2021 Softball Roster
Rood, Micayla
Jersey Number 9
Micayla Rood
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Mill Creek HS
- Hometown:
- Buford, Ga.
Bio
AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS
2020 (Jr.):
- 2021 Academic All-Southern Conference Team
- 2021 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2020 Academic All-Southern Conference Team
- 2020 Preseason All-Southern Conference First Team
- 2019 Southern Conference All-Tournament Team
- 2019 All-Southern Conference Second Team
- 2018 Academic All-Southern Conference Team
- 2018 Southern Conference Freshman of the Year
- 2018 All-Southern Conference First Team
- 2018 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team
2020 (Jr.):
- Started all 27 of Mercer’s games.
- Finished third on the team and 10th in the SoCon with a .311 (28-for-90) batting average.
- Led the conference in at bats (90) and total plate appearances (102).
- Ended the season fourth in the SoCon with 17 runs scored and 28 hits.
- Tied for fifth in the conference in walks and stolen bases.
- Drew 12 walks, which was the second-most on the squad.
- Finished the year tied for second on the team with eight stolen bases in nine attempts.
- Had a pair of three-hit games on opening weekend – vs. Wright State (Feb. 7) and Dayton (Feb. 8).
- Batted in three of the Bears’ four runs in a win over Monmouth (Feb. 14).
- Recorded 35 putouts and one assist with no errors.
- Played and started in all 56 games her sophomore year
- In her 195 batting appearances, recorded 56 hits and 48 runs
- Ranked third in the Southern Conference in hits with 56
- Ranked first in the Southern Conference in runs with 48
- Notched a career-high four runs scored against Maryland Eastern Shore on March 3
- Tied a career-high three hits against Western Carolina on May 10-previously set on Apr. 29, 2018 at Western Carolina
- Recorded a career-high five putouts against Western Carolina on May 10
- Ranked second in the Southern Conference with 17 stolen bases on 19 attempts
- Competed in 45 games on the season, garnering 39 starts with a majority at the designated player position
- Finished second on the team and sixth in the conference in batting average (.346), recording 37 hits on the campaign
- Tallied five doubles and six runs batted in during the season, accumulating 42 total bases
- Only struck out nine times in 107 at bats, registering an on-base percentage of .369
- Recorded 22 putouts and concluded the season with a .957 fielding percentage
- Put together 10 multi-hit performances, including three outings of a career-high three hits
- Plated a career-high two RBIs against Detroit Mercy (March 6)
- Competed in three sports at Mill Creek High School
- Led the Hawks to a Georgia State 7A Championship in 2016 following a runner-up finish in 2015
- Named all-county after finishing the 2016 season with a .389 batting average, 22 stolen bases and a .410 on-base percentage
- Played for Team Georgia-Hawk travel team, helping the team place fifth at the Triple Crown National Championship when she hit .429
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