2008 Softball Roster
Roster
Sammie Jo Bailey
- Position:
- 1B
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-8
- Hometown:
- Lithonia, GA
- High School:
- Mt. Vernon Christian HS
AS A JUNIOR (2008):
Started all 63 games, with all but one coming at first base ... Named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 6 First Team ... Earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete and academic all-SEC accolades for the third time ... Hit .270 with six doubles, three home runs, 24 RBIs and 18 runs scored ... Moved into seventh on the school’s career home runs chart ... Walked 13 times and drove in the game-winning run twice while scoring a pair of game-clinchers ... Fielded at a .980 clip, committing nine errors with a team-best 434 putouts ... Moved into fourth in career fielding percentage (.981) and third in chances (1,199) and putouts (1,108) ... Notched nine multi-hit games and four multiple-run efforts ... Selected to the Bulldog Round-Robin all-tournament team after hitting .375 (6-for-16) with two doubles, a home run, four RBIs and two runs scored (2/15-17) ... Earned all-tournament honors at the Mercer Wingate Inn Classic ... Named to the Bulldog Classic all-tournament team after a 5-for-10 weekend with three RBIs and two runs scored ... Went 2-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored in the title-clinching win over Louisiana Tech (3/9) ... Matched a career high for hits in a perfect 3-for-3 outing against Alabama (3/16) ... Went 5-for-11 in a series sweep of Ole Miss, hitting a double while driving in three runs and scoring three times ... Drove in the two tying runs in the sixth inning of MSU's 3-2 win over UM (3/21) ... Helped clinch a sweep of South Carolina by going 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs (4/13) ... Scored the tying run as State rallied from a 4-0 deficit to claim a series victory over Georgia (4/20) ... Homered in the NCAA tournament opener against Hawaii and followed that outing with a pair of RBIs in the team’s win over Stony Brook.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2007):
Earned SEC Player of the Week honors on April 24 ... Named to the SEC Academic all-SEC team and an NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete after posting a 4.0 GPA last season ... Earned MSU’s Exemplary Service Award for the top business information systems student and selected to the Phi Kappa Phi honor society ... Saw action in 56 games, drawing 53 starts between first and third base ... Boasted a .297 batting average with 49 hits ... Scored 16 runs in 165 at-bats ... Accounted for 22 RBIs, six doubles and three home runs ... Posted a .988 fielding percentage, leading the team with 477 putouts and 21 double plays turned ... Accounted for multiple hits in 13 games while recording two or more RBIs in four contests ... Boasted three hits four times ... Went 7-for-10 with four RBIs in a series win over Georgia ... Tied her career best for doubles in a game with a pair in the season-ending game versus Pacific.
AS A FRESHMAN (2006):
Saw action in 57 games and started 54, 27 of which came at first base ... Recipient of MSU’s Rookie of the Year award ... Posted a .234 batting average in 154 at-bats with 23 runs scored on 36 hits ... Led the team with eight home runs and also knocked in 28 RBIs ... Tallied a .442 slugging percentage and a .300 on-base percentage ... Recorded eight multiple-hit games, and eight multiple-RBI contests ... Also drew 13 walks and was hit by a pitch twice ... Had five game-winning RBIs and three game-winning runs ... Committed eight errors in 248 total chances for a fielding percentage of .968 ... Hit 4-for-9 (.444) with a home run, two walks, three runs and three RBIs while earning all-tournament honors at the Bulldog Classic ... Included a 2-for-3 day against Tennessee State where she hit her first collegiate home run ... .Went 2-for-3 with a run and a career high four RBIs at Southern Miss ... Went 3-for-8 with two home runs, four runs and three RBIs in MState’s three-game sweep at Kentucky.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB:
Prepped at Mt. Vernon Christian High School for coach Jody Bailey ... Played club softball for Bailey’s Georgia Titans ... Helped Mt. Vernon to a perfect record and a second straight Class 2A GCAA state championship as a senior ... Hit .750 (27-for-36) with 21 extra-base hits (14 HR), 16 walks and 44 RBIs ... Also turned in a 24-for-24 clip on stolen base attempts ... Earned her second consecutive team and state tournament MVP accolades ... Hit .814 (35-for-43) with 25 RBIs as a prep junior ... Was also 13-for-13 in stolen bases ... Earned MVP honors in volleyball and basketball at Mt. Vernon and named Henry County Female Athlete of the Year ... Helped the Titans to a 65-7 record after hitting .347 (52-for-150) with 16 extra-base hits (1 HR), 20 walks and 27 RBIs ... Valedictorian of her graduating class with a 4.0 GPA ... Named Student of the Year as a senior and was a member of honor roll and National Honor Society.
PERSONAL:
Born Samantha Jo Bailey on Dec. 12, 1986, in Lithonia, Ga. ... Daughter of Denise and Jody Bailey ... Has a younger brother, Jay, and a younger sister, Jessie, who is a junior infielder for the Bulldogs ... A business information systems major at MSU.
