University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2016 Softball Roster
Sanders, DJ
Jersey Number 37
DJ Sanders
- Position:
- Shortstop
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Columbus, Miss.
- High School:
- New Hope HS
Bio
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2017)
Honda Award for Softball Nominee (2017)
NFCA First Team All-America (2017)
NFCA First Team All-Central Region (2017)
Sun Belt Conference Tournament All-Tournament Team (2017)
Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year (2017)
All-Sun Belt First Team (2017)
USA Softball Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist (2017)
All-Louisiana First Team (2017)
Louisiana Sports Writers Association Hitter of the Year (2017)
Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference (2017)
USA Softball National Selection Camp Invitee (2017)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2016)
NFCA Second Team All-Central Region (2016)
All-Sun Belt First Team (2016)
All-Louisiana Second Team (2016)
Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference (2016)
USA Softball National Selection Camp Invitee (2016)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2015)
USA Junior Women's National Team Member (2015)
Sun Belt Conference Tournament All-Tournament Team (2015)
USA Softball Junior National Team Selection (2015)
2017 (Junior)
Served as staring shortstop for the third straight season…started all 55 games, extending string of consecutive games started to 164…set career-highs in average (.388), runs (72), hits (62), doubles (13), home runs (29), RBI (82), slugging percentage (1.013), walks (46) and on base percentage (.524)…finished as the nation's leader in runs per game, home runs, home runs per game, RBI, RBI per game and slugging percentage…tallied 42 extra base hits (13 doubles, 29 home runs) which represented 68 percent of her season hits total (62)…hit safely in 42 of 55 games…closed the season with at least one hit in 19 of the final 22 games…posted seven games of multiple home runs and finished season with 29 – third-most in program history…tied NCAA season record for grand slams with six – first to reach the mark since former Cajun Christi Orgeron in 2012…hit four grand slams in a one-week period starting with Game 2 vs. Troy on Apr. 8 through Game 2 at Texas State on Apr. 14…posted 20 multiple-RBI games, reaching three RBI 14 times…produced 82 RBI, the fourth-most recorded in program history and most since Lexie Elkins totaled 83 in 2015…reached base 109 times leading to 72 runs scored (fifth-most in program history)…hit .403 with a team-high 29 hits with a runner in scoring position…in Sun Belt play, led the league in average (.431), slugging percentage (1.185), runs (34), RBI (43), home runs (15) and total bases (77)…hit .462, scored 30 runs, launched 11 home runs and posted 33 RBI in April…had a stretch in April where seven consecutive hits, and 10 of 11 overall, were home runs…enjoyed finest season defensively: only one error in SBC play and just seven total over 154 chances…tallied a career-best 86 assists, topping the 70-mark for the third straight season…turned in 24 games of multiple assists and no errors…collected five player of the week honors from the Sun Belt, tying former All-American standout Danyele Gomez (2006) for the most captured in a single season…on day two of season-opening Louisiana Classics (Feb. 11), hit two-run homer in seventh inning to stretch lead over Ball State to 7-4…provided Louisiana with the lead on a two-out, two-run homer in the first and added a solo home run in the fifth– both off of All-American Alexis Osorio – in series-clinching win over No. 4 Alabama (Feb. 19)...closed the Alabama series with back-to-back, two-hit outings and went 4-for-7 at the plate with two home runs and four RBI in the two Cajuns wins…produced a .471 effort at the plate that featured five extra base hits, 11 runs scored and eight RBI during the Mardi Gras Invitational…followed up Aleah Craighton’s leadoff