2008 Softball Roster
Roster
Spain, Jessie
INF/OF
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Jersey Number 8
Jessie Spain
- Position:
- INF/OF
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 5-8
- Hometown:
- Vestavia Hills, AL
- High School:
- Vestavia Hills HS
Bio
2010 HIGHLIGHTS
- Received NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete and SEC Academic Honor Roll honors for the third-straight year.
- Played in 47 games during her junior campaign, drawing 28 starts.
- Hit .200 on the season, tallying 24 hits.
- Hit a career-best three home runs while matching personal highs in doubles (6) and RBI (14). Also scored 14 runs on the year.
- Scored the game-winning run once on the season.
- Committed just one error in the field.
- Tallied three hits, including two doubles, in State's season-opening win against her hometown UAB at the Bulldog Round-Robin. Earned all-tournament honors after hitting a double and triple while driving in a run in a championship-clinching win against the Blazers.
- Matched career bests for hits (3) and RBI (3) while setting a new personal best with three runs scored in the Bulldogs' win over Oregon State (Feb. 20) at the Aggie Classic in College Station, Texas.
- Went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run, an RBI and two runs scored in the nightcap against host Texas A&M.
- Homered to cap a three-RBI afternoon in MSU's win at Southern Mississippi on March 17.
- Matched her career high with two walks in the second game of a twin bill against Georgia (4/13).
- Doubled and scored one of the Dawgs' three runs in a series-opening win at Auburn (4/21).
- Matched a career high with two walks in the series finale against Florida (5/1).
2009 HIGHLIGHTS
- Earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete and SEC Academic Honor Roll honors.
- Drew 34 starts in 41 games and hit .208 with four doubles, two home runs, 13 RBI and 18 runs scored.
- Tied for the game-winning RBI lead with four.
- Compiled 52 putouts and 47 assists while posting a .934 fielding percentage.
- Collected a career-high three hits (including a three-run home run) and a school fifth-most five RBI in a win against Louisiana-Monroe at the Bulldog Round-Robin.
- Went 2-for-4 with a double and a run against UAB in her first game back in her hometown.
- Doubled home the winning run in a series-opening upset of No. 9 Tennessee and drove in a run to help MSU clinch the rubber game.
- Collected two hits, two RBI and two runs scored in a series-deciding win over South Carolina.
- Scored the game-winner in a 10-inning win against Auburn.
- Hit her second home run of the season during a three-game series with Kentucky.
2008 HIGHLIGHTS
- Earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete and freshman academic all-SEC accolades.
- Hit at a .271 clip with six doubles, two triples, a home run, 14 RBI and 19 runs scored.
- Registered multiple hits three times and drove in two-plus runs on four occasions.
- Hit a three-run, game-winning double against Austin Peay.
- Walked to put the lead run at second base as State rallied to a win over UMass at the NFCA Leadoff Classic.
- Hit her first career triple against Auburn, driving in a run and scoring another in the game.
- Knocked the first home run of her career on a 2-for-3, two-RBI outing at LSU.
- Scored a career-high three runs on a pair of hits against Mississippi Valley State.
- Hit a pinch-hit, two-run triple in MSU's 10-0, series-opening win over Georgia.
HIGH SCHOOL | CLUB
HIGHLIGHTS
- Prepped at Vestavia Hills High School and captained the 2007 squad that went 64-5 and finished fifth in the state tournament.
- Hit .390 with 54 RBI and 62 runs scored as a senior, earning all-metro and all-state honors for the second-straight season.
- Earned all-star honors after compiling a .382 average, seven home runs, 68 RBI and 47 runs for Vestavia's 2006 team that won area and regional titles en route to a runner-up state finish.
- Hit .313 with five home runs and 30 RBI as a sophomore to lead VHHS to second in state.
- Named all-Over-the-Mountain Journal and all-area as a freshman after helping VHHS to a fourth-place state finish.
- Played travel softball for the Bama Gold squad that finished second at Canada Cup.
- Led the Birmingham Vipers to the ASA 16U state title and a fifth-place national finish.
- Played on Elite Force's 2005 ASA 16U and NSA state title team and the 2003 squad that took second at the USFA "A" World Series.
- Claimed the USFA World Series title in 2002 as a member of Xtreme Heat.
PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Born Jessie Mae Marie Spain on July 25, 1989, in Birmingham, Ala.
- The daughter of Dale and Rita Spain.
- Has an older brother, Nick, and a younger brother, Cole.
- Seeking a degree in accounting.
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