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Softball

2022 Softball Roster

Dave Eggen/Inertia
Dave Eggen/Inertia
Eric Espada
Eric Espada
Eric Espada
Eric Espada
Eric Espada
Sam Wasson
Sam Wasson

14 Lauren Eamiguel

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Highschool St. Mary's HS
  • Hometown Mesa, Ariz.

Biography

2022
Played in 51 of 53 games and made 50 starts at shortstop … hit .252 with seven doubles, two triples and 21 runs scored … drove in 19, drew 13 walks and had a .313 on-base percentage … hit .279 in Summit play … got her 200th career hit with an RBI single on Senior Day at Nygaard Field against Omaha (4/23) … hit came while making her 200th career start at short … became the eighth player in program history to reach the milestone … had three hits during the Summit League Tournament and was named to the all-tournament team … had two hits, gave the Coyotes the lead and made several web gems defensively to lead USD to a win against Kansas City in the opening game of the tournament (5/12) … hit .391 (18-for-46) with runners in scoring position ... named an NFCA Scholar Athlete

2021
One of two Coyotes who played in all 51 games … started all but one … made 44 starts at shortstop and six others at third base … had the third-best average on the team at .275 (42-for-153) … led the team with 10 doubles and had a triple and two home runs … led the team with 26 runs scored and had the second-most RBIs with 20 … drew 13 free passes and had a .329 on-base percentage … was 6-for-6 in stolen bases … had 10 multi-hit efforts including two three-hit games … had a five-game hitting streak near the start of the season and a seven-game hitting streak in the middle of Summit League play … hit .350 (21-for-60) against Summit League foes … hit safely in all four games and had two home runs during a four-game home series against Kansas City (4/17-18) … named to the Summit League Honor Roll ... named an NFCA Scholar Athlete

2020
One of four Coyotes who started all 29 games, she at shortstop … hit third in the order in all but three games … batted .356 with six doubles and a triple … led the team and ranked fourth in the Summit with 21 RBIs … tied for the team lead and ranked second in the Summit with 18 runs scored … earned back-to-back Summit League Player of the Week awards, the first after going 10-for-14 (.714) in leading the Coyotes to a 4-1 record at the Madeira Beach Invitational (2/21-23) … had four multi-hit games and totaled six RBIs … also provided a triple and had the walk-off hit in the win against Merrimack (2/23) … extended her hitting streak to a season-long 10 games to get the award the following week for her play in New Mexico (2/28-3/1) … went 4-for-5 in a game against New Mexico, becoming the first Coyote to register four hits in a game since 2017 … had 10 hits and 10 RBIs at the Lobo Classic … hit .625 (20-for-32) with 16 RBIs and 10 runs scored during the hitting streak … had the eighth-best average (.356) and eighth-best on-base percentage (.416) in the Summit … led the team with 10 multi-hit games and also with seven games with multiple RBIs … her 32 hits trailed teammate Courtney Wilson by one for the Summit lead … also stole five bases, which ranked fifth in the Summit … team’s season was cut short due to COVID-19 … made the Summit League honor roll.

2019
Earned first-team all-Summit honors for the second straight season … started 59 of 61 games, all at shortstop, and played in 60 … hit .362 (59-for-163) with four doubles, three triples and four home runs … finished with the third-best average in the Summit League and in conference play, hit a League-best .440 (22-for-50) with a League-leading on-base percentage of .500 … totaled 27 RBIs and scored 36 runs, second-most on the team … had 17 multi-hit games … was 3-for-3 with three RBIs in leading USD to a 4-1 win against Grand Canyon, the second three-hit game of her career (3/2) … reached base in all nine at bats of a three-game sweep of Purdue Fort Wayne, going 5-for-5 with two triples and drawing four walks … the feat netted her first Summit League Player of the Week award (4/1) … came back the next weekend and delivered a game-tying home run in the final inning of a 5-4 win against Omaha (4/6) … named to the NISC all-regional team after logging three hits and playing error free defensively at shortstop in two games … led USD in hits in both the NISC Tournament and the Summit League Tournament
 
2018
Only freshman to make the all-Summit League team and was named the first-team shortstop … played in 53 of 55 games and started 52 games including 30 at short and 22 at third … hit in all but the first and third spots of the batting order … finished with a .313 average with four home runs, 22 RBIs and 21 runs scored … average was 12th-best in the Summit … also had eight doubles and a triple … stole two bases … batted .350 with three home runs in 14 Summit League games … had 11 multi-hit games including a 3-for-3 effort with two doubles against Northwestern (2/11) … was 2-for-3 with two home runs and four RBIs against South Dakota State (4/5) which ignited a season-long, six-game hitting streak … was 1-for-3 with a triple in the Summit League Tournament game against Omaha (5/9) … advanced runners a team-high 59.7 percent of the time (43 of 72 chances) … hit a team-high .395 with runners in scoring position (15 of 38)

Prep
Played on varsity since her freshman year and had a .492 career batting average to go with 25 career wins ... St. Mary's named her the offensive player of the year following her freshman and sophomore seasons ... was named team MVP following her sophomore season ... was named to the Arizona Division II Section I First Team as a pitcher ... was an Arizona Interscholastic Association scholar and a member of her school's honor board

Personal
Parents are Jojo and Myrna ... nursing and health sciences major

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2018Freshman

    IF
    5'5"
    14
  • 14

    2019Sophomore

    IF
    5'5"
    14
  • 14

    2020Junior

    IF
    5'5"
    14
  • 14

    2021Senior

    IF
    5'5"
    14
  • 14

    2022Fifth Year

    IF
    5'5"
    14