2006 Softball Roster
Roster
Blair Hewett
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-3
- Hometown:
- St. Matthews, SC
- High School:
- Calhoun Academy
Saw action in 56 games, including 55 starts at catcher ... Recipient of MSU’s Most Valuable Player Award ... Posted a .278 batting average in 97 at-bats with 27 hits, including six extra-base hits, and seven RBI ... Tallied a .340 slugging percentage and a .304 on-base percentage ... Also drew four walks ... Posted four multiple-hit games ... Committed one error in 311 total chances for a school-record .997 fielding percentage ... Went 2-for-3 with a run and a double in MSU’s 3-0 victory over #13 Washington at the Compass Bank Inviational ... Recorded a hit in each game at #20 Auburn ... Went 3-for-3 with an RBI in the nightcap against #4 Alabama ... Went 2-for-3 with a run at Long Beach State during the Long Beach Invitational ... Hit 3-for-8 (.375) in State’s series with cross-state nemesis Ole Miss.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2005)
Saw action in 53 games, including 51 starts at catcher ... Posted a .287 batting average in 129 at-bats with 12 runs scored on 37 hits, including seven extra-base hits, and 10 RBI ... Tallied a .357 slugging percentage and a .319 on-base percentage ... Also drew six walks ... Posted nine multiple-hit games and a pair of multiple-RBIgames ... Produced two game-winning RBIand crossed the plate with the winning run three times ... Committed four errors in 267 total chances for a .985 fielding percentage ... Hit 5-for-11 (.454) with two RBIand a run scored en route to all-tournament team honors at the Bulldog Classic ... Hit 6-for-12 (.500) in four starts at the Palm Springs Classic, including two-hit tallies against both #1 Cal (2-for-4) and #22 Pacific (2-for-2) ... Also scored two runs in MState’s first series victory over Cal State-Fullerton, including the gamewinner in the bottom of the eighth ... Produced a .333 (4-for-12) in the first three games at the Buzz Classic, including a 2-for-4 hitting line in a loss to Virginia Tech ... Hit 2-for-3 with a two-run double and a run scored in a series opening win at Middle Tennessee ... Recorded a hit in each of MSU’s last two games at #6 Tennessee ... Drove in a run on a 2-for-3 showing in the series finale with #23 Auburn, then tallied base hits in each of the next four games for a season-best five-game hitting skein ... Hit 3-for-9 (.333) in State’s series with cross-state nemesis Ole Miss, recording a hit in each of the three-game series.
AS A FRESHMAN (2004)
Saw action in 25 games, including 21 starts, 20 of which came at catcher ... Posted a .200 batting average in 45 at-bats with eight runs scored on nine hits, including two extra-base hits, and eight RBI ... Tallied a .267 slugging percentage and a .302 on-base percentage ... Also drew one walk and was a perfect 1-for-1 on stolen base attempts ... Posted two multiple-hit games and one multiple-RBI contest ... A solid defensive player, committed just three errors in 104 total chances for a .971 fielding percentage ... Tallied a pair of two-hit contests ... Drove in a pair and scored three times on a 1-for-3 showing in second career start against Jackson State ... Also finished a perfect 2-for-2 with a RBItriple and two runs scored in State’s victory against Mississippi Valley State (2/22) ... Hit 2-for-3 with a RBIdouble inthe Bulldogs’ 5-0 win over Virginia in the final game of the Houston-hosted Hyatt Regency Cougar Classic.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Prepped at Calhoun Academy for coach Mack Shirer ... A four-time all-region 4-AAA selection, Geddings was one of the main cogs in Calhoun's run to a pair of regional final appearances, as well as a runner-up finish at the state tournament as a senior ... Named the most valuable player of her team for three straight years ... Also collected three consecutive all-conference laurels ... Tallied her team’s highest batting average for three-straight years and gathered up three consecutive team honors as Most Valuable Player and Best Defensive Player. Played in the South Carolina state all-star game on three occasions ... A four-sport athlete at Calhoun, Blair also lettered in basketball, tennis and volleyball ... Named most valuable tennis athlete in 1999-00, and followed that up with a slew of basketball honors ... Named her basketball team’s most valuable player in 2002 while also being decorated with her second-straight all-conference accolades.
PERSONAL
Born Blair Kendall Geddings on Sept. 29, 1984, in Columbia, S.C. ... Daughter of Ann and Dale Hewett ... Has two older brothers, Justin and Chad, and one older sister, Jessica ... A Fitness Management major at MSU.
