2019 Softball Roster
Roster
Sarai Niu
- Position:
- Infield
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-10
- Hometown:
- San Diego, CA
- High School:
- Cathedral Catholic HS
Appeared in 56 contests, earning 55 starts at first base for the Bulldogs … Recorded 40 hits to hold a .284 average at the plate … Slugged seven doubles and one home run to rallied 20 RBI … Scored 12 runs over her sophomore campaign … Drew 13 walks and was hit by a pitch 12 times to boast a .392 on-base percentage … Ranked 13th in the SEC with a 0.21 hit by pitch per game average … Recorded 291 putouts and added 12 assists … Recorded the 100th hit of her career vs. Stephen F. Austin (2/8) … Knocked the walk-off hit with an ninth-inning, RBI single at Duke (3/2) … Tallied the first multi-RBI game of her senior campaign with a two-run single vs. No. 17 Auburn (3/22) … Drove in a season-high three runs vs. Jacksonville State (4/3), including the walk-off double … Appeared in her 200th game as a Bulldog at No. 9/8 Tennessee (4/14) … Matched her career high in hits with a 3-for-3 performance at the plate at UAB (4/16) … Knocked her lone home run of the year with a two-run bomb in Mississippi State’s series opening victory at No. 7 Florida (5/3) … Recorded two hits, two RBI and a walk in an elimination contest vs. Seattle U (5/18) in the Seattle Regional.
Appeared in 60 of MSU’s 61 games, earning 60 stats at first base … Totaled 51 hits to hold a .298 average at the plate while scoring 28 runs … Slugged 11 doubles, one triple and six home runs to tally 39 RBIs and a .480 slugging clip … Drew 17 walks and 10 hit by pitches to boast a .392 on-base percentage … Held a .985 fielding percentage with help of 386 putouts, the 10th most in Mississippi State single-season history … Her lone assist against Mississippi Valley State (2/9) was a tough play at first base to preserve Holly Ward’s perfect game … Recorded a season-high 13 putouts vs. Drake (2/16) … Turned in a career performance against No. 16 Oklahoma State (2/23), slugging a career-high two doubles to drive in a career-best four runs and scored the go-ahead run in MSU’s comeback win over the Cowgirls … Slugged first home run of the season vs. Mercer (3/2) … Finished a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate against Missouri (3/17) to set a career high for hits in a contest … On March 25, slugged the first home run allowed over the 2018 season by Georgia ace Brittany Gray … Plated both of State’s run in the series opener vs. No. 5 Florida (4/20) to record her seventh multi-RBI game of the season.
Played in 52 of MSU’s 57 games during the 2016 season, drawing 48 starts … Made many of her early starts in the outfield before closing the season as State’s primary first baseman … Embodied MSU’s “We don’t move” mentality at the plate, finishing tops in the SEC and 21st in the nation with a 0.40 hit by pitch per game average, while her 21 total HBPs finished second in the conference … Made her collegiate debut with a 1 for 3 performance against Georgia Southern (2/11) in the season opener, hitting a double and scoring two runs … Followed up her debut by going 2 for 3 with two runs, two RBIs and her first-career home run against Houston (2/12) … Earned her second-career homer in the final game of opening weekend, once again taking Houston (2/14) yard with a solo shot … Tallied the second multi-RBI game of her career with a 2 for 3 showing against Incarnate Word (2/27), driving home two with a double and a sacrifice fly … In the next game, showed extreme toughness at the plate, taking three HBPs against Baylor (2/27) … Earned a hit in a pinch-hitting role in the series finale against Auburn (3/20), sparking her career-best three-game hit streak … During that streak, she earned her first-career triple, coming against Central Arkansas (3/23) … Had perhaps her best SEC game to date against No. 1 Florida (4/24), going 2 for 3 with a solo blast, her first-career SEC home run.
During her junior season set career highs in every category as she helped Cathedral Catholic High School to a 29-3 record en route to a California Interscholastic Federation Championship in 2014 … In 2014, hit .495 with 52 RBIs on 54 hits, along with nine long balls and an on-base percentage of .545 … When the season concluded, she was named to the All-CIF team, All-League first team and the All-State third team … The season prior, Cathedral finished as the CIF runners-up, while she took home the CIF Sportsmanship Award … A member of the So Cal A’s travel squad, helped her side to a Premier Girls Fastpitch National Championship in 2014 … In her first three seasons from the field for Cathedral, recorded 223 assists and 75 putouts in 98 games … She was named to the All-League second team after her freshman season and the All-League first team after her sophomore campaign.
Born on Dec. 22, 1997 … The daughter of Sai and Tammy Niu … Major is sociology.
2nd – Hit By Pitches (48)
3rd – Putouts (1,190)
4th – Total Chances (1,260)
T2nd – Hit By Pitch (21, 2016)
10th – Putouts (386, 2018)
At-Bats: 5, 3x, last vs. Texas A&M (4-7-18)
Runs: 2, 7x, last vs. Georgia Tech (2-24-19)
Hits: 3, twice, last at UAB (4-16-19)
RBI: 4, vs. Oklahoma State (2-23-18)
Doubles: 2, vs. Oklahoma State (2-23-18)
Triples: 1, twice, last at Missouri (3-18-18)
Home Runs: 1, 12x, last at Florida (5-3-19)
Walks: 2, twice, last vs. Sacramento State (2-15-19)
Stolen bases: 1, 4x, last vs. UMass Lowell (3-20-18)
Putouts: 17, vs. LSU (4-16-16)
Assists: 3, at Duke (3-2-19)
Hitting Streak: 10 games, March 2, 2018 vs. Lamar to March 13, 2018 at Samford
