2013 Softball Roster
Roster
Marlee Maples
- Position:
- IF
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Klein Collins HS
- Hometown:
- Spring, Texas
2015 -- Tied for the team-lead with 55 appearances, including 53 starts... batted .295 with nine doubles, four triples, and 31 RBI... hit 12 home runs -- the second highest single-season total in program history... slugged .597 -- the second highest mark on the team... fielded .900 with a team-high 101 assists... went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI vs. Texas Tech on Feb. 21... went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI vs. Oklahoma State on March 8... went 3-for-4 with a home run two doubles and a RBI vs. Northern Colorado on March 15... named to the WAC All-Tournament team after going 4-for-8 with two home runs, a triple, and four RBI over a two-game span... homered in her last career at-bat vs. Seattle.
2014 -- Tied for the team-lead with 56 starts... batted .275 with a team-best 14 doubles, a pair of home runs and 31 RBI... stole five bases in seven attempts... fielded .925, primarily at third base, with 91 putouts and a team-high 95 assists... went 7-for-16 (.438) during a five game hit streak from Feb. 9-16... went 2-for-3 with a double and a RBI vs. Jackson State on Feb. 14... combined to go 3-for-7 with a home run and five RBI over the course of back-to-back games vs. Butler on Feb. 15-16... went 2-for-2 with a double, a RBI, and a walk vs. Northern Illinois on March 11... went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, and three RBI vs. Loyola Marymount on March 25... went 2-for-4 with a double and a RBI vs. Hawaii on March 26... went on an 11-for-25 (.440) tear from March 23-28.
2013 -- Started all 45 games… Batted .260, while leading the Kangaroos in at-bats (146), hits (38), total bases (61), RBI (32, fifth most in team single-season history) and home runs (5, fourth most in team single-season history)… Finished second on the team in runs (28) and doubles (8)… Maintained a .418 slugging and .283 on-base percentage… Recorded five sacrifice hits and went 6-for-8 in the stolen base department… Drew five walks… Tallied 73 putouts, 81 assists and committed 12 errors for a .928 fielding percentage… Recorded nine multi-hit games, to go along with eight multi-RBI games… Earned USC Upstate All-Tournament Team honors… Went 2-for-3 with two runs, a stolen base and an RBI in UMKC’s 8-0 win in five innings over North Carolina Central (Feb. 9)… Went 2-for-3 with three runs, three RBI, two doubles, a stolen base and a sacrifice in Kansas City’s 9-3 win over Maine (Feb. 10)… In the Kangaroos’ 17-16 loss in nine innings to Colorado State (Feb. 16), went 2-for-5 with two runs, five RBI, a double and a home run… Went 3-for-5 with two runs, four RBI and a home run in UMKC’s 16-11 loss in eight innings to Troy (March 9)… Went 2-for-3 with two and a sacrifice in Kansas City’s 2-1 win at Missouri State (March 19)… Went 3-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI in the Kangaroos’ 2-1 loss to Western Illinois (April 13)… In UMKC’s 9-0 win over Western Illinois (April 14), went 2-for-3 with two runs and a home run… Went 4-for-4 with three RBI, a double and a home run in UMKC’s 5-4 loss to North Dakota State (May 10) in The Summit League Championships… In league action (13 games), batted .229 with 11 hits in a team-high 48 at-bats, including two doubles and two home runs… Scored a team-high eight runs and drove in four RBI… Recorded a team-high 19 total bases, while drawing two walks… Maintained a .396 slugging and .260 on-base percentage… Tallied 27 putouts, a team-high 28 assists and committed two errors for a .965 field percentage.
2012 -- Appeared 50 games, starting in 46... Finished fourth on the team in batting at .250 with 34 hits, two home runs, and 20 RBI... Scored 17 runs along with notching eight walks, five doubles, and a team-high three triples... Held a .375 slugging percentage and .301 on-base percentage... Went 4-for-4 in the stolen base department... Recorded 28 putouts with five assists and two errors for a .943 fielding percentage... Notched 10 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI against Missouri State (March 3)... Went 3-for-3 against SEMO (March 4) with a run, walk, triple, and two RBI, including her first homer of the year... Named to the Missouri Coaches vs. Cancer all-Tournament Team... Went 2-for-4 with two triples, two RBI, and a run scored against Utah Valley (March 28)... Went 1-for-4 with a double, RBI, and run scored against South Dakota State (April 6), followed by a 2-for-4 performance including two RBI and a run scored the next day against the Jackrabbits... Hit a two-run homer in the 12th inning to give UMKC a 6-4 lead over North Dakota State on the road (April 22)... Named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League Team.
High School -- Awarded the Hitting Award and Defensive Award as a junior at Klein Collins high School and the Hitting Award, Offensive Award and the Most Valuable Player Award as a senior.
Personal -- Born on October 18, 1992 in Houston, Texas... daughter of Crystal and Derrick Maples... Majoring in science.
If Marlee Were An Animal, What Would It Be and Why? -- "A monkey, because I would love to swing tree to tree and eat bananas."