homer in the sixth vs. No. 15 Baylor with one of her own to trim the Bears lead to 3-2…belted a grand slam in the third inning to open a 5-0 lead and later hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning to cap off the scoring, accounting for seven RBI in an 11-2 (6 inn.) win over UTA in the series finale…produced seven RBI in series at South Alabama (Mar. 25-26) as Cajuns posted a sweep in Mobile for the first time since 2011…grand slam in third inning of series finale stake the Cajuns to a 5-0 lead, enough cushion to fend off four unanswered runs by USA from third through fifth inning…produced three home runs, highlighted by two grand slams in the nightcap, during Good Friday doubleheader sweep at Texas State which created distance in Sun Belt standings…first grand slam in Game 2 broke a 1-1 tie in the second inning, while the second broke the game open in the fifth inning by extending Louisiana's lead to 10-2…opened the scoring at No. 4 Texas A&M with a two-run homer and drew walks to set up Haley Hayden’s grand slam and three-run double as Cajuns built an 11-2 lead after three innings… launched two home runs and generated five RBI in Game 1 vs. Georgia State, and later added a two-run homer in Game 2 that gave Louisiana a four-run cushion in the third…crossed home plate 13 times out of 14 trips to the base path, produced an .833 average (5-of-6) and totaled 10 RBI during the Texas A&M-Georgia State span, earning her national player of the week honors from the NFCA and USA Softball…joined Kara Gremillion in posting two RBI in 4-0 win in ULM series opener, posting a sac fly and solo homer…collected at least one hit and RBI all three games of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, landing her all-tournament honors…SBC Tournament performance extended hitting streak, which began Apr. 19 at Texas A&M, to career-best 11 games… launched a three-run home run in the fifth inning off of LSU’s Allie Walljasper to propel the Ragin' Cajuns into the lead in the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional winner’s bracket final…was one of only four nominees for the Honda Award for Softball (joined by Florida’s Kelly Barnhill, James Madison’s Megan Good and Minnesota’s Sarah Groenewegen)…Top 10 finalist for the 2017 USA Softball Player of the Year Award and chosen as the shortstop on the NFCA Division I All-America first team…received first career All-American nod and became the first shortstop in Ragin' Cajuns Softball history to earn first team All-American accolades…honored as Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year and Louisiana Collegiate Softball Hitter of the Year…first team selection on the All-Sun Belt, All-NFCA Central Region and All-Louisiana team.
2017 (Winter)
Attended the 2017 USA Softball Women's National Team (WNT) Selection Camp held Jan. 1-5, 2017 at Eddie C. Moore Softball Complex in Clearwater, Fla. … one of only 51 athletes to receive the prestigious invitation … marked second consecutive year being invited to attend the national team selection camp … third tryout, overall, for a U.S. national team (attended selection camp and was selected to 2015 Junior Women’s National Team).
2016 (Sophomore)
Held the starter’s role at shortstop for the second straight season … started all 55 games … first on the team to reach 50 RBI and finished with a team-leading 58 … posted at least five RBI in a weekend six times … saw significant increase in power (from four home runs as a freshman to 18) and run production (from 27 RBI as a freshman to 58) … more than doubled extra base hits total from freshman season, finishing with 27 (8 doubles, 1 triple, 18 home runs) after 10 in freshman season … ranked Top 15 nationally in home runs per game and Top 30 in RBI per game … ranked second on the team with 17 multiple RBI games, reaching three RBI nine times … nearly half of her hits in Sun Belt Conference play were home runs (9-of-21) and she drove home 29 RBI (third-most in league play) … third on the team with 22 hits