julie Wiese Third Base 2002 April Janzen Second Base 2002 Kristin Schmidt Pitcher 2001 Stephanie Hastings Shortstop 2001 April Janzen Second Base 2001 Ashley Lewis Pitcher 2001 Jennifer Schuelke Catcher 2000 Ashley Lewis Pitcher 1999 April Janzen Infield 1999 Trena Peel Outfield 1998 Dee Douglas Outfield 1998 Ashlee Ducote Third Base 1998 Stephanie Hastings Second Base 1998 Trisha Ward Outfield 1997 Sarah KnifeChief Pitcher

LOUISIANA PITCHER OF THE YEAR 2007 Dani Hofer 2006 Emily Turner

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LOUISIANA HITTER OF THE YEAR 2010 Kirsten Shortridge 2007 Leslie Klein 2004 LaDonia Hughes

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LOUISIANA FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR 2010 Rachele Fico

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LOUISIANA NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2009 Kirsten Shortridge 2003 LaDonia Hughes 2001 Christy Connor 1999 Ashley Lewis 1997 Jodi Otten

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LOUISIANA COACH OF THE YEAR 2011 Yvette Girouard 2007 Yvette Girouard 2006 Yvette Girouard 2002 Yvette Girouard 2001 Yvette Girouard ALL-LOUISIANA FIRST TEAM 2011 Brittany Mack Pitcher 2010 Rachele Fico Pitcher Kirsten Shortridge Outfield 2010 2009 Kirsten Shortridge Outfield 2009 Cody Trahan Pitcher 2008 Rachel Mitchell Outfield 2008 Dani Hofer Pitcher 2007 Dee Dee Henderson Designated Player 2007 Dani Hofer Pitcher 2007 Jazz Jackson Outfield 2007 Leslie Klein Outfield 2007 Killian Roessner Catcher 2007 Emily Turner Pitcher 2006 Lauren Castle Designated Player Leslie Klein Outfield 2006 2006 Vanessa Soto Second Base Emily Turner Pitcher 2006

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ALL-LOUISIANA SECOND TEAM 2011 Simone Heyward Outfield 2011 Tammy Wray Third Base 2011 Anissa Young First Base Designated Player 2010 Ashley Applegate 2010 Rachel Mitchell Outfield 2010 Cody Trahan Pitcher 2010 Anissa Young First Base 2009 Rachel Mitchell Outfield 2008 Shannon Stein Second Base

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ALL-LOUISIANA HONORABLE MENTION 2011 Rachele Fico Pitcher 2011 Ashley Langoni Outfield Tiffany Shaw Utility 2011 2010 Ashley Langoni Outfield 2010 Brittany Mack Pitcher 2010 Jessica Mouse Infield 2009 Ashley Applegate Utility 2009 Jessica Mouse Infield 2009 Juliana Santos Infield 2009 Anissa Young Infield 2008 Jazz Jackson Outfield 2008 Killian Roessner Catcher 2008 Cody Trahan Pitcher 2006 Quinlan Duhon Outfield 2006 Camille Harris Outfield

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ashley applegate COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT 2011 Brittany Mack 2011 Tiffany Shaw 2010 Brittany Mack 2007 Dee Dee Henderson 2006 Stephanie Hill 2005 Stephanie Hill 2004 Leigh Ann Danos 2004 Stephanie Hill 2004 Kristin Schmidt 2003 Leigh Ann Danos 2003 Kristin Schmidt 2000 Tara Asbill 1999 Tara Asbill

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SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL 2011 Ashley Applegate 2011 Allison Falcon 2011 Rachele Fico 2011 Ashleigh Kuhn 2011 Brittany Mack 2011 Jessica Mouse 2011 Heidi Pizer 2011 Tiffany Shaw Cassie Trosclair 2011 Anissa Young 2011 2010 Ashley Applegate 2010 Katie Guillory Courtney Hollier 2010 2010 Brittany Mack Jessica Mouse 2010 2010 Heidi Pizer Juliana Santos 2010 2010 Tiffany Shaw Kirsten Shortridge 2010 Cody Trahan 2010 2009 Ashley Applegate Jessica Mouse 2009 2009 Tiffany Shaw 2009 Kirsten Shortridge 2009 Cody Trahan 2008 Quinlan Duhon 2008 Dee Dee Henderson 2008 Rachel Mitchell 2008 Cody Trahan 2007 Quinlan Duhon

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2007 Dee Dee Henderson 2007 Kristen Hobbs Andrea Smith 2007 2007 Emily Turner Lauren Delahoussaye 2006 2006 Quinlan Duhon 2006 Dee Dee Henderson Stephanie Hill 2006 2006 Kristen Hobbs 2006 Megan Jolly 2006 Killian Roessner 2006 Andrea Smith 2006 Emily Turner 2005 Lauren Delahoussaye Stephanie Hill 2005 2005 Kristen Hobbs 2004 Leigh Ann Danos 2004 Stephanie Hill 2004 LaDonia Hughes Leslie Klein 2004 2004 Kristin Schmidt 2004 Julie Wiese 2003 Lindsey Howard 2003 April Janzen 2003 Tessa Lynam 2003 Sarah Meadors 2003 Britni Sneed 2003 Julie Wiese Jill Crawford 2002 2002 April Janzen 2002 Britni Sneed 2002 Julie Wiese Auburne Ziober 2002 2001 Stephanie Hastings 2001 April Janzen 2001 Britni Sneed 2001 Julie Wiese Auburne Ziober 2001 2000 Tara Asbill 2000 Stephanie Hastings 2000 Stacey Newton 2000 Taryn Perry 2000 Jennifer Schuelke 2000 Britni Sneed 2000 Julie Stashko 2000 Auburne Ziober

1999 Tara Asbill 1999 April Janzen Sophia Mount 1999 1999 Stacey Newton Taryn Perry 1999 1999 Auburne Ziober 1998 Tara Asbill Sarah KnifeChief 1998 1998 Brandi Landry Stacey Newton 1998 1998 Tyra Perry 1997 Dawn Baker 1997 Brandi Landry 1997 Tyra Perry Cathy Whitlock 1997

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Salute: 2004 Women’s College World Series Team

2004 WCWS For Yvette Girouard and the LSU softball program, the second run to the Women’s College World Series was filled with as much joy, drama and excitement as the original. Like in 2001, the Tigers accomplished the SEC triple crown and claimed the SEC Western Division, Regular Season and Tournament championships. LSU also won a heart-stopping 13-inning affair and nearly pulled off an impossible feat at the WCWS. After starting the 2004 campaign with a 5-3 record, the Tigers strung together a 17-game winning streak that stretched into the heart of SEC action. LSU continued its climb up the polls sparked by a three-game sweep at No. 7 Alabama to end March. The Tigers rocketed up to a program-high and checked in at the No. 2 spot heading into postseason play. A trio of wins over Alabama, Auburn and Georgia, all ranked among the Top 15 at the time, allowed the Tigers to win their third SEC Tournament in five years. Unlike 2001, LSU’s quest to Oklahoma City didn’t start inside the friendly confines of Tiger Park. Instead, the Tigers were shipped to Waco, Texas for the NCAA Regionals. After wins over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Seton Hall, LSU found itself down 3-0 to regional host Baylor after two innings. Camille Harris kickstarted a three-run third inning with a solo home run to left field. Three batters later, future All-American Leslie Klein belted a tworun triple down the right field line to even the score at 3-3. The Tigers exploded for a quartet of runs in the 10th inning. Stephanie Hill and Lauren Delahoussaye provided RBIs coupled with a Baylor error and wild pitch. The next day against Illinois, Julie Wiese jumpstarted LSU with a solo shot in the second inning followed by RBI hits from Delahoussaye in the third and fifth innings. That would be more than enough run support for two-time All-American Kristin Schmidt. She was touched up for only an unearned run on three hits to go along with nine strikeouts as the Tigers raced past the Fighting Illini 4-1 to return to the WCWS. Another Big 10 team, No. 6 Michigan, would bite the dust in LSU’s opening game in Oklahoma City. After 11 scoreless frames, the Wolverines took a 2-0 advantage to open the 12th inning. In the home half, the Tigers used an RBI-single by Leigh Ann Danos and a passed ball to knot the score at 2-2. LSU won the game in the 13th on a Harris infield single. After two throwing errors, Sara Fitzgerald crossed home for the game-winning run. In the circle, Schmidt fired all 13 innings and tallied 13 strikeouts. Following a 2-0 setback to No. 2 UCLA, rain altered the WCWS schedule. The Tigers were faced with the task of winning three games in one day to advance to the championship game. A Fitzgerald RBI-single in the fourth inning proved to be the game winner as LSU edged No. 4 Florida State 2-1 to start the day. Schmidt provided another 13 strikeouts and surrendered only one run on four hits. The Tigers fought off elimination for a second time and erased an early 1-0 deficit against No. 5 California. Klein opened the second inning with a solo home run, Harris followed with a two-out, two-run double in the third and Delahoussaye tacked on an insurance run with an RBI-double of her own during the sixth. Schmidt added eight strikeouts and pitched around trouble to close out the 4-1 victory for her third win of the WCWS. LSU was poised to finish out the hat trick and carried a 1-0 lead into the fifth inning. Seven outs away, the Golden Bears struck for a quartet of runs to take the win.

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After her amazing performance, Kristin Schmidt was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2004 Women’s College World Series.

“What more could you ask for from your team,” Girouard said after the game. “I told the team before we got off the bus this morning that we weren’t leaving the park until they turned out the lights on us tonight and we are doing just that. Unfortunately, we came up just a little short. “This team did everything my staff asked of them. They played with total heart. Kristin Schmidt pitched her heart out and this team never died. If I have ever coached a team that deserved to go to the national championship game, then it is certainly this group of girls.”

GAME 1 • LSU 3, MICHIGAN 2 (13)

Michigan 000 000 000 002 0 - 2 6 4 LSU 000 000 000 002 1 - 3 10 3 Nicole Motycka, Jennie Ritter (12) and Monica Schock. Kristin Schmidt and Leigh Ann Danos. WP – Schmidt (36-5). LP – Ritter (24-8). 3B – Jessica Merchant. HR – Grace Leutele. SB – Leslie Klein, Camille Harris. T – 3:27. A - 4,453.

GAME 2 • UCLA 2, LSU 0

UCLA 200 000 0 - LSU 000 000 0 - Keira Goerl and Emily Zaplatosch. Kristin WP – Goerl (29-7). LP – Schmidt (36-6). 2B Simpson, Camille Harris. T – 2:33. A - 6,472

2 7 0 0 4 2 Schmidt and Leigh Ann Danos. – LaDonia Hughes. SB – Amanda

GAME 3 • LSU 2, FLORIDA STATE 1

LSU 100 100 0 - 2 9 0 Florida State 100 000 0 - 1 4 3 Kristin Schmidt and Leigh Ann Danos. Casey Hunter, Jessica van der Linden (6) and Elisa Vasquez and BillieAnne Gay. WP – Schmidt (37-6). LP – Hunter (334). 2B – LaDonia Hughes, Stephanie Hill, Jessica van der Linden. HR – Veronica Wootson. SB – Camille Harris, Leslie Klein. T – 2:31. A - 6,431.

GAME 4 • LSU 4, CALIFORNIA 1

LSU 012 001 0 - 4 7 1 California 100 000 0 - 1 7 1 Kristin Schmidt and Leigh Ann Danos. Kristina Thorson, Kelly Anderson (3) and Haley Woods. WP – Schmidt (38-6). LP – Thorson (28-4). 2B – Camille Harris, Lauren Delahoussaye. HR - Leslie Klein. T – 2:13. A - 5,276.

GAME 5 • CALIFORNIA 4, LSU 1

California 000 040 0 - 4 12 1 LSU 010 000 0 - 1 4 1 Kelly Anderson and Haley Woods. Kristin Schmidt, Emily Turner (7) and Leigh Ann Danos. WP – Anderson. LP – Schmidt (38-6). 2B – Sara Fitzgerald. T – 2:13. A - 5,276.

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2001 WCWS GAME 1 • STANFORD 2, LSU 1 (8) Stanford 000 100 01 - 2 7 0 LSU 000 100 00 - 1 7 2 Dana Sorensen and Jessica Allister. Britni Sneed and Jennifer Schuelke. WP – Sorensen (26-4). LP – Sneed (35-6). 2B – Jessica Mendoza 2, Julie Wiese. HR – Sarah Beeson. SB – Mendoza, Jessica Draemel, Cassi Brangham. T – 2:07.

GAME 2 • LSU 2, IOWA 1 LSU 000 002 0 - 2 5 1 Iowa 000 000 1 - 1 7 0 Ashley Lewis and Jennie Reeves. Kristi Hanks and Katy Jendrzejewski. WP – Lewis (21-4). LP – Hanks (39-9). 2B – Erin Johnson, Reeves. HR – Julie Wiese. SB – Johnson. T – 2:05.

Yvette Girouard’s first season at LSU ended in storybook fashion as the Tigers racked up a school record 59 wins and qualified for the program’s first Women’s College World Series. LSU also completed the SEC triple crown for the first time en route to the SEC Western Division, Regular Season and Tournament championships. After splitting a doubleheader at No. 21 Louisiana-Lafayette on April 18, the Tigers reeled off 12 consecutive victories to climb up to No. 3 in the national rankings. Girouard refocused her team after a 7-3 setback at Auburn in the regular season finale and fired back with a 6-0 win over Auburn to open the SEC Tournament. Three days later, All-American Stephanie Hastings belted a solo home run that stayed just inside the left field foul pole to open the SEC Championship against No. 22 South Carolina. The first-inning blast coupled with a stellar effort from SEC Player of the Year Britni Sneed in the circle were more than enough to avenge a 1-0 setback to the Gamecocks from the season before. Sneed hurled a three-hitter to complete her undefeated SEC season and recorded a tournament-record 11 strikeouts against zero walks to secure the MVP honor and 1-0 triumph. LSU opened NCAA Regional action with victories over Cornell, Penn State and No. 9 Arizona State before facing No. 19 Louisiana-Lafayette in the finals. The Tigers broke through for a pair of runs in the third inning as Hastings and future All-American Trena Peel provided RBIs. An Alana Addison homer brought ULL within 2-1, but Sneed shut the door on the Cajuns retiring 12 of the final 15 batters highlighted by a strikeout of Heather Bertrand to vault LSU to the Women’s College World Series. Following a 2-1 hard-fought, extra inning loss to No. 4 Stanford, the Tigers bounced back behind a Julie Wiese two-run homer to dismiss No. 15 Iowa and set up an elimination tussle with No. 5 Oklahoma, the defending national champion. The teams battled deep into the night before LSU emerged with a gritty 2-1 triumph in the 13th inning. An errant throw off an Ashley Lewis ground ball allowed Jennifer Schuelke to cross the plate for the game winning run. Sneed willed her way to an impressive 18 strikeouts, a program singlegame record. She escaped multiple jams during extra innings, none more impressive than back-to-back Ks to get out of a bases loaded situation in the 10th. The game was viewed by 1.57 million fans, a softball record at the time according to NCAA Productions.

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GAME 3 • LSU 2, OKLAHOMA 1 (13) Oklahoma 100 000 000 000 0 - 1 8 1 LSU 000 010 000 000 1 - 2 8 1 Britni Sneed and Jennifer Schuelke. Jennifer Stewart and Ashli Barrett. WP – Sneed (36-6). LP – Stewart (37-4). 2B – Christy Ring, Jennifer Schuelke. HR – Kelli Braitsch. SB – Ring. T – 3:31.

GAME 4 • UCLA 6, LSU 0 LSU UCLA

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Dale (6) and Stacey Neuveman. WP – Freed (21-3). LP – Lewis (21-5). 2B – Freed. Toria Auelua. T – 2:25

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Appearances: 13 (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) All-Time Record: 38-25 (.603) Best Finish: 2001, 2004 WCWS Third Place 1998 TOURNAMENT • NCAA REGION 4 • SEATTLE, WASH. Game 1 May 15, 1998 LSU 2, Long Beach State 0 Game 2 May 16, 1998 Washington 9, LSU 0 (5 Innings) Game 3 May 16, 1998 LSU 5, Long Beach State 4 Game 4 May 17, 1998 Washington 6, LSU 0 1999 TOURNAMENT • NCAA REGION 5 • BATON ROUGE, LA. Game 1 May 20, 1999 LSU 12, Southern 0 (5 Innings) Game 2 May 21, 1999 Oregon State 3, LSU 0 Game 3 May 22, 1999 LSU 7, Oklahoma 3 Game 4 May 22, 1999 Southern Miss 4, LSU 3 2000 TOURNAMENT • NCAA REGION 7 • BATON ROUGE, LA. Game 1 May 18, 2000 LSU 7, Northwestern State 1 Game 2 May 19, 2000 Louisiana-Lafayette 4, LSU 1 Game 3 May 20, 2000 LSU 2, Hofstra 1 Game 4 May 20, 2000 LSU 1, Southern Miss 0 (13 Innings) Game 5 May 21, 2000 Southern Miss 1, LSU 0 (9 Innings) 2001 TOURNAMENT • NCAA REGION 3 • BATON ROUGE, LA. Game 1 May 17, 2001 LSU 8, Cornell 0 (6 Innings) Game 2 May 18, 2001 LSU 2, Penn State 1 Game 3 May 19, 2001 LSU 3, Arizona State 2 Game 4 May 20, 2001 LSU 2, Louisiana-Lafayette 1 WCWS • OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. Game 1 May 24, 2001 Stanford 2, LSU 1 (8 Innings) Game 2 May 26, 2001 LSU 2, Iowa 1 Game 3 May 26, 2001 LSU 2, Oklahoma 1 (13 Innings) Game 4 May 27, 2001 UCLA 6, LSU 0 2002 TOURNAMENT • NCAA REGION 3 • LAFAYETTE, LA. Game 1 May 16, 2002 LSU 3, Northwestern State 2 (10 Innings) Game 2 May 18, 2002 LSU 5, Louisiana-Lafayette 2 Game 3 May 18, 2002 Arizona State 3, LSU 2 (8 Innings) Game 4 May 18, 2002 LSU 1, Massachusetts 0 Game 5 May 19, 2002 Arizona State 4, LSU 1 2003 TOURNAMENT • NCAA REGION 3 • AUSTIN, TEXAS Game 1 May 15, 2002 LSU 9, Hawai`i 4 Game 2 May 16, 2002 Texas 8, LSU 0 (6 Innings) Game 3 May 16, 2002 Arizona State 4, LSU 1 2004 TOURNAMENT • NCAA REGION 3 • WACO, TEXAS Game 1 May 20, 2004 LSU 4, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 0 Game 2 May 21, 2004 LSU 3, Seton Hall 0 Game 3 May 22, 2004 LSU 7, Baylor 3 (10 Innings) LSU 4, Illinois 1 Game 4 May 23, 2004

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WCWS • OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. Game 1 May 27, 2004 Game 2 May 28, 2004 Game 3 May 30, 2004 Game 4 May 30, 2004 Game 5 May 30, 2004

LSU 3, Michigan 2 (13 Innings) UCLA 2, LSU 0 LSU 2, Florida State 1 LSU 4, California 1 California 4, LSU 1

2006 TOURNAMENT • NCAA REGION 15 • BATON ROUGE, LA. Game 1 May 19, 2006 LSU 5, Princeton 0 Game 2 May 20, 2006 LSU 7, Louisiana-Lafayette 6 (10 Innings) Game 3 May 21, 2006 LSU 5, Louisiana-Lafayette 4 NCAA SUPER REGIONAL 2 • TUCSON, ARIZ. Game 1 May 26, 2006 Arizona 5, LSU 0 Game 2 May 27, 2006 LSU 3, Arizona 2 Game 3 May 27, 2006 Arizona 14, LSU 5 (5 Innings) 2007 TOURNAMENT • NCAA REGION 10 • PALO ALTO, CALIF. Game 1 May 17, 2007 LSU 3, Cal State Northridge 2 Game 2 May 18, 2007 LSU 1, Fresno State 0 (9 Innings) Game 3 May 19, 2007 LSU 11, Stanford 5 NCAA SUPER REGIONAL 7 • TUCSON, ARIZ. Game 1 May 25, 2007 Arizona State 1, LSU 0 (10 Innings) Game 2 May 26, 2007 Arizona State 7, LSU 4 2008 TOURNAMENT • NCAA REGION 9 • BATON ROUGE, LA. Game 1 May 16, 2008 LSU 8, Mississippi Valley State 0 (5 Innings) Game 2 May 17, 2008 Louisiana-Lafayatte 9, LSU 4 Game 3 May 17, 2008 LSU 9, East Carolina 1 (5 Innings) Game 4 May 18, 2008 Louisiana-Lafayette 6, LSU 3 2009 TOURNAMENT • NCAA REGION 10 • TEMPE, ARIZ. Game 1 May 15, 2009 LSU 3, Cal State Fullerton 2 Game 2 May 16, 2009 LSU 10, Arizona State 2 (5 Innings) Game 3 May 17, 2009 Arizona State 6, LSU 4 Game 4 May 17, 2009 Arizona State 5, LSU 0 2010 TOURNAMENT • NCAA REGION 12 • BATON ROUGE, LA. LSU 3, McNeese State 0 Game 1 May 21, 2010 Game 2 May 22, 2010 Louisiana-Lafayette 1, LSU 0 Game 3 May 22, 2010 Texas A&M 1, LSU 0 2011 TOURNAMENT • NCAA REGION 16 • COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS Syracuse 3, LSU 0 (11 Innings) Game 1 May 20, 2011 Game 2 May 21, 2011 LSU 10, Sacred Heart 0 (6 Innings) Game 3 May 21, 2011 LSU 5, Syracuse 0 Game 4 May 22, 2011 Texas A&M 3, LSU 1 (9 Innings)

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INDIVIDUAL FEWEST HITS ALLOWED [MIN 7 IP] 1 Ashley Lewis Penn State 05/18/01

BATTING

TEAM HOME RUNS 5 Stanford 5 Hawai`i

INDIVIDUAL AT-BATS 6 7 times, most recently by... 6 Stephanie Hill UL-Lafayette 6 Leslie Klein UL-Lafayette 6 Killian Roessner UL-Lafayette

05/20/06 05/20/06 05/20/06

INDIVIDUAL RUNS SCORED Stanford 3 Andrea Smith INDIVIDUAL HITS 4 Leslie Klein 4 Tara Asbill

dani hofer

05/19/07

Illinois Long Beach St.

