2008 Softball Roster
Roster
Megan Ussary
- Position:
- 3B
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Mid-Buchanan HS
- Hometown:
- Agency, Mo.
2011 -- Started all 54 games… finished with a .315 batting average, a .463 slugging percentage and a .376 on-base percentage… scored 29 runs and drove in 34… collected 51 hits, including 12 doubles, two home runs and three triples… walked 15 times and stole 19 bases… twice named Summit League Player of the Week… named to the all-Summit League Tournament Team… named to the Second Team all-Summit League… named a Distinguished Scholar on The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic all-League Team and to the Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence… named an NFCA all-America Scholar Athlete… led The Summit League in triples (3) and finished fifth in doubles (12)… ranked 92nd in the NCAA in triples (3)… ranks third in UMKC single season history in stolen bases (19), fourth RBIs (34) and seventh doubles (12) and runs (29)… ranks eighth in UMKC career history in doubles (20) and 10th in batting average (.311)… recorded 15 multi-hit games, including three three hit games and four straight multi-hit games from 2/12-2/13… registered nine multi-RBI games, including a 3-for-3 performance with four RBIs, two runs, a homerun and a stolen base at IUPUI (4/30)… had a season-long 11 game hitting streak.
2010 -- Sat out the 2010 season due to transfer rules... UMKC Scholar Athlete.
2009 -- Transferred to Northwest Missouri State in December '08... practiced and was a member of the Bearcat squad, but was not eligible to compete in game action... transferred back to UMKC in the fall of 2009.
2008 -- Led the team with a .303 batting average on the season, collecting eight doubles in 27 hits on the season... started 32 of her 34 appearances on the year, with her on-base percentage of .347 also tops among the team... posted the longest hitting streak of the season, a six-game (vs. Idaho State, 2/17 - Wichita State 3/8) string that saw the freshman collect nine hits - including two doubles... posted a fielding percentage of .959 after moving from catcher to third base for an injury-depleted UMKC squad... named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic all-League team.
High School -- Two-time all-state selection... named team MVP for Mid-Buchanan High School as a junior and senior, leading the Lady Dragons to an 18-5 record and district and sectional championships... three-time all-district and all-conference selection... garnered accolades as the St. Joseph (Mo.) News Press Player of the Year... led team to four straight conference championships... earned varsity letters in softball (4), basketball (4) and cheerleading (3)... also was an all-conference basketball player... high school coach was Mark Pettegrew... played AAU softball for the KC Peppers team for two years... was a Scholar Athlete and an all-American Scholar, while being on the honor roll and earning an honors diploma.
Personal -- Born on Nov. 21, 1988... daughter of Brian an Channon Ussary...majoring in liberal arts.
