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P l ay e r B i o s #3 Ashley Ford r-Freshman • C/UT 5-4 • R/R Dickson County, Tenn. Dickson County HS Major: Undeclared 2011 - Freshman Used the 2011 season as a redshirt year.
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Personal Daughter of Roger and Marcia Goranson ... Was an accomplished student as a member of the National Honors Society ... Named as the Rotary Student of the Month in February of 2010.
#18 Libby Goranson
Prep Lettered all four years of her prep career for coach Michael Shane Buchanan at Dickson County High ... Served as a catcher, first baseman and the designated player throughout her career with the Cougars ... Finished her career batting .320 with a .535 slugging percentage ... Named Co-Defensive Player of the Year while leading DCHS to a district 10AAA championship and a 30-11 record in 2009. Club Played travel ball with the Nashville Nighthawks 18-Under Gold ... Led the team with a .350 batting average, .590 slugging percentage and a .996 fielding percentage all while throwing out 36 of 42 would-be base stealers. Personal Daughter of Carroll and Tamara Ford ... Is an active member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Health Occupations Students of America.
Sophomore • First Base 5-6 • L/L Southaven, Miss. DeSoto Central HS Major: Undeclared
#1 Ijiah Hargrove
2011 - Freshman Played in 18 games with nine starts ... Started six games at first base and three as the designated player ... Made eight pinch hit appearances and was 1-for-8 ... Had two multiple hit games and one multiple RBI contest ... Made her collegiate debut as the starting first baseman against North Florida ... Collected her first career hit against Kentucky as a pinch-hitter, driving in the game-winning run ... Drove in three runs against Alabama A&M, including a two-run double for her first career extra-base hit ... Started two games at first base at the Stanford Nike Invitational ... Started the last two games of the East Carolina series at designated player ... Had eight putouts in a start at first base against Houston in game two of a doubleheader ... Went 2-for3 with an RBI double and a run scored in an 8-0 victory over Tennessee State. Prep Lettered six years as a starter for the DeSoto Central High School Jaguars ... Started for the varsity team beginning in seventh grade ... Holds a career .437 batting average with eight home runs, 128 RBI and 157 runs scored, all four serve as school records ... Boasts a .575 career on-base percentage and a .614 slugging percentage ... Was a four-time All-Chickasaw Conference selection ... Was selected to the 2010 Mississippi State High School Athletic Association All-Star Softball game ... Also an accomplished power-lifter for the Lady Jaguars placing second runner-up at the MSHSAA Powerlifting State Championship in both 2008 and 2009 ... Also competed for the Lady Jaguar volleyball team.
Sophomore • INF/OF 5-0 • L/R Gulfport, Miss. Harrison Central HS Major: Undeclared 2011 - Freshman Played in 42 games with 11 starts ... Started four games at second base, six games at third and one game in right field ... Made two pinch hit appearances and entered the game 28 times as a pinch runner ... Scored six runs as a pinch runner and was 3-for-4 in stolen bases ... Hit .229 with four stolen bases, four RBI, 13 runs scored and a triple ... Had one multiple hit game and one multiple RBI contest ... Made her collegiate debut at third base in the season-opener against FIU ... Collected her first career sacrifice bunt in the 3-0 win to open the season ... Had three putouts and two assists to preserve a no-hitter for the Tigers ... Made her second start at third base in the 7-3 win against #22/24 Ohio State ... Tripled and knocked in two runs against Alabama A&M ... Drove in a run against Mississippi Valley State ... Pinch-ran twice against Houston ... Pinch ran twice against UTEP, scoring a run in game two ... Replaced Alyssa Palmieri in game one of a doubleheader against Alabama State, and drove in a run ... Went 1-for-4 with a run in the second game against the Hornets ... Scored five runs in three games as the starting second baseman against Marshall, including the game-winner and a career-high three runs in the opener against the Herd ... Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a stolen base in a doubleheader sweep against Ten-
Goranson’s Career Hitting Stats Year 2011
avg .179
gp-gs 18-9
ab 28
r 3
h 5
2b 2
3b 0
hr 0
rbi 6
tb 7
slg% .250
bb 3
hbp 2
so 10
gdp 0
ob% .303
sf 0
sh 0
sb-att 0-0
po 35
a 1
e 1
fld% .973
sf 0
sh 3
sb-att 4-6
po a 21 12
e 3
fld% .917
Hargrove’s Career Hitting Stats Year 2011
avg .229
gp-gs 42-11
ab 35
r 13
h 8
2b 0
3b 1
hr 0
University of Memphis
rbi 4
tb 10
slg% .286
2012
bb 3
hbp 1
so 2
gdp 0
ob% .308
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