with runners in scoring position and hit .440 w/RISP (22-of-50) … solid on defense once again, committing only 12 errors through 141 chances (57 PO, 72 A, 12 E) … delivered 72 assists from shortstop, reaching 70-plus for the second straight season … had 15 games of multiple assists and no errors … was a perfect 5-for-5 in stolen bases to remain unblemished in her career (15-for-15) … posted the first multi-home run game of her career and generated a career-high five RBI vs. UAB on opening day in Gulf Shores … went 5-for-7 with a double, two home runs and six RBI, combined, in games vs. Ball State and UAB on opening day … led off the fourth inning of Game 1 vs. Oregon on Feb. 19 with a single and later scored the first of three runs that proved to be the difference in the 3-2 win … very next day, delivered an RBI single in the third inning for the Cajuns’ fifth run in a 5-4 triumph … starting Feb. 27 vs. Alcorn State, produced a five-game stretch in which she had a multiple-RBI effort each time and accumulated 13 RBI … in first collegiate games in home state of Mississippi, hit four home runs and collected seven RBI in the three-game series at Southern Miss … homered twice in the series opener at USM, tying her season-and career-high set against UAB in Gulf Shores … launched a two-run home run in the fourth inning of the series finale to erase a 1-0 deficit and scored the go-ahead run in the sixth inning on a bases loaded, fielder's choice grounder by Kelli Martinez … homered in both ends of the doubleheader, and generated five RBI, in a sweep at UT Arlington on March 19 … provided the winning runs in both games of the Saturday doubleheader at Georgia State (April 9) … ended a scoreless affair in Game 1 with a two-run homer in the fourth inning (Cajuns won 2-1), then with the Cajuns trailing and down to their final two outs in Game 2 hit a two-run home run which erased a 5-4 deficit … a two-run double in the series finale in Atlanta gave her two RBI all three games of the series … posted multiple RBI in both games of the doubleheader at Georgia Southern on April 30, totaling six RBI on the day, as the Cajuns swept to claim the outright Sun Belt championship … collected her 50th RBI of the season on a two-run double in the third inning of Game 1 which increased the Cajuns lead to 3-0 … hit a grand slam in the sixth inning of Game 2 to complete the scoring in a 12-1 (6 inn.) triumph … posted a team-best .545 average (6-of-11) during the NCAA Lafayette Regional … had a career-high four hits in regional final vs. Texas A&M … with the Cajuns two outs from a possible winner-take-all game vs. the Aggies, she launched a two-run home run to straightaway center to even the contest at 8-all and force extra innings … named to the All-Sun Belt Conference First Team, NFCA All-Central Region Second Team and All-Louisiana Second Team, garnering her first career accolades.
2016 (Winter)
Attended the 2016 USA Softball Women's National Team (WNT) Selection Camp held Jan. 2-8, 2016 at Bill Barber Park in Irvine, Calif. … marked first invite to attend the national team selection camp … second tryout for a U.S. national team (attended selection camp and was selected to 2015 Junior Women’s National Team).
2015 (Summer)
Competed internationally in the World Cup of Softball held June 29-July 5 in Irvine, Calif., and Junior Women's World Championship (JWWC) held Aug. 9-15 in Oklahoma City as a member of the 2015 U.S. Junior Women's National Team (JWNT) … helped Team USA capture the Gold Medal at the JWWC, joining former pitcher Ashley Brignac as Ragin' Cajuns to claim the Gold Medal at the Junior Women's World Championship … hit .353 (6-of-17) and collected two doubles, a triple and three RBI during the World Cup appearance … made 10 starts for Team USA in the World Championship tournament … completed JWWC play hitting .583 (14-for-24) with a home run, three doubles and eight RBI … went 2-for-3 with a double and RBI in the win over Japan that vaulted Team USA into the Gold Medal game.