05/23/04 05/16/98

INDIVIDUAL DOUBLES Southern 2 Ashlee Ducote Long Beach St. 2 Jodi Otten

05/20/99 05/16/98

INDIVIDUAL TRIPLES 1 6 times, most recently by... Syracuse 1 Ashley Langoni Cal State Fullerton 1 Juliana Santos

05/19/07 05/15/03

TEAM RUNS BATTED IN 11 Stanford

05/19/07

TEAM WALKS 5 Northwestern State

05/18/00

TEAM HIT-BY-PITCHES 2 8 times, most recently by... 2 Texas A&M 2 Sacred Heart

05/22/11 05/21/11

TEAM STOLEN BASES 7 Sacred Heart

05/21/11

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05/21/11 05/15/09

INDIVIDUAL INNINGS PITCHED 13.0 Kristin Schmidt Michigan 13.0 Britni Sneed Oklahoma

05/27/04 05/26/01

INDIVIDUAL STRIKEOUTS 19 Britni Sneed Oklahoma

05/26/01

INDIVIDUAL HOME RUNS 2 4 times, most recently by... 2 Ashley Langoni Arizona State Stanford 2 Rachel Mitchell

05/17/09 05/19/07

INDIVIDUAL RUNS BATTED IN Stanford 5 Rachel Mitchell

05/19/07

INDIVIDUAL FEWEST RUNS ALLOWED [MIN 7 IP] 0 7 times, most recently by... 0 Brittany Mack Syracuse 05/21/11 0 Emily Turner Fresno State 05/18/07

05/30/04 05/19/01

INDIVIDUAL FEWEST ER ALLOWED [MIN 7 IP] 0 12 times, most recently by... 0 Brittany Mack Syracuse 05/21/11 0 Emily Turner Fresno State 05/18/07

INDIVIDUAL WALKS 2 7 times, most recently by... 2 Leigh Ann Danos California 2 Christy Conner Arizona State INDIVIDUAL HIT-BY-PITCHES 2 Anissa Young Texas A&M 2 Shannon Stein Stanford INDIVIDUAL STOLEN BASES Sacred Heart 4 Cassie Trosclair TEAM AT-BATS 48 Louisiana-Lafayette 48 Michigan

05/22/11 05/19/07

05/21/11

05/20/06 05/27/04

TEAM RUNS SCORED 13 Southern

05/20/99

TEAM HITS 16 Louisiana-Lafayette

05/20/06

TEAM DOUBLES 4 Long Beach State

05/16/98

TEAM TRIPLES 1 6 times, most recently by... 1 Syracuse 1 Cal State Fullerton

05/21/11 05/15/09

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INDIVIDUAL MOST RUNS ALLOWED 9 Sarah KnifeChief Washington

05/16/98

INDIVIDUAL MOST EARNED RUNS ALLOWED 8 Sarah KnifeChief Washington 05/16/98

INDIVIDUAL MOST HITS ALLOWED 9 Emily Turner Arizona 9 Kristin Schmidt Hawai`i 9 Sarah KnifeChief Washington

05/26/06 05/15/03 05/16/98

TEAM INNINGS PITCHED 13.0 Michigan 13.0 Oklahoma 13.0 Southern Miss

05/27/04 05/26/01 05/20/00

TEAM STRIKEOUTS 19 Oklahoma

05/26/01

TEAM FEWEST RUNS ALLOWED 0 13 times, most recently by... 0 Syracuse 0 Sacred Heart

05/21/11 05/21/11

TEAM MOST RUNS ALLOWED 14 Arizona

05/27/06

TEAM MOST EARNED RUNS ALLOWED 10 Arizona

05/27/06

TEAM FEWEST HITS ALLOWED [MIN 7 IP] Penn State 1

05/18/01

TEAM MOST HITS ALLOWED Arizona 18

05/27/06

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INDIVIDUAL PUTOUTS 19 Jennifer Schuelke Oklahoma

05/26/01

INDIVIDUAL ASSISTS 6 Julie Wiese Michigan 05/27/04 6 Julie Wiese Iowa 05/26/01 6 Ashlee Ducote Southern Miss 05/20/00 INDIVIDUAL ERRORS 4 Andrea Smith 4 Andrea Smith

Arizona UL-Lafayette

05/26/06 05/20/06

TEAM PUTOUTS 39 Michigan 39 Oklahoma 39 Southern Miss

05/27/04 05/26/01 05/20/00

TEAM ASSISTS 18 Iowa

05/26/01

TEAM ERRORS 4 Arizona 4 Louisiana-Lafayette

05/26/06 05/20/06

TEAM DOUBLE PLAYS 2 Arizona State 2 Stanford

05/19/02 05/24/01

PITCHING SUPERLATIVES SHUTOUTS: (13)

PITCHER(S) OPPONENT Brandi Landry vs. Long Beach State Britni Sneed and Julie Stashko Southern (5 Innings) Ashley Lewis and Britni Sneed Southern Miss (13 Innings) Britni Sneed and Ashley Lewis Cornell (6 Innings) Britni Sneed vs. Massachusetts vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Kristin Schmidt Kristin Schmidt vs. Seton Hall Dani Hofer Princeton Emily Turner vs. Fresno State (9 Innings) Casey Faile and Dani Hofer Mississippi Valley State (5 Innings) McNeese State (7 Innings) Rachele Fico and Kirsten Shortridge Brittany Mack and Meghan Patterson vs. Sacred Heart (6 Innings) Brittany Mack vs. Syracuse

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SEC TOURNAMENT

Appearances: 15 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) All-Time Record: 36-15 (.706); Best Finish: Champions (1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007) 1997 TOURNAMENT • COLUMBUS, GA. Game 1 May 9, 1997 Game 2 May 10, 1997 Game 3 May 10, 1997 1998 TOURNAMENT • COLUMBUS, GA. Game 1 May 8, 1998 Game 2 May 9, 1998 Game 3 May 9, 1998 Game 4 May 9, 1998 Game 5 May 10, 1998

Auburn 4, LSU 2 LSU 4, Alabama 2 Florida 4, LSU 3

LSU 2, Arkansas 1 Alabama 5, LSU 3 (10 Innings) LSU 8, Tennessee 1 LSU 8, Alabama 4 Alabama 8, LSU 1

1999 TOURNAMENT • COLUMBUS, GA. • CHAMPIONS Game 1 May 13, 1999 LSU 8, Georgia 0 (6 Innings) Game 2 May 14, 1999 LSU 10, Arkansas 0 (5 Innings) Game 3 May 15, 1999 LSU 2, Mississippi State 0 (9 Innings) Final May 16, 1999 LSU 4, Arkansas 3 (10 Innings) 2000 TOURNAMENT • COLUMBUS, GA. Game 1 May 11, 2000 Game 2 May 12, 2000 Game 3 May 13, 2000 Final May 14, 2000

LSU 8, Auburn 0 (5 Innings) LSU 2, Arkansas 0 LSU 5, Alabama 2 South Carolina 1, LSU 0 (8 Innings)

2001 TOURNAMENT • CHATTANOOGA, TENN. • CHAMPIONS Game 1 May 10, 2001 LSU 6, Auburn 0 Game 2 May 11, 2001 LSU 2, Mississippi State 1 Game 3 May 12, 2001 LSU 4, Auburn 1 Final May 13, 2001 LSU 1, South Carolina 0 2002 TOURNAMENT • CHATTANOOGA, TENN. • CHAMPIONS Game 1 May 9, 2002 Game 2 May 10, 2002 Game 3 May 11, 2002 Final May 12, 2002 2003 TOURNAMENT • PLANT CITY, FLA. Game 1 May 8, 2003 Game 2 May 9, 2003 Game 3 May 10, 2003

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LSU 1, Tennessee 0 (9 Innings) Alabama 3, LSU 1 LSU 5, South Carolina 1

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Game 4 May 10, 2003 LSU 1, Florida 0 Game 5 May 11, 2003 LSU 3, Florida 1 Final May 11, 2003 Alabama 3, LSU 1 2004 TOURNAMENT • TUSCALOOSA, ALA. • CHAMPIONS Game 1 May 13, 2004 Game 2 May 14, 2004 Game 3 May 15, 2004 Game 4 May 16, 2004 Final May 16, 2004 2005 TOURNAMENT • GAINESVILLE, FLA. Game 1 May 12, 2005 Game 2 May 13, 2005 Game 3 May 14, 2005

LSU 2, South Carolina 0 LSU 2, Alabama 1 Auburn 2, LSU 0 LSU 1, Auburn 0 LSU 4, Georgia 1

Georgia 2, LSU 1 LSU 9, Florida 1 (6 Innings) Auburn 4, LSU 3

2006 TOURNAMENT • ATHENS, GA. Game 1 May 11, 2006 LSU 4, Auburn 1 Game 2 May 12, 2006 LSU 5, Georgia 0 Final May 13, 2006 Tennessee 3, LSU 0 2007 TOURNAMENT • AUBURN, ALA. • CHAMPIONS Game 1 May 10, 2007 LSU 2, South Carolina 1 (10 Innings) Game 2 May 11, 2007 LSU 4, Alabama 1 Final May 12, 2007 LSU 1, Florida 0 (9 Innings) 2008 TOURNAMENT • BATON ROUGE, LA. Game 1 May 8, 2008 Game 2 May 9, 2008

LSU 4, Auburn 0 Alabama 7, LSU 4

2009 TOURNAMENT • KNOXVILLE, TENN. Game 1 May 7, 2009

Tennessee 6, LSU 5

2010 TOURNAMENT • FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. LSU 2, Kentucky 1 Game 1 May 13, 2010 Game 2 May 14, 2010 LSU 9, Florida 1 Final May 15, 2010 Alabama 5, LSU 4 2011 TOURNAMENT • OXFORD, MISS. Game 1 May 12, 2011

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INDIVIDUAL FEWEST HITS ALLOWED [MIN 7 IP] 1 Kristin Schmidt Florida 05/10/03

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INDIVIDUAL AT-BATS 5 4 times, most recently by... 5 Kirsten Shortridge Florida 5 D. Douglas & T. Peel Arkansas

05/14/10 05/16/99

INDIVIDUAL RUNS SCORED 3 Ashley Langoni Florida 3 Jodi Otten Tennessee

05/14/10 05/09/98

INDIVIDUAL HITS 4 Jodi Otten

Tennessee

05/09/98

INDIVIDUAL DOUBLES 2 Rachel Mitchell

South Carolina

05/10/07

INDIVIDUAL TRIPLES 2 Dee Douglas

Georgia

05/13/99

INDIVIDUAL HOME RUNS 1 24 times, most recently by... 1 Morgan Russell Florida 1 Kirsten Shortridge Florida

05/14/10 05/14/10

INDIVIDUAL RUNS BATTED IN 4 Stephanie Hill Florida 4 Stephanie Hill Georgia 4 Trena Peel Arkansas

05/13/05 05/16/04 05/14/99

INDIVIDUAL WALKS 2 14 times, most recently by... 2 Ashley Langoni Florida Florida 2 Rachel Mitchell

05/14/10 05/14/10

INDIVIDUAL HIT-BY-PITCHES 2 Anissa Young Alabama 2 Jessica Mouse Alabama 2 Killian Roessner Florida

05/15/10 05/09/08 05/12/07

INDIVIDUAL STOLEN BASES 2 Stephanie Hastings Auburn 2 Dee Douglas Auburn

05/11/00 05/11/00

TEAM AT-BATS 36 Arkansas

05/16/99

TEAM RUNS SCORED 10 Arkansas

05/14/99

TEAM HITS 13 Auburn

05/11/00

TEAM DOUBLES 4 4 times, most recently by... 4 South Carolina 4 Georgia

05/10/07 05/12/06

TEAM TRIPLES 2 Georgia 2 Georgia

05/10/02 05/13/99

TEAM HOME RUNS 2 Florida 2 Alabama 2 Florida

05/14/10 05/09/98 05/10/97

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INDIVIDUAL MOST HITS ALLOWED 12 Brandi Landry Alabama

05/09/98

TEAM INNINGS PITCHED 10.0 South Carolina 10.0 Arkansas 10.0 Alabama

05/10/07 05/16/99 5/09/98

TEAM STRIKEOUTS 14 Florida 14 South Carolina 14 Georgia

05/12/07 5/13/04 05/12/02

TEAM FEWEST RUNS ALLOWED 0 16 times, most recently by... 0 Auburn 0 Florida

05/08/08 05/12/07

TEAM RUNS BATTED IN 8 Auburn 8 Tennessee

05/11/00 05/09/98

TEAM MOST EARNED RUNS ALLOWED 8 Alabama

TEAM WALKS 8 Auburn

05/08/08

TEAM FEWEST HITS ALLOWED [MIN 7 IP] 1 Florida

05/10/03

TEAM HIT-BY-PITCHES 4 Alabama

05/09/08

TEAM STOLEN BASES 4 Auburn

TEAM MOST HITS ALLOWED Alabama 12 12 Alabama

05/10/98 05/09/98

05/11/00

5/10/98

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INDIVIDUAL INNINGS PITCHED 10.0 Dani Hofer South Carolina 10.0 Ashley Lewis Arkansas 10.0 Brandi Landry Alabama

05/10/07 05/16/99 05/09/98

INDIVIDUAL STRIKEOUTS 14 Kristin Schmidt South Carolina 14 Britni Sneed Georgia

05/13/04 05/12/02

INDIVIDUAL FEWEST RUNS ALLOWED [MIN 7 IP] 0 9 times, most recently by... 0 Cody Trahan Auburn 05/08/08 0 Emily Turner Georgia 05/12/06 INDIVIDUAL FEWEST ER ALLOWED [MIN 7 IP] 0 12 times, most recently by... 0 Cody Trahan Auburn 05/08/08 0 Emily Turner Georgia 05/12/06 INDIVIDUAL MOST RUNS ALLOWED Georgia 6 Brittany Mack 6 Cody Trahan Tennessee

05/12/11 05/07/09

INDIVIDUAL MOST EARNED RUNS ALLOWED 6 Brittany Mack Georgia 05/12/11

INDIVIDUAL PUTOUTS 16 Shaunte’ Fremin

Arkansas

05/16/99

INDIVIDUAL ASSISTS 8 Tara Asbill

South Carolina

05/14/00

INDIVIDUAL ERRORS 2 6 times, most recently by... 2 Jazz Jackson Tennessee 2 Andrea Smith Tennessee

05/07/09 05/13/06

TEAM PUTOUTS 30 South Carolina 30 Arkansas 30 Alabama

05/10/07 05/16/99 05/09/98

TEAM ASSISTS 15 Arkansas

05/12/00

TEAM ERRORS 4 Tennessee 4 South Carolina 4 Auburn

05/07/09 05/14/00 05/09/97

TEAM DOUBLE PLAYS 3 South Carolina

05/10/03

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PITCHER(S) OPPONENT Britni Sneed vs. Georgia (6 Innings) Ashley Lewis and Julie Stashko vs. Arkansas (5 Innings) Britni Sneed and Ashley Lewis vs. Mississippi Sate (9 Innings) Britni Sneed vs. Auburn (5 Innings) Ashley Lewis vs. Arkansas Britni Sneed and Sarah Meadors vs. Auburn Britni Sneed vs. South Carolina Britni Sneed and Kristin Schmidt vs. Florida Britni Sneed vs. Georgia Kristin Schmidt vs. Tennessee (9 Innings) Kristin Schmidt vs. Florida Kristin Schmidt vs. South Carolina Kristin Schmidt vs. Auburn Emily Turner at Georgia Emily Turner and Dani Hofer vs. Florida (9 Innings) Cody Trahan Auburn

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Harris, Camille Hastings, Stephanie Henderson, Dee Dee HEYWARD, Simone Hill, Stephanie Hobbs, Kristen Hofer, Dani Hollier, Courtney Hollis, Tayl’r Hope, Lindsey HOUSTON, LAUREN Howard, Lindsey Hughes, LaDonia

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4 Danos, Leigh Ann Delahoussaye, Lauren Deslattes, Janell Douglas, Dee Ducote, Ashlee­­­ Duhon, Quinlan

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SANTOS, JULIANA Schmidt, Kristin Schuelke, Jennifer SHAW, TIFFANY Shipp, Renee Shortridge, Kirsten Sluss, Erika Smith, Andrea Smith, Blair Sneed, Britni Soileau, Shelly Soto, Vanessa Stashko, Julie Steege, Megann Stein, Shannon

2009-2010-2011 2002-2003-2004 1998-1999-2000-2001 2008-2009-2010 1979-1980-1981-1982 2009-2010 2005-2006-2007-2008 2005-2006-2007 2002-2003 1999-2000-2001-2002 1981-1982 2005-2006-2007 1997-1998-1999-2000 2000-2001-2002-2003 2006-2007-2008

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4 Taylor, Karen Trahan, Cody Traina, Kim Trosclair, Cassie Turner, Emily

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The Southeastern Conference Setting the Standard for Intercollegiate Athletics in Softball

SEC Softball will celebrate its 16th year of existence in 2012 and has established itself as one of the leading conferences in the sport. The Southeastern Conference qualified seven teams for the 2011 NCAA Tournament - Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU and Tennessee. As the conference, the league also made its 20th overall, ninth consecutive year with at least one team in the Women’s College World Series. For the sixth time in the last seven years dating back to the 2005 season, the SEC advanced multiple teams to Oklahoma City. Both Alabama and Florida met in the semifinal round with the Gators advancing to their second overall championship series. Alabama won the 2011 conference title as they posted a 19-6 SEC mark. It was their second consecutive year winning the hardware and third title in school history. The Tide posted a 45-7 overall record and Kelsi Dunne earned SEC Pitcher of the Year honors for the second year in a row. Florida’s Kelsey Bruder was named SEC Player of the Year while Tennessee’s Ellen Renfroe earned Freshman of the Year accolades. Kentucky’s Meagan Aull was selected as Scholar-Athlete of the Year while Co-Coach of the Year honors went to Yvette Girouard (LSU) and Tim Walton (Florida). Softball came under the auspices of the Southeastern Conference in the 1996-97 season. Since that time, 10 different conference teams have made appearances in the NCAA Championship, including six teams earning Women’s College World Series berths - one by South Carolina in the inaugural season, Alabama in 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2011, Florida in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Georgia in 2009 and 2010, LSU in 2001 and 2004 and Tennessee in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010. Eight teams (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State, South Carolina and Tennessee) have made Top 25 appearances and six teams have climbed into the Top 10 (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, LSU, South Carolina and Tennessee) of the NFCA/USA Today Poll. At least one SEC team has been ranked in the poll each week since the inception of SEC Softball. South Carolina is the flagship team of the league with a rich history in softball dating back 35 seasons. The Gamecocks have made 15 NCAA Regional and three Women’s College World Series appearances. Mississippi State played softball for five seasons during the 1980’s before resuming the sport when it was added to the SEC. Tennessee added softball in 1995-96, one year before its inception in the SEC. Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU and Ole Miss began softball programs in 1996-97 to give the league 11 representatives (Vanderbilt does not sponsor softball). The 1999 season was the first in which the conference was eligible for an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships. As the sport continues to grow in competitiveness and popularity, the SEC has had six different regular season champions and five different conference tournament champions. LSU leads the way with five regular season crowns, five tournament titles and eight division championships.

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• 86 NCAA Regional Appearances • 25 NCAA Super Regional Appearances • 20 Women’s College World Series Appearances • 257 NCAA Wins (Regional + Super Regional + WCWS) • The SEC had at least two of the final four teams at the 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011 WCWS • The three teams that advanced to the WCWS in 2009 and 2010 are a league record. • 10 different SEC teams have played in the NCAA Softball Championships • SEC teams have been ranked in every NFCA/USA Today poll since the inception of SEC softball • For the second straight year, the SEC reached the 200K mark! More than 228,791 fans attended SEC home softball games in 2011. Alabama led the league in average attendance with 2,596 per date, 51,915 total. • 2011 was the second year of the SEC on ESPN agreement, and SEC softball was televised more than any other league. Over the last two seasons on the ESPN family of networks, there have been 23 regular season games and all 14 games of the 2010 & 2011 SEC Tournament televised. • In 2011, the SEC had a record of nine combined National Player of the Week awards from the NFCA and USA Softball. • Three SEC teams were ranked in the top 10 in both final polls: 2) Florida, 3) Alabama, 9) Georgia. Six teams overall made the final Top 25 polls. Kentucky finished in the Top 25 for the first time in school history. The Wildcats ranked 13th in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches poll and 12th in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Poll • In 2011, seven SEC student-athletes were named NFCA First-Team All-Americans. Overall, a record 16 players were named to first, second and third teams combined which included LSU’s Brittany Mack. • The SEC has earned 138 Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-America honors since 1997. 57 First-Team selections, 48 Second-Team selections, 33 Third-Team selections • The SEC had 27 student-athletes named to the 2011 Lousiville Slugger/NFCA All-Region teams. 17 were named First-Team, 10 were named Second-Team. • The SEC had 20 student-athletes named to the 2011 Capitol One Academic All-District teams highlighted by eight players on the All-America First Team: Stephanie Brombacher (Florida), Kayla Braud (Alabama), Kelsey Bruder (Florida) and Raven Chavanne (Tennessee).

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Individual Game Records PITCHING

ashley langoni BATTING AT-BATS 6 15 times, most recently by... 6 Simone Heyward Alabama 6 Tammy Wray Alabama 6 Rachel Mitchell Troy 6 Stephanie Hill UL-Lafayette RUNS SCORED 4 11, most recently by... 4 Simone Heyward Louisiana Tech 4 Kirsten Shortridge South Carolina 4 Jazz Jackson Alcorn State 4 Lauren Castle Ark.-Pine Bluff RUNS BATTED IN 7 Stephanie Hill 7 Leslie Klein

Nicholls State Alcorn State

04/08/11 04/08/11 03/11/08 05/20/06

02/11/11 03/14/10 02/27/07 02/11/06

04/01/04 02/20/04

04/18/03

STRIKEOUTS (SEVEN-INNING GAME) 17 Britni Sneed Florida

03/09/02

MOST RUNS ALLOWED 12 Tessa Lynam Mississippi State

03/26/03

MOST EARNED RUNS ALLOWED 8 Sarah KnifeChief Washington 8 Julie Stashko Arizona

05/16/98 03/01/97

MOST HITS ALLOWED 15 Tessa Lynam Mississippi State

03/26/03

MOST WALKS ALLOWED 9 Dani Hofer UL-Lafayette

05/18/08

MOST DOUBLES ALLOWED 6 Dani Hofer Florida

03/29/08

MOST TRIPLES ALLOWED 2 Megan Jolly Louisville 2 Brandi Landry Alabama 2 Brandi Landry Alabama

02/12/05 03/09/97 05/09/98

02/16/07

MOST HOME RUNS ALLOWED 4 Emily Turner Fresno State

02/26/05

INTENTIONAL WALKS Ole Miss 3 Stephanie Hill

04/17/04

HIT-BY-PITCHES 3 Anissa Young

02/25/11

MOST WILD PITCHES 3 Brittany Mack Auburn 3 Brittany Mack Texas A&M 3 Kristin Schmidt Stephen F. Austin 3 Ashley Lewis UL-Lafayette

03/20/10 02/14/09 02/09/03 03/16/99

Arizona

04/29/11 03/14/10 03/07/07

SACRIFICE HITS 3 Tara Asbill

Alabama

05/05/00

STRIKEOUTS 5 Ashley Lewis

Southern Miss

05/20/00

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WALKS 4 Rachel Mitchell Missouri State

SACRIFICE FLIES 2 5 times, most recently by ... 2 Juliana Santos Mississippi State 2 Anissa Young South Carolina 2 Leslie Klein McNeese State

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STRIKEOUTS 19 Britni Sneed

South Carolina

DOUBLES 3 Tessa Lynam 3 Tyra Perry

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TOTAL BASES 13 Ashlee Ducote

STOLEN BASES 4 Cassie Trosclair Sacred Heart 4 Dee Dee Henderson UT-San Antonio

02/20/04 04/18/02 02/15/02 02/09/01

BATTERS FACED 59 Brittany Mack Alabama

02/26/11 04/14/10 02/24/10 05/17/09

04/01/11 03/31/05

TRIPLES 2 Nine times, most recently by... 2 Leslie Klein Alcorn State 2 Trena Peel Southern Miss 2 Trena Peel Texas Tech 2 Erin Johnson Wisconsin

04/08/11

HOME RUNS 2 26 times, most recently by... Fordham 2 Anissa Young 2 Heidi Pizer Nicholls State Southestern La. 2 Anissa Young 2 Ashley Langoni Arizona State

HITS 5 Juliana Santos Arkansas 5 Lauren Castle Mississippi State

Jackson State Butler

INNINGS PITCHED 14.0 Brittany Mack Alabama

05/21/11 03/13/07

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PUTOUTS 19 Jennifer Schuelke Oklahoma

05/26/01

ASSISTS 8 Tara Asbill

South Carolina

05/14/00

ERRORS 4 Andrea Smith 4 Andrea Smith 4 Tara Asbill

Arizona UL-Lafayette Alabama

05/26/06 05/20/06 05/03/97

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BATTING AT-BATS 48 Louisiana-Lafayette 48 Michigan 44 Oklahoma 43 Three times

05/20/06 05/27/04 05/26/01

RUNS SCORED 20 Grambling State 20 Nicholls State 20 Alcorn State 19 Four times

02/15/06 04/01/04 02/20/04

HITS 21 21 21 19

02/20/04 02/28/03 03/03/00

Alcorn State Jackson State Boston College Three times

DOUBLES 8 Grambling State 7 Jackson State 7 Mississippi State 6 Three times

02/15/06 02/28/03 04/04/98

TRIPLES 3 Alcorn State 3 Arkansas 2 32 times

02/20/04 04/22/03

HOME RUNS Stanford 5 5 Hawai`i 5 Auburn 5 Cal Poly Five times 4

05/19/07 05/15/03 04/27/03 02/15/03

RUNS BATTED IN Nicholls State 20 19 Texas Southern Alcorn State 19 Grambling State 18 Jackson State 17

04/01/04 02/20/06 02/20/04 02/15/06 02/28/03

WALKS 11 Mississippi State 10 Memphis Long Island 10 Three times 9

03/26/03 02/11/07 03/02/02

TOTAL BASES Alcorn State 36 Southern Miss 32 Cal Poly 30 30 Jackson State 29 Southern 29 Grambling State

