2014 Softball Roster
Roster
Heidi Shape
- Position:
- INF
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-5
- Hometown:
- Duluth, GA
- High School:
- Norcross HS
CAREER: The only Bulldog during her four years to have started every career game (230), serving as the anchor of the infield at second base ... As steady and reliable of an infielder as they come ... A two-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Scholar-Athlete and Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll member ... Ended career as the Mississippi State all-time leader in stolen base percentage at 93.9 (31-for-33) ... Also finished Bulldog tenure ranked second in program history in hit by pitches (36), tied for sixth in sacrifice flies (seven), eighth in walks (83), ninth in sacrifice bunts (27) and 10th in runs batted in (109).
2014: The anchor of the Bulldog infield who did not miss a game, starting all 60 at second base ... Ended the campaign hitting .227 with 34 hits and an MSU fourth-best 26 runs driven in ... Paced the squad with 33 runs scored, a .446 on-base percentage, 40 walks and 21 hit by pitches ... The 21 hit by pitches were the second most in a year in program history while the 40 free passes were tied for the seventh-highest total by a Bulldog ... Ranked third in the Southeastern Conference with the 21 HBP and stood 13th in walks ... Ended the year ranked 18th among all NCAA Division I players in hit by pitches per game (0.35) ... Tied for second on the squad with six sacrifice bunts and third with seven doubles ... Stood second with a pair of triples ... Finished fourth on the squad with 11 stolen bases and 101 putouts ... Tallied a team third-best 52 assists ... Within the lineup, hit most often in the No. 2 slot (38 games), but also appeared at leadoff (13 games), fifth (two), sixth (two) and seventh (fifth) ... Registered six multiple-hit games and four multi-RBI contests ... Reached base in 17-straight games (March 30-May 2), tied with Sam Lenahan for the longest such run on the squad ... Hit .667 (four-for-six) with the bases loaded ... Drove in a team second-best 12 runners from third base with fewer than two outs out of 19 opportunities, good for a Bulldog third-best 63.2 percent conversion rate ... During Southeastern Conference contests, hit .258 with 16 hits, 10 runs scored and six RBI ... Drove in four runners in seven chances from third base with fewer than two outs (57.1 percent conversion rate) in SEC games ... Hit .254 (16-for-63) against top-25 opponents with a team-high 11 walks and .417 on-base percentage ... Started strong in February, hitting .310 (13-for-42) with a team-leading 13 runs scored and tied for third among the Bulldogs with 12 RBI ... Picked up 13 walks and had a .500 on-base percentage in February ... Crossed home with the game-winning run in the second game of the season against Northern Kentucky (Feb. 8) and finished two-for-two with two runs ... Hit a game-winning home run at FAU (Feb. 13) in the second game of the doubleheader, leading off the top of the sixth with her first home run of the season ... Drove in the game-winning run against LIU-Brooklyn (Feb. 15) with a suicide squeeze in the bottom of the 11th inning that plated Loryn Nichols ... Scored the deciding run in the initial meeting against the Blackbirds (Feb. 14) ... Ended the series finale against Iowa (Feb. 23) with a two-run double to right during a seven-run fifth inning ... Hit by a pitch a Mississippi State single-game record three times against Nicholls State (March 1) and scored two runs in the contest. Tied own single-game record with three hit by pitches at Kennesaw State (March 11) and versus Kentucky (May 7) ... In series finale at No. 21 Auburn (March 23), drove in game’s first run with a sacrifice fly and finished one-for-one with two runs scored and a double ... Hit second career grand slam against Samford (March 26) with a bases-clearing blast in the fifth inning ... Finished the series against No. 3 Alabama (April 12-13) hitting .400 (four-for-10) with two runs scored and one batted in ... In game two (April 12), singled, walked, drove in a run with a suicide squeeze and scored a run in the team’s 4-2 victory ... Reached base all four times in game two at No. 4 Tennessee (April 19) with a single, RBI double, walk and hit by pitch ... Drew a career-high-tying three walks in the first two games against Arkansas (April 25-26) ... Hit a triple against Texas Southern (May 17), becoming just the third Bulldog to triple during an NCAA Tournament contest, and the first since Tanelda McDonald versus Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on May 20, 2005.
