| Heather Mott |
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HONORS
Tiger Most Inspirational Player (2007)
NFCA Scholar Athlete (2006-07)
Easton Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team (2007)
C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2006-07)
Two-time C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
Tiger Academic 30 (Fall 2006)
Four-time Tiger 3.0 Club
Career Highlights: Ranks in a tie for first in Memphis history with three career triples...Ranks third in career slugging percentage (.469) and fourth in assists (123)...Her three triples in 2008 is a program season record...Her 101 assists in 2008 is tied for second in school history...One of only two players in Memphis history to have two or more multiple home run games...Her eight assists against Central Arkansas (3/5/08) is a Memphis single game record...Has eight career multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games...Has five career game-winning RBI and one game-winning run scored.
Academic Highlights: Named as a 2006-07 NFCA Scholar Athlete awarded to NCAA softball student-athletes who maintain a 3.5 GPA or higher for the academic year...A 2006-07 recipient of the C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal presented to those student-athletes who have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or higher during the past academic year...Made the 2006-07 and 2007-08 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll awarded to student-athletes who carry a 3.0 GPA or higher for the school year...A fall 2006 Tiger Academic 30 member recognizing the 30 student-athletes with the best grade-point average on each team and then the next best group of student-athletes, totaling 30...A member of the fall 2006, spring 2007, fall 2007 and spring 2008 Tiger 3.0 Club given to the Memphis student-athletes who have at least a 3.0 GPA for the semester.
2008 (Freshman): Played in 48 games with 46 starts at shortstop...Did not start the final seven games of the season due to a fractured hand suffered after being hit by a pitch against UCF...Came in as a pinch runner twice after the injury...Served on the team as one of three co-captains...Had a season long five-game hitting streak in March...Tied for fourth in the conference with three triples...Had six multiple-hit games and tied for second on the team with six multi-RBI contests...Knocked in three game-winning RBI...Set a Memphis single game record with eight assists against Central Arkansas (3/5)...Set a Memphis season record with three triples...Led the team in assists (101), which ties for second in the school season record book...Third on the team in runs (25), RBI (25) and total bases (56)...Fifth in hits (32) and home runs (5)...Had 13 two-out RBI...Was 6-for-11 with runners on third and less than two outs...Hit .302 with two outs...Went 2-for-4 against Bethune Cookman (2/10) and had an RBI triple...Had a career high three hits and an RBI with two home runs against Idaho State (2/17)...It is her second career multi-homer game...Went 3-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/24)...Had five RBI with two runs scored in a doubleheader with Central Arkansas (3/5)...Had the game-winning RBI in game one in the first inning with a two-run triple...Hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning in game two to tie the game in an eventual Memphis win...Scored three runs and had two hits, including her third triple, in a doubleheader against Alabama A&M (3/12)...Went 2-for-4 against Vermont (3/16) and knocked in the game-winning run in the third inning...Had a two-run first inning homer against Furman (3/16)...Went 1-for-2 and knocked in the winning run on a double in a 1-0 victory against UTEP (4/5)...Went 3-for-7 with three RBI and two runs scored in a doubleheader with UT Martin (4/9)...Hit a two-run homer and went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored in game one.
2007 (Redshirt-Freshman): Named the Tigers' Most Inspirational Player in 2007...Started the first 10 games of the season at shortstop before tearing her ACL in practice and missing the remainder of the year...Knocked in two game-winning runs and scored one game-winner...Selected to the Easton Tiger Classic All-Tournament Team hosted by LSU (2/9-11) after having seven hits in the six games with six runs scored, eight RBI and four home runs...Broke up a no-hitter by No. 7 LSU (2/11) with a home run in the sixth inning and helped send the game into extra innings...Belted two home runs against Missouri (2/11) and finished with three RBI and three runs scored...Drove in the only run in the fifth inning of a 1-0 no-hitter against Middle Tennessee (2/10) and had six assists in the game...Hit in the game-winning run on a two-run homer against Missouri (2/10)...Knocked in the only Memphis run in a 3-1 loss to No. 7 LSU (2/9)...Went 2-for-4 and scored the game winner in her first collegiate game against Centenary (2/9).
Prep: Played under Coach Mike Davis at Escambia High School and lettered all four years...A four-time Florida Sportswriters Association All-State selection and a four-time Pensacola News Journal All-Area first team member...A three-time Pensacola News Journal Player of the Year...Led Escambia to three-consecutive district championships and back-to-back regional championships and state semifinal appearances...Compiled a record of 25-6 with 255 strikeouts and a .091 ERA...Had a high school career batting average of .461 with 28 home runs, and 155 RBI...Spent time on the mound as well as in the infield at third base, second base and shortstop...Also lettered two years in volleyball as a setter...Voted "Most Athletic" by her senior class...High school activities included Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Latin Club and National Honor Society...Featured in Who's Who Among High School Athletes...A 2005 and 2006 Fellowship of Christian Athletes award winner...Member of the 2006 Escambia High School Hall of Fame.
Club: Was a member of the High Intensity Gold traveling team...Led the team to the 2006 ASA Gold Nationals in Oklahoma City where the team placed 13th...Also played for the Diamond Aces Gold team and helped the team win a state championship in 2004 and two national championship appearances.
Personal: Full name is Heather Ashley Mott...Daughter of Doug and Maria Mott...Born on October 26, 1987 in Pensacola, Fla.
| Career Hitting Statistics |
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| Year
| Avg
| GP-GS
| AB
| R
| H
| 2B
| 3B
| HR
| RBI
| TB
| SLG% | BB
| HBP
| SO
| OB% | SF
| SH
| SB-ATT
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| 2007
| .258
| 10-10
| 31
| 7
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 8
| 20
| .645
| 4
| 0
| 7
| .333
| 1
| 0
| 2-2
|
| 2008
| .244
| 48-46
| 131
| 25
| 32
| 3
| 3
| 5
| 25
| 56
| .427
| 11
| 1
| 25
| .306
| 1
| 3
| 3-4
|
| Total
| .247
| 58-56
| 162
| 32
| 40
| 3
| 3
| 9
| 33
| 76
| .469
| 15
| 1
| 32
| .311
| 2
| 3
| 5-6
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