02/20/04 02/22/04 02/15/03 02/28/03 04/17/07 02/15/06

HIT-BY-PITCHES South Alabama 7 6 Mississippi State 5 Ole Miss 4 Nine times

03/05/10 04/11/10 04/22/11

STOLEN BASES Nicholls State 10 9 Bucknell 8 Seven times

02/16/08 03/21/98

SACRIFICE FLIES Texas Southern 3 3 Southeastern Louisiana 2 30 times

02/22/06 02/07/04

SACRIFICE HITS Troy 4 4 Ole Miss 4 Georgia 4 Louisiana-Lafayette 4 Mississippi State 4 Mobile 4 Bradley

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britni sneed STRIKEOUTS 21 Southern Miss 20 Washington 15 Arizona State 15 California 14 Four times

05/20/00 03/03/07 05/25/07 02/24/01

RUNNERS LEFT ON-BASE 16 Ole Miss 15 Alabama 15 Troy 15 Louisiana-Lafayette 14 Tennessee

04/17/04 03/18/09 03/11/08 05/20/06 04/05/09

PITCHING INNINGS PITCHED 14.0 Alabama 13.0 Michigan 13.0 Oklahoma 13.0 Southern Miss 11.0 Four times

04/08/11 05/27/04 05/26/01 05/20/00

BATTERS FACED 59 Alabama 54 Southern Miss 50 Mississippi State 50 Oklahama

04/08/11 05/20/00 03/26/03 05/26/01

STRIKEOUTS 19 Oklahoma 18 Syracuse 17 Ole Miss 17 Alabama 17 Florida 17 Northwestern State 17 Texas-San Antonio

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STRIKEOUTS LOOKING 10 Ole Miss 8 Syracuse 8 Southern Miss 8 Oklahoma

04/18/03 05/20/11 02/24/07 05/26/01

RUNS ALLOWED 14 Arizona 13 Four times

02/27/06

EARNED RUNS ALLOWED 11 California 11 Alabama 10 Tennessee Arizona 10 10 Tennessee

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HITS ALLOWED 18 California 18 Arizona 17 Mississippi State 14 UCLA 13 Eight times

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WALKS ALLOWED 10 Louisiana-Lafayette 9 Mississippi State 9 Alabama 8 Seven times

05/18/08 04/30/11 03/26/05

DOUBLES ALLOWED 6 Florida 5 Alabama 5 Ole Miss

03/29/08 04/06/08 03/29/97

TRIPLES ALLOWED 2 Auburn 2 Louisville 2 Alabama 2 Alabama

04/23/05 02/12/05 05/09/98 03/09/97

HOME RUNS ALLOWED 5 Florida 5 Arizona 4 Five Times

03/09/11 02/10/01

FIELDING PUTOUTS 42 Alabama 39 Michigan 39 Oklahoma 39 Southern Miss 33 Four times

04/08/11 05/27/04 05/26/01 05/20/00

ASSISTS 19 Alabama 19 Stetson 18 Iowa 17 Five times

04/08/11 03/22/97 05/26/01

ERRORS 5 California 5 Mississippi State 5 McNeese State 4 20 times

02/26/11 03/27/03 03/24/99

DOUBLE PLAYS 3 Mississippi State South Carolina 3 3 Ole Miss 2 21 times

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Individual Season Records RUNS SCORED 65 Dee Douglas 61 Stephanie Hastings 59 Ashlee Ducote 58 Tara Asbill 57 Dee Douglas

1999 2001 2000 2000 2000

HITS 91 89 85 84 82 82 82

2000 2010 1998 2004 2006 2004 2000

Ashlee Ducote Kirsten Shortridge Tara Asbill Leslie Klein Leslie Klein Leslie Klein Stephanie Hastings

DOUBLES 22 Leslie Klein 20 Ashlee Ducote 19 Leslie Klein 19 Tara Asbill 18 Three with

2007 1999 2004 1998

TRIPLES 14 Trena Peel 9 Jodi Otten 8 Ashlee Ducote 8 Tara Asbill 7 Four with

LESLIE KLEIN BATTING GAMES PLAYED 72 Stephanie Hastings 72 Stacey Newton 72 Tara Asbill 72 Jodi Otten 72 Stacey Newton

2000 2000 1998 1998 1998

GAMES STARTED 72 Stephanie Hastings 72 Tara Asbill 71 Four with

2000 1998

BATTING AVERAGE (MIN. 100 AT-BATS) .431 Ashlee Ducote .426 Kirsten Shortridge .410 Kirsten Shortridge .396 Leslie Klein .395 Tara Asbill

2000 2009 2010 2006 1998

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE (MIN. 100 AT-BATS) .716 Ashlee Ducote .663 Rachel Mitchell .662 Leslie Klein .653 Leslie Klein .633 Leslie Klein

2000 2008 2004 2007 2006

ON-BASE PCT. (MIN. 100 AT-BATS) .526 Ashlee Ducote .497 Camille Harris .468 Kirsten Shortridge .465 Anissa Young .461 Lauren Castle

2000 2005 2009 2011 2006

AT-BATS 240 LaDonia Hughes 231 Leslie Klein 228 Sara Fitzgerald 227 Two with

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HOME RUNS Leslie Klein 14 13 Stephanie Hill 12 Rachel Mitchell 12 Julie Wiese 12 Tara Asbill

2004 2004 2007 2001 2000

RUNS BATTED IN 63 Ashlee Ducote 60 Leslie Klein 58 Leslie Klein 54 Stephanie Hill 53 Leslie Klein

2000 2007 2004 2004 2006

TOTAL BASES 153 Leslie Klein 151 Ashlee Ducote 132 Leslie Klein 132 Tara Asbill 131 Leslie Klein

2004 2000 2007 1998 2006

WALKS 38 37 37 33 32

Ashlee Ducote Lauren Castle Julie Wiese Alicia Owen Four with

2000 2006 2002 2003

HIT-BY-PITCHES 26 Anissa Young 21 Anissa Young 20 Lauren Houston 16 Camille Harris 14 Camille Harris

2011 2010 2011 2006 2005

STOLEN BASES 45 Kirsten Shortridge 45 Dee Douglas 41 Dee Douglas 35 Dee Dee Henderson 35 Dee Douglas

2010 1999 2000 2008 1998

SACRIFICE HITS 18 Stephanie Hastings 16 Aleshia Perry 15 Stephanie Hastings 12 Stephanie Hastings Three with 11

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SACRIFICE FLIES 7 Vanessa Soto 6 Tara Asbill 5 Killian Roesssner 5 Andrea Smith 5 Quinlan Duhon

2006 1998 2008 2006 2005

STRIKEOUTS 55 Julie Wiese 52 Tammy Wray 44 Lauren Castle 43 Anissa Young 40 Camille Harris

2001 2011 2004 2009 2004

PITCHING APPEARANCES 53 Kristin Schmidt 50 Kristin Schmidt 49 Britni Sneed 46 Britni Sneed 42 Britni Sneed

2003 2004 2001 2002 2000

GAMES STARTED 45 Kristin Schmidt 45 Kristin Schmidt 41 Britni Sneed 41 Britni Sneed 36 Emily Turner

2004 2003 2002 2001 2006

COMPLETE GAMES 41 Kristin Schmidt 39 Kristin Schmidt 35 Britni Sneed 32 Emily Turner 31 Britni Sneed

2004 2003 2002 2006 2001

INNINGS PITCHED 317.2 Kristin Schmidt 306.1 Kristin Schmidt 281.0 Britni Sneed 275.2 Britni Sneed 239.1 Britni Sneed

2004 2003 2002 2001 2000

WINS 38 36 34 34 28

2004 2001 2003 2002 2006

Kristin Schmidt Britni Sneed Kristin Schmidt Britni Sneed Emily Turner

WIN-LOSS PERCENTAGE (MIN. 25 DECISIONS) .888 Dani Hofer (24-3) .862 Ashley Lewis (25-4) .857 Britni Sneed (36-6) .844 Kristin Schmidt (38-7) .840 Sarah KnifeChief (21-4) SAVES 5 4 4 4 3

Rachele Fico Britni Sneed Britni Sneed Sarah KnifeChief Three with

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2010 2000 1999 1998

EARNED RUN AVERAGE (MIN. 100 IP) 0.66 Britni Sneed 0.75 Britni Sneed 0.84 Ashley Lewis 0.93 Emily Turner 0.99 Ashley Lewis

2001 2002 2000 2006 1999

OPPONENT BATTING AVG. (MIN. 100 IP) .119 Britni Sneed .143 Britni Sneed .143 Ashley Lewis .152 Britni Sneed .160 Ashley Lewis

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Individual Season Records SHUTOUTS 23 Britni Sneed 16 Emily Turner 16 Britni Sneed 15 Kristin Schmidt 14 Kristin Schmidt

2002 2006 2001 2003 2004

STRIKEOUTS 478 Britni Sneed 410 Britni Sneed 362 Kristin Schmidt 345 Kristin Schmidt 278 Britni Sneed

2002 2001 2004 2003 2000

STRIKEOUTS PER SEVEN INNINGS 11.91 Britni Sneed 10.41 Britni Sneed 10.02 Dani Hofer 9.45 Dani Hofer 8.86 Kristin Schmidt

2002 2001 2008 2007 2002

FEWEST RUNS ALLOWED (MIN. 100 IP) 31 Rachele Fico 32 Kristin Schmidt 32 Britni Sneed 33 Cody Trahan 37 Ashley Lewis

2010 2002 2001 2010 1999

MOST RUNS ALLOWED 84 Kristin Schmidt 80 Emily Turner 76 Kristin Schmidt 67 Cody Trahan 66 Brittany Mack 66 Tessa Lynam

2003 2005 2004 2009 2011 2003

FEWEST EARNED RUNS ALLOWED (MIN. 100 IP) Ashley Lewis 2000 21 23 Kristin Schmidt 2002 24 Ashley Lewis 2001 24 Sarah KnifeChief 1997 24 Ashley Lewis 1999 MOST EARNED RUNS ALLOWED 64 Emily Turner 58 Kristin Schmidt 55 Kristin Schmidt 53 Cody Trahan 49 Cody Trahan 49 Tessa Lynam

2005 2004 2003 2009 2008 2003

FEWEST HITS ALLOWED (MIN. 100 IP) 73 Brittany Mack 84 Ashley Lewis 94 Ashley Lewis 95 Cody Trahan 99 Dani Hofer

2009 2000 2001 2010 2008

MOST HITS ALLOWED 245 Kristin Schmidt 203 Kristin Schmidt 162 Emily Turner 156 Brandi Landry 142 Emily Turner

2004 2003 2006 1998 2005

FEWEST WALKS ALLOWED (MIN. 100 IP) 10 Ashley Lewis 15 Brandi Landry 24 Kristin Schmidt 26 Cody Trahan 28 Britni Sneed

2000 1998 2002 2010 1999

MOST WALKS ALLOWED 82 Dani Hofer 77 Kristin Schmidt 72 Emily Turner 71 Emily Turner Ashley Lewis 71

2008 2003 2006 2007 2000

WALKS ALLOWED PER 7 INNINGS (MIN. 100 IP) 0.51 Brandi Landry 1997 0.58 Brandi Landry 1998

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2004 2002 2002

FEWEST DOUBLES ALLOWED (MIN. 100 IP) 8 Cody Trahan 9 Ashley Lewis 9 Ashley Lewis 12 Rachele Fico 12 Sarah KnifeChief

2010 2001 2000 2011 1998

MOST DOUBLES ALLOWED 29 Kristin Schmidt 28 Brandi Landry 25 Sarah KnifeChief 24 Britni Sneed 22 Tessa Lynam

2003 1998 1997 1999 2003

FEWEST TRIPLES ALLOWED (MIN. 100 IP) 0 Cody Trahan 0 Dani Hofer 0 Emily Turner 0 Ashley Lewis 0 Britni Sneed

2010 2007 2007 2001 2001

MOST TRIPLES ALLOWED 7 Brandi Landry 4 Emily Turner 4 Megan Jolly 4 Kristin Schmidt 4 Sarah KnifeChief

1998 2006 2005 2003 1997

FEWEST HR ALLOWED (MIN. 100 IP) 0 Sarah KnifeChief 1 Ashley Lewis 2 Ashley Lewis 3 Ashley Lewis

1997 1999 2000 2001

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MOST HOME RUNS ALLOWED 18 Emily Turner 17 Kristin Schmidt 16 Dani Hofer 16 Rachele Fico 16 Cody Trahan  16 Kristin Schmidt

2005 2003 2008 2011 2008 2004

FIELDING PUTOUTS 552 Jennie Reeves 514 Shaunte’ Fremin 492 Killian Roessner 461 Killian Roessner 448 Killian Roessner

2002 1997 2006 2007 2008

ASSISTS Tara Asbill 156 152 Tara Asbill 137 Tara Asbill 133 Ashlee Ducote 132 Julie Wiese

1998 1997 1999 1997 2003

ERRORS 29 Andrea Smith 26 Lauren Delahoussaye 24 Blair Smith 19 Tara Asbill Lauren Delahoussaye 17 17 Tara Asbill

2006 2004 2003 1998 2005 1997

FIELDING PERCENTAGE (MIN. 75 CHANCES) 1.000 Jacee Blades 1.000 Leslie Klein 1.000 Leigh Ann Danos 1.000 Jennie Reeves 1.000 Shaunte’ Fremin 1.000 Kelly Mashburn

2011 2006 2002 2001 1999 1998

PITCHING SUPERLATIVES PERFECT GAMES: (3) PITCHER(S) OPPONENT DATE Rachele Fico Southeastern Louisiana (5 Innings) 02/16/11 Tiffany Garcia Grambling State (5 Innings) 02/15/06 Britni Sneed and Sarah Meadors Tennessee (5 Innings) 03/18/01

NO-HITTERS: (32) PITCHER(S) OPPONENT DATE Meghan Patterson vs. Southern (5 Innings) 02/18/11 Brittany Mack Texas State (5 Innings) 02/21/09 Emily Turner at Arkansas 04/21/07 Dani Hofer Southern Miss (5 Innings) 02/24/07 Dani Hofer vs. Missouri State (5 Innings) 02/16/07 Tiffany Garcia Centenary (5 Innings) 02/10/07 Tiffany Garcia Mississippi Valley State (5 Innings) 02/17/06 Tiffany Garcia Grambling State (5 Innings) 02/15/06 Dani Hofer Arkansas-Pine Bluff (5 Innings) 02/11/06 Kristin Schmidt Centenary 04/02/03 Kristin Schmidt Jackson State (5 Innings) 03/19/03 Tessa Lynam Jackson State (5 Innings) 02/28/03 Kristin Schmidt and Tessa Lynam Cal Poly 02/15/03 Kristin Schmidt Baylor 02/07/03 Britni Sneed Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (5 Innings) 05/04/02 Britni Sneed at Ole Miss 04/28/02 Britni Sneed at Southern Miss 04/24/02 Britni Sneed Southern Miss (5 Innings) 04/18/02 Britni Sneed at Tennessee 03/16/02 Britni Sneed Western Michigan 02/10/02 Britni Sneed Ole Miss (6 Innings) 04/28/01 Ashley Lewis at Coastal Carolina 03/28/01 Britni Sneed and Sarah Meadors Tennessee (5 Innings) 03/18/01 Britni Sneed Tennessee 03/17/01 Britni Sneed and Sarah Meadors Houston (5 Innings) 03/02/01 Britni Sneed and Sarah Meadors East Tennessee State (5 Innings) 02/19/01 Britni Sneed Louisiana Tech 04/11/00 Britni Sneed at Ole Miss 03/31/00 Ashley Lewis McNeese State (6 Innings) 02/13/99 Sarah KnifeChief Arkansas 04/17/98 Sarah KnifeChief and Sophia Mount Northwestern State (5 Innings) 03/25/98 Julie Stashko and Sophia Mount Southern (6 Innings) 02/14/98

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Individual Career Records SACRIFICE HITS 51 Stephanie Hastings 28 Tara Asbill 27 April Janzen 25 Stacey Newton 24 Jessica Mouse

1998-2001 1997-2000 1998-1999, 2001-2002 1997-2000 2008-2010

SACRIFICE FLIES 15 Tara Asbill 14 Rachel Mitchell 13 Quinlan Duhon 11 Leslie Klein 10 Three with STRIKEOUTS 157 Julie Wiese 142 Trena Peel 109 Camille Harris 98 Lauren Castle 98 Dee Douglas

ashlee ducote BATTING GAMES PLAYED 278 Stephanie Hastings 275 Dee Douglas 274 Trena Peel 270 Julie Wiese 267 Tara Asbill GAMES STARTED 273 Stephanie Hastings 273 Trena Peel 270 Dee Douglas 268 Julie Wiese 267 Tara Asbill BATTING AVERAGE (MIN. 250 AT-BATS) .417 Kirsten Shortridge .368 Ashlee Ducote .364 Lauren Castle .363 Leslie Klein .356 Jodi Otten

1998-2001 1998-2001 1999-2002 2001-2004 1997-2000

DOUBLES 64 Leslie Klein 53 Stephanie Hastings 52 Rachel Mitchell 52 Ashlee Ducote 47 Tara Asbill 47 Vanessa Soto

1998-2001 1999-2002 1998-2001 2001-2004 1997-2000

TRIPLES 27 Trena Peel 20 Dee Douglas 19 Ashlee Ducote 16 Jodi Otten 14 Leslie Klein

2009-2010 1997-2000 2004-2006 2004-2007 1997-1998

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE (MIN. 250 AT-BATS) .607 Leslie Klein 2004-2007 .585 Ashlee Ducote 1997-2000 .573 Rachel Mitchell 2007-2010 .545 Tyra Perry 1997-1998 .535 Jodi Otten 1997-1998 ON-BASE PERCENTAGE (MIN. 250 AT-BATS) .453 Kirsten Shortridge 2009-2010 .436 Rachel Mitchell 2007-2010 .430 Camille Harris 2003-2006 .430 Ashlee Ducote 1997-2000 .427 Lauren Castle 2004-2006

2004-2007 2007-2010 1997-2000 1997-2000 1999-2002

TOTAL BASES Leslie Klein 467 431 Tara Asbill 429 Ashlee Ducote 425 Trena Peel 392 Rachel Mitchell

2004-2007 1997-2000 1997-2000 1999-2002 2007-2010

WALKS 122 115 98 77 75

RUNS SCORED 207 Dee Douglas 192 Tara Asbill 174 Leslie Klein 173 Stephanie Hastings 173 Trena Peel

1998-2001 1997-2000 2004-2007 1998-2001 1999-2002

HIT-BY-PITCHES 58 Anissa Young 35 Camille Harris 28 Trena Peel 25 Jessica Mouse 24 Lauren Houston

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RUNS BATTED IN 192 Leslie Klein 174 Rachel Mitchell 174 Tara Asbill 167 Ashlee Ducote 144 Trena Peel

1998-2001 1998-2001 1997-2000 1999-2002 2004-2007

1998-2001 1998-2001 2004-2007 1997-2000 1997-2000

1999-2002 1998-2001 1997-2000 1997-1998 2004-2007

HOME RUNS 33 Rachel Mitchell 32 Leslie Klein 31 Julie Wiese 30 Quinlan Duhon 27 Camille Harris 27 Tara Asbill

AT-BATS 846 Dee Douglas 816 Stephanie Hastings 814 Tara Asbill 810 Trena Peel 769 Leslie Klein

HITS 290 Dee Douglas 288 Stephanie Hastings 279 Leslie Klein 279 Tara Asbill 270 Ashlee Ducote

2004-2007 1998-2001 2007-2010 1997-2000 1997-2000 2005-2007

Rachel Mitchell Julie Wiese Camille Harris Ashlee Ducote Leslie Klein

2007-2010 2001-2004 2003-2006 1997-2000 2004-2007

2009-2011 2003-2006 1999-2002 2008-2010 2010-Present

STOLEN BASES 155 Dee Douglas 113 Dee Dee Henderson 79 Trena Peel 79 Tara Asbill 71 Kirsten Shortridge Camille Harris 71

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2001-2004 1999-2002 2003-2006 2004-2006 1998-2001

PITCHING APPEARANCES 175 Britni Sneed 140 Emily Turner 132 Kristin Schmidt 98 Ashley Lewis 95 Cody Trahan

1999-2002 2004-2007 2002-2004 1999-2001 2007-2010

GAMES STARTED 143 Britni Sneed 123 Emily Turner 112 Kristin Schmidt 82 Ashley Lewis 79 Dani Hofer

1999-2002 2004-2007 2002-2004 1999-2001 2006-2009

COMPLETE GAMES 106 Britni Sneed 95 Kristin Schmidt 92 Emily Turner 54 Dani Hofer 40 Cody Trahan

1999-2002 2002-2004 2004-2007 2006-2009 2007-2010

INNINGS PITCHED 976.1 Britni Sneed 782.0 Kristin Schmidt 778.1 Emily Turner 515.2 Ashley Lewis 474.2 Dani Hofer

1999-2002 2002-2004 2004-2007 1999-2001 2006-2009

WIN-LOSS PERCENTAGE (MIN. 50 DECISIONS) .829 Ashley Lewis (68-14) 1999-2001 .828 Britni Sneed (120-25) 1999-2002 .820 Sarah KnifeChief (41-9) 1997-1998 .787 Dani Hofer (59-16) 2006-2009 .774 Kristin Schmidt (89-26) 2002-2004 WINS 120 Britni Sneed 89 Kristin Schmidt 84 Emily Turner 68 Ashley Lewis 59 Dani Hofer SAVES 12 Britni Sneed 7 Kristin Schmidt 7 Rachele Fico 4 Three with EARNED RUN AVERAGE (MIN. 250 IP) 0.89 Britni Sneed 0.95 Ashley Lewis Kristin Schmidt 1.22 1.31 Sarah KnifeChief 1.37 Brandi Landry

1999-2002 2002-2004 2004-2007 1999-2001 2006-2009

1999-2002 2002-2004 2010-Present

1999-2002 1999-2001 2002-2004 1997-1998 1997-1998

OPPONENT BATTING AVERAGE (MIN. 250 IP) .147 Britni Sneed 1999-2002 .157 Ashley Lewis 1999-2001 .179 Dani Hofer 2006-Present .196 Kristin Schmidt 2002-2004 .201 Rachele Fico 2010-Present records

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1999-2002 2004-2007 2002-2004 2006-2009 1999-2001

STRIKEOUTS 1,370 Britni Sneed 907 Kristin Schmidt 778 Emily Turner 623 Dani Hofer 474 Cody Trahan

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STRIKEOUTS PER 7 INNINGS (MIN. 250 IP) 9.82 Britni Sneed 1999-2002 9.19 Dani Hofer 2006-2009 8.12 Kristin Schmidt 2002-2004 7.54 Rachele Fico 2010-Present 7.44 Cody Trahan 2009-Present FEWEST RUNS ALLOWED (MIN. 250 IP) 87 Brandi Landry 1997-1998 93 Rachele Fico 2010-Present 94 Sarah KnifeChief 1997-1998 99 Julie Stashko 1997-2000 MOST RUNS ALLOWED 213 Emily Turner 192 Kristin Schmidt 164 Cody Trahan 156 Dani Hofer 155 Britni Sneed

2004-2007 2002-2004 2007-2010 2006-2009 1999-2002

FEWEST EARNED RUNS ALLOWED (MIN. 250 IP) 59 Sarah KnifeChief 1997-1998 62 Brandi Landry 1997-1998 66 Julie Stashko 1997-2000 70 Ashley Lewis 1999-2001 MOST EARNED RUNS ALLOWED 165 Emily Turner 136 Kristin Schmidt 133 Cody Trahan 124 Britni Sneed 120 Dani Hofer

2004-2007 2002-2004 2007-2010 1999-2002 2006-2009

FEWEST HITS ALLOWED (MIN. 250 IP) 228 Rachele Fico 2010-Present 235 Sarah KnifeChief 1997-1998 242 Julie Stashko 1997-2000 257 Brandi Landry 1997-1998

EMILY TURNER MOST HITS ALLOWED 580 Emily Turner 553 Kristin Schmidt 489 Britni Sneed 352 Cody Trahan 304 Dani Hofer

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FEWEST WALKS ALLOWED (MIN. 250 IP) 25 Brandi Landry 1997-1998 38 Julie Stashko 1997-2000 66 Sarah KnifeChief 1997-1998 89 Rachele Fico 2010-Present

FEWEST TRIPLES ALLOWED (MIN. 250 IP) 2 Rachele Fico 2010-Present 2009-Present 2 Brittany Mack Britni Sneed 1999-2002 3 3 Dani Hofer 2006-2009

