Becky McMurtry

Position:
3B
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Illinois State

2003 NFCA All-South Region First Team
2003 Sun Belt Player of the Year
2003 All-Sun Belt Conference First Team
2003 Louisiana Classics Most Outstanding Player
2002 NFCA All-American (30th in school history)
2002 NFCA All-South Region first team
2002 Sun Belt Player and Newcomer of the Year
2002 All-Sun Belt Conference First Team
Hit Three Home Runs Off of Arizona's Jennie Finch March 22-24
Led UL Lafayette with a .406 batting average in 2002
Had team-high 15-game hitting streak (April 6-24, 2002)
Hit 23 doubles in 2002, second on the single-season charts
Led Lady Cajuns with 58 runs scored
Set school single-season record for total bases with 151 in 2002
Set single-season mark for extra base hits with 40 in 2002
Set school slugging percentage mark at .766 in 2002
One of two Lady Cajuns with 80-plus hits in 2002

2003 Season Notes: 2003 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year; became the first player in league history to repeat as recipient of the award...Member of the 2003 All-Sun Belt Conference First Team...Member of the 2003 Verizon Academic All-District VI Second Team..Member of the 2003 NCAA Region 6 All-Tournament Team...2003 NFCA All-America Candidate...Entered the 2003 postseason riding a 10-game hitting streak - her second double-digit hitting streak of the season and third of her Cajuns career...The streak was snapped in the Cajuns game against Cal State Fullerton May 16 at the NCAA Region 6....Had a 15-game hitting streak from March 14-April 13 in which she hit 22-for-36 (.611 average) with 20 runs scored, six doubles, five home runs and 19 RBI. Her slugging percentage was 1.194 and her on-base percentage during the streak was .700...Has drawn 33 walks to just 19 strikeouts and leads the Cajuns with an on-base percentage of .543. Added to her 13 hit by pitches and 61 base hits she has been aboard the basepaths 107 times this season in 197 plate appearances....From March 1-April 13 she did not commit an error in 22 consecutive games at third base – a span of 61 chances without a miscue...Drove in the game-winning runs in the Cajuns doublheader sweep of FIU Saturday, April 20 a sweep which enabled the Cajuns to claim their third straight Sun Belt regular season title...Leads the Cajuns in runs scored (58) and doubles (16)...Ranks nationally in batting average and RBI per game...Had a string of 18 errorless games at third base before committing an error against San Diego State in the NCAA Region 6 opener...Has committed just six errors all season (176 total chances) and only two since March 2 - a span of 46 games...Hit her 14th home run of the season in the sixth inning versus San Diego State in the Cajuns opener at the NCAA Region 6; has now hit 28 home runs since transferring to UL Lafayette from Illinois State in 2002.

2002: In her first season with the Lady Cajuns softball program, McMurtry was named the Sun Belt Conference Player and Newcomer of the Year....Also named a 2002 NFCA All-America second team member and NFCA All-South Region first team member...Was named to the All-Sun Belt Conference First Team...In Lady Cajuns’ three-game series at Arizona, March 22-24, was 4-for-7 with three home runs off of Arizona All-American pitcher Jennie Finch...Hit two solo home runs off of Finch March 24...Was named SBC Player of the Week after performance at Arizona...Leads Louisiana-Lafayette with a .413 batting average...Led the team in runs scored (58), doubles (23), total bases (151), slugging percentage (.766), hit by pitch (17), on-base percentage (.515) and assists (150)...Set the school single-season mark for total bases with 151...Her 14 home runs are second on the team and make her one of four Lady Cajuns with double-digit home runs...Hit game-winning solo shot in top of the seventh against Houston Feb. 22 at the Louisiana Classics...Hit 23 doubles this season, six shy of the NCAA single season record and one shy of the UL Lafayette record held by Kelli Bruce (1998)...Her 14 home runs in a season are third only to Alana Addison’s 16 in 2001 and this season...Her .766 slugging percentage this season set a new single-season school record...For the week of April 15-21, McMurtry was 13-for-22 (.591 batting average) with 10 runs scored, seven doubles, three home runs and 12 RBIs...Hit five doubles in four-game series with New Mexico State, April 20-21...Her double against Middle Tennessee in game two April 13, began a streak of 10 straight games with at least one double...Is seventh in the NCAA for doubles per game...Has 20 multi-hit games and team-best 15 multi-RBI games...Her single to shallow right field in last week’s SBC Tournament championship game was the game-winning RBI...Had a team-best 15-game hitting streak, April 6-24...Streak ended in April 27 game one against Florida International...Has hit safely in all but 12 games...Her 76 hits are fifth all-time for a single-season at UL Lafayette...Needs 12 more hits to set the record and surpass Tiffany Clark’s 87 hits in 1999....With her two singles in last week’s SBC Tournament championship game, she set the single-season school record for total bases in a single-season with 146, breaking Tiffany Clark’s record of 145 set in 1999...Went 8-for-18 week of April 22-28...Was 5-for-12 with four RBIs in four-game sweep of FIU...Was named the SBC Player of the Week April 29.

Pre-Louisiana-Lafayette: Was NFCA All-American at Illinois State in 2001 after hitting .354 with six home runs and 29 RBIs...Led Redbirds to NCAA Regional berth and also paced squad in seven offensive categories...Hit .397 with 19 runs scored in Missouri Valley Conference play and was MVC Tournament MVP...Hit .277 with 22 RBIs and 11 doubles as a freshman.

High School: Hit .427 during senior season at North Platte Senior High...Was Super State selection during final two years...Three-time All-State pick...Was valedictorian of class and was also senior class president...Member of National Honor Society and Student Council.

Personal: Born March 4, 1981…Daughter of Jim and Sally McMurtry...Has two brothers...Elementary education major wants to teach kindergarten...Brother, Danny, is pitcher for the Ragin’ Cajuns’ baseball team.

Year	Avg.	G	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR	SB/SBA	BB	SO	HBP	TB	Slg%
**2000	.277	60	166	20	46	22	11	4	3	9/10	21	31	5	74	.446
**2001	.354	55	161	36	57	29	17	0	6	4/4	18	17	12	92	.571
2002	.406	63	197	58	80	53	23	3	14	8/8	27	29	17	151	.766
2003	.409	56	149	58	61	51	16	0	14	4/4	33	19	13	119	.799
Career	.363	234	673	172	244	155	67	7	37	25/26	99	96	47	436	.648
UL	.408	119	346	116	141	104	39	3	28	12/12	60	48	30	270	.780