RETURNING PLAYERS
SANDY JAMES C/INF - 5-9 - SR - Kilgore, Texas (Angelo State)
JUNIOR SEASON (2012) Continued to be one of the top hitters in the Big 12 Conference as well as the nation ... earned All-Big 12 second team honors for the second-consecutive year ... also an Academic All-Big 12 first team selection as well ... started and played in all 58 games at first base ... finished with a .301 average that was third-highest among Texas Tech’s regulars ... connected on 11 home runs to help bolster an offense that totaled a school-record 66 long balls on the year ... her 11 home runs ranked her eighth in singleseason history alongside Elyssa Sigala (2004) ... finished second on the team with 45 RBI which ranked seventh all-time in single-season history ... also appeared in the single-season record book for a .558 slugging percentage (10th) and 37 walks (tied for second) ... snapped the school record with 474 putouts ... totaled 40 more putouts that previous record holder Tamara Harrington (1998) ... ranked third on the team with nine doubles and 91 total bases ... went 2-for-4 in the season opener against San Diego State with a pair of home runs ... was one of three multiple-home run games for her as she also belted two dingers against Seton Hall on March 16 and Oklahoma State on May 6 ... matched her career high for hits on Feb. 19 with a 4-for-4 performance against Utah State ... also drove in four RBI against the Aggies ... also totaled four RBI three more times on the year against Seton Hall (March 16), Texas A&M (April 18) and Oklahoma State (May 6) ... was named the Big 12 Player of the Week on Feb. 21 after hitting over .400 with a pair of home runs at the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic ... marked the second time James had earned a conference weekly award ... finished with 11 multiple-hit games, third-most on
22 // 2013 TEXAS TECH SOFTBALL
the squad ... totaled 11 multiple-RBI performances as well which was second overall ... IN BIG 12 PLAY ... hit .233 against Big 12 pitching with four home runs and 16 RBI ... was one of four players to connect on four home runs in league play ... ranked second on the team behind Adriana Perez for RBI ... totaled a team-high 19 walks to post a .425 on-base percentage ... recorded four multiple-hit and multiple-RBI games ... reached base in 20 of 23 games ... went 2-for-3 with three RBI in the conference opener against Iowa State ... connected on a first-inning home run to open the Oklahoma series on April 5 ... returned the next day to go 3-for-4 at the plate to help lead the Red Raiders to a victory over the Sooners ... belted a two-out, sixth inning grand slam that completed an 8-6 come-from-behind victory over No. 19 Texas A&M in the April 18 series finale ... recorded final multiple-hit performance of the year on May 6 against Oklahoma State where she went 3-for-3 with two home runs and four RBI ... AT NCAA WASHINGTON REGIONAL ... went 2-for-8 at the plate for a .250 average ... was one of three Red Raiders to record more than one hit at the regional ... connected on a RBI double in the tournament opener against Maryland ... also launched a single up the middle against host Washington. REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON (2011) Immediately bolstered the middle of Tech’s lineup during first season wearing scarlet and black ... AllBig 12 second team ... Academic All-Big 12 second team ... started in all 58 games, mainly at first base ... recorded a .352 batting average to go along with 16 home runs and 62 RBI ... her home runs set a new single-season school record, while her RBI count is
18
believed to be the second-most all-time ... two of her home runs have been grand slams ... also added nine doubles, two triples, and a .772 slugging percentage ... came close to snapping the school record for walks in a year with 37 ... began the year slow with a 3-for-14 showing at the Kajikawa Classic ... eventually got her bat going as Tech returned home for 25-straight home games ... had two hits and four RBI in both games of the doubleheader against New Mexico ... finished an eight-game stretch from New Mexico into the Masked Rider Invitational 12-for-18 at the plate with six home runs and 20 RBI ... was named the Big 12 Player of the Week for her success ... helped pull Tech back into the game with Liberty, nailing a two-run homer ... IN BIG 12 PLAY ... hitting .313 against conference pitching, third-highest on the team ... connected on three home runs as well ... her 18 RBI was second in league only games among Big 12 players ... totaled five doubles as well ... had a career day in the series finale at Iowa State ... finished 4-for-4 at the plate with eight RBI ... her RBI total matched the school’s single-game record ... was a triple shy of the cycle ... the game was her thirdstraight with a home run ... also added two more in Tech’s next home date against Kansas ... homered in both games of the doubleheader ... AT NCAA TUCSON REGIONAL ... hit .455 (5-for-11) during the regional, posting the second-highest average on the team ... also had three RBI ... combined to go 4-for-7 during the two elimination games against Harvard and New Mexico State ... broke a 3-3 tie against the Aggies with a fifth inning two-run homer ... the home run broke the single-season record in the process ... went 1-for-2 against Arizona. (Continued on page 24)