MOST WALKS ALLOWED 212 Emily Turner 186 Ashley Lewis 184 Britni Sneed 179 Dani Hofer 170 Cody Trahan

MOST TRIPLES ALLOWED 10 Kristin Schmidt 9 Brandi Landry 7 Emily Turner 6 Cody Trahan

2004-2007 1999-2001 1999-2002 2006-2009 2007-2010

FEWEST BB ALLOWED PER 7 INNINGS (MIN. 250 IP) 0.55 Brandi Landry 1997-1998 0.97 Julie Stashko 1997-2000 1.32 Kristin Schmidt 2002-2004 1.32 Britni Sneed 1999-2002 1.45 Sarah KnifeChief 1997-1998 FEWEST DOUBLES ALLOWED (MIN. 250 IP) 2010-Present 30 Rachele Fico 31 Ashley Lewis 1999-2001 32 Brittany Mack 2009-Present 37 Sarah KnifeChief 1997-1998

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2002-2004 1997-1998 2004-2007 2007-2010

FEWEST HOME RUNS ALLOWED (MIN. 250 IP) 3 Sarah KnifeChief 1997-1998 6 Ashley Lewis 1999-2001 Brandi Landry 1997-1998 6 7 Julie Stashko 1997-2000 MOST HOME RUNS ALLOWED 45 Emily Turner 40 Dani Hofer 40 Kristin Schmidt 39 Cody Trahan 38 Britni Sneed

2004-2007 2006-2009 2002-2004 2007-2010 1999-2002

FIELDING PUTOUTS 1,616 Shaunte’ Fremin 1,512 Killian Roessner 1,193 Jennifer Schuelke 1,125 Jennie Reeves 1,003 Stephanie Hill

1997-2000 2005-2008 1998-2001 2000-2003 2003-2006

ASSISTS 568 Tara Asbill 502 Ashlee Ducote 446 Julie Wiese 386 Stephanie Hastings 302 Jessica Mouse

1997-2000 1997-2000 2001-2004 1998-2001 2008-2010

ERRORS 67 Tara Asbill 58 Lauren Delahoussaye 53 Andrea Smith Ashlee Ducote 43 42 Julie Wiese

1997-2000 2003-2006 2005-2007 1997-2000 2001-2004

FIELDING PERCENTAGE (MIN. 250 CHANCES) .992 Kristen Hobbs 2004-2007 .992 Killian Roessner 2005-2008 .991 Jennie Reeves 2000-2003 .991 Leigh Ann Danos 2002-2004 .988 Jennifer Scheulke 1998-2001

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GAMES PLAYED 72 72 70 69 69

2000 1998 2001 2006 2004

BATTING AVERAGE .334 .310 .310 .304 .304

1998 2004 2000 2006 2007

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE .475 .469 .466 .460 .457

1998 2007 2004 2006 2008

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE .380 .380 .380 .379 .375

2010 2008 2006 2004 2007

AT-BATS 1951 1879 1837 1799 1797

2000 2004 1998 2001 2007

RUNS SCORED 385 377 365 353 351 HITS 613 605 583 2004 546 529

1998 2000

2007 2006

DOUBLES 133 102 102 99 89

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TRIPLES 33 24 22 22 21

1998 2002 2000 1999 1997

HOME RUNS 60 58 57 52 49

2004 2007 2008 2003 2006

RUNS BATTED IN 336 321 320 314 304 304

2004 1998 2000 2006 2007 2001

TOTAL BASES 875 873 842 841 800

2004 1998 2007 2000 2006

WALKS 222 204 203 200 197

2003 2010 2008 2002 2004

INTENTIONAL WALKS 13 11 9 9 9

2000 2002 2004 2003 1999

HIT-BY-PITCHES 80 47 42 42 41

2010 2001 2009 2008 2006

SACRIFICE HITS 64 61 56 55 52

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STOLEN BASES 142 129 125 104 102

2000 1998 2010 2001 1999

STOLEN BASE PERCENTAGE .912 (125-137) .892 (99-111) .857 (72-84) .855 (94-110) .843 (102-121)

2010 2008 2005 2007 1999

STRIKEOUTS 311 284 281 280 280

2007 2011 2003 2004 2001

STRIKEOUTS LOOKING 94 92 88 76 75

2004 2003 2001 2007 2000

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MOST INNINGS PITCHED 497.1 472.0 469.0 466.0 464.2

2000 2004 2001 2002 1998

BATTING LOWS Fewest Games Played Lowest Batting Average Lowest Slugging Percentage Lowest On-Base Percentage Fewest At-Bats Fewest Runs Scored Fewest Hits Fewest Doubles Fewest Triples Fewest Home Runs Fewest Runs Batted In Fewest Total Bases Fewest Walks Fewest Intentional Walks Fewest Hit-by-Pitch Fewest Sacrifice Hits Fewest Sacrifice Flies Fewest Stolen Bases Lowest Stolen Base Percentage Fewest Strikeouts Fewest Strikeouts Looking

53 .252 .346 .329 1397 243 373 40 5 27 209 512 74 0 22 24 9 46 .765 179 50

2009 2011 2011 1997 2009 2011 2011 2011 2010 1998, 1999 & 2011 2011 2011 1997 1998 2004 2009 2001, 2009 & 2011 2009 2011 1997 1998

351.2 1298 2.51 .225 177 3.12 41 208 3.51 15 25 7 1 169 137 385 59 11 43 42 44 0

2005 2005 2005 2009 1997 1997 1997 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2005 2009 2008 2004 1997 1998 2008 1999 2011 1997, 2004, 2005, 2008 & 2010

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FIELDING LOWS Lowest Fielding Percentage Fewest Chances Fewest Putouts Fewest Assists Most Errors Fewest Double Plays Turned Most Stolen Bases Against Fewest Caught Stealing Fewest Runners Picked Off Most Passed Balls

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Team Season Records MOST AT-BATS AGAINST 1761 1715 1705 1673 1640

2004 2000 1998 2003 2006

FEWEST INTENTIONAL WALKS 0 0 1 2 3

1998 1997 2005 1999 2002

LOWEST EARNED RUN AVERAGE 0.85 0.87 1.11 1.20 1.22

2001 2002 2000 1999 2007

MOST COMPLETE GAMES 59 56 54 51 49

2004 2006 2003 2002 2007

LOWEST OPPONENT AVERAGE .140 .159 .159 .176 .186

2001 2002 2000 2007 1999

MOST SHUTOUTS 35 34 31 29 27

2002 2001 2006 2000 2007

MOST STRIKEOUTS 696 602 552 491 490

2002 2001 2007 2006 2003

MOST SAVES 6 5 5 5 4 4

1999 2010 2000 1998 2006 2003

MOST STRIKEOUTS LOOKING 204 197 184 179 177

2002 2007 2004 2001 2003

FEWEST RUNS ALLOWED 79 84 103 104 106

2002 2001 2007 2010 1999

MOST STRIKEOUTS PER 7 INNINGS 2002 10.45 8.99 2001 8.42 2007 7.64 2008 7.64 2006 FEWEST WALKS ALLOWED 54 70 76 78 103

1997 2002 1998 2004 1999

FEWEST WALKS PER 7 INNINGS 0.95 1997 1.05 2002 1.14 1998 1.16 2004 1.61 1999

FEWEST EARNED RUNS ALLOWED 57 2001 58 2002 76 1997 77 1999 79 2000 FEWEST HITS ALLOWED 225 259 272 283 285

2001 2002 2000 2005 2007

FEWEST DOUBLES ALLOWED 29 33 34 34 36 36

2001 2002 2007 2011 2010 2004

TRENA PEEL FEWEST TRIPLES ALLOWED 0 2007 0 2001 1 2010 3 2011 4 [4x] 2000, 2004, 2006 & 2009 FEWEST HOME RUNS ALLOWED 4 1997 7 1999 12 1998 14 1999 18 2000 FEWEST WILD PITCHES 9 10 11 12 13 FEWEST HIT BATTERS 14 14 17 17 18 1999 MOST NO-HITTERS 6 6 5 4 3 3

2007 2004 1997 2006 1998

1998 1997 2004 2002

2002 2001 2003 2007 2006 1998

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HIGHEST FIELDING PERCENTAGE .976 .974 .973 .971 .970

2010 2008 2011 2002 2007

MOST CHANCES 2136 2087 1972 1955 1950

2000 1998 2004 1999 2001

MOST PUTOUTS 1492 1415 1407 1398 1394

2000 2004 2001 2002 1998

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MOST ASSISTS 619 583 573 551 480

1998 1997 2000 1999 2004

FEWEST ERRORS 41 42 45 53 56

2010 2008 2011 2002 2007

MOST DOUBLE PLAYS 31 27 23 22 19 19

1998 2000 2004 2010 2008 1999

FEWEST STOLEN BASES AGAINST 25 1998 27 2005 27 2006 28 1999 33 2011 34 2010 34 2008 MOST CAUGHT STEALING 22 21 20 19 18

1998 2004 2007 1999 2002

MOST RUNNERS PICKED OFF 6 5 5 5 5 5

1999 2007 2004 2002 2001 1998

FEWEST PASSED BALLS 1 2 2 3 6

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kirsten shortridge BATTING BATTING AVERAGE 1997 Tyra Perry 1998 Tara Asbill 1999 Dee Douglas 2000 Ashlee Ducote 2001 Stephanie Hastings 2002 Trena Peel 2003 Camille Harris 2004 Lauren Castle 2005 Lauren Castle Stephanie Hill 2006 Leslie Klein 2007 Jazz Jackson 2008 Rachel Mitchell 2009 Kirsten Shortridge 2010 Kirsten Shortridge 2011 Simone Heyward

.345 .395 .382 .431 .372 .361 .337 .367 .367 .367 .396 .377 .374 .426 .410 .294

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE 1997 Tyra Perry 1998 Tara Asbill 1999 Ashlee Ducote 2000 Ashlee Ducote 2001 Trena Peel 2002 Trena Peel 2003 Camille Harris 2004 Leslie Klein 2005 Camille Harris 2006 Leslie Klein 2007 Leslie Klein 2008 Rachel Mitchell 2009 Kirsten Shortridge 2010 Rachel Mitchell 2011 Anissa Young

.612 .614 .601 .716 .571 .575 .592 .662 .568 .633 .653 .663 .537 .541 .517

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE 1997 Tyra Perry 1998 Jennifer Schuelke 1999 Ashlee Ducote 2000 Ashlee Ducote 2001 Stephanie Hastings 2002 Trena Peel 2003 Camille Harris 2004 Leigh Ann Danos 2005 Camille Harris 2006 Lauren Castle 2007 Leslie Klein 2008 Rachel Mitchell 2009 Kirsten Shortridge 2010 Kirsten Shortridge 2011 Anissa Young

.416 .421 .436 .526 .430 .439 .409 .428 .497 .461 .459 .453 .468 .439 .465

AT-BATS 1997 Nicole Wilkinson 1998 Tara Asbill

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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Trena Peel Tara Asbill Stephanie Hastings Stephanie Hastings Trena Peel Sara Fitzgerald LaDonia Hughes Lauren Castle Leslie Klein Jazz Jackson Rachel Mitchell Kirsten Shortridge Kirsten Shortridge Juliana Santos

208 227 227 218 219 228 240 180 207 204 190 188 217 164

RUNS SCORED 1997 Tyra Perry 1998 Tara Asbill 1999 Dee Douglas 2000 Ashlee Ducote 2001 Stephanie Hastings 2002 Trena Peel 2003 LaDonia Hughes 2004 Leslie Klein 2005 Camille Harris 2006 Leslie Klein 2007 Rachel Mitchell 2008 Rachel Mitchell 2009 Juliana Santos 2010 Kirsten Shortridge 2011 Simone Heyward

40 53 65 59 61 55 47 54 42 56 55 48 40 50 39

HITS 1997 Jodi Otten 1998 Tara Asbill 1999 Dee Douglas 2000 Ashlee Ducote 2001 Stephanie Hastings 2002 Trena Peel 2003 Sara Fitzgerald 2004 LaDonia Hughes 2005 Lauren Castle 2006 Leslie Klein 2007 Jazz Jackson 2008 Rachel Mitchell 2009 Kirsten Shortridge 2010 Kirsten Shortridge 2011 Ashley Langoni

58 85 76 91 81 79 62 84 66 82 77 71 80 89 48

DOUBLES 1997 Tara Asbill 1998 Tara Asbill 1999 Ashlee Ducote 2000 Ashlee Ducote 2001 Stephanie Hastings 2002 Christy Connor 2003 Julie Wiese

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Leslie Klein Vanessa Soto Vanessa Soto Leslie Klein Killian Roessner Rachel Mitchell Rachel Mitchell Juliana Santos

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TRIPLES 1997 Jodi Otten Ashlee Ducote 1998 Jodi Otten 1999 Dee Douglas 2000 Ashlee Ducote 2001 Trena Peel 2002 Trena Peel 2003 LaDonia Hughes 2004 Leslie Klein 2005 Lauren Castle Camille Harris 2006 Leslie Klein 2007 Leslie Klein 2008 Rachel Mitchell 2009 Juliana Santos 2010 Rachel Mitchell Kirsten Shortridge 2011 Simone Heyward

7 7 9 7 8 5 14 3 5 2 2 4 4 3 3 2 2 3

HOME RUNS 1997 Tyra Perry 1998 Tyra Perry 1999 Tara Asbill 2000 Tara Asbill 2001 Julie Wiese 2002 Tessa Lynam 2003 Christy Connor 2004 Leslie Klein 2005 Quinlan Duhon 2006 Leslie Klein 2007 Rachel Mitchell 2008 Quinlan Duhon Rachel Mitchell 2009 Ashley Langoni 2010 Ashley Langoni 2011 Anissa Young

11 5 10 12 12 9 10 14 8 9 12 11 11 9 9 10

RUNS BATTED IN 1997 Ashlee Ducote 1998 Tara Asbill 1999 Tara Asbill 2000 Ashlee Ducote 2001 Stephanie Hastings 2002 Christy Connor 2003 Tessa Lynam 2004 Leslie Klein 2005 Vanessa Soto 2006 Leslie Klein 2007 Leslie Klein 2008 Rachel Mitchell 2009 Rachel Mitchell

40 51 50 63 48 42 38 58 39 53 60 51 38

2010 2011

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TOTAL BASES 1997 Tyra Perry 1998 Tara Asbill 1999 Trena Peel 2000 Ashlee Ducote Stephanie Hastings 2001 2002 Trena Peel 2003 Julie Wiese 2004 Leslie Klein 2005 Stephanie Hill Leslie Klein 2006 2007 Leslie Klein 2008 Rachel Mitchell 2009 Kirsten Shortridge 2010 Kirsten Shortridge Anissa Young 2011

45 42

101 132 113 151 121 126 93 153 95 131 132 126 101 107 76

WALKS 1997 Tyra Perry 1998 Tyra Perry 1999 Shaunte’ Fremin 2000 Ashlee Ducote 2001 Dee Douglas 2002 Julie Wiese 2003 Alicia Owen 2004 Leigh Ann Danos 2005 Camille Harris 2006 Lauren Castle 2007 Leslie Klein 2008 Tayl’r Hollis Rachel Mitchell 2009 Rachel Mitchell 2010 Ashley Applegate 2011 Simone Heyward

20 16 18 38 25 37 33 31 31 37 32 29 29 32 32 28

HIT-BY-PITCHES 1997 Jodi Otten Shaunte’ Fremin 1998 Stacey Newton 1999 Trena Peel 2000 Shaunte’ Fremin 2001 Erin Johnson 2002 Trena Peel 2003 Sara Fitzgerald LaDonia Hughes Julie Wiese 2004 Camille Harris LaDonia Hughes 2005 Camille Harris 2006 Camille Harris 2007 Shannon Stein 2008 Erika Sluss 2009 Anissa Young 2010 Anissa Young 2011 Anissa Young

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Yearly Leaders STOLEN BASES 1997 Tara Asbill 1998 Dee Douglas 1999 Dee Douglas 2000 Dee Douglas 2001 Dee Douglas 2002 Trena Peel 2003 LaDonia Hughes 2004 LaDonia Hughes 2005 Camille Harris Dee Dee Henderson 2006 Dee Dee Henderson 2007 Dee Dee Henderson 2008 Dee Dee Henderson 2009 Kirsten Shortridge 2010 Kirsten Shortridge 2011 Simone Heyward

18 35 45 41 34 20 24 28 21 21 28 29 35 26 45 23

PITCHING APPEARANCES 1997 Sarah KnifeChief 1998 Brandi Landry 1999 Britni Sneed 2000 Britni Sneed 2001 Britni Sneed 2002 Britni Sneed 2003 Kristin Schmidt 2004 Kristin Schmidt 2005 Emily Turner 2006 Emily Turner 2007 Emily Turner 2008 Dani Hofer 2009 Cody Trahan 2010 Rachele Fico 2011 Brittany Mack

27 34 38 42 49 46 53 50 39 39 34 32 29 41 31

GAMES STARTED 1997 Sarah KnifeChief 1998 Brandi Landry 1999 Britni Sneed 2000 Britni Sneed 2001 Britni Sneed 2002 Britni Sneed 2003 Kristin Schmidt 2004 Kristin Schmidt 2005 Emily Turner 2006 Emily Turner 2007 Emily Turner 2008 Dani Hofer 2009 Cody Trahan 2010 Cody Trahan 2011 Brittany Mack

26 29 28 33 41 41 45 45 34 36 30 27 26 23 27

COMPLETE GAMES Sarah KnifeChief 1997 1998 Brandi Landry 1999 Britni Sneed

20 22 18

2000 Britni Sneed 2001 Britni Sneed 2002 Britni Sneed 2003 Kristin Schmidt 2004 Kristin Schmidt 2005 Emily Turner 2006 Emily Turner 2007 Dani Hofer 2008 Dani Hofer 2009 Cody Trahan 2010 Cody Trahan 2011 Brittany Mack

22 31 35 39 41 23 32 20 16 11 12 17

INNINGS PITCHED 1997 Sarah KnifeChief 1998 Brandi Landry 1999 Britni Sneed 2000 Britni Sneed 2001 Britni Sneed 2002 Britni Sneed 2003 Kristin Schmidt 2004 Kristin Schmidt 2005 Emily Turner 2006 Emily Turner 2007 Emily Turner 2008 Cody Trahan 2009 Cody Trahan 2010 Rachele Fico

165.1 181.1 180.1 239.1 275.2 281.0 306.1 317.2 196.2 233.0 197.1 153.1 149.2 158.2

WINS 1997 Sarah KnifeChief 1998 Brandi Landry 1999 Ashley Lewis 2000 Britni Sneed 2001 Britni Sneed 2002 Britni Sneed 2003 Kristin Schmidt 2004 Kristin Schmidt 2005 Emily Turner 2006 Emily Turner 2007 Dani Hofer 2008 Dani Hofer 2009 Cody Trahan 2010 Rachele Fico 2011 Brittany Mack

21 22 25 27 36 34 34 38 17 28 24 19 12 20 20

SAVES 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Julie Stashko Brandi Landry Brandi Landry Britni Sneed Britni Sneed Britni Sneed Britni Sneed Kristin Schmidt Kristin Schmidt Kristin Schmidt

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ashley lewis 2005 Emily Turner 2006 Emily Turner 2007 Dani Hofer 2008 Casey Faile Dani Hofer 2009 Casey Faile 2010 Rachele Fico 2011 Rachele Fico

1 2 2 1 1 2 5 2

EARNED RUN AVERAGE 1997 Sarah KnifeChief 1998 Brandi Landry 1999 Ashley Lewis 2000 Ashley Lewis 2001 Britni Sneed 2002 Britni Sneed 2003 Kristin Schmidt 2004 Kristin Schmidt 2005 Emily Turner 2006 Emily Turner 2007 Emily Turner 2008 Dani Hofer 2009 Brittany Mack 2010 Rachele Fico 2011 Brittany Mack

1.02 1.31 0.99 0.84 0.66 0.75 1.26 1.28 2.28 0.93 1.21 1.88 2.36 1.17 1.74

SHUTOUTS Sarah KnifeChief 1997 1998 Brandi Landry 1999 Britni Sneed 2000 Britni Sneed 2001 Britni Sneed Ashley Lewis 2002 Britni Sneed 2003 Kristin Schmidt 2004 Kristin Schmidt 2005 Emily Turner 2006 Emily Turner 2007 Dani Hofer 2008 Cody Trahan 2009 Cody Trahan 2010 Rachele Fico Cody Trahan 2011 Brittany Mack

6 10 8 8 16 16 23 15 14 6 16 10 6 2 4 4 6

STRIKEOUTS 1997 Sarah KnifeChief 1998 Sarah KnifeChief 1999 Britni Sneed 2000 Britni Sneed 2001 Britni Sneed 2002 Britni Sneed 2003 Kristin Schmidt 2004 Kristin Schmidt 2005 Emily Turner 2006 Emily Turner 2007 Dani Hofer 2008 Dani Hofer

81 88 204 278 410 478 345 362 203 260 244 219

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2009 Cody Trahan 2010 Rachele Fico 2011 Brittany Mack

141 161 209

FIELDING PUTOUTS 1997 Shaunte’ Fremin 1998 Shaunte’ Fremin 1999 Shaunte’ Fremin 2000 Shaunte’ Fremin 2001 Jennifer Schuelke 2002 Jennie Reeves 2003 Jennie Reeves 2004 Leigh Ann Danos 2005 Stephanie Hill 2006 Killian Roessner 2007 Killian Roessner 2008 Killian Roessner 2009 Anissa Young 2010 Anissa Young 2011 Lauren Houston

514 302 367 433 443 599 313 406 340 492 461 448 292 349 309

ASSISTS 1997 Tara Asbill 1998 Tara Asbill 1999 Tara Asbill 2000 Ashlee Ducote 2001 Stephanie Hastings Julie Wiese 2002 Julie Wiese 2003 Julie Wiese 2004 Julie Wiese 2005 Lauren Delahoussaye 2006 Lauren Delahoussaye 2007 Tayl’r Hollis 2008 Jessica Mouse 2009 Jessica Mouse 2010 Jessica Mouse 2011 Tammy Wray

152 156 137 128 107 107 88 132 119 103 98 94 92 90 120 126

ERRORS 1997 Tara Asbill 1998 Tara Asbill 1999 Tara Asbill 2000 Tara Asbill Ashlee Ducote 2001 Stephanie Hastings 2002 Julie Wiese 2003 Blair Smith 2004 Lauren Delahoussaye 2005 Lauren Delahoussaye 2006 Andrea Smith 2007 Andrea Smith 2008 Tayl’r Hollis 2009 Ashley Langoni 2010 Morgan Russell Anissa Young 2011 Juliana Santos

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Carol Smith Head Coach • 1979-1981 LSU Record: 45-28 (.616)

19793

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Record: 16-7 LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin New Orleans New Orleans McNeese State McNeese State Northwestern State Northwestern State LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria New Orleans McNeese State Texas A&M Texas A&M New Orleans McNeese State Northwestern State Cameron Texas-Arlington McNeese State Texas A&M

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11-0 10-5 3-2 5-4 10-3 12-5 18-16 11-8 7-1 4-3 13-3 5-0 5-3 5-1 7-1 15-2 6-2 4-3 3-2 4-1 6-5 7-2 4-2

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Record: 15-9 McNeese State McNeese State Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin Michigan Oklahoma State Wichita State Northwest Missouri State Illinois State Oklahoma State Northwestern State Northwestern State McNeese State McNeese State McNeese State Louisiana-Monroe McNeese State McNeese State Stephen F. Austin Baylor Texas A&M McNeese State Oklahoma Stephen F. Austin

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McNeese State McNeese State Texas Wesleyan Texas Wesleyan Texas A&M Texas A&M Sam Houston State North Texas State McNeese State Baylor Texas Wesleyan New Orleans New Orleans

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3-2 8-7 1-0 10-8 4-0 9-2 3-0 16-2 4-1 1-0 12-2 7-3 3-1

Cathy Compton Head Coach • 1997-1998 LSU Record: 100-26 (.794)

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Record: 44-14, 18-6 SEC SEC Western Division Champion 02/21 Stephen F. Austin W 2-0 02/21 Stephen F. Austin W 8-0 [6] LSU Mini-Tournament - Baton Rouge, La. 02/22 Grambling State W 19-0 [5] 02/22 Samford W 7-3 02/22 Stephen F. Austin W 6-0 02/23 Grambling State W 9-1 [5] 02/23 Stephen F. Austin W 3-2 Arizona Hillenbrand Invitational - Tucson, Ariz. 03/01 vs. Colorado State L 3-2 (8) 03/01 vs. Florida L 3-1 03/01 at No. 1 Arizona L 8-4 03/02 vs. Kansas W 9-1 03/02 vs. Kent State W 4-2 Georgia State Tournament - Atlanta, Ga. 03/08 at Georgia State W 5-0 03/08 vs. Mercer W 4-0 03/08 vs. Troy W 6-1 03/09 vs. Alabama L 4-1 03/09 vs. Bradley W 7-1 03/12 McNeese State W 8-1 03/12 McNeese State W 2-0 03/15 at Auburn W 5-0 03/15 at Auburn W 4-1 03/16 at Auburn W 5-4 03/16 at Auburn W 8-2 03/18 Northwestern State W 9-4 03/18 Northwestern State W 5-1 03/22 at Stetson L 2-1 03/22 at Stetson W 2-1 (10) 03/27 Mobile W 3-0 03/27 Mobile W 5-4

03/29 Ole Miss W 03/29 Ole Miss W 03/30 Ole Miss W 03/30 Ole Miss W 04/02 West Florida W 04/02 West Florida W 04/04 Mississippi State W 04/04 Mississippi State W W 04/08 Centenary 04/08 Centenary W 04/11 Georgia W 04/11 Georgia W 04/13 No. 4 South Carolina L 04/13 No. 4 South Carolina L 04/18 at Arkansas W 04/18 at Arkansas W 04/19 at Arkansas L 04/19 at Arkansas W 04/25 at Tennessee L 04/25 at Tennessee W 04/29 at No. 22 Louisiana-Lafayette W 04/29 at No. 22 Louisiana-Lafayette L 05/03 Alabama L 05/03 Alabama W 05/04 Alabama L 05/04 Alabama W SEC Tournament - Columbus, Ga. 05/09 vs. Auburn L 05/10 vs. Alabama W 05/10 vs. Florida L

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Record: 58-14, 23-6 SEC NCAA Region 4 Runner-up SEC Western Division Champion LSU Tiger Classic - Baton Rouge, La. 02/14 Southern 02/14 McNeese State 02/14 Nicholls State Cartier Classic - San Diego, Calif. 02/19 vs. Santa Clara 02/19 at San Diego State 02/21 vs. No. 17 UCLA 02/21 vs. No. 4 Michigan 02/21 vs. Stanford 02/24 Louisiana-Monroe 02/24 Louisiana-Monroe 02/26 Centenary 02/26 Centenary 03/04 Louisiana Tech 03/04 Louisiana Tech 03/06 Auburn 03/08 Auburn 03/08 Auburn 03/09 Virginia 03/09 Virginia 03/11 Butler 03/11 Butler

19813

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The 1997 team set the tone when softball returned to the LSU campus. The Tigers have won at least 40 games in 11 of 13 seasons.

