2005 Softball Roster
Roster
Courtney Bures
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 5-5
- Hometown:
- Haymarket, VA
- High School:
- Stonewall Jackson HS
AS A JUNIOR (2007):
Earned First Team all-SEC honors and was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll ... Earned the team’s Most Valuable Player and Gold Glove awards ... Also selected to the Bulldog Round Robin all-Tournament team ... Played in 61 games for the year, starting all of those at shortstop .... Established the school’s third-best, single-season RBI total with a team-leading 56 for the season, a number that ranked fifth best in the conference and 36th nationally ... Finished second in the league with 26 RBI in SEC games ... Posted a team-high .514 slugging percentage while boasting a .452 on-base percentage which matched the team lead ... Concluded the year rated second on the team in batting average with a .354 mark ... Tied for the second-most home runs on the year with four ... Hit for a team-high 13 doubles while drawing 20 walks in 225 plate appearances ... Was hit by a pitch a team-leading 14 times during those plate appearances, placing her nine shy of the top spot on the program’s career list ... Finished second on the squad with 93 total bases, a number that moved her into fifth place on the school’s individual career list with 349 ... Stole 13 of 14 bases on the season to jump into a tie for sixth with teammate Chelsea Bramlett on the career top 10 rating ... Recorded multiple hits in 16 games, while also driving in multiple batters in 14 contests ... Led the team with 193 assists and turned 13 double plays ... Started the season hitting 3-for-4 against Iowa State, good for a .750 average ... Accounted for a career-high five RBI against Purdue ... Arguably her best outing of the season came against Seton Hall when she accounted for a career-best four runs off three hits in five plate appearances ... Tied a career high with two stolen bases against UT-Chattanooga ... Accounted for five runs in nine at-bats against arch rival Ole Miss in the three game series ... Walked a career-high three times against Florida, only getting one official at-bat ... Drove in five runs off of four hits in just seven at-bats in a double-header match-up against SEC foe Kentucky.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2006):
A member of the 2006 USA World University squad that won the gold medal in Taiwan ... Second team NFCA all-South region ... Recipient of MSU’s Top Hitter and Gold Glove awards ... Saw action in all 61 games, including 61 starts, all of which came at shortstop ... Posted a team-leading .346 batting average in 179 at-bats with 29 runs scored on 62 hits, including 20 extra-base hits, and 37 RBI ... Tallied a team-leading .547 slugging percentage and a .406 on-base percentage ... Also drew 15 walks, was hit by pitch five times and was 15-of-20 on stolen base attempts ... Had three sacrifice flies and two sacrifice hits ... Produced a team-best seven game-winning RBI and crossed the plate four times with the game’s winning run ... Produced 14 multiple-hit games and a team-high nine multiple-RBI games ... Committed six errors in 246 total chances for a .976 fielding percentage ... Was 8-for-13 (.615) with three RBI and two runs at the season-opening USF Best Western Invitational ... Hit .308 (4-for-13) with two doubles, one triple, two RBI and four runs scored in four starts at the Bulldog Classic, where she earned All-Tournament honors ... Hit 5-for-9 (.556) with a home run, two triples, three runs and eight RBI at the Bulldog Round-Robin to garner all-tournament laurels ... Went 4-for-6 (.667) with three runs scored, one double and one RBI in two starts against Southern Miss, including a 3-for-3, three run performance at USM ... Tallied her second career four-hit game in game one against Middle Tennessee ... Was 5-for-9 (.556) in a three-game series versus South Carolina ... Produced a .500 (4-for-8) series against Florida.
