2017 Softball Roster
Roster
Ebonee Echols
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Northgate
- Hometown:
- Newnan, Ga.
MICHIGAN STATE CAREER RECORDS:
Triples: Â Â Â 25 / first**Batting Average: Â Â Â .324 /ninth
Runs    133 / third
Hits    195 /10th
RBIÂ Â Â 125 / T-fourth
Extra-Base Hits    71 / fifth
Stolen Bases    41 / seventh
BIG TEN CAREER RECORDS:
- Triples (23, first)
CAREER CAPSULE: All-time career triples leader at MSU and the Big Ten (25) ... Career .325 hitter (10th, MSU) who also graduated with top-10 career finishes in base hits (198, ninth), RBI (127, fourth), stolen bases (41, seventh), extra-base hits (71, seventh), and runs scored (136, third) .... 2016 Schutt Sport / NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year Top 25 list in 2016 .
SENIOR (2019): Second Team All-Great Lakes Region Selection ... Hit .352 in her final collegiate season in 45 games ... Tied her career best with 11 doubles, hit six homers, added two triples, and had 33 RBI ...  Ranked 13th in the Big Ten in on-base percentage (.468) ... Started all five games in left field at the FIU Invitational (2/8-10), smacking a pair of homers and a double among her four base hits  ...Hit .333, including a double and a triple, at the ACC-B1G Challenge (2/15-16) ... Had a base hit, an RBI, and a stolen base in two games at the GCU Purple Classic (2/22-24) ... Shared the team lead with a .462 batting average over four games at the Alabama Crimson Classic (3/1-2), posting a pair of doubles and four RBI with a sac fly ... Hit .333 with five base hits (a double and a homer included) with two RBI at Auburn’s War Eagle Classic (3/7-9) ... Posted a .333 average with a triple and four runs scored  at the Miami Invitational (3/16-17) ... Posted three base hits and a .500 average against Penn State (3/22-24) with two RBI, four walks, a sac fly, and a stolen base ... Had a pair of base hits at Indiana (3/29-31) ... In the midweek game vs. Oakland (4/3), went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI and a double ... Hit .333 in the Maryland series (4/5-7), smacking two homers in the finale ... Was 2-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI at CMU (4/9) ... Led the Spartans with a 3-for-6 performance with two doubles at Minnesota (4/14) ... Posted an RBI double at Michigan (4/23) ...  Had three base hits in the Rutgers series (5/3-4), smacking a double and a home run.Â
JUNIOR (2018): Played and started 51 of 52 games ... Was fourth on the team with a .305 average, smacking seven doubles, three homers, and sharing the team lead in triples (3) ... Led the team with eight stolen bases, walking 23 times ... Led the team with six hits (.429) at FAU (2/9-11), with a pair of RBI and two walks ... Posted four hits, (one double), scored twice, and had an RBI at the Gamecock Invitational (2/16-18) ... Led the Spartans with eight hits - three doubles - and added five RBI and four runs scored at the FIU Classic (2/23-25) ... Hit .333 in the Louisville Slugger Invitational (3/8-10), posting a pair of hits and a stolen base in the loss to No. 21 Long Beach State and hitting a walkoff homer in the bottom of the seventh inning vs. San Diego State ... Hit a blistering .571 in the Nebraska series, which included a pair of doubles in game one and a homer in the second contest (3/23-25) ... Hd three hits in the indiana series (3/30-31) ... Had a double in the second game of the Minnesota doubleheader (4/8) ... Smacked her third triple of the season and 23rd of her career in the Penn State series (4/13-14), walking three times and stealing three bases ... Had two RBI and a sac fly in the Ohio State series (4/20-22) ... Went 2-for-2 with an RBI and a walk vs. Eastern Michigan (4/24) ... Went 1-for-4 with a pair of runs scored in a home win over Central Michigan (4/25) ... Led the Spartans with a .500 average (5-for-10), walked four times, scored six runs and had six RBI in the Maryland series (5/4-5), adding a home run and a stolen base.