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6-2 4-1 4-1 13-2 [5] 4-3 3-0 2-0 9-1 [6] 4-0 7-0 4-1 (8) 3-1 3-0 8-0 3-0 2-1 2-1 (8) 7-1 6-2 3-2 1-0 11-2 [5] 7-0 5-4 4-1 (8) 4-0

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7-0 4-1 [6] 3-1 3-2 4-1 10-0 [5] 8-0 [5] 9-0 [5] 4-3 3-1 3-2 5-2 6-3 4-3 (8) 8-2 5-4 9-1 [5] 10-0 [5]


Year-by-Year Results Florida State Tournament - Tallahassee, Fla. 03/13 vs. Eastern Michigan W 03/13 vs. Robert Morris W 03/13 at No. 17 Florida State L 03/14 vs. Penn State W 03/14 vs. Northern Iowa W 03/14 vs. Massachusetts L Winthrop Invitational - Rock Hill, S.C. 03/21 vs. College of Charleston W 03/21 vs. Bucknell W 03/22 at Winthrop W 03/22 vs. Rhode Island W 03/22 vs. Eastern Illinois W 03/22 vs. Virginia W 03/25 Northwestern State W 03/25 Northwestern State W 03/28 at Ole Miss W 03/28 at Ole Miss L 03/29 at Ole Miss W 03/29 at Ole Miss W 04/03 at Mississippi State L 04/03 at Mississippi State W 04/04 at Mississippi State W 04/04 at Mississippi State W 04/07 No. 24 Louisiana-Lafayette W 04/07 No. 24 Louisiana-Lafayette W 04/10 at Georgia W 04/10 at Georgia W W 04/11 at South Carolina 04/11 at South Carolina W 04/17 Arkansas W 04/17 Arkansas W 04/19 Arkansas W 04/19 Arkansas W L 04/21 Florida 04/21 Florida W 04/24 Tennessee W W 04/24 Tennessee W 04/26 Kentucky 04/26 Kentucky W 05/01 at Alabama L 05/01 at Alabama L 05/02 at Alabama W 05/02 at Alabama L SEC Tournament - Columbus, Ga. W 05/08 vs. Arkansas 05/09 vs. Alabama L W 05/09 vs. Tennessee 05/09 vs. Alabama W 05/10 vs. Alabama L NCAA Regional - Seattle, Wash. 05/15 vs. No. 15 Long Beach State W 05/16 at No. 4 Washington L 05/16 vs. No. 15 Long Beach State W 05/17 at No. 4 Washington L

4-0 9-0 [6] 4-2 [6] 9-3 10-0 [6] 2-0 15-0 [3] 10-3 [5] 13-0 [5] 5-0 [6] 10-2 [5] 8-2 3-0 8-0 [5] 4-3 (8) 6-5 6-2 9-0 3-2 2-1 7-3 4-3 2-1 3-1 4-0 10-1 [5] 7-1 12-0 1-0 1-0 3-1 8-0 [6] 2-0 6-2 8-0 [5] 10-1 [6] 3-0 1-0 6-3 4-3 2-0 4-1 2-1 5-3 (10) 8-1 8-4 8-1 2-0 9-0 [5] 5-4 6-0

Glenn Moore Head Coach • 1999-2000 LSU Record: 117-25 (.824) (includes a 2-2 record from the 1998 season.)

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Record: 56-10, 27-3 SEC NCAA Region 5 Participant SEC Tournament Champion SEC Champion SEC Western Division Champion LSU Tiger Classic - Baton Rouge, La. 02/13 McNeese State 02/13 Mobile 02/13 Northwestern State 02/14 McNeese State 02/14 Northwestern State 02/23 Centenary 02/23 Centenary

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The 1999 team won the program’s first SEC regular season and tournament title. NFCA Leadoff Classic - Columbus, Ga. 02/26 vs. Connecticut W 02/26 vs. No. 4 Washington L 02/27 vs. Missouri W 02/27 vs. No. 11 Oklahoma L 02/28 vs. South Carolina L Arizona Tournament - Tucson, Ariz. 03/05 vs. Notre Dame W L 03/05 at No. 2 Arizona W 03/06 vs. Texas Tech 03/06 vs. Kansas W 03/07 vs. Texas Tech W 03/07 at No. 2 Arizona L W 03/11 Bowling Green 03/11 Bowling Green W 03/16 at No. 8 Louisiana-Lafayette W 03/16 at No. 8 Louisiana-Lafayette W 03/19 at Auburn W W 03/19 at Auburn 03/20 at Auburn W W 03/20 at Auburn W 03/24 McNeese State 03/24 McNeese State W 03/28 at Florida W 03/28 at Florida W 04/02 Ole Miss L 04/02 Ole Miss W 04/03 Ole Miss W W 04/03 Ole Miss 04/09 Mississippi State W 04/09 Mississippi State W 04/10 Mississippi State W 04/10 Mississippi State W 04/13 at Louisiana Tech W 04/13 at Louisiana Tech W 04/16 Georgia W 04/16 Georgia W 04/18 No. 11 South Carolina W 04/18 No. 11 South Carolina W 04/20 Northwestern State W 04/20 Northwestern State W 04/23 at Arkansas W 04/23 at Arkansas W 04/24 at Arkansas W L 04/24 at Arkansas 04/30 at Tennessee L 04/30 at Tennessee W 05/02 at Kentucky W 05/02 at Kentucky W 05/07 Alabama W 05/07 Alabama W 05/08 Alabama W 05/08 Alabama W SEC Tournament - Columbus, Ga. W 05/13 vs. Georgia W 05/14 vs. Arkansas 05/15 vs. Mississippi State W W 05/16 vs. Arkansas NCAA Regional - Baton Rouge, La. 05/20 Southern W L 05/21 No. 12 Oregon State 05/22 No. 9 Oklahoma W 05/22 No. 8 Southern Miss L

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7-2 4-2 1-0 5-2 2-1 10-2 [6] 9-1 [5] 2-0 5-4 4-3 7-6 (9) 2-1 1-0 1-0 (9) 4-2 12-3 [6] 4-2 9-1 [5] 10-1 [5] 4-3 6-1 3-2 4-0 2-1 2-0 9-1 [6] 2-0 1-0 5-1 5-2 5-4 1-0 6-2 3-1 5-0 6-0 1-0 3-0 4-2 3-1 4-0 9-0 [6] 2-1 3-2 5-0 8-1 5-2 6-0 3-2 (10) 6-5 4-3 8-0 [6] 10-0 [5] 2-0 (10) 4-3 (10) 12- 0 [5] 3-0 7-3 4-3

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Record: 59-13, 26-4 SEC NCAA Region 7 Runner-up SEC Tournament Runner-up SEC Champion SEC Western Division Champion LSU Tiger Classic - Baton Rouge, La. 02/12 Nicholls State W 3-0 02/12 McNeese State W 3-0 02/12 Ohio State W 11-0 [5] W 5-0 02/13 McNeese State 02/13 Ohio State W 4-0 Texas Tournament - Austin, Texas 02/18 vs. No. 2 Washington W 4-2 02/18 at No. 19 Texas W 6-2 (8) 02/19 vs. South Florida W 5-4 02/19 vs. South Florida W 5-0 02/20 vs. No. 2 Washington L 4-1 LSU Purple & Gold Challenge - Baton Rouge, La. 02/25 Baylor W 10-0 [5] L 4-1 02/25 No. 10 Southern Miss 02/26 Alabama A&M W 8-0 [5] W 8-4 02/26 Baylor 02/27 No. 10 Southern Miss W 4-3 (8) NFCA Leadoff Classic - Columbus, Ga. 03/03 vs. Boston College W 14-1 [5] 03/03 vs. No. 14 Michigan L 3-0 03/04 vs. No. 19 Hawai`i W 8-3 03/04 vs. No. 4 Arizona State W 6-4 03/05 vs. No. 1 Washington L 3-0 Oklahoma Tournament - Norman, Okla. 03/10 vs. Wichita State W 13-5 [5] W 3-0 03/10 at No. 3 Oklahoma 03/11 vs. No. 12 Southern Miss L 2-1 03/12 vs. Texas-San Antonio W 3-2 (11) 03/12 vs. Colorado State L 4-2 03/17 Auburn W 6-5 L 2-1 03/17 Auburn 03/18 Auburn W 9-1 [6] 03/18 Auburn W 9-1 [6] 03/21 Southeastern Louisiana W 8-7 03/24 No. 24 Florida W 4-0 03/24 No. 24 Florida W 6-3 03/29 at Northwestern State W 5-0 03/29 at Northwestern State W 8-0 [5] 03/31 at Ole Miss W 5-3 (8) W 3-0 03/31 at Ole Miss 04/01 at Ole Miss W 7-1 04/01 at Ole Miss W 1-0 04/05 No. 17 Louisiana-Lafayette W 4-0 04/05 No. 17 Louisiana-Lafayette W 1-0 04/07 at No. 19 Mississippi State W 8-0 [5] 8-4 (10) 04/07 at No. 19 Mississippi State W 04/08 at No. 19 Mississippi State W 9-4 04/08 at No. 19 Mississippi State W 7-1 04/11 Louisiana Tech W 6-0 04/11 Louisiana Tech W 8-1 04/14 at No. 19 South Carolina L 6-2 04/14 at No. 19 South Carolina W 6-0 04/15 at Georgia W 4-2 04/15 at Georgia W 7-0

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04/20 Texas State 04/21 Arkansas 04/21 Arkansas 04/22 Arkansas 04/22 Arkansas 04/28 Kentucky 04/28 Kentucky 04/30 Tennessee 04/30 Tennessee 05/05 at No. 11 Alabama 05/05 at No. 11 Alabama 05/06 at No. 11 Alabama 05/06 at No. 11 Alabama SEC Tournament - Columbus, Ga. 05/11 vs. Auburn 05/12 vs. Arkansas 05/13 vs. Alabama 05/14 vs. South Carolina NCAA Regional - Baton Rouge, La. 05/18 Northwestern State 05/19 No. 16 Louisiana-Lafayette 05/20 Hofstra 05/20 No. 8 Southern Miss 05/21 No. 8 Southern Miss

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Yvette Girouard Head Coach • 2001-2011 LSU Record: 526-171-1 (.754)

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Record: 59-11, 26-4 SEC WCWS-3rd place (tie) NCAA Region 3 Champion SEC Tournament Champion SEC Champion SEC Western Division Champion Fiesta Bowl Classic - Tempe, Ariz. 02/09 vs. No. 4 Washington W 14-2 02/09 vs. Wisconsin W 15-6 [6] 02/10 at No. 3 Arizona L 10-0 02/10 vs. Massachusetts W 9-0 [6] 02/11 vs. UNLV W 4-2 02/11 vs. No. 6 Arizona State W 4-2 (8) 02/14 at McNeese State W 3-1 02/14 at McNeese State W 4-0 [5] W 9-0 [5] 02/19 East Tennessee State 02/19 East Tennessee State W 9-0 [5] 02/20 Nicholls State W 9-0 [5] 02/20 Nicholls State W 8-1 NFCA Leadoff Classic - Columbus, Ga. W 7-2 02/23 vs. Seton Hall 02/23 vs. No. 9 Stanford L 2-0 02/24 vs. Illinois-Chicago W 8-0 [6] 02/24 vs. No. 5 California L 3-0 02/25 vs. No. 18 Michigan L 3-1 (8) LSU Purple & Gold Challenge - Baton Rouge, La. 03/02 Houston W 13-0 [5] 03/04 No. 21 Southern Miss W 5-0 03/04 Tulsa W 5-0 03/05 Tulsa W 6-0 03/07 Northwestern State W 1-0 03/10 at Florida W 1-0 03/10 at Florida L 4-1 03/11 at Florida W 3-1 03/17 Tennessee W 5-0 03/17 Tennessee W 2-1 (8) 03/18 Tennessee W 9-0 [5] W 2-1 03/24 at No. 17 South Carolina 03/24 at No. 17 South Carolina L 3-2 03/25 at No. 17 South Carolina W 4-0 03/28 at Coastal Carolina W 12-2 [6] 03/28 at Coastal Carolina W 4-0 03/31 at Georgia W 8-0 [5] W 5-1 03/31 at Georgia 04/01 at Georgia W 3-0

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04/03 Arkansas W 3-0 04/03 Arkansas L 3-2 04/04 Arkansas W 5-0 04/07 No. 3 Alabama W 1-0 04/07 No. 3 Alabama W 3-1 04/08 No. 3 Alabama W 5-0 04/11 at Mississippi State W 8-0 04/11 at Mississippi State W 5-0 04/12 at Mississippi State W 2-1 04/18 at No. 21 Louisiana-Lafayette L 2-1 04/18 at No. 21 Louisiana-Lafayette W 5-0 04/21 Kentucky W 12-0 [5] 04/21 Kentucky W 5-2 04/22 Kentucky W 8-0 [6] 04/24 Southeastern Louisiana W 6-0 04/26 New Mexico State W 7-0 04/28 Ole Miss W 8-0 [6] 04/28 Ole Miss W 8-1 04/29 Ole Miss W 11-1 [5] 05/05 at Auburn W 9-0 05/05 at Auburn W 6-3 05/06 at Auburn L 7-3 SEC Tournament - Chattanooga, Tenn. W 6-0 05/10 vs. Auburn 05/11 vs. Mississippi State W 2-1 05/12 vs. Auburn W 4-1 05/13 vs. No. 22 South Carolina W 1-0 NCAA Regional - Baton Rouge, La. 05/17 Cornell W 8-0 [6] 05/18 Penn State W 2-1 05/19 No. 9 Arizona State W 3-2 05/20 No. 19 Louisiana-Lafayette W 2-1 Women’s College World Series - Oklahoma City, Okla. 05/24 vs. No. 4 Stanford L 2-1 (8) 05/26 vs. No. 15 Iowa W 2-1 05/26 vs. No. 5 Oklahoma W 2-1 (13) 05/27 vs. No. 2 UCLA L 6-0

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Record: 56-11, 25-4 SEC NCAA Region 3 Participant SEC Tournament Champion SEC Champion SEC Western Division Champion LSU Tiger Classic - Baton Rouge, La. 02/08 Jackson State W 02/08 No. 19 DePaul L 02/09 Northwestern State W 02/09 Western Michigan W 02/10 Western Michigan W 02/10 Northwestern State W UNLV Softball Classic - Las Vegas, Nev. 02/15 vs. No. 12 Nebraska W 02/15 vs. Texas Tech W 02/16 vs. UC Riverside W 02/16 vs. No. 5 California L 02/17 vs. No. 2 UCLA L 02/20 Nicholls State W

10-0 [5] 8-4 3-1 5-0 2-0 2-1 4-2 5-0 6-1 3-0 7-0 12-0 [5]

NFCA Leadoff Classic - Columbus, Ga. 02/22 vs. New Mexico W 5-0 02/22 vs. No. 9 Nebraska L 1-0 02/23 vs. Illinois-Chicago W 9-3 02/23 vs. No. 13 Fresno State W 1-0 02/24 vs. No. 18 Alabama L 3-2 LSU Purple & Gold Challenge - Baton Rouge, La. 03/02 UAB W 3-0 03/02 Long Island W 15-0 [5] 03/05 at Nicholls State W 7-0 03/09 Florida W 4-0 03/09 Florida W 2-1 03/10 Florida W 4-0 03/16 at Tennessee W 5-0 03/16 at Tennessee L 4-2 03/19 Mississippi State W 9-3 03/19 Mississippi State L 8-7 (11) 03/20 Mississippi State W 4-0 03/23 No. 24 South Carolina W 6-0 03/23 No. 24 South Carolina W 8-0 [6] 03/24 No. 24 South Carolina W 1-0 03/30 No. 21 Georgia W 2-1 03/30 No. 21 Georgia W 5-1 03/31 No. 21 Georgia W 4-1 04/02 at Arkansas W 3-0 04/02 at Arkansas W 4-0 04/03 at Arkansas W 5-0 04/06 at No. 15 Alabama L 1-0 (11) W 9-1 [5] 04/06 at No. 15 Alabama 04/07 at No. 15 Alabama W 7-0 04/10 Southeastern Louisiana W 4-3 04/17 Northwestern State W 4-3 (9) W 2-0 04/17 Northwestern State 04/18 Southern Miss W 10-0 [5] 04/18 Southern Miss W 2-0 04/20 at Kentucky W 1-0 04/20 at Kentucky W 4-1 04/21 at Kentucky W 4-2 (8) 04/24 at Southern Miss W 1-0 04/24 at Southern Miss W 8-1 04/27 at Ole Miss W 1-0 04/27 at Ole Miss W 4-0 04/28 at Ole Miss W 3-0 05/01 Auburn W 8-0 [5] 05/01 Auburn L 2-1 05/01 Auburn W 5-0 05/04 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W 11-0 [5] 7-2 05/04 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W SEC Tournament - Chattanooga, Tenn. 05/09 vs. Florida W 5-0 05/10 vs. No. 25 Georgia W 2-1 05/11 vs. No. 18 Alabama W 6-2 05/12 vs. No. 25 Georgia W 1-0 NCAA Regional - Lafayette, La. 05/16 vs. Northwestern State W 3-2 (10) 05/18 at No. 19 Louisiana-Lafayette W 5-2 05/18 vs. No. 4 Arizona State L 3-2 (8) W 1-0 05/18 vs. Massachusetts 05/19 vs. No. 4 Arizona State L 4-1

In Yvette Girouard’s first season, the 2001 team broke through to the Women’s College World Series and matched a program record with 59 wins.

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Record: 50-18, 20-9 SEC NCAA Region 3 Participant SEC Tournament Runner-up LSU Tiger Classic - Baton Rouge, La. 02/07 Stephen F. Austin W 3-1 02/07 Baylor W 1-0 02/08 Stephen F. Austin W 3-1 02/08 No. 11 DePaul L 4-0 02/09 Stephen F. Austin L 1-0 UNLV Softball Classic - Las Vegas, Nev. 02/14 vs. No. 10 Cal State Fullerton W 4-3 02/14 vs. No. 1 UCLA L 2-0 02/15 vs. Cal Poly W 12-0 02/15 vs. Utah W 5-2 02/16 vs. Central Michigan W 5-2 02/19 Northwestern State W 2-1 02/19 Northwestern State W 5-0 NFCA Leadoff Classic - Columbus, Ga. 02/22 vs. Villanova W 6-2 02/22 vs. No. 7 Cal State Fullerton L 7-6 02/23 vs. No. 10 Oklahoma W 7-4 (9) LSU Purple & Gold Challenge - Baton Rouge, La. 02/28 Houston W 4-0 02/28 Jackson State W 19-0 03/01 Southern Miss W 3-0 03/01 Houston L 3-1 03/02 Jackson State W 9-1 [6] 03/02 Houston W 8-0 [5] 03/08 Tennessee W 4-0 03/08 Tennessee L 3-2 03/09 Tennessee W 6-1 03/12 Nicholls State W 5-3 (9) 03/16 at No. 14 South Carolina L 3-2 (10) 03/16 at No. 14 South Carolina W 6-3 03/19 Jackson State W 8-0 [5] W 8-0 [5] 03/19 Jackson State 03/22 at No. 11 Georgia L 1-0 03/22 at No. 11 Georgia W 5-4 03/23 at No. 11 Georgia L 3-0 03/26 at Mississippi State W 4-3 03/26 at Mississippi State W 15-13 (8) 03/27 at Mississippi State L 6-2 03/29 No. 16 Alabama W 4-3 03/29 No. 16 Alabama L 7-2 03/30 No. 16 Alabama W 2-1 04/02 Centenary W 4-0 04/02 Centenary W 2-0 04/09 at Nicholls State W 2-0 04/12 Kentucky W 5-0 04/12 Kentucky W 9-1 [6] W 11-1 [5] 04/13 Kentucky 04/15 Southeastern Louisiana W 7-0 04/16 at Southern Miss W 14-0 [6] 04/18 Ole Miss W 10-6 (11) 04/18 Ole Miss W 3-0 04/19 Ole Miss W 6-3 04/22 Arkansas W 10-1 [5] 04/22 Arkansas L 6-5 04/23 Arkansas W 8-0 [5] 04/26 at Auburn W 2-0 04/26 at Auburn W 5-4 04/27 at Auburn W 10-1 [6] 04/29 Southern Miss W 7-3 05/03 at No. 25 Florida W 2-0 05/03 at No. 25 Florida L 8-4 05/04 at No. 25 Florida L 4-0 SEC Tournament - Plant City, Fla. 05/08 vs. Tennessee W 1-0 (9) 05/09 vs. No. 16 Alabama L 3-1 05/10 vs. No. 20 South Carolina W 5-1 05/10 vs. No. 25 Florida W 1-0 05/11 vs. No. 25 Florida W 3-1 05/11 vs. No. 16 Alabama L 3-1 NCAA Regional - Austin, Texas 05/15 vs. Hawai`i W 9-4 05/16 at No. 4 Texas L 8-0 [6] 05/16 vs. No. 15 Arizona State L 4-1

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The 2004 team returned to the Women’s College World Series and held a program-best No. 2 ranking on two seperate occassions in the ESPN/USA Softball Top 25.