2015 (Freshman)
Started the entire season at shortstop in place of injured returning statrer Corin Voinche...Led all Sun Belt Conference shortstops in fewest errors with only eight in 157 chances (78 PO, 71 A, 8 E, .949 FLD%)…Committed only four errors in the regular season over 125 chances...Played error-free for the first 12 appearances of her collegiate career…Had only one error through the first 30 games…Homered in three of the last five games prior to NCAA Tournament…Scored 44 runs which ranked third on the Cajuns squad…From Mar. 22-May 9, raised average 47 points by posting a hit in 13 of 20 games…Had 19 games with multiple assists and no errors…Swiped a team-best 10 stolen bases (10-for-10)...Posted at least one hit in each Sun Belt Conference series…Six of her eight multiple-RBI games came in SBC action...Third on the team with nine base hits in postseason play (Sun Belt Tournament through Auburn Super Regional)...Five of her 11 multiple-hit games occurred from Apr. 18-May 23...From the start of April through the end of the season had a strong finish by hitting .320 (20-of-61) with 24 runs scored, four home runs and 11 RBI...Doubled twice and posted a season-high three hits and three RBI on Feb. 14 vs. Mississippi Valley...Hit her first career home run in the opening game of the Georgia State series on Apr. 3, a three-run shot in the sixth inning that ended the game early by the run rule...Singled, was hit by pitch and scored twice in the 12-run, fourth inning in game two vs. Baylor on Apr. 11 that erased a 2-0 deficit and put the game out of reach (it was Louisiana's inning of 10-plus runs since Apr. 2013)...Had a pair of two-RBI games in the Appalachian State doubleheader on Apr. 18...Scored a season-high four runs in the second game of the doubleheader at ULM on May 2, pacing the Cajuns in the win which clinched the Sun Belt Conference regular season championship...Tied a season-high with three hits (3-of-3) in the NCAA Lafayette Regional winner's bracket final vs. Baylor on May 16, reaching three hits for the third time...Scored the tying run in the fifth inning on a Haley Hayden ground out, then picked up her third hit of the game an inning later to move Lendra Maly into scoring position for an insurance run...Collected five hits in the NCAA Tournament, marking the third-highest total on the team.
High School
Five-year letterwinner in fastpitch and slowpitch softball and basketball at New Hope High School in Columbus, Miss. … four-time state champion in slowpitch as an infielder, and five-time district champs and state runner-up in fastpitch as a pitcher under coach Tabitha Beard … played forward for coach Laura Holman to help the Trojans twice claim district titles and a North State Championship … was an all-state selection in all three sports as a junior and senior … was a North fastpitch, slowpitch and basketball all-star team member her final two years of high school … player of the year in fastpitch as a junior and in basketball as a senior … was president of the Spanish Honor Society … Honor Roll member ... inducted into the high school hall of fame.
Personal
Born Aug. 4, 1996 in Columbus, Miss. … daughter of Donnie and Renee Sanders … full name is Doni Jenee Sanders … has two older sisters, Kennedi and DeShuni … DeShuni lettered two seasons in softball at Union University in Jackson, Tenn. … an exercise science major.
Honda Award for Softball Nominee (2017)
NFCA First Team All-America (2017)
NFCA First Team All-Central Region (2017)
Sun Belt Conference Tournament All-Tournament Team (2017)
Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year (2017)
All-Sun Belt First Team (2017)
USA Softball Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist (2017)
All-Louisiana First Team (2017)
Louisiana Sports Writers Association Hitter of the Year (2017)
Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference (2017)
USA Softball National Selection Camp Invitee (2017)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2016)
NFCA Second Team All-Central Region (2016)
All-Sun Belt First Team (2016)
All-Louisiana Second Team (2016)
Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference (2016)
USA Softball National Selection Camp Invitee (2016)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2015)
USA Junior Women's National Team Member (2015)
Sun Belt Conference Tournament All-Tournament Team (2015)
USA Softball Junior National Team Selection (2015)
2017 (Junior)
