Jerie Alexander

Position:
CF
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Columbia Central HS

Finished career with 104 stolen bases in 118 attempts
Career runs scored leader (230) and at bats leader (811)
Second all-time for career hits with 287
2002 NFCA All-South Region second team
2001 and 2002 Sun Belt Conference first team
2001-02 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
Team leader in stolen bases in each year of her career
2000 All-Sun Belt Selection
Scored second-most runs in school history in first season

2002: Was named to the All-Tournament team at the NCAA Region III after her 8-for-15 performance...Went 5-for-7 against UMass, May 16, setting a new Lady Cajun Park record for hits in a single game...Was named to the All-Sun Belt Conference first team for the second straight season...Was a member of the NFCA All-South Region second team...Was named SBC Player of the Week April 1 after a 10-for-15 week...Was 6-for-7 in a doubleheader sweep of Sam Houston State March 29...Alexander leads the Lady Cajuns in steals with 27...Picked up her 100th career stolen base last Saturday at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament against Florida International...Has been caught stealing only 14 times in her career (100-for-114)...Had three stolen bases in game one against FIU April 27 at Lady Cajun Park....Finished the season with 82 hits, marking back-to-back seasons with 70-plus hits...Along with teammate Becky McMurtry was one of two Lady Cajuns with 80-plus hits...Her 287 career hits are one shy of the school career record of 288 held by Tiffany Clark...Became the school’s all-time runs scored leader when Alana Addison singled her home for her 201st run scored March 22 at Arizona...Her career runs scored (230) rank eighth in the NCAA Record Book...Set the school record for at bats in a career with her 751st at bat...Finished her four-year career with 811 at bats...Her 224 at bats this seasons set a new single-season mark, breaking Jana Mower's 209 in 2001...Has recorded at least one hit in all but 15 games...Led the Lady Cajuns with 25 multi-hit games...Had a seven-game hitting streak twice this season...With her 249 career games played, became the most tenured player in Lady Cajuns’ history along with fellow senior Alana Addison.

2001: Was one of Lady Cajuns’ most consistent offensive threats...Named first-team All-Sun Belt Conference...Reached base safely in all but six games...Led team and Sun Belt Conference with 60 runs scored and also had a conference-best 36 stolen bases...Enjoyed two lengthy hitting streaks this year, including career-best 14-gamer from Feb. 18 through March 10...Also had 11-game streak from March 24 through April 14...Made just one error...Tied career-high with four hits against Nicholls State March 24...Was named SBC Player of the Week April 23 after going 8-for-14 in four-game sweep at Western Kentucky...Also scored a run in Lady Cajuns’ 2-1 win over fifth-ranked LSU April 18...Has 16 multi-hit games.

2000: A second-team All-Sun Belt selection…After hitting in the two-hole most of the season, came on strong as the leadoff hitter over team’s last 14 games…Had 70-game errorless streak snapped on Feb. 25 against Florida A&M…After average slipped to .286 on March 26, recovered to raise her average 56 points over the season’s final month-and-a-half…Speedy centerfielder was a perfect 17-for-17 in stolen bases and has recorded a 90 percent success rate in career (36-for-40)…Set new career high with four hits at Northwestern State on Feb. 29 and equaled it on April 26 at McNeese in a 4-for-4, 3-run, 2-RBI performance…Knocked home career-high three runs in 35-1 rout of Southern at Lady Cajun Park on March 30.

1999: Another freshman who made huge impact in inaugural season...Started every game for Ragin' Cajuns in center field...After batting second for much of season, became leadoff hitter last 25 games of season and reached base in 19 of 25 games...Led team with 20 stolen bases and was only caught four times...Set freshman school record with 66 runs scored on season and was only one run away from tying mark set by Tiffany Clark in ‘99...Also tied school record with Stephanie DeFeo for most hit by pitches (8)... Scored nine runs over four-game stretch from March 25-April 9...Finished fifth on team with .325 average and was fourth wth .410 on base percentage...Also paced team with 13 sacrifice bunts...Enjoyed error-free freshman season, recording 87 putouts and 10 assists...Robbed No. 4 Washington of potential game-winning home run March 20 crashing through the fence...Had six three-hit games (Jacksonville State Feb. 21, No. 11 Oklahoma Feb. 28, Fla. International March 24, Cal State Fullerton April 10 and Nicholls State April 6 and 20...When leading off an inning, hit team-best .500...Five of her six RBIs on season came with two outs

High School: Won four letters in softball while at Columbia Central High...Played in left and center field and also had stint at shortstop...Lady Lions won district twice during her four-year tenure while she was named District MVP and All Mid-State...Hit .400 during freshman year and finished career with .459 average as senior...Was also standout basketball player, being named first team All-State and All-Region as a guard during senior year.

Personal: Born March 27, 1980...Parents are Ralph and Delores Alexander...Has one younger brother...Majoring in speech language pathology with aspirations to become a speech language pathologist...Favorite TV show is Will and Grace...In high school, was only allowed to hit
right-handed...Favorite role model is Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summit...Also considered Tennessee before joining the Lady Cajuns.

Year	Avg.	G	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR	SB/SBA	BB	SO	HBP	TB	Slg%
1999	.325	65	200	66	65	6	3	2	0	20/24	21	26	8	72	.360
2000	.342	60	184	52	63	14	3	4	0	17/17	15	12	4	74	.402
2001	.379	61	203	60	77	12	2	0	0	36/42	16	28	6	79	.389
2002	.366	63	224	52	82	8	6	2	0	31/35	9	35	0	92	.411
Totals	.354	249	811	230	287	40	14	8	0	104/118	61	101	18	317	.391