WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCEUTSA TOP PLAYERS AND ROSTERcourtney buchmanINF, 5-5, So.Named third team All-Southland last year as a freshmanafter hitting .299 with 16 runs scored, six doubles,a homer and 15 RBI ... appeared in all 52 games with 50starts ... tied for the team lead with four sacrifice hits ...had eight multi-hit games, including four outings withthree hits ... had nine-game hitting streak from March2-13 ... went 2-for-3 and had a season-high two RBI ina win at UTEP (March 2) ... lone homer of the seasoncame in a run-rule victory over Nicholls (April 28) ...recorded 65 outs and 15 assists in 84 chances for a.952 fielding percentage ... named to the Southland<strong>Conference</strong> Commissioner’s Honor Roll ... redshirtedthe 2011 season.CAREER StatisticsYear G-GS AB R H RBI Avg.2012 52-50 134 16 40 15 .299Total 52-50 134 16 40 15 .299MEGAN LOWC, 5-6, So.Named Southland <strong>Conference</strong> Freshman of the Yearand first team All-SLC last year after hitting .375 with26 runs, nine doubles, five homers and 28 RBI ... alsorecorded a .533 slugging and .456 on-base percentage... led the team in eight offensive categories includingbatting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage,RBI, home runs, total bases (81), walks (20) andsacrifice flies (3) ... totaled 17 multi-hit and seven multi-RBI games ... had a nine-game hitting streak from March2-16 ... also reached base in 17 consecutive games ...had a season-high four hits with two doubles and threeruns scored in a win over Houston Baptist (April 17) ...had three RBI in a game twice ... posted a .987 fieldingpercentage with 266 putouts and 28 assists ... named tothe Southland <strong>Conference</strong> Commissioner’s Honor Roll.CAREER StatisticsYear G-GS AB R H RBI Avg.2012 52-52 152 26 57 28 .375Total 52-52 152 26 57 28 .375HAYLEE STATONP/OF, 5-7, Sr.Third team All-SLC pick last year after posting a 15-8record and 2.54 ERA with 151 strikeouts ... also hit .244with two doubles, a triple and eight RBI ... had fourmulti-hit and two multi-RBI games ... tallied doubledigitstrikeouts four times, including a career-best 12in a win vs. North Dakota ... as a sophomore, appearedin 31 contests with 15 starts ... named to the 2011 SLCCommissioner’s Honor Roll ... spent the 2010 season atConcordia, where she was named first team all-conferenceand conference Pitcher of the Week four times.CAREER StatisticsYear W-L S ERA IP K BB2011 6-8 1 3.58 76.1 34 212012 15-8 1 2.54 179.0 151 49Total 21-16 2 2.85 255.1 185 70Year G-GS AB R H RBI Avg.2011 31-25 67 7 11 5 .1642012 49-45 86 16 21 8 .244Total 80-70 153 23 32 13 .209<strong>2013</strong> ROSTERTEAM PROFILENo. