Vallie Gaspard

Position:
Outfielder
Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
North Vermilion

Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2007, 2008)
All-Louisiana Honorable Mention (2009)
All-Sun Belt Conference (2008)
All-Louisiana (2008)

2009
Started 56 games in the outfield for the Cajuns ... Tabbed All-Louisiana Honorable Mention by the Louisiana Sports Writers' Association ... Hit .331 for the season, scoring 35 runs ... Was second on the squad with 56 hits ... As lead-off hitter, posted a .483 batting average ... Was 13-of-14 on stolen bases ... Was second on the squad with seven sacrifice hits.

2008
Named First Team All-Sun Belt Conference ... Worked her way into the starting line up and boasted a .404 batting average ... Had just 13 strikeouts in 151 official at bats and 173 total plate appearances ... Her batting average did not dip below .400 on the year after becoming an everyday starter on Mar. 11 ... One of five Cajuns to hit .300 or better at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional; Was 3-for-10 with five runs scored and three walks in regional action ... Had 61 base hits on the year with 49 runs scored and 11 RBI ... Had a pair of extra base hits as a slap hitter ... Fourth on the team with 18 multiple hit games, registering 13 games with two hits and five games with three hits ... Scored two or more runs in a dozen games on the season, including two multi-run games in the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional ... Boasted a pair of nine-game hitting streak on the year with 18 hits during the first streak ... Finished 13-for-15 in stolen base attempts with a perfect 7-for-7 stolen base percentage against Sun Belt Conference schools ... In Sun Belt games only, she batted .466 with 34 hits and a team-best 26 runs scored ... Both of her extra base hits came in conference with eight of her 11 RBI coming against league foes.

2007
Started 62 of the Cajuns 64 games in the outfield in 2007 ... Finished fourth on the team with a .293 batting average ... Led the team with six sacrifice bunts, 22 stolen base attempts, and 18 stolen bases ... Had more than one hit in seven UL games and was 3-for-3 at the plate against Tennessee-Martin in a Cajuns win on Feb. 24 ... Reached base on 10 consecutive plate appearances at the Northwestern State Tournament ... Finished the season with 17 base on balls, two doubles, and eight RBI ... Committed only one error in the Cajuns outfield on 74 chances for a .986 fielding percentage.

High School
Lettered in basketball, softball and track ... District champion in hurdles, 100 meters, 200 meters and 4x100 relay ... Was the NVHS leadoff hitter ... Set a school record with 26 stolen bases as a sophomore ... Hit .441 with 22 stolen bases during her senior season ... Earned All-District honors in softball in 2004, 2005 and 2006 ... Named Vermilion Parish Outstanding Female Track Athlete in 2003 and 2004 ... Inducted into the NVHS Hall of Fame.

Personal
Born Nov. 20, 1987, in Lafayette ... Full name is Vallie Kaye Gaspard ... Daughter of Michael and Bonnie Gaspard ... Has two older brothers - Neil Gaspard and Beau Broussard ... Member of the homecoming court her junior and senior years ... Life Teen Care member ... Personal ambition is to become a nurse.