2013: For the third-straight year, started every game, all at second base ... Finished fourth among the regular starters with a .293 batting average while tying for third in hits (48) and runs scored (27) and standing second in sacrifice bunts (seven) ... Placed fifth on the squad with 24 runs batted in, led the way with two triples and went eight-for-eight in stolen base attempts ... Defensively, paced the squad with 51 assists and placed fourth with 99 putouts ... During Southeastern Conference contests, recorded a team second-best .288 batting average and a squad-best 21 hits ... Drove in an MSU-high 16 runs in league play ... Hit .297 in non-conference tilts and posted a .409 on-base percentage ... Finished third among the regular starters with a .284 batting average during home games and drove in a team second-best 13 runs in Starkville ... A force in neutral-site contests with a .333 average, 13 hits and a .487 slugging percentage ... Posted a .272 batting average and 10 RBI versus 2013 NCAA Tournament teams ... Hit .667 (four-for-six) with the bases loaded and .341 (15-for-44) with runners in scoring position ... Drove in seven runners in 10 opportunities (70.0 percent conversion rate) with a runner on third base and fewer than two outs, the second-best mark on the team ... Was successful advancing base runners 55.3 percent of the time, the second-highest percentage on the squad ... Turned in a team fourth-best nine multiple-hit games and added a squad fifth-best six multi-RBI contests ... Recorded a 10-game hitting streak (Feb. 17-March 3), tied for the second-longest run on the squad ... Hit in the second spot of the order most often, with the team going 19-9 in such contests (.679 winning percentage) ... Named to the Bulldog Kickoff Classic All-Tournament Team (Feb. 7-9) ... Tied a then-career high with two walks at No. 15 Louisiana (Feb. 13) ... Finished two-for-four with two RBI, two runs, a walk and third career triple in the extra-inning win over Lipscomb (Feb. 17) ... Hit first home run of the season in the Blues City Classic opener versus Belmont (Feb. 23) ... Had a season-high three hits in the D9 Citrus Classic victory against Hofstra (March 1), scoring once ... Doubled and scored a run against Fordham (March 2) ... Singled in MSU’s upset victory against No. 12 LSU in the second game of the SEC-opening series (March 9), helping State snap its 21-game losing streak against the Tigers ... Came back a day later in the series finale and finished two-for-three with a sacrifice fly (March 10) ... Totaled two hits, two runs, a walk and a stolen base in the road win at Jacksonville State (March 12) ... Went two-for-three with a pair of RBI and runs to go along with a double in the opening game of the doubleheader sweep at College of Charleston (March 14) ... Tallied an RBI single in the walk-off win in the series finale against Auburn (March 30) ... Went two-for-three with two runs scored and fourth career triple in the series finale win at No. 3 Florida (April 7), helping MSU record its second win over a top-three team in program history ... Crushed a two-run home run in the nationally televised win against Ole Miss on ESPNU (April 12) ... Finished the series sweep against Ole Miss two-for-three with two RBI in the series finale (April 14) ... Tied a season high with two runs to go along with a double and a walk in the run-rule win at Samford (April 16) ... Knocked in the game-winning run in the series-opening win at No. 4 Alabama (April 19), helping snap the Crimson Tide’s 27-game winning streak against the Bulldogs ... Went two-for-four with two runs, an RBI and a stolen base in the series finale in Tuscaloosa (April 21) ... Hit .500 with four RBI in three games against South Carolina (April 26-28) ... Opened the series versus the Gamecocks (April 26) with a two-run home run ... Tallied a two-run single and a stolen base in the series finale (April 28) ... With MSU down 1-0 with two outs in the top of the sixth, hit a two-run single down the left-field line to put the Bulldogs ahead in game three at No. 14 Texas A&M.
