Sarah Draheim

Photo by: Brad Kemp

Position:
Catcher
Height:
6-0
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Flower Mound, Texas
High School:
Marcus

NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete (2010)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2010)
All-Sun Belt Second Team (2011, 2012)
All-Sun Belt First Team (2013)
NFCA Third-Team All-American (2013)
NFCA All-Central Region First Team (2013)
LSWA Hitter of the Year (2013)
LSWA First Team All-Louisiana (2013)

2013 (Senior)
Started all 62 games, 61 at catcher and one at designated player…batted .409 (74-for-181) with 55 runs scored, 67 RBI and 17 home runs…hit eight doubles and one triple as well…made just one error in 500 chances, holds the highest fielding percentage of all-time at Louisiana (.994) in a career…batted .444 with 15 RBI, 10 runs scored and four home runs in 11 post-season games…had two multi-home run games, hitting two against Texas State on Feb. 16 and two against Michigan in the NCAA Ann Arbor Super Regional on May 25…set a Sun Belt record with 11 hits in the Sun Belt tournament…led the conference in batting average, slugging percentage (.746), RBI, and home runs…had 17 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI games…drove in five runs against Louisiana Tech on Mar. 13, going 3-for-3 with two runs scored and a home run…drove in four runs on three different occasions.

2012 (Junior)
Started 58 of 59 games as a catcher…went a perfect eight for eight in stolen base attempts…hit two home runs against Georgia Tech (3/22/12), going 3-for-4 with four RBI and three run scored…had 11 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games…set career-highs in home runs with seven…had three hits against Arizona State on 3/15/12, going 3-for-4 with a homer and three RBI.

2011 (Sophomore)
Hit her fifth home run of the season in game two of the Nicholls State doubleheader (4/19) … Posted an RBI in all three games of the South Alabama series (4/9-4/10) and scored a run in all three … Was 4-for-8 (.500) in the FIU series (4/6-4/7) including 2-for-3 in each of the first two games and three RBI in game one … Her first career triple scored the go-ahead runs in the sixth inning of a 5-2 win in game one of the Troy series (3/26) … Went 10-for-20 (.500) with a home run, three doubles and 10 RBI at the season opening Louisiana Classics (2/11-2/13).

2010 (Freshman)
Played in 32 games, mostly as a catcher, including eight starts behind the plate and 14 starts total ... Hit .222 with a .386 on base percentage ... Posted 10 hits ... Went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBI against Middle Tennessee (4/7) ... Had one home run on the year, in a start at designated player against FIU (4/11).

High School
Played softball and basketball at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas ... Helped the Marauders win the District Championship in both softball and basketball as a sophomore and senior ... Led MHS to the State Semifinals as a sophomore ... Team was a regional finalist in 2009 .... Named District 6-5A Catcher of the Year as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Tabbed Marcus High School Most Offensive Player as a sophomore, MHS Most Valuable Player as a junior and MHS Most Defensive Player as a senior ... In 2007, hit a walk-off home run to send Marcus to state championships for first time in school's history.

Personal
Born on August 8, 1991 in Renton, Wash. ... Full name is Sarah Louise Drahiem ... Daughter of Stephanie and Don Draheim ... Has two older brothers, Blake and Aaron