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Yr. Hometown (Last School)1 Siera Sproul OF R/R 5-7 Jr. Liberty Hill, Texas (Liberty Hill)2 Courtney Buchman INF R/R 5-5 So. Katy, Texas (Cinco Ranch)3 Cosette Hernandez INF L/R 5-3 Fr. San Antonio, Texas (Johnson)4 Paige Hamilton INF L/R 5-5 Jr. San Antonio, Texas (Blinn College)5 Ashlee Garcia INF L/R 5-7 Fr. Jarrell, Texas (Jarrell)7 Darian Blake OF L/R 5-8 Jr. Katy, Texas (North Texas)8 Jolene Graham INF R/R 5-9 Jr. Sutter, Calif. (Odessa JC)9 Alyssa Vordenbaum P R/R 5-7 Sr. Pasadena, Texas (Blinn College)10 Jori Fox P/1B R/R 5-11 Jr. San Antonio, Texas (Johnson)11 Victoria Birdwell OF L/R 5-4 Fr. Magnolia, Texas (Magnolia)21 Alexis Ramirez INF L/L 5-6 Fr. San Marcos, Calif. (San Marcos)22 Vivian Tijerina 3B R/R 5-6 So. Atascosa, Texas (Southwest)24 Crystal Moreno OF R/R 5-5 Fr. San Angelo, Texas (Central)30 Samantha Beeson 1B/OF R/R 5-9 Sr. Austin, Texas (Bowie)33 Megan Low C R/R 5-6 So. Spring, Texas (Spring)42 Haylee Staton P/OF R/R 5-7 Sr. Austin, Texas (Concordia)Key Returnees BA Hits RBICourtney Buchman .299 40 15Megan Low .375 57 28Key Pitchers ERA W-L KHaylee Staton 2.54 15-8 151Alyssa Vordenbaum 4.16 4-11 67Key Losses BA Hits RBIMolly Fichtner .365 61 18Nikki Goff .283 41 26Caitlyn Ivy .304 48 26Ashley Kappler .306 55 15ROADRUNNER FIELDHead Coach: Amanda LehotakAssistant Coaches: Michelle Cheatham, Megan Gibson42<strong>2013</strong> <strong>WAC</strong> <strong>Softball</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>
WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE • WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCEUTSA 2012 STATISTICSAll Games: 24-28 Home: 12-6 Road: 6-12 Neutral: 6-10Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-SBA PO A E FLD%Low, Megan .375 52-52 152 26 57 9 0 5 28 81 .533 20 5 12 4 .456 3 1 0-1 266 28 4 .987Fichtner, Molly .365 52-52 167 27 61 8 0 3 18 78 .467 18 0 9 2 .425 1 3 0-1 71 93 10 .943Kappler, Ashley .306 52-52 180 33 55 10 0 3 15 74 .411 8 1 15 0 .335 2 3 1-1 93 84 9 .952Ivy, Caitlyn .304 52-52 158 19 48 4 0 4 26 64 .405 14 0 24 2 .360 0 5 3-3 351 11 6 .984Buchman, Courtney .299 52-50 134 16 40 6 0 1 15 49 .366 16 1 17 0 .373 2 4 2-4 65 15 4 .952Goff, Nikki .283 50-48 145 18 41 12 1 5 26 70 .483 8 1 27 1 .323 1 3 1-2 49 84 5 .964Beeson, Samantha .306 25-15 49 3 15 1 1 0 3 18 .367 1 0 8 0 .320 0 1 3-3 8 0 1 .889Staton, Haylee .244 49-45 86 16 21 2 1 0 8 25 .291 15 2 15 0 .365 1 2 0-0 8 44 3 .945Garcia, Geena .224 41-40 98 13 22 3 0 1 10 28 .286 8 2 25 0 .291 2 4 1-2 48 3 4 .927Little, Laura .207 40-22 58 6 12 4 0 0 4 16 .276 3 0 7 0 .246 0 1 1-1 24 0 4 .857Byars, Alaina .195 31-29 82 9 16 4 1 3 16 31 .378 8 0 13 0 .267 0 1 2-2 18 1 2 .905Sproul, Siera .170 31-16 47 7 8 2 0 1 6 13 .277 6 0 10 0 .264 0 1 2-2 18 0 1 .947Tijerina, Vivian .091 7-3 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .091 0 0 2 0 .091 0 0 0-0 4 10 1 .933Fox, Jori .050 10-4 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 .100 0 0 8 0 .050 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000Vordenbaum, Alyss .000 33-21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 5 24 5 .853Akins, Katy .000 17-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 5 1 .833Luksa, Morgan .000 29-8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 5 17 1 .957Totals .287 52-52 1387 196 398 66 4 26 176 550 .397 125 12 192 9 .348 12 29 16-22 1033 419 61 .960Opponents .277 52-52 1378 230 382 58 5 44 206 582 .422 118 36 251 2 .348 8 39 44-50 1037 411 55 .963LOB - Team (336), Opp (320). DPs turned - Team (14), Opp (15). IBB - Team (1), Ivy 1, Opp (8).Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHAStaton, Haylee 2.54 15-8 38 34 15 4 1 1 179.0 166 78 65 49 151 23 3 15 682 .243 9 17 0 3 21Vordenbaum, Alyss 4.16 4-11 29 12 3 0 1 1 94.1 114 77 56 40 67 18 1 14 390 .292 5 13 0 2 9Luksa, Morgan 5.62 4-7 26 4 0 0 0 3 52.1 69 53 42 24 25 9 1 9 221 .312 9 2 2 2 6Akins, Katy 6.75 1-2 13 2 0 0 0 0 18.2 33 22 18 5 8 8 0 6 85 .388 0 4 0 1 3Totals 3.68 24-28 52 52 18 5 1 5 344.1 382 230 181 118 251 58 5 44 1378 .277 23 36 2 8 39Opponents 3.18 28-24 52 52 26 7 1 2 345.2 398 196 157 125 192 66 4 26 1387 .287 25 12 6 12 29PB - Team (6), Low 5, Fichtner 1, Opp (10). Pickoffs - Team (5), Low 4, Luksa 1. SBA/ATT - Low (41-47), Staton (19-22), Vordenbaum (14-16), Luksa (9-10), Fichtner (3-3),Akins (2-2).SLC Games: 12-8 Home: 8-2 Road: 4-6Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-SBA PO A E FLD%Fichtner, Molly .438 20-20 64 11 28 4 0 1 7 35 .547 6 0 4 1 .486 0 3 0-0 30 44 4 .949Low, Megan .339 20-20 56 10 19 3 0 1 10 25 .446 9 4 4 1 .451 2 1 0-0 121 17 2 .986Goff, Nikki .313 20-20 64 10 20 5 0 4 14 37 .578 3 0 11 1 .338 1 1 1-2 18 44 3 .954Buchman, Courtney .262 20-20 61 7 16 3 0 1 7 22 .361 5 0 9 0 .313 1 2 1-2 25 3 1 .966Kappler, Ashley .257 20-20 70 9 18 5 0 0 3 23 .329 4 1 7 0 .303 1 0 0-0 35 33 1 .986Ivy, Caitlyn .167 20-20 60 4 10 1 0 1 6 14 .233 6 0 10 2 .242 0 4 1-1 153 6 3 .981Beeson, Samantha .321 10-8 28 2 9 1 1 0 3 12 .429 1 0 5 0 .345 0 1 2-2 4 0 0 1.000Staton, Haylee .240 19-17 25 3 6 1 0 0 3 7 .280 4 2 4 0 .387 0 2 0-0 3 23 1 .963Sproul, Siera .227 14-8 22 5 5 1 0 1 2 9 .409 1 0 6 0 .261 0 1 1-1 6 0 0 1.000Little, Laura .172 18-11 29 1 5 1 0 0 2 6 .207 2 0 3 0 .226 0 0 0-0 9 0 1 .900Byars, Alaina .167 7-6 18 2 3 0 0 2 5 9 .500 1 0 3 0 .211 0 0 1-1 3 0 0 1.000Garcia, Geena .114 14-14 35 3 4 2 0 0 3 6 .171 6 0 11 0 .244 0 2 0-0 19 1 2 .909Fox, Jori .091 4-2 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 .182 0 0 4 0 .091 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000Tijerina, Vivian .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000Totals .265 20-20 544 69 144 28 1 11 65 207 .381 48 7 81 5 .329 5 17 7-9 427 185 21 .967Opponents .236 20-20 539 62 127 19 1 10 56 178 .330 43 21 118 0 .316 2 17 17-20 423 160 23 .962LOB - Team (131), Opp (135). DPs turned - Team (6), Opp (5). IBB - Team (0), Opp (5).Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHAStaton, Haylee 1.98 7-3 18 16 6 3 1 0 84.2 71 28 24 23 74 10 1 4 314 .226 7 10 0 0 12Vordenbaum, Alyss 2.85 2-4 12 4 0 0 1 1 34.1 29 21 14 15 28 5 0 3 130 .223 2 8 0 2 4Luksa, Morgan 3.61 2-1 10 0 0 0 0 2 21.1 26 12 11 4 15 4 0 2 88 .295 0 2 0 0 1Akins, Katy 3.50 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 .143 0 1 0 0 0Totals 2.46 12-8 20 20 6 4 1 3 142.1 127 62 50 43 118 19 1 10 539 .236 9 21 0 2 17Opponents 2.73 8-12 20 20 12 1 0 1 141.0 144 69 55 48 81 28 1 11 544 .265 6 7 3 5 17PB - Team (2), Low 2, Opp (1). Pickoffs - Team (3), Low 2, Luksa 1. SBA/ATT - Low (17-20), Staton (12-14), Vordenbaum (3-4), Luksa (2-2).43<strong>WAC</strong>Sports.com