AS A FRESHMAN (2005):
First team all-America at shortstop ... First team NFCA all-South region ... First team all-SEC selection ... SEC Freshman of the Year ... Freshman all-SEC ... Recipient of MSU’s Most Valuable Player, Top Hitter and Rookie of the Year awards ... Started in all 66 games, 57 of which at shortstop ... Posted a .388 batting average in 209 at-bats with 49 runs scored on 81 hits, including 38 extra-base hits, and 54 RBI ... Numbers included a MSU freshman record 18 home runs ... Tallied a school record .756 slugging percentage and a .426 on-base percentage ... Also drew 12 walks, was hit by pitch 5 teams and was 18-for-24 on stolen base attempts ... Shared team-best honors with four sacrifice flies ... Produced a team-best seven game-winning RBI and crossed the plate a team best eight times with the game’s winning run ... Produced 27 multiple-hit games and 16 multiple-RBI games ... Committed 19 errors in 231 total chances for a .918 fielding percentage ... Hit .500 (20-for-40) as the leadoff batter in an inning, hit 30-for-60 (.500) with two outs showing and produced 17 two-out RBI ... Hit 11-for-22 (.500) with four home runs, seven RBI and six runs scored in six starts at the Bulldog Round-Robin, making her collegiate debut by earning all-tournament honors as well as SEC Player of the Week laurels ... Added her fifth home run of the season against McNeese State at the Ragin’ Cajuns Invitational to highlight a 2-for-4 hitting line with a pair of RBI and two runs scored ... Produced a .500 (9-for-18) average in six starts at the Palm Springs Classic, including a 2-for-3 performance with two RBI and a run scored against Cal State-Fullerton, a 4-for-4 plate performance with four RBI and three runs scored against Utah and a 3-for-4 hitting line with an RBI and three runs scored against No. 18 Oregon State ... Hit 7-for-18 (.389) with five RBI and four runs scored in six starts at the Buzz Classic ... Hit 4-for-8 (.500) with two home runs, six RBI and four runs scored in two starts against UAB ... Produced a .375 (3-for-8) series against 13th-ranked Georgia ... Tallied a 3-for-7 (.429) hitting line in MSU’s series with No. 6 Tennessee ... Hit 5-for-8 (.625) with three triples in State’s series with Kentucky, then followed it up with a 5-for-11 (.455) series with six runs scored against 25th-rated LSU ... Turned in .500 (4-for-8) series against No. 23 Auburn with a double, home run, four RBI and three runs scored ... Hit a perfect 5-for-5 in two starts against Southern Miss, belting out a 3-for-3, 4 RBI, two runs scored performance in the Starkville meeting and a 2-for-2 showing with a pair of walks in Hattiesburg ... Hit 4-for-9 (.444) against both Arkansas and No. 16 Florida, including driving in five runs against the Gators ... Produced a .600 (6-for-10) series at South Carolina with two home runs, a double, three RBI and a pair of runs scored.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB:
Prepped at Stonewall Jackson High School for coach Jason Koch ... Played club softball for Virginia Shamrocks and coach Tommy Orndorff ... Helped lead Stonewall Jackson to a 27-2 record and the Virginia Group AAA state championship ... Hit .521 with a team-leading 49 hits, four home runs, 48 runs scored and 27 RBI ... Named Cedar Run District and Northwest Region Group AAA player of the year ... Also named Potomac News and Manassas Journal-Messenger Player of the Year, as well as Washington Post All-Met, All-District, All-Region and All-State selection ... In the pitcher’s circle, was 11-1 with an 0.71 ERA and 65 strikeouts ... Pitched back-to-back shutouts against nationally-ranked Mills-Godwin and James Madison to clinch state title ... Winning pitcher in state title game and scored the game’s only run after an infield single, two stolen bases and a wild pitch against one of the top pitchers in the state ... Member of the Virginia Shamrocks that won ASA Gold Nationals in 2005, marking the highest finish for a team from the East coast in the history of the tournament ... Was a member of the U18 Virginia Shamrocks squad that finished second at the 2003 ASA Gold Nationals ... Also collected another honor when she was one of 50 players to be invited to USA Junior World National Team tryouts later that summer ... Also named all-district in volleyball at Stonewall Jackson.
PERSONAL:
Born Courtney McClain Bures on July 24, 1986, in Manassas, Va. ... Daughter of Mike and Dawn Bures ... Has a younger sister, Amanda ... Pursuing her degree in liberal arts at MSU.
