2014 Softball Roster
Roster
Leslie Bridges
- Position:
- Infielder/Pitcher
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Murphysboro, Ill.
- High School:
- Murphysboro HS
2013: Started and played all 53 games last season... Batted .252 with eight doubles and four home runs... One of three softball players to earn 2012-13 OVC Medal of Honor... Named to 2012-12 OVC Commisioner's OVC Honor Roll... Earned 2012-13 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete honors... All-time program leader in sacrifce flies (7) and double plays turned (18)
2012: Started and played in 53 of 55 games last seson... Batted .252 with eight doubles, four home runs and 35 RBIs... Had two three hit games last season, both against Morhead State almost two months apart... Named 2012-13 NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete...
2011: Started 42 games for Murray State in 2011…Appeared in 48 games for the Racers… Recorded first multi-hit game of the season against Tennessee Tech, driving in a run and scoring another...Went 2-4 at the plate against Morehead State, doubling while scoring and driving in a run in an 8-6 win…Drove in three runs against Austin Peay with a pair of hits and a run in a 12-2 victory…Drove in a season-high five runs on a pair of hits against Southeast Missouri…Tossed three shut-out innings against Alabama State, striking out five to record her only win of the season in the circle…Had two RBI and a base hit in a shutout over Tennessee State… Hit a two-run pinch hit home run in the final game of the regular season against Jacksonville State, her first of the season, to give the Racers a 7-5 win and clinch the final spot in the OVC Championships
Before MSU: Won three consecutive Southern Illinois River-to-River conference championships with Murphysboro High School…named SIRR All-Conference and All-Southern Illinois three straight seasons…compiled career record of 33-10 in the circle over three seasons…recorded 408 career strike outs...career ERA of 0.79…three-season batting average of .350.
Personal: Born Leslie Carol Bridges, May 12, 1992 in Murphysboro, Ky....daughter of Scott and Julie Bridges...has one sister, Candice...both her grandfather and father played college baseball at Southern Illinois... Earned bachelor's in applied mathematics... Currently pursuing master's in business administration.
Career Stats
| Year | Avg. | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | Slg% | BB | K | OB% | SB-Att. | Fld% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | .228 | 48-42 | 114 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .298 | 16 | 22 | .324 | 0-0 | .992 |
| 2012 | .252 | 53-53 | 159 | 12 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 35 | .377 | 18 | 25 | .326 | 0-0 | .988 |
| 2013 | .214 | 53-53 | 159 | 9 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .327 | 11 | 15 | .265 | 0-0 | .986 |
| Totals | .231 | 154-148 | 432 | 36 | 100 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 84 | .338 | 45 | 62 | .304 | 0-0 | .987 |
| Year | ERA | W-L | App. | GS | CG | Sho | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | BF | OBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7.11 | 1-1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 21.2 | 44 | 32 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 124 | .404 |
| Totals | 7.11 | 1-1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 21.2 | 44 | 32 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 124 | .404 |
