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10 Sammy Marshall

  • Position Shortstop
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Naperville North
  • Hometown Naperville, Ill.

Biography

SENIOR (2015): WIU Senior Female Athlete of the Year... NFCA Division I Third Team All-Region... 2015 All-Tournament Team... First Team All-Summit League... Summit League 'Player of the Week' (April 27)... Became Western Illinois' all-time hits leader... Broke the Western Illinois record for most runs scored in a career... Officially broke the WIU and Summit League record for career batting average... Became the third WIU softball player to be drafted on April 1 (18th overall by the Chicago Bandits)... 2015 Summit League Spring Academic Honor Roll, Distinguished Scholar... Started 41 games at shortstop... Scored four runs on two occasions (vs. Butler 2/7 and at Fort Wayne 3/30)... Hit her fourth career inside-the-park home run against South Dakota State (4/19)... Drove in two runs against Iowa (April 2)... Reached base in 26 consecutive games... Hit safely in 23 consecutive games... Recorded 20 multi-hit games... Recorded three hits in one game on three occasions... Ended the year ranked 17th nationally in batting average (.459), 22nd in runs per game (1.12), 19th in stolen bases (0.63), and 64th in on base percentage (.514).

JUNIOR (2014): NFCA Division I Second Team All-Region... 2013-14 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll Distinguished Scholar... Summit League Player of the Year... Summit League Academic All-League... First Team All-Summit League... Summit League All-Tournament Team... NFCA Division I Co-National Player of the Week (March 25)... Three-time Summit League Player of the Week... Summit League March Athlete of the Month... Broke Summit League record with 108 career stolen bases on 4/6... Recorded 12 straight base hits from 3/22 to 3/26, one shy of an NCAA record... Led the team with eight home runs, one inside the park... Hit her first career grand slam against Morehead State (3/26)... Stole four bases against IUPUI on 3/22... Ranked top-five nationally in batting average (.478).

SOPHOMORE (2013): Summit League Player of the Year... First Team All-Summit League... NCAA champion in stolen bases per game (0.94)... NFCA Division I All-Region Second Team... Capital One Academic All-District Second Team... Summit League Academic All-League... two time Summit League Player of the Week...,2012-13 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll Distinguished Scholar... broke program career stolen bases record on 5/1 against Missouri... set program single season batting average record (.465), and ranked fourth in the nation in batting average... ranked third in Division I in triples per game (0.15)... started 33 games, 32 at shortstop and one as designated hitter... batted .465 (47-for-101) with six doubles, five triples, and one inside the park home run... had a four hit game on 2/23 against Winthrop... had 15 multiple hit games... stole four bases on 4/13 against Kansas City... scored four runs on 3/8 against North Carolina A&T... In addition to leading the team in batting average and stolen bases, led the team in slugging percentage (.653), on base percentage (.534), runs scored (33), hits (47), triples (5), and total bases (66)... second on the team in walks with 14.

FRESHMAN (2012): First Team All-Summit League... led the nation in stolen bases per game with 1.18... three time Summit League Player of the Week... 2012 Winter/Spring Academic All-Summit League... started 38 games, 37 at shortstop and one in center field... batted .420 (55-for-131) with two doubles, an in the park homerun and 8 RBI... compiled an on base percentage of .449 with seven walks and a slugging percentage of .458... was a perfect 45-for-45 on stolen bases giving her the Western Illinois and Summit League records for steals in a single season... currently ranks No. 7 in the Western Illinois record book for career steals... began the season with a 10 game hitting streak... stretched another hitting streak to 15 midseason... recorded her first collegiate hits (2-for-4), stolen bases (2) and scored her first run in the first game of the season against Drake on 2/11... had a game high five steals against South Dakota State on 3/17... recorded a game high four hits on two occasions against SEMO (4-for-4) on 2/24 and South Dakota State (4-for-4) on 3/17... hit her first collegiate homerun against Southern Utah on 3/23... tallied 17 multiple hit games at the leadoff position... season ended early due to an injury.

HIGH SCHOOL: Set Naperville single-season records for hits (65), batting average (.586), stolen bases (49) and on-base percentage (.626) in 2010-11... her 145 all-time stolen bases are a program record and 15th in the state... also set Huskies records for career batting average (.422), hits (180) and on-base percentage (.458)... as a senior led the Huskies to their first regional title in 15 years and hit .430 with 34 steals and 37 runs scored... earned All-State honors from the Chicago Tribune and the Illinois Coach's Association along with All-Area accolades from the Sun-Times and the Daily Herald... earned All-Conference honors as a centerfielder in 2008 and a shortstop in 2009, 2010 and 2011... helped her team to a DuPage Valley Conference title as a freshman... named as the league's Player of the Year in 2010... nominated as the Gatorade Player of the Year in 2010 and 2011... Academic All-Conference all four years.PERSONAL: Born July 22, 1993... daughter of David and Kathy Marshall... hobbies include working out... favorite professional sports team is the Chicago Bears.

MAJOR: Exercise Science

Statistics

Season:
2015

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2012Freshman

    Shortstop/Outfielder
    5'7"
    10
  • 10

    2013Sophomore

    Shortstop/Outfielder
    5'7"
    10
  • 10

    2014Junior

    Shortstop
    5'7"
    10
  • 10

    2015Senior

    Shortstop
    5'7"
    10