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Record: 57-12, 22-6 SEC WCWS-3rd place NCAA Region 3 Champion SEC Tournament Champion SEC Champion SEC Western Division Champion LSU Tiger Classic - Baton Rouge, La. 02/06 Centenary W 9-0 [5] 02/06 Illinois W 7-3 02/07 No. 4 Oklahoma L 6-4 02/07 Southeastern Louisiana W 11-3 02/08 Illinois L 7-2 UNLV Softball Classic - Las Vegas, Nev. 02/13 vs. Portland State W 10-2 [5] 02/13 vs. Wisconsin W 10-1 [5] 02/14 vs. No. 2 California L 5-1 02/14 vs. Utah W 2-0 LSU Purple & Gold Challenge - Baton Rouge, La. 02/20 Alcorn State W 20-3 [5] 02/20 Texas-San Antonio W 10-0 [5] 02/21 Southern Miss W 19-1 [5] 02/21 Louisiana Tech W 3-0 02/22 Louisiana Tech W 3-2 02/22 Southern Miss W 13-2 [6] NFCA Leadoff Classic - Columbus, Ga. 02/27 vs. Ohio State W 5-0 02/27 vs. Florida Atlantic W 4-2 02/28 vs. No. 3 California W 6-1 02/28 vs. No. 4 Washington W 4-2 02/29 vs. No. 6 Georgia W 5-2 (8) 02/29 vs. No. 10 Florida State W 4-3 03/03 Mississippi State W 6-2 03/03 Mississippi State W 6-0 03/04 Mississippi State W 5-4 03/07 at No. 13 Tennessee W 2-1 03/07 at No. 13 Tennessee L 4-0 03/10 at Southern Miss W 8-0 [5] 03/13 No. 15 South Carolina W 1-0 (10) 03/13 No. 15 South Carolina L 6-4 (9) 03/14 No. 15 South Carolina W 4-0 03/17 at Centenary W 4-0 03/20 No. 7 Georgia W 10-2 [6] 03/20 No. 7 Georgia L 6-2 03/21 No. 7 Georgia L 4-2 03/24 Alabama A&M W 7-0 03/27 at No. 7 Alabama W 6-2 03/27 at No. 7 Alabama W 9-6 03/28 at No. 7 Alabama W 10-7 03/31 at Nicholls State W 3-0 04/01 Nicholls State W 20-0 [5] 04/06 at Arkansas W 7-0 04/06 at Arkansas W 8-0 04/07 at Arkansas W 10-1 [5] 04/10 at Kentucky W 9-1 [6] 04/10 at Kentucky W 9-0 [5] 04/11 at Kentucky W 6-2 04/17 at Ole Miss W 2-1 (10)

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04/17 at Ole Miss W 5-0 04/18 at Ole Miss W 5-1 04/21 Southern Miss W 5-3 04/24 No. 19 Auburn L 2-1 W 11-0 [5] 04/24 No. 19 Auburn 05/01 No. 20 Florida W 4-0 [5] 05/02 No. 20 Florida W 4-1 05/02 No. 20 Florida L 3-1 SEC Tournament - Tuscaloosa, Ala. 05/13 vs. South Carolina W 2-0 05/14 at No. 13 Alabama W 2-1 05/15 vs. No. 14 Auburn L 2-0 05/16 vs. No. 14 Auburn W 1-0 05/16 vs. No. 10 Georgia W 4-1 NCAA Regional - Waco, Texas 05/20 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W 4-0 05/21 vs. Seton Hall W 3-0 05/22 at Baylor W 7-3 (10) 05/23 vs. Illinois W 4-1 Women’s College World Series - Oklahoma City, Okla. 05/27 vs. No. 6 Michigan W 3-2 (13) 05/28 vs. No. 2 UCLA L 2-0 05/30 vs. No. 4 Florida State W 2-1 05/30 vs. No. 5 California W 4-1 05/30 vs. No. 5 California L 4-1

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Record: 31-23, 12-18 SEC UNLV Softball Classic - Las Vegas, Nev. 02/12 vs. Illinois L 5-3 02/12 vs. Louisville W 7-1 LSU Tiger Classic - Baton Rouge, La. 02/18 Grambling State W 10-0 [6] 02/19 Indiana W 6-1 02/19 Southern W 8-0 [5] W 11-2 [5] 02/20 Grambling State 02/20 Southern W 9-0 02/23 McNeese State W 11-1 [5] NFCA Leadoff Classic - Columbus, Ga. 02/25 vs. Texas State W 3-2 (8) 02/25 vs. Seton Hall L 9-0 02/26 vs. No. 19 Fresno State L 5-2 02/26 vs. Michigan State W 6-0 LSU Purple & Gold Challenge - Baton Rouge, La. 03/04 Columbia W 6-1 03/04 Ohio W 10-2 [5] 03/05 Columbia W 1-0 03/05 Ohio W 13-0 [5] 03/06 Ohio W 10-2 [5] 03/06 Columbia W 11-0 [5] 03/08 Nicholls State W 6-2 03/12 at South Carolina L 4-3 03/12 at South Carolina W 4-3 (8) 03/13 at South Carolina L 2-0 03/19 at No. 13 Georgia L 3-2 03/19 at No. 13 Georgia L 2-0 03/20 at No. 13 Georgia L 4-1 03/25 No. 10 Alabama L 6-0

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13-0 [5] 7-1 13-11 4-1 15-9 5-3 8-3 6-4 6-1 5-1 18-0 [5] 10-6 2-0 3-1 4-2 7-0 7-4 8-0 [5] 2-0 4-3 3-0 10-0 1-0 (9) 3-0 2-0 (9)

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Record: 55-14, 22-8 SEC NCAA Super Regional 2 Participant NCAA Region 15 Champion Easton Purple & Gold Challenge - Baton Rouge, La. 02/11 Stephen F. Austin W 11-0 [5] 02/11 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W 15-0 [5] 02/12 Northwestern State W 6-1 02/12 South Dakota State W 4-0 02/15 Grambling State W 20-0 [5] 02/15 Grambling State W 11-0 [5] Easton Tiger Classic - Baton Rouge, La. 02/17 Eastern Michigan W 5-0 02/17 Mississippi Valley State W 9-0 [5] 02/18 Western Kentucky W 10-0 [6]

02/18 No. 11 Washington W 2-0 02/19 Western Kentucky W 3-1 02/19 No. 11 Washington W 4-0 02/22 Texas Southern W 12-0 [5] 02/22 Texas Southern W 19-0 [5] Palm Springs Invitational - Palm Springs, Calif. 02/24 vs. No. 3 UCLA L 3-1 02/24 vs. No. 11 Oregon State L 5-1 02/25 vs. Texas Tech W 4-3 02/25 vs. UC Santa Barbara W 6-1 02/26 vs. No. 6 Stanford L 1-0 03/02 Southeastern Louisiana W 6-0 Oklahoma/Nike Invitational - Norman, Okla. W 2-0 03/04 vs. Troy 03/04 at No. 10 Oklahoma W 2-1 03/05 vs. Troy W 8-0 [5] 03/05 at No. 10 Oklahoma W 6-5 (8) 03/11 at Ole Miss W 6-1 03/11 at Ole Miss W 2-1 03/12 at Ole Miss W 10-0 [5] 03/15 at McNeese State W 3-1 (9) 03/18 No. 12 Georgia L 11-0 [5] 03/18 No. 12 Georgia L 1-0 03/19 No. 12 Georgia W 3-0 03/22 Northwestern State W 3-0 03/22 Northwestern State W 6-0 03/25 at Kentucky W 5-2 03/25 at Kentucky W 13-2 [5] 03/26 at Kentucky W 6-1 03/29 Centenary W 9-1 [5] 04/01 South Carolina W 9-0 [5] 04/01 South Carolina W 1-0 04/02 South Carolina W 8-0 [5] 04/05 at Southeastern Louisiana W 6-3 04/08 No. 19 Auburn W 4-0 04/08 No. 19 Auburn W 6-5 04/09 No. 19 Auburn L 1-0 04/12 McNeese State W 1-0 04/14 at No. 3 Alabama W 2-1 04/14 at No. 3 Alabama L 7-0 04/15 at No. 3 Alabama W 3-2 04/19 Mississippi State W 5-0 04/19 Mississippi State W 4-0 04/20 Mississippi State W 7-1 04/25 at Arkansas L 3-2 04/26 at Arkansas W 4-3 04/26 at Arkansas L 3-2 (9)

04/29 No. 24 Florida W 04/29 No. 24 Florida W 04/30 No. 24 Florida W 05/06 at No. 6 Tennessee L 05/06 at No. 6 Tennessee L 05/07 at No. 6 Tennessee W SEC Tournament - Athens, Ga. 05/11 vs. No. 21 Auburn W 05/12 at No. 8 Georgia W 05/13 vs. No. 5 Tennessee L NCAA Regional - Baton Rouge, La. 05/19 Princeton W 05/20 No. 15 Louisiana-Lafayette W 05/21 No. 15 Louisiana-Lafayette W NCAA Super Regional - Tucson, Ariz. 05/26 at No. 1 Arizona L 05/27 at No. 1 Arizona W 05/27 at No. 1 Arizona L

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4-1 5-0 3-0 5-0 7-6 (10) 5-4 5-0 3-2 14-5 [5]

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Record: 55-12, 22-6 SEC NCAA Tempe Super Regional Participant NCAA Palo Alto Champion SEC Tournament Champion SEC Western Division Champion Easton Tiger Classic - Baton Rouge, La. 02/09 Memphis W 3-1 02/09 Middle Tennessee State W 6-2 02/10 Missouri W 7-1 02/10 Centenary W 9-0 02/11 Middle Tennessee State W 2-0 02/11 Memphis W 7-2 (9) 02/14 Louisiana-Monroe W 7-0 Crowne Plaza Invitational - Houston, Texas 02/16 vs. Missouri State W 8-0 [5] 02/16 at Houston W 5-3 02/17 vs. Texas State W 7-1 02/17 vs. Indiana W 8-0 [6] 02/18 vs. Southern Illinois L 8-5 Easton Purple & Gold Classic - Baton Rouge, La. 02/23 Southern Miss W 4-0 02/23 Louisiana Tech W 8-0 [5] 02/24 Troy W 9-1 [6] 02/24 Southern Miss W 9-0 [5]

The 2006 team started the season with a program best 14-0 record and returned to the NCAA Tournament. LSU took eventual national champion Arizona the distance in the Super Regional round.

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The 2007 team returned to the top of the SEC Western Division winning the program’s eighth division crown.

02/25 Troy W 02/25 Louisiana Tech W 02/27 Alcorn State W 02/27 Alcorn State W Husky Softball Classic - Seattle, Wash. 03/02 vs. Portland State W 03/03 vs. Portland State W 03/03 at No. 14 Washington L 03/04 at No. 14 Washington L 03/07 McNeese State W 03/10 at Ole Miss L 03/10 at Ole Miss W 03/11 at Ole Miss W 03/13 Texas-San Antonio W 03/17 No. 19 Florida W 03/17 No. 19 Florida W 03/18 No. 19 Florida W 03/21 at Centenary W 03/24 No. 2 Alabama L 03/24 No. 2 Alabama W 03/25 No. 2 Alabama W 03/28 at McNeese State W 03/31 at Auburn W 03/31 at Auburn W 04/01 at Auburn W 04/03 Kentucky W 04/03 Kentucky W 04/06 South Carolina L 04/06 South Carolina W 04/07 South Carolina W 04/11 Southeastern Louisiana W 04/14 at Mississippi State W W 04/14 at Mississippi State 04/17 Southern W 04/21 at Arkansas w 04/21 at Arkansas W 04/22 at Arkansas W 04/25 at Southeastern Louisiana L 04/28 No. 1 Tennessee L 04/28 No. 1 Tennessee W 04/29 No. 1 Tennessee W 05/05 at Georgia L 05/05 at Georgia W 05/06 at Georgia L SEC Tournament - Auburn, Ala. 05/10 vs. South Carolina W 05/11 vs. No. 2 Alabama W 05/12 vs. No. 19 Florida W NCAA Regional - Palo Alto, Calif. 05/17 vs. Cal State Northridge W 05/18 vs. No. 25 Fresno State W 05/19 at No. 16 Stanford W NCAA Super Regional - Tempe, Ariz. 05/25 at No. 9 Arizona State L 05/26 at No. 9 Arizona State L

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Record: 44-18, 17-11 SEC NCAA Baton Rouge Regional Easton Tiger Classic - Baton Rouge, La. 02/15 St. John’s W 14-0 [5] 02/15 Ball State W 4-2 02/16 Nicholls State W 9-1 [6] 02/16 Chattanooga W 9-1 [5] 02/17 Ball State W 10-2 [6] 02/17 Nicholls State W 9-2 02/19 Southeastern Louisiana W 7-0 Palm Springs Classic - Palm Springs, Calif. 02/22 vs. Florida Atlantic L 3-0 02/22 vs. Pacific W 2-1 02/23 vs. No. 23 Cal State Fullerton W 3-2 (8) 02/23 vs. No. 2 Northwestern L 6-4 02/24 vs. No. 9 Arizona L 7-4 02/27 Louisiana-Monroe W 9-2 Easton Purple & Gold Classic - Baton Rouge, La. W 8-5 02/29 Southern Miss 02/29 South Alabama W 7-0 03/01 Penn State L 3-0 03/01 Tulsa W 4-2 03/02 South Alabama W 1-0 03/02 Tulsa W 6-1 03/05 at Nicholls State W 3-0 03/08 No. 16 Georgia W 8-1 03/08 No. 16 Georgia W 1-0 03/09 No. 16 Georgia W 5-2 03/11 Troy W 7-6 (11) USF Under Armour Showcase - Clearwater, Fla. 03/14 vs. Fordham W 8-3 03/14 vs. Oklahoma State W 2-0 03/15 vs. Purdue W 4-0 03/16 vs. South Florida W 2-1 (8) W 8-1 03/21 Auburn 03/22 Auburn W 5-3 (10) W 10-0 [6] 03/22 Auburn 03/26 No. 21 Mississippi State W 5-2 03/26 No. 21 Mississippi State W 2-1 03/29 at No. 3 Florida L 6-1 03/29 at No. 3 Florida L 2-0 03/30 at No. 3 Florida L 7-0 04/05 at No. 2 Alabama L 9-8 (10) 04/05 at No. 2 Alabama L 8-0 [5] L 8-1 04/06 at No. 2 Alabama 04/09 at Kentucky W 13-2 [6] W 5-2 04/09 at Kentucky 04/12 Ole Miss W 8-5 04/12 Ole Miss L 3-1 04/13 Ole Miss L 2-0 04/16 Nicholls State W 10-2 [6] L 8-0 [5] 04/19 at No. 9 Tennessee 04/19 at No. 9 Tennessee W 8-2 04/20 at No. 9 Tennessee L 5-4

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04/23 at Louisiana-Monroe 04/26 Arkansas 04/26 Arkansas 04/27 Arkansas 04/30 at Southeastern Louisiana 05/03 at South Carolina 05/03 at South Carolina 05/04 at South Carolina SEC Tournament - Baton Rouge, La. 05/08 Auburn 05/09 No. 3 Alabama NCAA Regional - Baton Rouge, La. 05/16 Mississippi Valley State 05/17 No. 16 Louisiana-Lafayette 05/17 East Carolina 05/18 No. 16 Louisiana-Lafayette

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Record: 34-18-1, 15-10-1 SEC NCAA Tempe Regional Oceanic Paradise Classic - Honolulu, Hawai`i 02/05 vs. UAB W 10-5 02/06 vs. No. 10 Oklahoma L 8-0 [5] 02/06 at Hawai`i W 6-5 02/07 vs. UAB L 5-3 02/07 at Hawai`i W 6-5 (9) 02/11 McNeese State W 6-0 Easton Tiger Classic - Baton Rouge, La. 02/13 Ohio State L 2-0 (8) 02/14 No. 5 Texas A&M W 6-5 (8) 02/15 No. 5 Texas A&M W 4-3 02/15 Sam Houston State L 1-0 (8) Easton Purple & Gold Challenge - Baton Rouge, La. 02/20 Northern Iowa W 3-2 (8) 02/21 Texas State W 8-0 [5] 02/21 UAB W 8-3 02/22 UAB W 11-0 [5] 02/25 Southern Miss W 3-1 03/04 Nicholls State W 8-0 [5] 03/07 Kentucky W 3-2 03/07 Kentucky L 6-5 (8) 03/08 Kentucky W 10-2 [5] 03/11 Baylor W 4-3 03/14 at No. 8 Georgia L 6-5 03/18 No. 2 Alabama W 3-2 03/18 No. 2 Alabama W 6-5 03/21 at Mississippi State W 5-4 03/21 at Mississippi State W 4-1 W 7-5 03/22 at Mississippi State 03/24 at Ole Miss L 3-2 (10) 03/24 at Ole Miss W 5-2 04/01 at Southern Miss W 4-2 L 2-1 04/04 No. 13 Tennessee 04/04 No. 13 Tennessee L 7-4 04/05 No. 13 Tennessee T 3-3

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The 2010 team recorded a 24-game winning streak, the third-longest in school history behind the 1996-97 baseball and 1980-81 men’s basketball squads. 04/07 at Nicholls State 04/10 at Arkansas 04/10 at Arkansas 04/11 at Arkansas 04/15 Southeastern Louisiana 04/15 Southeastern Louisiana 04/18 No. 1 Florida 04/18 No. 1 Florida 04/19 No. 1 Florida 04/22 at McNeese State 04/25 South Carolina 04/25 South Carolina 04/26 South Carolina 05/02 at Auburn 05/02 at Auburn 05/03 at Auburn SEC Tournament - Knoxville, Tenn. 05/07 at No. 18 Tennessee NCAA Regional - Tempe, Ariz. 05/15 vs. Cal State Fullerton 05/16 at No. 9 Arizona State 05/17 at No. 9 Arizona State 05/17 at No. 9 Arizona State

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Record: 45-16, 20-8 SEC NCAA Baton Rouge Regional Time Warner Texas Invitational - Austin, Texas 02/12 vs. No. 19 North Carolina L 1-0 02/12 vs. No. 21 DePaul W 4-1 02/13 at Texas L 2-1 02/13 vs. No. 19 North Carolina W 6-3 02/14 at Texas L 2-1 02/17 Louisiana-Monroe W 6-1 Wilson/DeMarini Tiger Classic - Baton Rouge, La. 02/19 Virginia W 3-0 02/19 Oklahoma State W 6-4 02/20 No. 4 Michigan L 2-0 02/20 Oklahoma State W 5-1 02/21 Virginia W 8-0 [6] 02/24 Southeastern Louisiana W 11-0 [5] Tiger Invitational - Baton Rouge, La. 02/26 Southern W 6-0 [6] 02/27 Houston W 2-0 02/27 Jacksonville State W 4-1 02/28 Houston W 5-4 (9) 02/28 Jacksonville State W 5-1 Purple & Gold Challenge - Baton Rouge, La. 03/05 Syracuse W 9-1 [6] 03/05 South Alabama W 11-0 [5] 03/06 Campbell W 8-0 [5] 03/06 Campbell W 2-1 (8) 03/07 Syracuse W 9-2 03/13 at South Carolina W 5-0 03/13 at South Carolina W 9-0 [6] 03/14 at South Carolina W 10-0 [6]

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03/17 Ole Miss W 03/17 Ole Miss W 03/20 Auburn W W 03/20 Auburn W 03/21 Auburn 03/23 Nicholls State W 03/24 at Southeastern Louisiana W W 03/31 at McNeese State L 04/03 at No. 6 Florida L 04/03 at No. 6 Florida L 04/04 at No. 6 Florida L 04/07 at No. 6 Alabama L 04/07 at No. 6 Alabama W 04/10 Mississippi State W 04/10 Mississippi State W 04/11 Mississippi State W 04/14 at Nicholls State W 04/17 Arkansas W 04/17 Arkansas W 04/18 Arkansas L 04/21 McNeese State 04/24 at Kentucky W W 04/25 at Kentucky W 04/25 at Kentucky W 04/29 No. 8 Georgia W 04/30 No. 8 Georgia L 04/30 No. 8 Georgia L 05/08 at No. 18 Tennessee W 05/08 at No. 18 Tennessee 05/09 at No. 18 Tennessee L SEC Tournament - Fayetteville, Ark. W 05/13 vs. Kentucky W 05/14 vs. No. 5 Florida L 05/15 vs. No. 4 Alabama NCAA Regional - Baton Rouge, La. W 05/21 McNeese State 05/22 Louisiana-Lafayette L 05/22 No. 20 Texas A&M L

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Record: 40-18, 19-9 SEC NCAA College Station Regional Tiger Classic - Baton Rouge, La. 02/11 Louisiana Tech W 02/11 Bowling Green W 02/12 Bowling Green W 02/13 Purdue W 02/13 Louisiana Tech W 02/16 Southeastern Louisiana W Houston Hilton Plaza Classic - Houston, Texas 02/18 vs. Southern W 02/18 vs. No. 20 Oklahoma State L 02/19 at Houston L 02/19 vs. Nicholls State W 02/20 at Houston L 02/23 McNeese State W

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9-1 [6] 5-0 6-0 6-2 10-2 [5] 9-0 [5]

Cathedral City Classic - Palm Springs, Calif. 02/25 vs. No. 3 Arizona L 02/26 vs. No. 14 California L 02/26 vs. Fordham W 02/27 vs. Cal Poly W Purple & Gold Challenge - Baton Rouge, La. 03/04 Pittsburgh W 03/06 Hofstra W 03/06 No. 12 Texas W 03/09 No. 2 Florida L 03/09 No. 2 Florida L 03/11 at No. 1 Georgia L 03/12 at No. 1 Georgia L 03/12 at No. 1 Georgia L 03/16 at Southern Miss L 03/18 No. 24 Kentucky L 03/19 No. 24 Kentucky W 03/20 No. 24 Kentucky W 03/23 at Nicholls State W 04/01 at Arkansas W 04/02 at Arkansas W 04/03 at Arkansas W 04/06 Nicholls State W 04/08 No. 1 Alabama W 04/09 No. 1 Alabama W 04/10 No. 1 Alabama W 04/13 at McNeese State W 04/15 No. 6 Tennessee L 04/16 No. 6 Tennessee L 04/17 No. 6 Tennessee L 04/20 at No. 25 Auburn W 04/20 at No. 25 Auburn W 04/22 at Ole Miss W 04/23 at Ole Miss W 04/24 at Ole Miss W 04/27 Southern Miss W 04/29 at Mississippi State W W 04/30 at Mississippi State 05/01 at Mississippi State W 05/06 South Carolina W 05/07 South Carolina W 05/08 South Carolina W SEC Tournament - Oxford, Miss. 05/12 vs. No. 8 Georgia L NCAA Regional - College Station, Texas 05/20 vs. Syracuse L 05/21 vs. Sacred Heart W W 05/21 vs. Syracuse 05/22 vs. No. 18 Texas A&M L NOTE: Tournament games in Italics

12-0 [5] 5-3 5-4 (8) 11-2 [5] 1-0 (8) 7-1

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4-1 11-3 6-2 7-4 4-0 1-0 (9) 2-1 8-1 5-0 6-3 8-0 [5] 12-0 [5] 7-0 6-1 2-1 4-1 8-0 [5] 8-0 10-1 1-0 8-0 [5] 2-1 (14) 3-1 (10) 2-0 4-2 (9) 6-0 11-0 7-2 7-3 1-0 8-0 4-0 4-0 2-0 4-2 7-6 3-1 3-2 6-1 8-0 [5] 9-0 [5] 3-0 (11) 10-0 [6] 5-0 3-1 (9)


All-Time Records/Coaching Records Opponent Alabama Alabama A&M Alcorn State Arizona Arizona State Arkansas Arkansas-Pine Bluff Auburn Ball State Baylor Boston College Bowling Green Bradley Bucknell Butler California Cal Poly Cal State Fullerton Cal State Northridge Campbell Centenary Central Michigan Chattanooga Coastal Carolina College of Charleston Colorado State Columbia Connecticut Cornell DePaul East Carolina East Tennessee State Eastern Illinois Eastern Michigan Florida Florida Atlantic Florida State Fordham Fresno State Georgia Georgia State Grambling State Hawai`i Hofstra Houston Illinois Illinois-Chicago Indiana Iowa

Series Record 34-27 2-0 3-0 1-8 4-7 45-8 1-0 43-12 2-0 5-0 1-0 4-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-5 2-0 3-1 1-0 2-0 13-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 0-2 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-2 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 28-18 1-1 2-1 2-0 2-1 29-18 1-0 6-0 4-0 2-0 6-3 2-2 2-0 2-0 1-0

Opponent Jackson State Jacksonville State Kansas Kent State Kentucky Long Beach State Long Island Louisiana-Lafayette (1) Louisiana-Monroe (2) Louisiana Tech Louisville Massachusetts McNeese State Memphis Mercer Michigan Michigan State Middle Tennessee State Mississippi State Mississippi Valley State Missouri Missouri State Mobile Nebraska New Mexico New Mexico State Nicholls State North Carolina Northern Iowa Northwestern Northwestern State Notre Dame Ohio Ohio State Oklahoma Oklahoma State Ole Miss Oregon State Pacific Penn State Pittsburgh Portland State Princeton Purdue Rhode Island Robert Morris Sacred Heart Samford Sam Houston State