Served as staring shortstop for the third straight season…started all 55 games, extending string of consecutive games started to 164…set career-highs in average (.388), runs (72), hits (62), doubles (13), home runs (29), RBI (82), slugging percentage (1.013), walks (46) and on base percentage (.524)…finished as the nation's leader in runs per game, home runs, home runs per game, RBI, RBI per game and slugging percentage…tallied 42 extra base hits (13 doubles, 29 home runs) which represented 68 percent of her season hits total (62)…hit safely in 42 of 55 games…closed the season with at least one hit in 19 of the final 22 games…posted seven games of multiple home runs and finished season with 29 – third-most in program history…tied NCAA season record for grand slams with six – first to reach the mark since former Cajun Christi Orgeron in 2012…hit four grand slams in a one-week period starting with Game 2 vs. Troy on Apr. 8 through Game 2 at Texas State on Apr. 14…posted 20 multiple-RBI games, reaching three RBI 14 times…produced 82 RBI, the fourth-most recorded in program history and most since Lexie Elkins totaled 83 in 2015…reached base 109 times leading to 72 runs scored (fifth-most in program history)…hit .403 with a team-high 29 hits with a runner in scoring position…in Sun Belt play, led the league in average (.431), slugging percentage (1.185), runs (34), RBI (43), home runs (15) and total bases (77)…hit .462, scored 30 runs, launched 11 home runs and posted 33 RBI in April…had a stretch in April where seven consecutive hits, and 10 of 11 overall, were home runs…enjoyed finest season defensively: only one error in SBC play and just seven total over 154 chances…tallied a career-best 86 assists, topping the 70-mark for the third straight season…turned in 24 games of multiple assists and no errors…collected five player of the week honors from the Sun Belt, tying former All-American standout Danyele Gomez (2006) for the most captured in a single season…on day two of season-opening Louisiana Classics (Feb. 11), hit two-run homer in seventh inning to stretch lead over Ball State to 7-4…provided Louisiana with the lead on a two-out, two-run homer in the first and added a solo home run in the fifth– both off of All-American Alexis Osorio – in series-clinching win over No. 4 Alabama (Feb. 19)...closed the Alabama series with back-to-back, two-hit outings and went 4-for-7 at the plate with two home runs and four RBI in the two Cajuns wins…produced a .471 effort at the plate that featured five extra base hits, 11 runs scored and eight RBI during the Mardi Gras Invitational…followed up Aleah Craighton’s leadoff homer in the sixth vs. No. 15 Baylor with one of her own to trim the Bears lead to 3-2…belted a grand slam in the third inning to open a 5-0 lead and later hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning to cap off the scoring, accounting for seven RBI in an 11-2 (6 inn.) win over UTA in the series finale…produced seven RBI in series at South Alabama (Mar. 25-26) as Cajuns posted a sweep in Mobile for the first time since 2011…grand slam in third inning of series finale stake the Cajuns to a 5-0 lead, enough cushion to fend off four unanswered runs by USA from third through fifth inning…produced three home runs, highlighted by two grand slams in the nightcap, during Good Friday doubleheader sweep at Texas State which created distance in Sun Belt standings…first grand slam in Game 2 broke a 1-1 tie in the second inning, while the second broke the game open in the fifth inning by extending Louisiana's lead to 10-2…opened the scoring at No. 4 Texas A&M with a two-run homer and drew walks to set up Haley Hayden’s grand slam and three-run double as Cajuns built an 11-2 lead after three innings… launched two home runs and generated five RBI in Game 1 vs. Georgia State, and later added a two-run homer in Game 2 that gave Louisiana a four-run cushion in the third…crossed home plate 13 times out of 14 trips to the base path, produced an .833 average (5-of-6) and totaled 10 RBI during the Texas A&M-Georgia State span, earning her national player of the week honors from the NFCA and USA Softball…joined Kara Gremillion in posting two RBI in 4-0 win in ULM series opener, posting a sac fly and solo homer…collected at least one hit and RBI all three games of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, landing her all-tournament honors…SBC Tournament performance extended hitting streak, which began Apr. 19 at Texas A&M, to career-best 11 games… launched a three-run home run in the fifth inning off of LSU’s Allie Walljasper to propel the Ragin' Cajuns into the lead in the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional winner’s bracket final…was one of only four nominees for the Honda Award for Softball (joined by Florida’s Kelly Barnhill, James Madison’s Megan Good and Minnesota’s Sarah Groenewegen)…Top 10 finalist for the 2017 USA Softball Player of the Year Award and chosen as the shortstop on the NFCA Division I All-America first team…received first career All-American nod and became the first shortstop in Ragin' Cajuns Softball history to earn first team All-American accolades…honored as Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year and Louisiana Collegiate Softball Hitter of the Year…first team selection on the All-Sun Belt, All-NFCA Central Region and All-Louisiana team.
