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CAREER: The leading returning hitter on the 2013 MSU squad after hitting .321 during her sophomore campaign ... Threw out a league-best 21 runners behind the plate as a freshman in 2011, but moved to third base to 2012 to help the corner defense ... Moving back behind the dish in 2013, making her one of the top returning catchers in the SEC ... Tied with Shelby Fisher for the longest career hitting streak (eight games) of any Bulldog on the 2013 roster ... Tied for sixth in school history in career home runs per game, eighth in career intentional walks and ninth in career slugging percentage ... Only the fourth Bulldog sophomore in school history to be named to the NFCA All-South Region First Team ... Eight home runs as a true freshman in 2010 tied for 10th in school history for a single season ... Member of the 2011 All-SEC Freshman team ... A two-time NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete and SEC Academic Honor Roll member. 2012: A NFCA All-South Region First team member after hitting .321 with 54 hits, 28 RBIs, 26 runs, 21 walks, seven doubles and two home runs ... Started all 57 MSU games, with 44 starts at third base, 11 at catcher, one at first and one as the designated player ... Moved from catcher to third base Feb. 24 to help the team shore up its corner defense and played there mostly the rest of the year ... Hit cleanup a team-high 43 games ... Named a 2012 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete as well as a 2012 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll selection ... Tied for the team lead with 16 multiple-hit games ... Scored the game-winning run seven different times, second most on the team ... Her 21 walks were fifth-most by a sophomore in school history ... Went 2-for-4, scoring a run in the season-opening win against South Alabama ... Hit her first home run of the season against Lipscomb, going 1-for-2 with an RBI and a walk ... Finished 2-for-3, with one run, an RBI and a walk in the 9-6 win vs. Memphis to wrap up the Mardi Gras Invitational ... Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in a win against Samford ... Collected an RBI double on 1-for-4 hitting in the home opener vs. SIU-Edwardsville ... Went 1-for-3 with an RBI to close out the Bulldog Round Robin in the win vs. Mississippi Valley State ... Tallied two hits to go along with a career-high tying two runs and an RBI in a 5-3 victory against No. 20 Georgia Tech ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs in the victory at Jackson State ... Opened up the Bulldog Classic with a career-high tying three hits and a career-best tying two runs and two RBIs in the win over Columbia ... Tallied a hit, walk, run and RBI in the shutout victory over Louisiana Tech ... Walked a career-high tying three times and had a double in the second win vs. Columbia at the Bulldog Classic ... Went a perfect 2-for-2 with a run and a walk in the shutout win vs. Eastern Illinois ... Wrapped up the Bulldog Classic going 2-for-4 with two runs and one driven in against Samford in the win ... Named to the Bulldog Classic All-Tournament Team ... Went 2-for-4 with a career-high tying three RBIs in the second game of the doubleheader vs. No. 3/4 Florida ... Finished 1-for-2 with a walk, run and RBI in the SEC road-opening win at South Carolina ... Came back in the second game of the doubleheader sweep against the Gamecocks and went 2-for-4 with her second home run of the season ... Went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk in the first two games at LSU ... Notched a two-RBI single in the second home game against No. 12/11 Tennessee ... Came back one day later in the series finale vs. the Lady Vols to go 2-for-2 with a double ... Went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk in the road win at Mississippi Valley State ... Tallied a single, run and a walk in the series opener at home vs. No. 2 Alabama ... Finished the series vs. Alabama with two singles and a run scored in game three ... Recorded an RBI single, a walk and a run in the second game of the Good Friday doubleheader sweep at Arkansas ... Finished the sweep at Ole Miss with a career-high tying three hits, including a double ... Earned a career-high tying three walks, scored once and registered an RBI in the series-opening win vs. Kentucky ... Hit a walk-off single on national television to beat the Wildcats in game two, finishing 2-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base ... Recorded a single in the run-rule home win against Memphis ... Knocked out two hits in the road win at Southern Miss ... Registered an RBI single in the series-opening win at Auburn ... Tallied three hits for the fifth time in her career in the series finale against the Tigers, including a double and a run scored ... Notched an RBI double and scored a run in the SEC Tournament opener against No. 3 Alabama ... Drove in two runs on a double against BYU in State's opening game of the NCAA Tournament. 