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#14 Sara Fitzgerald Season 2004

Position
Second Base
Height
5'3
Class
Redshirt
Hometown
Kingwood, Texas
B/T
L
High School
Kingwood HS

Career Stats

2004 Purple & Gold Challenge All-Tournament Team
2004 Team Captain

SENIOR SEASON (2004)
Played and started in all 69 games … Was a team captain … Named to the Purple & Gold Challenge all-tournament team … Ranked second on the team and sixth in the SEC in doubles … Ranked third on the team and sixth in the SEC in triples … Recorded 11 multiple-hit games, including four, three-hit games … Recorded four multiple-RBI games … Against Southern Miss in the Purple & Gold Challenge championship game, she went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored … Also went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored in the tournament’s opening game against Alcorn state … Against Portland State in the UNLV Desert Classic, she went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a triple, an RBI and a run scored … Helped turn LSU’s only triple play in the program’s history against Georgia … Ranks fifth in double plays turned, seventh in career doubles, eighth in games played, hit by pitches and assists, ninth in runs scored and 10th in sacrifice hits and putouts in LSU history.

JUNIOR SEASON (2003)
Played and started in all 68 games … Had a break out season in 2003 … Led the team in hits … Ranked eighth in the SEC in runs scored … Ranked in the top three on the team in runs scored, RBIs, doubles, triples and stolen bases … Tied the third longest hitting streak in LSU history at 12 games … Hit her first career home run in a 4-3 win over No. 11 Cal State Fullerton … Scored the game-winning run in a 4-3 come-from-behind win over No. 11 Georgia on the road … Had 12 multiple-hit and seven multiple-RBI games … Went 3-for-4 with a double, RBI and run scored against Nicholls State … Went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI against Mississippi State.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2002)
Played in 56 games, starting 16 … Used mostly in a defensive role in the outfield and as a pinch runner … Produced at least one hit in 11 different games … Recorded three multiple-hit games and one multiple-RBI game … Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored against Long Island … Went 1-for-1 with a double and an RBI in the third game against Auburn.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2001)
Played in 48 games, starting 11 … Knocked in a season-high two RBIs against Tulsa … Produced a hit in eight different games … Scored 13 runs, most as a pinch runner … Scored one of the runs in a 2-1 victory over Oklahoma in the WCWS.

HIGH SCHOOL
Was a three-year letterwinner for Kingwood High School … Named to the all-district and All-Greater Houston first teams … Also named the softball Co-MVP … Lettered in basketball and volleyball … Was the basketball MVP and named to first-team all-district.

PERSONAL
Full name is Sara Renee’ Fitzgerald … Parents are Cecil and Maureen Fitzgerald … Has two brothers and one sister: Seth, Cecil and Marisa … Majoring in kinesiology … Likes to sleep, watch TV and listen to music … Favorite foods are gumbo and pizza … Born on Feb. 1, 1980.

 

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