2017 (Winter)
Attended the 2017 USA Softball Women's National Team (WNT) Selection Camp held Jan. 1-5, 2017 at Eddie C. Moore Softball Complex in Clearwater, Fla. … one of only 51 athletes to receive the prestigious invitation … marked second consecutive year being invited to attend the national team selection camp … third tryout, overall, for a U.S. national team (attended selection camp and was selected to 2015 Junior Women’s National Team).
2016 (Sophomore)
Held the starter’s role at shortstop for the second straight season … started all 55 games … first on the team to reach 50 RBI and finished with a team-leading 58 … posted at least five RBI in a weekend six times … saw significant increase in power (from four home runs as a freshman to 18) and run production (from 27 RBI as a freshman to 58) … more than doubled extra base hits total from freshman season, finishing with 27 (8 doubles, 1 triple, 18 home runs) after 10 in freshman season … ranked Top 15 nationally in home runs per game and Top 30 in RBI per game … ranked second on the team with 17 multiple RBI games, reaching three RBI nine times … nearly half of her hits in Sun Belt Conference play were home runs (9-of-21) and she drove home 29 RBI (third-most in league play) … third on the team with 22 hits with runners in scoring position and hit .440 w/RISP (22-of-50) … solid on defense once again, committing only 12 errors through 141 chances (57 PO, 72 A, 12 E) … delivered 72 assists from shortstop, reaching 70-plus for the second straight season … had 15 games of multiple assists and no errors … was a perfect 5-for-5 in stolen bases to remain unblemished in her career (15-for-15) … posted the first multi-home run game of her career and generated a career-high five RBI vs. UAB on opening day in Gulf Shores … went 5-for-7 with a double, two home runs and six RBI, combined, in games vs. Ball State and UAB on opening day … led off the fourth inning of Game 1 vs. Oregon on Feb. 19 with a single and later scored the first of three runs that proved to be the difference in the 3-2 win … very next day, delivered an RBI single in the third inning for the Cajuns’ fifth run in a 5-4 triumph … starting Feb. 27 vs. Alcorn State, produced a five-game stretch in which she had a multiple-RBI effort each time and accumulated 13 RBI … in first collegiate games in home state of Mississippi, hit four home runs and collected seven RBI in the three-game series at Southern Miss … homered twice in the series opener at USM, tying her season-and career-high set against UAB in Gulf Shores … launched a two-run home run in the fourth inning of the series finale to erase a 1-0 deficit and scored the go-ahead run in the sixth inning on a bases loaded, fielder's choice grounder by Kelli Martinez … homered in both ends of the doubleheader, and generated five RBI, in a sweep at UT Arlington on March 19 … provided the winning runs in both games of the Saturday doubleheader at Georgia State (April 9) … ended a scoreless affair in Game 1 with a two-run homer in the fourth inning (Cajuns won 2-1), then with the Cajuns trailing and down to their final two outs in Game 2 hit a two-run home run which erased a 5-4 deficit … a two-run double in the series finale in Atlanta gave her two RBI all three games of the series … posted multiple RBI in both games of the doubleheader at Georgia Southern on April 30, totaling six RBI on the day, as the Cajuns swept to claim the outright Sun Belt championship … collected her 50th RBI of the season on a two-run double in the third inning of Game 1 which increased the Cajuns lead to 3-0 … hit a grand slam in the sixth inning of Game 2 to complete the scoring in a 12-1 (6 inn.) triumph … posted a team-best .545 average (6-of-11) during the NCAA Lafayette Regional … had a career-high four hits in regional final vs. Texas A&M … with the Cajuns two outs from a possible winner-take-all game vs. the Aggies, she launched a two-run home run to straightaway center to even the contest at 8-all and force extra innings … named to the All-Sun Belt Conference First Team, NFCA All-Central Region Second Team and All-Louisiana Second Team, garnering her first career accolades.
2016 (Winter)
Attended the 2016 USA Softball Women's National Team (WNT) Selection Camp held Jan. 2-8, 2016 at Bill Barber Park in Irvine, Calif. … marked first invite to attend the national team selection camp … second tryout for a U.S. national team (attended selection camp and was selected to 2015 Junior Women’s National Team).