2011: Named to the 2011 All-SEC Freshman Team after hitting .285 with eight home runs and 36 RBIs in 55 games (54 starts) ... Led the SEC by throwing out a league-best 21 runners as a catcher ... Named a 2011 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete ... Went 1-for-2 with a walk and knocked in a run in the SEC Tournament opening-round game against Alabama ... Hit .357 in her first collegiate weekend, adding six RBI, five runs scored, two doubles and a pair of home runs ... Homered and walked twice while going 1-for-2 and accounting for four runs (two RBI and two runs scored) against UNLV ... Went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI and two runs scored against No. 11 Washington ... Homered and drove in two runners against UC Riverside ... Hit a pinch-hit, walkoff home run, the first pinch-hit homer by a Bulldog since 2005, to earn a spot on the Bulldog Round-Robin All-Tournament Team ... Collected a season-high two walks while garnering a hit against Southern Miss ... Tallied a .400 batting average in helping MSU win the Bulldog Classic ... Had a two-run double in the nightcap against Mississippi Valley State ... Doubled in two runs and scored twice as the Dawgs clinched a series sweep against South Carolina ... Homered as part of a season-high three-hit effort in State's SEC/ACC Challenge-opening win against Florida State ... Drove in a personal-best three runs against the Seminoles ... Hit .667 with two doubles in State's sweep of Arkansas ... Went 2-for-3 in the series opener, doubling and scoring one of State's three runs ... Matched a season high with three hits on Sunday, belting her second double of the weekend while driving in a run ... Hit a three-run home run, her fifth round-tripper of the season, in a series-opening setback at Kentucky ... Tallied three RBI on a career-best two triples in the second game against Alcorn State ... Drove in the winning two runs with her 10th double of the season as the Bulldogs defeated Ole Miss in the second game of a three-game series ... Homered and scored twice in Sunday's series-clinching win against the Rebels ... Notched a double and drew two walks en route to scoring two of State's four runs in a 4-3, series-opening upset of No. 22 Auburn ... Hit her seventh home run of the year in game two at No. 3 Alabama ... Went 2-for-4, including a double, and drove in three runs in a 9-1 win against Mississippi Valley State ... Collected a pair of hits (.333 average) and drew five walks in three games against No. 21 LSU ... Returned to her home state and hit a second-inning home run to give Mississippi State a lead it would not relinquish en route to an 8-6, series-opening upset of No. 7 Georgia. PRE-COLLEGE: Invited to the United States Junior National Team tryouts in Chula Vista, Calif. ... Enjoyed a stellar career behind the plate for Billy Dooley and Collins Hill High School in Ga. ... Earned three letters on the softball diamond for Collins Hill ... Helped the Eagles battle through the losers bracket to win the Georgia 5A State Championship ... Hit a bases-clearing triple that ignited a four-run rally in the bottom of the sixth inning of the championship game ... Played an integral part in top-ranked Collins Hill going 35-4 and winning the program's first Region 7-5A championship in five years ... Selected first team All-State and the 5A Defensive Player of the Year following her senior season ... Also tabbed Region 7-5A Player of the Year, Georgia Dugout Club 5A Player of the Year, GDC All-Star and a member of the 2009 Gwinnett Daily Post Super 6 ... Hit .340 with 27 RBI and 25 runs scored while helping the 2009 Eagles to Gwinnett County Team of the Year honors in her final prep season ... Caught on CHHS' 2007 squad that finished 20-13-1 and advanced to the sectional tournament ... Played travel softball alongside fellow Bulldog sophomore Heidi Shape on the Georgia Elite ... Helped the 2010 Elite to a ninth-place showing at the prestigious ASA Gold National Tournament ... Guided the 2009 squad to a 13th-place finish at the 2009 ASA Gold Nationals in Oklahoma City ... The 2009 Georgia Elite finished the summer ranked No. 9 nationally by Rivals.com ... Selected as an Adidas Futures Top 100 Participant in 2008. PERSONAL: Born Samantha Nicole Lenahan on Jan. 17, 1992, in Shawnee Mission, Kan. ... Daughter of Tom and Elizabeth Lenahan ... Has two brothers, Bryce and Ian ... Majoring in mathematics ... Hopes to one day visit the Philippines to see where her mother grew up. CAREER HIGHS AB 5, 2x, last at Ole Miss, 4/15/12 R 2, 10x, last last vs. Samford, 3/4/12 H 3, 5x, last at Auburn, 5/6/12 RBI 3, 5x, last vs. Florida, 3/7/12 2B 1, 19x, last vs. BYU, 5/17/12 3B 2 vs. Alcorn State, 3/29/11 HR 1, 10x, last at South Carolina, 3/13/12 BB 3, 3x, last vs. Kentucky, 4/20/12 SB 1, 9x, last vs. Kentucky, 4/21/12 |
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