2017 Softball Roster
Taylor Rodgers
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Bartlesville HS
- Hometown:
- Copan, Okla.
AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS
2017 Preseason All-Southern Conference Second Team
2016 All-Southern Conference First Team (Utility)
2016 Academic All-Southern Conference Team
SEASON-BY-SEASON
2016 at MERCER: Made 12 starts in 35 apperances as a role player for the Bears... Batted .290 with 18 hits and 10 RBIs to earn All-Southern Conference First-Team honors as the league's top utility player... Excelled in pinch-hitting situations, batting .389 (7-for-18) with seven RBIs and two walks... Batted .317 with three doubles in SoCon contests... Closed the season with nine consecutive starts, primarily at designated player... Set a career-high for RBIs (3) with a pinch-hit, bases-clearing double against Samford (March 25)... Notched two multi-hit performances, including a 2-for-3 outing in the SoCon Tournament semifinal against Furman (May 13).
2015 at MERCER: Played in 50 games with 49 starts at second base as a sophomore … Hit .259 with one home run and 20 RBIs … Had 10 multiple-hit performances … Drove in two or more runs in four contests … Totaled 38 hits and 21 runs scored … Smacked seven doubles … Stole five bases on six attempts … Ranked sixth on the team with 12 bases on balls … Finished second on the squad with 55 assists and fifth in putouts with 74 … Opened the season with two hits in both games of a twinbill sweep of IPFW and Valparaiso on Feb. 6.
2014 at SOUTH ALABAMA: Played in 47 games during rookie campaign with 46 starts on the year ... Helped lead the Jaguars advance to the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional final ... Hit. 269 in Sun Belt games to raise her season average to .194 ... Finished with one home run and 10 RBIs ... Ranked fifth on the team with 16 bases on balls ... Tallied 55 assists to rank third on the squad.
PERSONAL: Born May 13, 1995 in Kansas City, Mo. ... Has one sister, Kalyn ... Father, Doug, played football for Tulsa.
