University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2014 Softball Roster
Natalie Fernandez
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Denham Springs, La.
- High School:
- Live Oak
NCAA Woman of the Year Conference Honoree (2014)
NFCA All-Central Region Second Team (2014)
All-Louisiana First Team (2014)
Sun Belt Conference First Team (2014)
Academic All-District (2012)
Louisville Slugger/NFCA Lafayette Regional Team (2012)
All-Louisiana Second Team (2012)
Sun Belt Conference First Team (2012)
2014 (Senior)
Chosen as one of two female student-athletes to represent the Sun Belt Conference for the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year … named an NFCA All-Central Region Second Team and Sun Belt First Team All-Conference selection … All-Louisiana First Team pick, voted on by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association … named the inaugural UL Female Student-Athlete of the Year … started all 60 games at second base, leading the Ragin’ Cajuns at the plate with a .418 batting average, second in the conference … led Louisiana with 82 hits, 63 runs, 40 walks, 11 stolen bases and a .523 on base percentage on the season … averaged 1.05 runs per game, which ranked 16th in the nation … her runs scored and on base percentage ranked first in the conference, and was second in the league in hits … recorded a fielding percentage of .967, committing just six errors in 182 chances … had a team-best 13 double plays turned … hit .429 during conference play … had 27 multiple-hit games to lead the team … had a 14-game hitting streak and a 18-game on base streak during the season … went 6-for-6 in a doubleheader sweep over Sam Houston State (3/19) before going 5-for-8 in a series win over Georgia State (3/22-23) to earn Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week honors on Mar. 24 … matched a career-high four hits against Lamar (3/6), scoring four runs and stealing two bases … went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and a walk to help Louisiana to a series win over No. 13 Oklahoma ... had a season-high three RBI following a triple against ULM (5/9) to help send the Ragin’ Cajuns to the Sun Belt Tournament Championship … went 2-for-4 against Oklahoma (5/31) in the Women’s College World Series.
2013 (Junior)
Started 62-of-62 games, all at third base … batted .345 (61-for-177) with 44 runs scored and six RBI … did not register an extra-base hit for the second consecutive season … finished 2013 with 169 consecutive singles … had 15 multi-hit games, including four three-hit games … went 3-for-3 at the plate with three runs scored on two separate occasions, Louisiana Tech on March 13 and Florida Atlantic on May 10 … hit safely in eight straight games from Apr. 21 vs. FAU to May 8 vs. FIU … scored multiple runs in 11 games, including two three run games … was fourth on the team in batting average and tied for third in hits with 61.
2012 (Sophomore)
Was second on the team with a .436 batting average (75-for-172) … ranked 12th nationally in batting average … all of her 75 hits were singles … stole 20 bases in 26 attempts … struck out just 13 times on the season, tied for the team low among qualifying batters … went 4-for-4 at the plate against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3/3/12), her fourth career four-hit game … scored a career high three runs, twice, first against Florida Atlantic (4/21/12) and again against Stanford (5/19/12) in the NCAA Regional … she started 58 games, 56 of them at third base.
2011 (Freshman)
Had the best weekend of her young career at the NCAA Austin Regional (5/20-5/22), going 7-for-11 (.636) with four runs scored, including a 3-for-4 effort with two runs scored in UL’s win over No.3 Texas … returned to the DP role in the series finale against La.-Monroe (5/8), going 3-for-4 with two RBI a runs scored and two stolen bases … saw action in all five games at the Cowgirl Classic (2/25-2/27), including starts in the first two games at second base … was 8-for-17 (.471) with seven runs scored in five starts at the Ragin’ Cajuns Invitational (2/18-2/20) on her way to earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team … went 6-for-10 (.600) in five games, two starts, at the Louisiana Classics (2/11-2/13).
High School
Was a four year letterwinner under head coach Michelle Morris at Live Oak ... helped lead the Eagles to three District Championships and four state playoff appearances ... All-State as a sophomore, junior and senior ... named All-District in all four years, including MVP honors as a sophomore, junior and senior ... also named to the All-Parish team as a sophomore, junior and senior with a Golden Glove award as a senior ... was All-Metro as a sophomore, junior and senior and All-Metro MVP in 2010 as a senior.
Personal
Born on June 24, 1992 in Baton Rouge ... daughter of Judy and Gerald Fernandez ... has one older sister, Emily.