SOPHOMORE (2017): Led the country with 11 triples on the season, and her 20 career three-baggers is an MSU career record ... Eleven triples is second all-time in the MSU single-season annals ... Hit .321, starting 56 of 58 games, primarily in left field ... Ranked first in the Big Ten in triples (11), and eighth with 48 RBI on the year ... Her 48 RBI ranked sixth in a single season at MSU, and was third on the team ... Complied 25 extra base hits ((11 doubles, 11 triples, three homers) , which is seventh in a single season at MSU ... Led the team with 11 stolen bases ... Added 12 walks and five sac hits ... Had a hit in each of the first four games of the year, at the FAU Kickoff Classic ... Opened with a 1-for-3 effort at the plate with two RBI and a stolen base vs. North Florida (2/10) ... Went 2-for-4 with a stolen base vs. Troy (2/11) ... Went 1-for-3 vs. NC State, slamming the 10th triple of her career, good for a tie for ninth all-time at MSU ... Went 1-for-4 in the finale vs. FAU (2/12) ... Went 8-for-16 (.500) with five extra-base hits at the Madiera Beach Invitational; opened with a 3-for-4 effort with two RBI and a homer vs. Villanova (2/17) ... Went 1-for- with two RBI vs. So. Illinois (2/18) ... Had a double, grand slam, and six RBI in a 2-for-4 performance at the plate vs. North Dakota (2/18) ... Went 2-for-2 in the Madiera Beach finale vs. Robert Morris, with a double, triple, sac fly, and four RBI (2/19) ... Drove in three runs in the middle game at LMU (2/25) with her 11th career triple ... Posted triples vs. UNC Wilmington (3/4) and Central Connecticut (3/5) at the Georgia Invitational ... Put together a five-game hitting streak to close out spring break, which included a 1-for-2 effort with a home run, walk, stolen base, and three RBI at Georgia State (3/9) and a 2-for-3 performance against ETSU (3/10) ... Also delivered a two-RBI hit against Kennesaw State (3/11) ... Smacked an RBI triple in a loss at Notre Dame (3/22) ... Went a combined 4-for-8 (.500) with three walks and two stolen bases in the Big Ten series at Purdue (3/24-25), posting a pair of doubles and four RBI ... Smacked a triple with two RBI in a midweek win over Western Michigan (3/31) ... Had a pair of hits, a walk, and four runs scored in the Maryland series (3/31-4/2) ... Went a combined 5-for-9 in the Penn State series (4/8-9) with three triples, becoming MSU' s career triples leader and tying her own school record with two triples in a game in the series finale (4/8-9) ... Was a combined 3-for-12 in the Illinois series (4/14-15) ... Smacked two doubles in a home win over Toledo (4/19) ... Delivered the game-winning walkoff hit in the middle game of the Ohio State series (4/21-23), which included three hits that day ... Went 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored against Eastern Michigan (4/25) ... Went 3-for-4 in MSU's extra inning win at Rutgers in the series opener (4/28-30), and then 2-for-4 with a double in the finale ... Had a pinch-hit RBI single in MSU's victory over IUPUI (5/17) ... Delivered a pinch-hit RBI single with the bases loaded against Murray State (5/18) ...
FRESHMAN (2016): 2016 Schutt Sport / NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year Top 25 list ... Appeared in 52 games despite a late-season injury ... Earned 45 starts as a freshman ... Hit .329 (fourth on the team) ... Led the Big Ten and ranked second nationally with nine triples, good for third all-time in a single season in the MSU record book ... ... Added four doubles and three home runs, slugging .541 ... Ranked fifth in the Big Ten with eight sac bunts ... Led the Spartans (and ranked eighth in the Big Ten) with 16 stolen bases (19 attempts) ... Walked 11 times and had 24 RBI, good for fourth among the Spartans ... Hit .308 at the FGCU Invitational, which included a 2-2 performance in a win over UIC (2/13) with two stolen bases and a 2-for-4 effort with a double and triple vs. Memphis (2/14) ...Capped the Littlewood Classic with a 2-for-3 effort in a come-from-behind victory over Illinois State (2/21) ... Had a hit in each of the four games of the Gamecock Invitational, her first four-game hitting streak of her career. She had triples in each of the two games vs. Connecticut (3/6), tallying three RBI in the two games ... Opened the tournament at the College of Charleston with a 1-for-3 effort (triple) against Charleston Southern, adding a stolen base (3/11) ... In the nightcap, went 3-for-4 against Chattanooga, scoring twice and stealing two bases (3/11) ... Hit a scorching .615 in the four games at the Hoosier Classic (3/19-20): Went 3-for-5 with a pair of sacrifice hits and two stolen bases in MSU's extra-inning win over Bowling Green (3/19) ... Went 2-for-2 with a double, two runs scored, and two stolen bases vs. Western Illinois (3/20) ... Capped the Hoosier Classic with a double, a stolen base, and a run scored in a 3-for-4 performance at the plate vs. Illinois-Chicago ... Hit .500 (5-for-10) in the Wisconsin series with four runs scored ... Went 2-for-4 in a midweek win over Western Michigan (3/29), smacking a three-run triple, and stealing her 12th base of the season ... Posted a 1-for-3 effort with two runs scored and an RBI against Central Michigan (3/30) ... Went 5-for-9 with five runs scored in the Penn State series (4/1-2), including her first two career home runs in each end of a doubleheader and three RBI ... Tied a school record with two triples in the same game, a 12-3 run-rule win over Maryland (4/8) and went on to hit a third in the series finale, hitting .500 in the series with four runs scored and three RBI ... After missing two games with injury, returned to the lineup for the final two games of the Indiana series (4/16-17), and had her 13-game hitting streak snapped ... Hit her first home run at Secchia Stadium in the series finale vs. Rutgers (5/1) ... Had a pair of base hits and two RBI in the series win at Ohio State (5/6-8), including her ninth triple of the season ...
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year softball letterwinner at Northgate High School in Newnan, Georgia... Won the Georgia class 5A state championship her freshman year ... Named all-county, all-region and all-state in her junior and senior year ... Named best defensive player as a junior ... Also was a four-year basketball letterwinner where she was named all-county each year ... Was a state finalist in the 400-meter as a sophomore and junior...
CLUB: Played for the Atlanta Vipers based out of Atlanta for coach Vic Loveless ... Won the 2012 PGF National Championship...
PERSONAL: Born August 29, 1997 ... Daughter of Charles and Lillian Echols ... Criminal Justice major.