Series Record 5-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 35-3 2-0 1-0 12-6 6-0 12-0 1-0 2-1 21-2 2-0 1-0 1-4 1-0 2-0 42-5 2-0 2-0 1-0 3-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 22-1 1-1 2-0 0-1 22-0 1-0 3-0 3-1 6-3 3-1 41-6 0-2 1-0 2-1 1-0 3-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1

Opponent San Diego State Santa Clara Seton Hall South Alabama South Carolina South Dakota State South Florida Southeastern Louisiana Southern Southern Illinois Southern Miss Stanford Stephen F. Austin Stetson St. John’s Syracuse Tennessee Texas Texas A&M Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Texas-San Antonio Texas Southern Texas State (3) Texas Tech Troy (4) Tulsa UAB UCLA UC Riverside UC Santa Barbara UNLV Utah Villanova Virginia Washington West Florida Western Kentucky Western Michigan Wichita State Winthrop Wisconsin

LSU Series Record 1-0 1-0 2-1 3-0 34-12 1-0 3-0 16-1 7-0 0-1 20-5 2-3 7-1 1-1 1-0 3-1 20-22-1 2-3 2-2 3-0 3-0 2-0 4-0 4-0 5-0 4-0 4-1 1-5 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 5-0 5-7 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 2-0

Series Records begin with 1997 Season Bold indicates 2012 Opponents (1) Formerly Southwestern Louisiana (2) Formerly Northeast Louisiana (3) Formerly Southwest Texas State (4) Formerly Troy State

LSU COACHING RECORDS Year 1979 1980 1981 1997 1998* 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Coach Overall W-L PCT. SEC W-L Carol Smith 16-7 .696 -- -Carol Smith 15-9 .625 -- -Carol Smith 14-12 .538 -- -Cathy Compton 44-14 .759 18-6 Cathy Compton 56-12 .824 23-6 Glenn Moore 2-2 .500 Glenn Moore 56-10 .848 27-3 Glenn Moore 59-13 .819 26-4 Yvette Girouard 59-11 .843 26-4 Yvette Girouard 56-11 .836 25-4 Yvette Girouard 50-18 .735 20-9 Yvette Girouard 57-12 .826 22-6 Yvette Girouard 31-23 .574 12-18 Yvette Girouard 55-14 .797 22-8 Yvette Girouard 55-12 .821 22-6 Yvette Girouard 44-18 .710 17-11 Yvette Girouard 34-18-1 .651 15-10-1 Yvette Girouard 45-16 .738 20-8 Yvette Girouard 40-18 .690 19-9

Totals Notes 3 Carol Smith 45-28 .616 -- -- 2 Cathy Compton 100-26 .794 41-12 2 Glenn Moore 117-25 .824 53-7 11 Yvette Girouard 526-171-1 .754 220-93-1 15^ 15 Seasons 743-222-1 .770 314-112-1

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.750 .793

2nd West 1st West

.900 .867 .867 .862 .690 .786 .400 .733 .786 .607 .596 .714 .678

1st West 1st West 1st West 1st West 2nd West 1st West T-3rd West 2nd West 1st West 2nd West 2nd West 2nd West 2nd West

.773 .883 .702 .737

2 SEC West Championships and 1 NCAA Regional Appearance 2 SEC Regular Season Championships and 2 NCAA Regional Appearances 2 WCWS, 2 NCAA Super Regionals and 10 NCAA Regional Appearances 2 WCWS, 2 NCAA Super Regionals and 13 NCAA Regional Appearances

SEC Western Division Champion SEC Western Division Champion; NCAA Regional Runner-up NCAA Regional SEC Regular Season & Tournament Champion NCAA Regional Runner-up; SEC Regular Season Champion   WCWS 3rd Place; SEC Regular Season & Tournament Champion NCAA Regional; SEC Regular Season & Tournament Champion NCAA Regional; SEC Tournament Runner-up WCWS 3rd Place; SEC Champion; SEC Tournament Champion NCAA Super Regionals NCAA Super Regionals; SEC West & Tournament Champions NCAA Regional Runner-up NCAA Regional Runner-up NCAA Regional; SEC Tournament Runner-up NCAA Regional Runner-up

* - Moore was named head coach prior to the NCAA Regional; ^ - Total record indicates NCAA seasons only.

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LSU in the Polls

LSU NFCA/ USA Today 1997 April 30 May 7

No. 24 No. 23

1998 Feb. 25 March 4 March 11 March 18 March 25 April1 April 8 April 15 April 22 April 29 May 6 Final

No. 20 No. 19 No. 16 No. 15 No. 15 No. 14 No. 13 No. 11 No. 10 No. 10 No. 12 No. 13

1999 Preseason March 3 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 April 7 April 14 April 21 April 28 May 5 May 12 Final

No. 9 No. 12 No. 13 No. 13 No. 11 No. 11 No. 10 No. 9 No. 7 No. 7 No. 7 No. 7 No. 11

2000 Preseason Feb. 23 March 1 March 8 March 15 March 22 March 29 April 5 April 12 April 19 April 26 May 3 May 10 Final

No. 7 No. 4 No. 5 No. 8 No. 8 No. 9 No. 9 No. 8 No. 7 No. 7 No. 7 No. 7 No. 7 No. 9

2001 Preseason Feb. 21 Feb. 28 March 7 March 14 March 21 March 28 April 4 April 11 April 18 April 25 May 2 May 9 Final

No. 8 No. 6 No. 8 No. 8 No. 8 No. 7 No. 7 No. 6 No. 5 No. 5 No. 5 No. 4 No. 3 No. 3

2002 Preseason Feb. 20 Feb. 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17 April 24 May 1 May 8 Final

No. 4 No. 5 No. 5 No. 4 No. 4 No. 5 No. 5 No. 5 No. 5 No. 5 No. 3 No. 3 No. 3 No. 9

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2003 Preseason Feb. 19 Feb. 26 March 5 March 11 March 18 March 25 April 1 April 8 April 15 April 22 April 29 May 6 Final

No. 7 No. 9 No. 8 No. 7 No. 8 No. 8 No. 11 No. 11 No. 11 No. 11 No. 11 No. 10 No. 12 No. 15

2004 Preseason Feb. 18 Feb. 25 March 3 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 April 7 April 14 April 21 April 28 May 5 May 12 Final

No. 14 No. 13 No. 12 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 8 No. 6 No. 6 No. 6 No. 6 No. 5 No. 5 No. 3 No. 3

2005 Preseason Feb. 16 Feb. 23 March 2 March 9 March 16 March 23

No. 5 No. 9 No. 10 No. 12 No. 12 No. 15 No. 22

2006 Feb. 15 Feb. 22 March 1 March 8 March 15 March 22 March 29 April 5 April 12 April 19 April 26 May 3 May 10 Final

T-No. 25 No. 20 No. 19 No. 13 No. 12 No. 13 No. 11 No. 11 No. 11 No. 11 No. 11 No. 11 No. 12 No. 11

2007 Preseason Feb. 14 Feb. 21 Feb. 28 March 7 March 14 March 21 March 28 April 4 April 11 April 18 April 25 May 2 May 9 Final

No. 9 No. 8 No. 8 No. 7 No. 10 No. 10 No. 8 No. 6 No. 6 No. 6 No. 6 No. 6 No. 4 No. 5 No. 10

2008 Preseason Feb. 12 Feb. 19 Feb. 26 March 4 March 11

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2009 Preseason Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 24 March 3 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 April 7 April 14 April 21 April 28 May 5 May 12 Final

No. 19 No. 21 No. 22 No. 20 No. 19 No. 20 No. 21 No. 17 No. 18 No. 18 No. 18 No. 19 No. 20 No. 20 No. 23 No. 19

2010 Preseason Feb. 16 Feb. 23 March 2 March 9 March 16 March 23 March 30 April 6 April 13 April 20 April 27 May 4 May 11 Final

No. 18 No. 19 No. 16 No. 16 No. 14 No. 14 No. 13 No. 12 No. 14 No. 15 No. 16 No. 17 No. 16 No. 17 No. 19

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2011 Preseason Feb. 15 Feb. 22 March 1 March 8 March 15 March 22 April 12 April 19 April 26 May 3 May 10 May 17

No. 19 No. 18 No. 20 No. 21 No. 21 No. 25 No. 25 No. 21 No. 23 No. 21 No. 21 No. 21 No. 20

ESPN/USA Softball 2003 Feb. 25 March 4 March 11 March 18 March 25 April 1 April 8 April 15 April 22 April 29 May 6 May 13 Final

No. 8 No. 7 No. 9 No. 10 No. 12 No. 13 No. 11 No. 12 No. 12 No. 11 No. 13 No. 13 No. 17

2004 Preseason Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 24 March 2 March 9 March 16 March 23 March 30 April 6 April 13 April 20 April 27

No. 15 No. 17 No. 16 No. 13 No. 5 No. 5 No. 5 No. 5 No. 5 No. 4 No. T-3 No. 2 No. 3

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No. 4 No. 2 No. 3 No. 3

2005 Preseason Feb. 8 Feb. 15 Feb. 22 March 1 March 8 March 15 March 22 March 29

No. 8 No. 7 No. 10 No. 10 No. 13 No. 13 No. 15 No. 19 No. 25

2006 Feb. 14 Feb. 21 Feb. 28 March 7 March 14 March 21 March 28 April 4 April 11 April 18 April 25 May 2 May 5 May 16 Final

No. 25 No. 19 No. 19 No. 13 No. 13 No. 14 No. 12 No. 12 No. 11 No. 11 No. 10 No. 11 No. 11 No. 10 No. 10

2007 Preseason Feb. 13 Feb. 20 Feb. 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17 April 24 May 1

No. 7 No. T-5 No. 6 No. 6 No. 9 No. 12 No. 9 No. 6 No. 5 No. 6 No. 6 No. 5 No. 4

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No. 6 No. 3 No. 10

2008 Preseason Feb. 12 Feb. 19 Feb. 26 March 4 March 11 March 18 March 25 April 1 April 8 April 15 April 22 April 29 May 13 Final

No. 7 No. 8 No. T-7 No. 12 No. 12 No. 11 No. 10 No. 8 No. 11 No. 13 No. 16 No. 16 No. 16 No. 14 No. 19

2009 Preseason Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Feb. 24 March 3 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 April 7 April 14 April 21 April 28 May 5 May 12 Final

No. 17 No. 20 No. 25 No. 23 No. 22 No. 22 No. 20 No. 17 No. 17 No. 19 No. 19 No. 21 No. 22 No. 23 No. 23 No. 19

2010 Preseason Feb. 16 Feb. 23 March 2 March 9 March 16 March 23

No. 13 No. 17 No. 15 No. 16 No. 15 No. 14 No. 12

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No. 12 No. 14 No. 13 No. 12 No. 12 No. 11 No. 11 No. 18

2011 Preseason Feb. 15 Feb. 22 March 1 March 8 March 15 March 22 April 12 April 19 April 26 May 3 May 10 May 17 Final

No. 16 No. 16 No. 20 No. 21 No. 21 No. 25 No. 24 No. 19 No. 24 No. 23 No. 23 No. 21 No. 22 No. 22


Miscellaneous Stats/Streaks MISCELLANEOUS STATS MULTI-HIT GAMES [SEASON] 30 Ashlee Ducote 29 Kirsten Shortridge 27 Stephanie Hastings 26 Kirsten Shortridge 26 LaDonia Hughes 25 Leslie Klein 25 Jodi Otten 24 Lauren Castle 24 Trena Peel 24 Stephanie Hastings

2000 2010 2001 2009 2004 2006 1998 2004 2004 2000

MULTI-HIT GAMES [CAREER] 83 Stephanie Hastings 80 Ashlee Ducote 78 Leslie Klein 78 Trena Peel 75 Tara Asbill 72 Dee Douglas 62 Lauren Castle 61 Rachel Mitchell 55 Kirsten Shortridge 55 Stephanie Hill

1998-2001 1997-2000 2004-2007 1999-2002 1997-2000 1998-2001 2004-2006 2007-2010 2009-2010 2003-2006

MULTI-RBI GAMES [SEASON] 17 Leslie Klein 16 Ashlee Ducote 15 Leslie Klein 14 Rachel Mitchell 14 Rachel Mitchell 14 Killian Roessner 14 Tara Asbill 13 Anissa Young 13 Leslie Klein 13 Stephanie Hill 13 Tessa Lynam 13 Shaunte’ Fremin

2007 2000 2004 2010 2008 2008 1998 2011 2006 2004 2002 2000

MULTI-RBI GAMES [CAREER] 52 Leslie Klein 47 Rachel Mitchell 42 Tara Asbill 39 Ashlee Ducote 35 Christy Conner

2004-2007 2007-2010 1997-2000 1997-2000 2001-2003

32 32 32 31 31

Anissa Young Killian Roessner Trena Peel Quinlan Duhon Julie Wiese

2009-2011 2005-2008 1999-2002 2005-2008 2001-2004

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GRAND SLAMS Player Opponent Date Grambling State 02/23/97 Ashlee Ducote Shaunte’ Fremin Tennessee 04/24/98 Trena Peel Mississippi State 04/10/99 Tara Asbill at Tennessee 04/30/99 Ashlee Ducote at Texas 02/18/00 vs. Illinois-Chicago 02/24/01 Trena Peel Julie Wiese at Coastal Carolina 03/28/01 Camille Harris at Mississippi State 03/26/03 Alicia Owen Ole Miss 04/18/03 Camille Harris Auburn 04/24/04 Stephen F. Austin 02/11/06 Lauren Castle Vanessa Soto Centenary 02/10/07 Kristen Hobbs Memphis 02/11/07 Erika Sluss vs. Portland State 03/02/07 Andrea Smith at McNeese State 03/28/07 at Stanford 05/19/07 Rachel Mitchell Erika Sluss at Kentucky 04/09/08 Rachel Mitchell at Tennessee 04/19/08 Anissa Young vs. UAB 02/05/09 Juliana Santos Kentucky 03/08/09 Kirsten Shortridge South Carolina 04/25/09 Ashley Langoni at Arizona State 05/16/09 Anissa Young at Arizona State 05/16/09 WALKOFF HOME RUNS Ashlee Ducote Georgia Tara Asbill vs. Texas Tech Trena Peel Mississippi State Ashlee Ducote Alabama at Texas Ashlee Ducote ^ Tessa Lynam ^ Northwestern State Christy Conner Nicholls State Alicia Owen ^ Ole Miss Killian Roessner vs. Pacific Killian Roessner ^ Auburn Shannon Stein ^ Arkansas Ashley Langoni ^ Houston Courtney Hollier ^ Campbell

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MISCELLANEOUS STREAKS OVERALL STREAKS LONGEST WINNING STREAK 24 games (February 20 - March 31, 2010) LONGEST HOME WINNING STREAK 30 games (April 12, 2006 - March 18, 2007) LONGEST LOSING STREAK 9 games (March 13-30, 2005) LONGEST HOME LOSING STREAK 4 games (March 25, 2005 - April 6, 2005) MOST CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS 7 (Feb. 12-22, 2006)

LONGEST LOSING STREAK 9 games (March 13, 2005 - March 30, 2005)

MOST SEC WINS IN A SEASON 27 (1999)

LONGEST HOME LOSING STREAK 4 games (March 25, 2005 - April 6, 2005)

FEWEST LOSSES IN A SEASON 10 (1999)

MOST CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS 4 (April 20-24, 2011; April 1-8, 2006; April 27 - May 1, 2002; March 20-24, 2002; April 22-30, 2000)

FEWEST SEC LOSSES IN A SEASON 3 (1999)

MOST CONSECUTIVE HOME SHUTOUTS 4 (April 1-8, 2006; March 20-24, 2002; April 22-30, 2000; April 16 - May 7, 1999;) CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITHOUT BEING SHUTOUT 67 (April 21, 1998 - May 5, 2000)

MOST CONSECUTIVE HOME SHUTOUTS 7 (Feb. 12-22, 2006) CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITHOUT BEING SHUTOUT 63 (Feb. 13 - May 20, 1999) CONSECUTIVE HOME GAMES W/OUT BEING SHUTOUT 63 (Feb. 19, 2001 - Feb. 8, 2003)

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CONSECUTIVE HOME GAMES W/OUT BEING SHUTOUT 69 (April 21, 1998 - March 24, 2007) CONSECUTIVE SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 4 (1999-2000-2001-2002) CONSECUTIVE SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 2 (2001-2002) CONSECUTIVE SEC WESTERN DIVISION TITLES 6 (1997-1998-1999-2000-2001-2002)

LONGEST HOME WINNING STREAK 16 games (March 18, 2000 - April 3, 2001; April 2, 1999 - March 17, 2000)

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MOST SEC SHUTOUTS IN A SEASON 17 (2002) CONSECUTIVE WEEKS RANKED IN THE TOP 25 103 (Feb. 28, 1998 - March 30, 2005) CONSECUTIVE WEEKS RANKED IN THE TOP 10 48 (Preseason 2000 - March 18, 2003)

MOST WINS IN A SEASON 59 (2001, 2000)

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MOST SHUTOUTS IN A SEASON 35 (2002)

LONGEST WINNING STREAK 15 games (April 4 - May 5, 2001)

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Dr. John V. Lombardi President, Louisiana State University System

Dr. John V. Lombardi is the fifth individual to serve as the President of the Louisiana State University System. As its Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Lombardi oversees 11 institutions, including five academic campuses, as well as 10 public hospitals located throughout the state. He is also a Professor of History at Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College. Dr. Lombardi was born in Los Angeles, California and attended Pomona College where he earned his bachelor’s degree. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history from Columbia University. He joined the faculty in the Department of History at Indiana University, where he later served as Dean of International Programs and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. In 1987, he became Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University. From 1990-1999, Dr. Lombardi was President of the University of Florida. Prior to his appointment as President of the LSU System, he served as Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is a Latin American historian, with a special interest in Venezuela. Dr. Lombardi is also one of the country’s foremost authorities in higher education, serving as Co-Editor of The Top American Research Universities. He is the author of numerous professional publications, and along with his wife, Cathryn, co-authored a teaching atlas on Latin American History. He has taught courses in history, intercollegiate sports, and university management.

LSU Board of Supervisors

Ronald Anderson Baton Rouge, La. District 6

Dr. Jack A. Andonie Metairie, La. District 1

R. Blake Chatelain Alexandria, La. District 5

Garret “Hank” Danos Larose, La. District 3 Chairman

Stanley J. Jacobs New Orleans, La. District 1

Alvin Kimble Baton Rouge, La. District 6

Raymond Lasseigne Bossier City, La. District 4

J. Stephen Perry New Orleans, La. District 2

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Rod West New Orleans, La. District 2

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Tony Falterman Napoleonville­, La. District 3

Dr. John George Shreveport, La. District 4

Jack E. Lawton Jr. Sulphur, La. District 7

Laura A. Leach Lake Charles, La. District 7

James Moore Monroe, La. District 5

Robert Yarborough Baton Rouge, La. Member-at-large

Ryan Perkins Shreveport, La. Student Representative

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Dr. Michael V. Martin Chancellor, LSU

Dr. Michael V. Martin assumed the chancellorship of Louisiana State University and A&M College on August 1, 2008. Prior to his appointment as LSU’s eighth chancellor, Dr. Martin established a distinguished career in higher education, serving most recently as president of New Mexico State University. Before arriving at NMSU in 2004, Dr. Martin served for six years as vice president for agriculture and natural resources at the University of Florida, leading the university’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. He was elevated to senior vice president of the University of Florida shortly before being selected as NMSU’s president. Previously, he was vice president for agricultural policy and the dean of the College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences at the University of Minnesota. He began his academic career at Oregon State University as a faculty member in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. An academic leader dedicated to the land-grant mission, Dr. Martin is recognized as a strong voice for higher education. In 2007, he received the Justin Smith Morrill Memorial Award, named after the author of the bill creating land-grant universities, which honors outstanding service on behalf of the land-grant mission. Only six individuals have been designated to receive this award since it was first given in 1980. For his leadership in improving the quality of life for New Mexico citizens and future generations, he was awarded the 2008 Distinguished Leadership Award by Leadership New Mexico. Other recent awards include his recognition as a powerbroker by The New Mexico Business Weekly in 2006, being named Outstanding Alumnus of Minnesota State University Mankato in 2006, and receiving the NMSU Social Justice Award in 2005. Dr. Martin is involved in a wide array of professional and community organizations and activities. An active scholar, Dr. Martin has authored numerous book chapters and articles for academic journals, trade publications, and the popular press and recently published pieces for The Chronicle of Higher Education and University Business. Some of his philosophy is summed up in the following quote: “It is the tradition of land-grant universities to be nontraditional,” written as part of a 2001 article titled “The LandGrant University in the 21st Century,” published in the Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. He traced the history of the

land-grant movement from the mid-1800s and concluded that “the fundamental land-grant principles of accessibility, practical as well as classical education, research and discovery in the public interest, and connectedness to all the people remain powerful and profound.” A native of Crosby, Minn., Dr. Martin earned a bachelor’s degree in business and economics and a master’s degree in economics at Mankato State College (Minnesota State University) in Minnesota. He received his Ph.D. in applied economics from the University of Minnesota in 1977. Dr. Martin and his wife, Jan, have two children, both adopted from South Korea. Amanda, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, is a graphic artist in Saint Paul, Minn. Sam, who holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota and a master’s from Sarah Lawrence College, is a genetics counselor at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City.

Bill Demastes Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. Bill Demastes, a professor of English at LSU, is in his first season as Faculty Athletics Representative. Education University of Wisconsin-Madison Field of Study Specialization University of Georgia, Athens Specialization University of California-Berkeley

Ph.D. English, December 1986 Drama as Genre 20th-Century American and British Drama M.A. English, June 1979 19th-Century American Literature A.B. Philosophy, June 1977

Honors, Awards Harry Ransom Summer Fellowship, University of Texas, Summer 2011 Tiger Athletic Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Award University College, 2010 Alumni Professorship, 2009-Present LSU Rainmaker (Top 100 Faculty) 2009 Board of Regents Research Grant, Fall 2008 ATLAS Grant (Award to Louisiana Artists and Scholars) recipient, 2006-2007 LSU Distinguished Faculty Award, 2002 LSU Alumni Association Faculty Excellence Award, 2000 President, American Theatre and Drama Society, 2001-2003

Significant LSU Administrative Assignments Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, 2001-2004 Director, Undergraduate Studies, Dept. of English, 1999-2001, 2010-2011 Associate Chair, Dept. of English, 1998-1999 Director, Master of Arts in Liberal Arts [MALA]) Program, 1996-2004 Director of Graduate Studies, Dept. of English, 1992-1994, 2005-2006

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Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics

Joe Alleva LSU Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Joe Alleva continues to bring unprecedented national recognition to LSU as Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics. Under Alleva’s leadership, LSU enjoys one of the country’s premier athletics programs with success on and off the field of competition. Now in his fourth season at LSU, Alleva is dedicated to athletic and academic excellence, and is committed to providing the opportunities and the resources necessary for student-athletes to excel in competition, in the classroom and in the community. Alleva joined the LSU family on April 4, 2008 after a highly successful tenure as director of athletics at Duke University for 10 years. Alleva’s role at LSU was further expanded in August of 2009 when vice chancellor was added to his title by the LSU Board of Supervisors. It is the first time in school history that the director of athletics has also held a vice chancellor position. Alleva was recently appointed to a five-year term on the prestigious NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee, reinforcing his position as one of the most respected athletic administrators in the country. Upon his arrival at LSU, Alleva unveiled a strategic master plan for the LSU athletics program -- “LSU: Thru and True” -- to ensure the advancement and future of LSU Athletics as an exemplary program. The central mission of the plan is to create an environment for student-athletes to reach their ultimate potential, prepare them to be champions in life and to set out goals and values for the entire athletics program. Alleva’s vision for LSU athletics facilities includes plans to enhance the appearance of Tiger Stadium and transform the North Stadium Drive corridor into a showplace for the university. Under his direction, LSU’s world-renowned track and field program received a state-of the-art running surface last year when a new track was installed in Bernie Moore Stadium. Extensive renovations to the Tiger soccer facility will be completed this fall, and future plans include a new gymnastics practice facility, a tennis complex, and renovations to the Maravich Center and field house. Alleva directed a major renovation to the University Club golf course that was completed in September 2010 and allows the LSU men’s and women’s golf teams to compete on one of the most challenging courses in the country. The renovated course helped prepare Tiger golfers John Peterson and Austin Ernst, respectively, to win 2011 NCAA men’s and women’s individual championships, marking the first time both titles were claimed by players from the same school. The Lady Tiger golfers were third in the final team standings, marking the highest finish in LSU history. LSU Athletics completed another highly successful year in 2010-11, highlighted by a Fighting Tiger football squad that posted an 11-2 mark – including a Cotton Bowl victory – and finished the season ranked No. 8 in the nation. The 2010-11 athletic year also featured Top 5 national finishes both indoors and outdoors by the men’s and women’s track and field teams.

