Crystal George

Position:
LF
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
St. Thomas More HS

2003 All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team
2002 All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team
Started 62 of 63 games as a freshman
First collegiate home run was a grand slam (March 29 vs. Sam Houston State)
Led all Ragin' Cajuns' 2002 freshmen with six homers and .315 batting average

JUNIOR SEASON (2004)
Third straight season as the Cajuns starting left fielder...Started 62 games in left field...Struck out only 14 times – fewest among all starters...Had five multiple-RBI and multiple-hit games...Hit .279 with 12 hits and 12 RBI with runners in scoring position...Scored a career-best 23 runs...Went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and four RBI on opening day Feb. 7 at the ULM Mardi Gras Classic...One-out single in the 10th inning scored Michelle Bergeaux with the game-winning run against No. 6 Florida State March 6 at the FSU Seminole Challenge; game-winning hit came off of FSU’s Jessica van der Linden (2004 Honda Award winner for softball)...Ranked third on the team with a .313 average (5-for-16) during play at NCAA Regional No. 1 in Tucson, Ariz...Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI in the first game against Oklahoma May 23 as the Cajuns forced the if necessary game for the right to go the Women’s College World Series...Singled down the left field line in the sixth inning to tie the OU game 4-4 and jump start a four-run outburst by the Cajuns en route to a 12-4 victory.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2003)
Member of the 2003 All-Sun Belt Second Team – her second straight season as an All-Conference pick...Started 57 games in left field...Had a season-high six-game hitting streak April 6-13...Clubbed her first home run of the season in game two against Southern Mississippi March 9...Drew 13 walks and struck out just 19 times (13 walks, 13 strikeouts in regular season play)...Was the third-best hitter on the team with a .274 average...In 46 fielding chances she did not make an error...Hit .333 in Sun Belt play with three home runs, three doubles and 15 RBI while scoring nine runs...Hit a three-run home run, her fifth homer of the season, in game one of the Cajuns doubleheader sweep of FIU April 19; her three-run home run proved to be the difference in the game (Cajuns won 5-3)...In the New Mexico State series she hit two home runs in the second game on April 12 for the first multi-home run game of her career – a three-run home run and a two-run home run for five RBI in the game...Had eight multiple-hit games and five-multiple RBI games.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2002)
Was named to the All-Sun Belt Conference second team...First career home run was a grand slam in game two of a March 29th doubleheader against Sam Houston...Went 2-for-2 with four RBI in that game...Had 10 multi-hit games...Also had four multi-RBI games...Was 5-for-13 with one home run and five RBI in a weekend series against Western Kentucky...Had first career hit and RBI in season opener at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi...First career extra-base hit was a triple against Southwest Missouri State at the Oklahoma/Nike Classic on Feb. 16...Had a seven-game hitting streak, April 14-21...Had a six-game hitting streak the week before, snapped on April 13 in game two at Middle Tennessee...Went 5-for-10 at the Kia Classic...In doubleheader at ULM, was 4-for-7 with two doubles and an RBI.

AT ST. THOMAS MORE HIGH SCHOOL
Three-time District Championship member at St. Thomas More...Led team to a 16-0 and 13-0 record in softball and volleyball district play, respectively...Was named to the All-State team two years...Received Academic Athletic Awards in volleyball and softball...Part of AFA National Champions in 2000 with the Louisiana Reflections...Four year letterwinner in softball and two year winner in volleyball.

PERSONAL
Born October 23, 1983, in Lafayette...Full name is Crystal Lynn George...Daughter of Dave and JoAnne George...Has two brothers one older, Clay, and one younger, Kyle...Majoring in child and family studies...Hopes to open a daycare center one day...Played for Louisiana Reflections.