2006 Softball Roster
Roster
Meghan Darhower
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Niceville HS
- Hometown:
- Niceville, Fla.
2006
Started all 59 games... Made 31 starts at third base and 28 at shortstop... Posted 11 multi-hit games and three multi-RBI efforts... Hit .262 (44-for-168) at the plate, posting a career-high 44 hits, including eight doubles and one home run... Tallied 72 putouts and 118 assists in the field... Added a career-high 20 RBI... Posted 14 hits and seven RBI in Big Ten play... Longest hitting streak of the season came in an eight-game stretch, beginning March 4 vs. Boston University through March 9 vs. Wright State... Had career day against Wright State on March 25 with a 4-for-5 performance at the plate, including three doubles - matching the highest single-game total in Spartan history... Also added two runs and four RBI vs. WSU... Drew three walks vs. IPFW on March 29... Went 2-for-3 at the plate, adding one run vs. Oakland on April 4... Posted three hits, one run and three RBI against Purdue on April 7... In series vs. Wisconsin (April 14-15), went 4-for-7 at the plate, adding one run and one RBI... Tallied three hits and three runs vs. Detroit on April 18... Tallied one hit, two runs and one RBI vs. No. 14 Northwestern... Went 2-for-3 at the plate, adding one run in win vs. Illinois on April 30.
2005
Made 46 starts, 40 at third base and six starts at shortstop... Hit .192 with seven runs, 24 hits and 10 RBI... Went a perfect 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts... Tallied five multi-hit and two multi-RBI games... Part of an MSU defense that finished the season with a .959 fielding percentage, including a .963 effort in Big Ten play... Hit safely in four consecutive games, starting with doubleheader vs. IPFW on April 27, through series with Northwestern ending April 30... Had best offensive performance of the season with a 3-for-3 effort vs. Eastern Kentucky, adding three RBI and one run... Scored MSU[apos]s only run in a 4-1 loss to in-state rival Central Michigan with first career home run on March 5... Tallied two stolen bases in 2-1 loss to Virginia Tech at the Stetson Tournament on March 11... In the April 29 contest vs. No. 15 Northwestern, went 1-for-2 with one run scored... Went 2-for-3 with two RBI vs. Miami (Ohio) during game one of May 8 doubleheader sweep... Started the final 26 games of the season, including the opening round contest of the Big Ten Tournament vs. No. 1 Michigan on May 12.
2004
Started 32 games at shortstop... Scored two runs in a victory over Stony Brook on Feb. 27... Notched the first triple of her career in a start at Cal State-Fullerton on March 11... Recorded a double, in addition to scoring two runs and registering an RBI, in a 2-for-3 effort against Oakland on April 14... Recorded seven putouts in her return to the starting lineup against Eastern Michigan on April 28... Notched the first two-RBI performance of her career against Michigan on May 5... Doubled against Michigan in the first round of the Big Ten tournament on May 15, her first hit since the two-RBI single that gave MSU the 3-2 lead on Michigan on May 1... Committed just one error in seven games played at the Big Ten Tournament and NCAA Regional... Went 1-for-4 against both Washington and Massachusetts (May 21) in the NCAA Regional, with one run scored and two RBI in two games.
Pre-MSU
Four-year letterwinner for coach Danny Hensley at Niceville... Served as team captain in her junior and senior seasons... Selected all-area and all-state as a sophomore, junior and senior... Posted a career batting average of .348, slugging percentage of .560 and a .965 fielding percentage... Was the first Niceville softball player to letter in all four years of eligibility... Named player of the year in 2001... Earned Gatorade Will to Win Athlete in 2002... Team[apos]s best offensive player in 2001 and 2002 and the best defensive player in 2002 and 2003... Honored in Who[apos]s Who in High School Sports in 2003... Three-time Eagle Scholar Award winner... Graduated with academic honors.
Club Softball
Competed for three-time USFA National Champion High Intensity Gold... Was a 2001 USFA National All-Tournament selection... Team took ninth at the 2002 ASA Gold Nationals.
Personal
Born Feb. 27, 1985... Daughter of Rob and Stacey Darhower... A kinesiology major.