2015 (Summer)
Competed internationally in the World Cup of Softball held June 29-July 5 in Irvine, Calif., and Junior Women's World Championship (JWWC) held Aug. 9-15 in Oklahoma City as a member of the 2015 U.S. Junior Women's National Team (JWNT) … helped Team USA capture the Gold Medal at the JWWC, joining former pitcher Ashley Brignac as Ragin' Cajuns to claim the Gold Medal at the Junior Women's World Championship … hit .353 (6-of-17) and collected two doubles, a triple and three RBI during the World Cup appearance … made 10 starts for Team USA in the World Championship tournament … completed JWWC play hitting .583 (14-for-24) with a home run, three doubles and eight RBI … went 2-for-3 with a double and RBI in the win over Japan that vaulted Team USA into the Gold Medal game.
2015 (Freshman)
Started the entire season at shortstop in place of injured returning statrer Corin Voinche...Led all Sun Belt Conference shortstops in fewest errors with only eight in 157 chances (78 PO, 71 A, 8 E, .949 FLD%)…Committed only four errors in the regular season over 125 chances...Played error-free for the first 12 appearances of her collegiate career…Had only one error through the first 30 games…Homered in three of the last five games prior to NCAA Tournament…Scored 44 runs which ranked third on the Cajuns squad…From Mar. 22-May 9, raised average 47 points by posting a hit in 13 of 20 games…Had 19 games with multiple assists and no errors…Swiped a team-best 10 stolen bases (10-for-10)...Posted at least one hit in each Sun Belt Conference series…Six of her eight multiple-RBI games came in SBC action...Third on the team with nine base hits in postseason play (Sun Belt Tournament through Auburn Super Regional)...Five of her 11 multiple-hit games occurred from Apr. 18-May 23...From the start of April through the end of the season had a strong finish by hitting .320 (20-of-61) with 24 runs scored, four home runs and 11 RBI...Doubled twice and posted a season-high three hits and three RBI on Feb. 14 vs. Mississippi Valley...Hit her first career home run in the opening game of the Georgia State series on Apr. 3, a three-run shot in the sixth inning that ended the game early by the run rule...Singled, was hit by pitch and scored twice in the 12-run, fourth inning in game two vs. Baylor on Apr. 11 that erased a 2-0 deficit and put the game out of reach (it was Louisiana's inning of 10-plus runs since Apr. 2013)...Had a pair of two-RBI games in the Appalachian State doubleheader on Apr. 18...Scored a season-high four runs in the second game of the doubleheader at ULM on May 2, pacing the Cajuns in the win which clinched the Sun Belt Conference regular season championship...Tied a season-high with three hits (3-of-3) in the NCAA Lafayette Regional winner's bracket final vs. Baylor on May 16, reaching three hits for the third time...Scored the tying run in the fifth inning on a Haley Hayden ground out, then picked up her third hit of the game an inning later to move Lendra Maly into scoring position for an insurance run...Collected five hits in the NCAA Tournament, marking the third-highest total on the team.
High School
Five-year letterwinner in fastpitch and slowpitch softball and basketball at New Hope High School in Columbus, Miss. … four-time state champion in slowpitch as an infielder, and five-time district champs and state runner-up in fastpitch as a pitcher under coach Tabitha Beard … played forward for coach Laura Holman to help the Trojans twice claim district titles and a North State Championship … was an all-state selection in all three sports as a junior and senior … was a North fastpitch, slowpitch and basketball all-star team member her final two years of high school … player of the year in fastpitch as a junior and in basketball as a senior … was president of the Spanish Honor Society … Honor Roll member ... inducted into the high school hall of fame.
Personal
Born Aug. 4, 1996 in Columbus, Miss. … daughter of Donnie and Renee Sanders … full name is Doni Jenee Sanders … has two older sisters, Kennedi and DeShuni … DeShuni lettered two seasons in softball at Union University in Jackson, Tenn. … an exercise science major.
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