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In 2008-09, all 20 LSU sports competed in NCAA postseason play for the first time in school history and the Tiger baseball team won the national championship. This past year LSU ranked second among Southeastern Conference teams in the Learfield Director’s Cup All-Sports standings and finished in the Top 20 for the sixth year in a row. Alleva ensures that the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes is a first-class facility that provides student-athletes the resources necessary for success in the classroom and personal development. The facility was recently enhanced by the addition of a media training center that gives student-athletes valuable assistance in improving their communications skills. And with a strong emphasis on community service and outreach programs, the implementation under Alleva’s direction of the “Geaux Givers” program fosters a relationship between the local community and LSU student-athletes, who regularly participate in philanthropic events. In addition, Alleva has bolstered the department’s L-Club program to reach out and connect with former student-athletes. Alleva oversees a staff of outstanding coaches and he made two critical additions to LSU’s coaching staff in the off-season. He lured the dynamic Nikki Caldwell to LSU to coach the Lady Tiger basketball team and then hired Beth Torina to direct the Tiger softball program, bringing a new wealth of knowledge and passion to the LSU women’s sports program. Alleva is an innovator with bold ideas that benefit not only LSU but all of Greater Baton Rouge. He has been instrumental in the planning of the Bayou Country Superfest,

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a two-day country music concert and festival held in Tiger Stadium each spring. The event attracts nearly 100,000 visitors to the LSU campus and makes a tremendous economic impact upon the local community. Alleva has served on numerous national committees throughout his career including the Football Bowl Certification Committee, the NCAA Division I Championships/ Competition Cabinet and several Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference committees. He became director of athletics at Duke in 1998 and his impressive tenure there propelled the university into the ranks of America’s top all-around collegiate programs. Among his outstanding list of accomplishments includes the greatest 10-year period in Duke Athletics, winning more ACC and NCAA championships than in any other decade in school history. Alleva, whose hometown is Suffern, N.Y., majored in Finance at Lehigh University and received his bachelor’s degree in 1975. While at Lehigh, Alleva was the quarterback of the football team and team captain in 1974. Alleva also played on the Lehigh baseball team. He served as a graduate assistant football coach and earned an MBA in 1976. While at Duke, Alleva played a key role in Durham’s community sports scene. He started Little League Baseball in Durham over 20 years ago, and also began the American Legion baseball program. He is a member of the North Carolina American Legion Hall of Fame, Suffern High School Hall of Fame and the Rockland County Hall of Fame. Alleva and his wife, Annie, have three children, J.D., Jeff, and Jenny.

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Athletic Administration Verge Ausberry

Mark Ewing

Senior Associate AD/Operations

Senior Associate AD/Business

A former LSU football standout, Verge Ausberry joined the athletics administrative staff in August 2001 as the Associate Athletics Director for Operations. He was appointed to the position of Senior Associate Athletics Director in May 2006. Ausberry supervises and is responsible for football operations, football scheduling and new projects. He also oversees the LSU men’s and women’s track and field programs, the equipment staff, the strength and conditioning staff, the Dr. Martin Broussard training room, the video department and football game management. Ausberry, from New Iberia, La., played inside linebacker for the Tigers, lettering in 1986-89. He was part of two SEC championship teams, playing on teams that went to four bowl games. Before joining the LSU athletic administration, he was very closely involved in the athletic program, first serving for almost seven years as a member of LSU’s highly regarded Academic Center for Athletes. After leaving the Academic Center, he moved in July 1999 to the Tiger Athletic Foundation staff as part of LSU’s fundraising arm. Ausberry received his Bachelor of Science degree in education in May of 1990, his Master of Education degree in administration, supervision and certification in child welfare in May of 1992 and his specialist in higher education administration in 2004. He is presently a doctoral candidate in higher education administration at LSU. He is married to the former Cheri Morial of New Orleans and they have two boys, Austin and Jaiden.

Miriam Segar

Senior Associate AD/Senior Woman Administrator

Former LSU women’s basketball player Miriam Segar has been a part of the athletics administration since June of 1995 and was most recently named Senior Associate AD and the department’s Senior Woman Administrator after having served as Associate Athletics Director for Student Services since April 2007. She had served as Assistant Athletics Director since 2004. As LSU’s Senior Woman Administrator, Segar’s responsibilities include oversight of the highly successful Tiger Olympic Sports program including 17 men’s and women’s sports. Segar began her administrative career at LSU as the compliance coordinator where she served for three years. Following that, in 1998, Segar was named the director of the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program where she worked until 2001 when she became the Director of Student Services. While working with CHAMPS/Life Skills, Segar guided the program to the Division I Athletic Directors Program of Excellence Award in 2001. Prior to returning to her alma mater, Segar spent one year at the SEC office as the championships assistant and the officiating assistant, assisting in the management of all SEC championships and tournaments and the coordination of women’s basketball officials. Segar, the 2006 Athletic Department Female Alumnus of the Year, was a three-year captain for the Lady Tigers basketball team and received four letters from 1990 to 1994. She earned the 1994 NCAA Post-graduate Scholarship and was a member of the 1994 NCAA All-Academic team. Segar and her husband Jamie have four children -- Grant, Reid, Maggie and Hayes.

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Mark Ewing, a 27-year employee of Louisiana State University, joined the Athletics Department in January 2001, and serves as the department’s Senior Associate Athletics Director for Business. Ewing is responsible for the athletic business operations including budget, travel, personnel and purchasing as well as responsibility for concession operations. He also handles financial forecasting and management of facility maintenance operations. Ewing came to athletics from LSU’s Office of Budget and Planning. He served as LSU’s Budget Director overseeing the development and management of the university’s $360 million operating budget. Prior to his service at LSU, he was employed by Cajun Electric Power Cooperative where he managed accounting for the company’s $2 billion plus construction division. Ewing, who is a native of Pointe Coupee Parish, received a bachelor’s degree in finance from LSU in 1978 and a master’s degree in public administration from LSU in 1995. Ewing and his wife, Gail, have three daughters, Andrea, Arleen and Molly Sue.

Herb Vincent

Associate Vice-Chancellor for University Relations Senior Associate AD/External Affairs

Herb Vincent serves in the dual position of Senior Associate Athletic Director for External Affairs in the athletic department and Associate Vice Chancellor for University Relations. He was appointed Senior Associate AD in May of 2006 and assumed the additional duties of oversight of University Relations in August of 2009. Vincent manages communications and serves as the primary public relations officer for the University and all its entities. In his role in athletics, he supervises the sports information office and marketing and promotions office, serves as the primary liaison with LSU Sports Properties, and is the department administrator for the sport of baseball. Vincent was the LSU sports information director from July 1988 to July 2000. During that time he was named Assistant AD in November of 1989, and then was elevated to Associate AD for Communications in 1992. In August of 2000 Vincent became Vice President for Communications for the College Sports Southeast regional cable network, headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., before returning to LSU in 2002. He earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from LSU in 1983 and worked as a student assistant in the sports information office directed by CoSIDA Hall of Famer Paul Manasseh during his undergraduate years. After graduating from LSU, Vincent spent the 1984 season as assistant public relations director for the United States Football League’s New Orleans Breakers. In 1985, he was assistant PR director for the USFL’s Los Angeles Express and was promoted during the season to the public relations staff’s top position. Vincent also served one year as assistant SID and publications director at LouisianaLafayette and two years as assistant director of public relations for the Southeastern Conference prior to joining LSU in 1988. Vincent is the author of a book on the history of LSU football, “The LSU Football Vault.” He is married to the former Jamey Cavacini of Versailles, Ky., and they have one daughter, Kennedy.

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Senior Associate AD/Compliance and Planning

Senior Associate AD/Athletic Facility Management

Returning in 2009 to serve the department in the

Compliance Office, Bahnsen is once again proving to be a very versatile member of the athletic department. Before moving back to Compliance, Bahnsen served the previous five years, in a valuable role as Associate Athletics Director for Internal Relations, overseeing the ticket office and all customer service operations. Bahnsen oversees the Pete Maravich Assembly Center and game management for all sports except football. Prior to December of 2003, Bahnsen’s primary responsibility for the previous 14 years was to serve as LSU’s NCAA compliance officer. Bahnsen served as manager of the LSU basketball team as an undergraduate at LSU. In 1982, he became the administrative assistant for the men’s basketball team, where he worked for five years before moving into athletics administration as director of purchasing and travel for two years. In July 1987, he became administrative assistant to Athletics Director Joe Dean, overseeing the purchasing office and departmental travel operations until his promotion in 1989. In 1989, he was assigned his primary responsibility as NCAA compliance officer as assistant athletics director, and then was promoted to associate AD in 1996. Bahnsen has been responsible for overseeing the successful implementation of LSU’s Tradition Fund Program, a football-seating plan that requires contributions for the right to purchase approximately 45,000 seats in Tiger Stadium. In 2009, he helped organize the highly successful LSU celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Men’s Basketball Program. A native of Wharton, Texas, Bahnsen attended Wharton County Junior College for two years before transferring to LSU in 1979. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in physical education. Bahnsen, 51, is married to the former Karen Mayson, a former LSU golfer and current head coach of the Lady Tigers golf program. The couple has two children, Darren and Devin.

Eddie Nunez

Senior Associate AD/Internal Operations Eddie Nuñez joined the Athletics Department in October 2003 as the Director of Game and Event Management and was promoted to Associate Athletics Director for Operations and Project Development in June of 2007 and Senior Associate Athletic Director in 2009. Nuñez’s responsibilities include supervision of the men’s basketball program, men’s tennis program and the women’s tennis program. He also supervises the Event Management department as well as directs all capital projects for the athletic department. Under his guidance, the athletic department has experienced over $200 million dollars in renovations and construction of athletic facility projects. Most recently this included the renovations of Bernie Moore Track, the construction of the new baseball and softball stadiums, the LSU SportShop and the new Basketball Practice Facility. He was responsible for the negotiations of a $9.0 million dollar contract with Daktronics to replace and enhance all Video boards throughout all LSU Athletic Facilities as well as the implementation of the seat back leasing program in Tiger Stadium. Nuñez was the Athletic Department’s liaison with the Tiger Athletic Foundation and oversees all project development as well as assist in fundraising/development. As the Liaison for TAF, he oversaw the construction of the addition of the Stadium Club in Tiger Stadium and the new football operations center and also represents the athletics department on various University and community committees. Nuñez came to LSU after two years as the Director of Game and Event Management at Vanderbilt University. At Vanderbilt, along with directing the Game and Event Management department, he also assisted in construction of a New Soccer/ Lacrosse Stadium, a New Basketball Practice Facility and a New Baseball stadium as well as the renovation of several other facilities including renovation of their track facility. Prior to that, Nuñez served as men’s basketball administrative assistant at Marquette University for one year and two years as men’s basketball graduate assistant and head equipment manager for coach Billy Donovan at the University of Florida. He also played two seasons on the Florida basketball team in 1997 and 1998. The native of Miami, Fla., received his associate degree in arts and architecture from Miami-Dade Community College in 1995, his bachelor’s in sports management from the University of Florida in 1998 and his masters in sports administration from Florida in 2000. He is married to the former Jane Hess and the couple has two daughters, Elizabeth Kendall Nuñez (2) and Anna Caldwell Nuñez.

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Ronnie Haliburton, who served as director of facility services in the LSU Athletics Department for three years, was promoted to Associate Athletics Director for Athletic Facility Management in March 2007. Haliburton came to the athletics department in December of 2003 from LSU’s facility maintenance department, where he served as manager for five years. He was responsible for the overall management of custodial operations, special events crews, stock room inventory and equipment repair. Haliburton played as a tight end for the LSU football team from 1986-89, and was a member of two Southeastern Conference championship teams. He later played for the Denver Broncos for three years. He first joined LSU in an administrative capacity in 1994 as resident assistant of Broussard Hall, then the school’s athletic dormitory, before moving to the weight room as a student assistant strength coach. Haliburton became a resident manager in 1996 before being named coordinator of residence life later that year. In 1998, he became Manager of Facility Maintenance at LSU.

Brian Broussard

Assistant AD/Director of Ticket Operations A 14-year veteran of the Athletics Department, including

10 years as ticket manager, Brian Broussard was promoted to Assistant Athletics Director for Ticket Operations in July 2007. Broussard is responsible for revenue in excess of $40 million, which includes the management of ticket and parking sales and renewals for all sports, as well as Tradition Fund donations for football and baseball. Additionally, he assists Mark Ewing with the Tiger Gift Center and Tiger Concessions. Broussard began at LSU in August 1996 as an assistant ticket manager responsible for men’s basketball sales and the day-to-day operations of ticket office. In March 2000, he was promoted to ticket manager, becoming responsible for the ticketing in all sports. Prior to joining the LSU staff, Broussard was the ticket manager at Northwestern State in 1996. He worked as a promotions assistant at the University of Miami in 1995 and was the gameday club manager for the New Orleans Saints in 1994. The Gretna native earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from LSU in 1993. He is married to the former Aimee Hodges of Alexandria.

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46 National Team Championships

The 2010-11 athletic year was another successful one for LSU at the conference and national level. Women’s track and field claimed the SEC Indoor and Outdoor Championships, while the Tiger football team finished the season ranked eighth after compiling an 11-2 record and a Cotton Bowl victory. The women’s golf team earned its highest NCAA Championships finish ever by taking third as freshman Austin Ernst became the first player in school history to win the NCAA individual title. Men’s golfer John Peterson followed that up with an individual NCAA title of his own. Swimmer Jane Trepp shattered the SEC record in the 100 breaststroke and won the league title in the event.

Men’s Basketball (1) 1935 Boxing (1) 1949 Football (3) 1958, 2003, 2007 Men’s Golf (4) 1940, 1942, 1947, 1955 Men’s Indoor Track (2) 2001, 2004 Women’s Indoor Track(11) 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004 Men’s Outdoor Track (4) 1933, 1989, 1990, 2002 Women’s Outdoor Track (14) 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2008 Baseball (6) 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009

Director’s Cup LSU has garnered six straight top-20 finishes in the Learfield Sports Director’s Cup standings. 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11

20th 17th 8th 9th 19th 19th

LSU’s Aces Austin Ernst became the first women’s golfer in school history to win the NCAA individual title. Men’s golfer John Peterson followed that up with an individual NCAA title of his own. The duo’s NCAA championships are the first from the same school in a single year.

119 SEC Team Championships Baseball (14) 1939, 1943, 1946, 1961, 1975, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2009 Men’s Basketball (10) 1935, 1953, 1954, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1991, 2000, 2006, 2009 2005, 2006, 2008 Women’s Basketball (3) Football (10) 1935, 1936, 1958, 1961, 1970, 1986, 1988, 2001, 2003, 2007 Men’s Golf (15) 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1986, 1987 Women’s Golf (1) 1992 Gymnastics (1) 1981 Men’s Swimming & Diving (1) 1988 Men’s Tennis (4) 1976, 1985, 1998, 1999 Men’s Indoor Track (4) 1957, 1963, 1989, 1990 Women’s Indoor Track (12) 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2008, 2011 Men’s Outdoor Track (22) 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1988, 1989, 1990 Women’s Outdoor Track (12) 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2007, 2008 2010, 2011 Softball (5) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2009 Volleyball (5)

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In a time when subsidies for college athletics across the country are reaching an all-time high, a report published by USA Today in January 2010 indicated that LSU and Nebraska are the only two athletic departments in the nation that receive no subsidies.

LSU became the first school in NCAA history to win the men’s and women’s individual NCAA Golf Championships in the same year when John Peterson and Austin Ernst did so in 2011. Ernst and Peterson became the first LSU players in 70 years to win titles.

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LSU IMAGE MEDIA DATABASE

The media and general public can access information pertaining to all of LSU’s 20 varsity sports at www.LSUsports.net, which is the home page of LSU Athletics.

Members of the media can obtain photos on all LSU coaches and athletes as well as official LSU logos on the internet at http://media.lsusports.net. The site features head shots and action shots of all of LSU’s softball players. The site will be updated throughout the softball season. To gain access to the database, please contact Matt Dunaway in the LSU Sports Information Department for a login and password.

Media and fans can access everything from the current media guide to updated statistics and game notes at this website, which is updated everyday all year long.

MEDIA CREDENTIALS

COVERING PRACTICES

Media Credentials should be requested at least two days prior to the game. Passes will be left at the entrance to Tiger Park on the day of the game. All requests should be made by writing or calling Matt Dunaway at the LSU Sports Information Office. Season passes also can be requested in this manner.

LSU softball practices are open to the media. Head coach Beth Torina and players are available for interviews prior to practice. Please contact Matt Dunaway at (225) 578-1869 to make arrangements.

SEC MEDIA INFORMATION

A phone line is located in the press box for visiting radio broadcasts by Southeastern Conference opponents. Other teams wishing to do radio broadcasts must contact Director of Broadcasting Jim Hawthorne of the LSU Sports Network at (225) 578-1882.

• Contact: Chevonne Mansfield is the softball media director for the Southeastern Conference. Any question’s regarding SEC softball should be directed to her at (205) 458-3010. • SEC Website: The SEC Website (www.secsports.com) can be accessed 24 hours a day. Current league standings, statistics, notes, and other information regarding softball are available.

GAME INFORMATION

IMPORTANT MEDIA PHONE NUMBERS

Game information will be provided in the press box located above the bleachers directly behind home plate. NCAA boxscores and final game books will be distributed to members of the working media following each game.

LSU Sports Information LSU Sports Information Fax Matt Dunaway office Matt Dunaway cell Tiger Park Press Box

VISITING RADIO

(225) 578-8226 (225) 578-1861 (225) 578-1869 (225) 226-5034 (225) 578-0154

POST GAME INTERVIEWS Post game interviews with coaches and players from both teams will be held on the field approximately 10 minutes following the day’s final game. No interviews will be held between games of a doubleheader or after the first game of tournament play.

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LSU SOFTBALL ON THE RADIO The LSU Sports Radio Network gives Tiger softball one of the most comprehensive audiences across the nation. As Tiger softball begins its 16th season of extensive radio coverage, the LSU Sports Radio Network is scheduled to all 28 SEC games beginning with the March 14 doubleheader against Auburn. In addition, the network also will broadcast a trio of non-conference games. The LSU Sports Radio Network brings Tiger softball to its many fans with broadcasts in the Baton Rouge area on 104.5 FM. This marks the 12th season LSU softball has been on the station. Patrick Wright, the voice of Tiger softball for the previous 15 seasons, will provide all of the play-by-play action. Wright also is the voice of LSU women’s basketball and serves as one of the locker room reporters for radio broadcasts of LSU football games. For the 16th season, LSU Senior Associate SID Kent Lowe will serve as the color analyst for Tiger softball home games. LSU Associate SID Matt Dunaway joins Wright for his fourth season on the air during road games. The LSU Sports Radio Network also will cover all of the Tigers postseason games from the SEC and NCAA Tournaments.

LSU SOFTBALL ON THE INTERNET The LSU softball team was one of the first collegiate softball teams to have its games broadcast over the internet. All softball broadcasts can be heard in the GeauxZone at LSUsports.net. Members of the GeauxZone also have access to these exclusive broadcasts on demand with the purchase of a subscription. Visit LSUsports.net to join the GeauxZone today.

LSU SOFTBALL ON TELEVISION LSU softball will have six games televised during the 2012 season highlighted by a trio of games on the ESPN family of networks. As part of the SEC on ESPN television deal, LSU will have games against Alabama [April 6] and Tennessee [April 14 & 15] on the family of networks for the second consecutive year. For the second consecutive season, all seven games of the SEC Tournament also will be carried by the ESPN family of networks hosted by Alabama. As part of the SEC’s regional television package, LSU’s series finale at Alabama [April 8] will be carried on FSN/Sportsouth. Both games of the Florida doubleheader [April 24] have been picked up by CSS. In addition, Cox Sports Television will broadcast five LSU softball games during the season. Check LSUsports.net at a later date for that schedule.

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2012 Radio Schedule (Tentative) Date Opponent Time Auburn [Doubleheader] 5 p.m. March 14 March 16 Mississippi State 6 p.m. Mississippi State 4 p.m. March 17 March 18 Mississippi State 1 p.m. Georgia Tech 6 p.m. March 21 at South Carolina 5 p.m. March 23 March 24 at South Carolina 1 p.m. at South Carolina 12 p.m. March 25 March 30 Arkansas 6 p.m. March 31 Arkansas 4 p.m. Arkansas 1 p.m. April 1 April 4 Nicholls State 6 p.m. at Alabama 7 p.m. April 6 April 7 at Alabama 1:30 p.m. April 8 at Alabama 1 p.m. at Tennessee 5 p.m. April 13 April 14 at Tennessee 11 a.m. at Tennessee 3 p.m. April 15 April 18 McNeese State 6 p.m. April 20 Ole Miss 6 p.m. Ole Miss 6 p.m. April 21 April 22 Ole Miss 1 p.m. at Florida [Doubleheader] 4 p.m. April 24 April 27 Georgia 6 p.m. April 28 Georgia 4 p.m. Georgia 1 p.m. April 29 May 4 at Kentucky 5 p.m. at Kentucky 12 p.m. May 5 May 6 at Kentucky 12 p.m. May 10-12 SEC Tournament TBA NCAA Regionals TBA May 17-20 May 24-27 NCAA Super Regionals TBA TBA May 31-June 5 Women’s College World Series

2012 Television Schedule (Tentative) Date Opponent Time Network at Alabama 7 p.m. ESPNU April 6 April 8 at Alabama 1 p.m. FSN at Tennessee 11 a.m. ESPN April 14 April 15 at Tennessee 3 p.m. ESPN 4 p.m. CSS April 24 at Florida [Doubleheader] SEC Quarterfinals TBA ESPNU/ESPN2 May 13 May 14 SEC Semifinals TBA ESPNU SEC Championship TBA ESPN May 15

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Softball Fan Day

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2012 LSU Softball Camps Elite Camp

Sunday, June 17-Wednesday, June 20 8th Grade – 12th Grade Overnight and day camper option The Elite Camp is designed for players entering the eighth through 12th grade. Campers will be divided into competitive teams and will be coached by a collegiate level coach for all sessions. Sessions will be geared toward individual skills in the morning, and team concepts and game play in the afternoon. Campers will participate in a strength and conditioning session, have the opportunity to have their swing and pitching motion video analyzed, learn recruiting rules and strategies, and become familiar with collegiate academic standards. Camp Staff will include: current LSU coaching staff, current and former LSU softball players, current and former collegiate athletes, and select college coaches from around the country

Position Specific Defense Sunday, June 10-Wednesday, June 13

Pitchers, Catchers, Position Players Ages 4-6 (9am-12 pm) Ages 7 – 18 – overnight or day camper option The Pitcher/Catcher/Position Player Camp will focus on the development of pitching, catching and position players for players of all levels. Pitchers will be trained by a collegiate level staff as well as former and current LSU players. Pitchers will be divided by skill level and will learned the mechanics of pitching, improve their speed and accuracy, and/or learn and develop movement pitchers. An experienced catching staff will train catchers on the skills of blocking, receiving, throwing, calling pitches and much more. Position players will work on fundamental position play and situational defenses. Catchers and position players also will be divided by skill level. Parents, family, friends and coaches are invited to watch from the stands.

All-Skills Camp

Sunday, July 8-Wedneday, July 11 Ages 4-6 (9am-12 pm) Ages 7 – 18 – overnight or day camper option The All Skills Camp will focus on the development of all fundamental skills of the game. The camp staff will work with all skill levels in the areas of hitting, batting, base running, infield and outfield play, pitching, catching and game competition. Included in this camp are demonstrations, drills and position specific work. Campers will participate in a strength and conditioning session, and each camper will have the opportunity to have their swing video analyzed. Camp Staff will include: current LSU coaching staff, current and former LSU softball players, current and former collegiate athletes and select coaches from the state. Parents, family, friends and coaches are invited to watch from the stands.

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