Holly Tankersley

Position:
DP/Outfielder
Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
High School:
Kirbyville

Major: General Studies

NFCA All-South Region (2004, 2007)

All-Sun Belt Conference (2004, 2007)

Sun Belt Freshman of the Year (2004)

All-Louisiana (2004, 2007)

Louisiana Freshman of Year (2004)

2007

Earned first team All-Sun Belt, All-South Region and All-Louisiana honors...Top 25 finalist for National Softball Player of the Year...Led the Cajuns in most offensive categories: batting average (.403), runs scored (60), total bases (140), slugging percentage (.733), hits (77), on base percentage (.519), RBI (61), home runs (18), hit by pitch (12) and total plate appearances (243), while starting all 64 games...Had 25 multi-hit games and had a streak of six straight games with more than one hit...Had 15 multi-RBI games driving in five runs against ULM...Had four RBI in four different games...Had two home runs in four games, including a win over Penn State in the Judi Garman Classic in which she was 3-for-3 with two home runs, four RBI and two runs scored...Had two homers in a Sun Belt win over Troy with three RBI...Contributed in the pitching circle for the Cajuns in 2007, compiling a 12-5 overall record in 19 appearances with 93 strikeouts in 93.1 innings of work.

2006

Returned to the field after taking a redshirt in 2005...Started 46 games as the designated player...Finished the season with the second-best batting average (.339)...Had 10 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games...Her nine home runs increased her career total to 30...Sported a .606 slugging percentage and .497 on-base percentage...Through the first 18 games, was hitting .525 with five home runs and 22 RBI...Despite missing nearly three weeks of play (11 games total) managed to end the year with 43 RBI and 43 base hits...Drew 18 walks in the first month of the season (13 games)...Hit .450 with runners in scoring position...Saw limited time in Sun Belt play as injury caused her to miss seven games...Hit a grand slam and drove in a season-high five runs in the win over UNLV at the Judi Garman Classic...Made one appearance in the pitching circle tossing 2.2 innings of relief against No. 4 Texas at the Garman Classic.

2005

Did not compete during the season, taking a redshirt.

2004

Named to the 2004 NFCA All-South Region First Team as a utility player...First Team All-Sun Belt member and Sun Belt Freshman of the Year...Named Louisiana Freshman of the Year...Led the Ragin’ Cajuns and Sun Belt with 21 home runs ? a tally which broke Danyele Gomez’s single-season and freshman records for home runs...Established the new home run record in the Cajuns 5-0 win over No. 1 Arizona in the NCAA Regional semifinal...Hit the record-setting blast off of USA Softball Player of the Year Finalist Alicia Hollowell...Four-time Sun Belt Conference Hitter of the Week...Had 13 multiple-hit and 11 multiple RBI games...Became the second freshman in as many years to hit double-digit home runs (Danyele Gomez had 20 in 2003)...Led the team with 44 walks, breaking the school single-season record of 41 set by Stephanie DeFeo in 1997...Was walked at least twice in a single game 12 times...Led the team with a .326 average, six doubles, six home runs and 15 RBI in Sun Belt play...Hit .434 for the month of May (23-for-53) with eight home runs, 20 RBI and a .962 slugging percentage...Started the Cajuns’ first elimination game at the NCAA Regional in Tucson and tossed a career-high 10 strikeouts against Temple...Overall ERA was 1.36 and had four complete games to her credit ? all while doubling as a hitter...In 72.0 innings of work, surrendered just 49 hits and 14 earned runs while striking out 56...In Sun Belt play, went 6-0 and allowed just six earned runs in 34.2 innings...Went 3-1 with a 0.26 ERA over 26.2 innings while filling in for an injured Brooke Mitchell April 19-25...Collected three wins and one save in the Cajuns four-game sweep of North Texas.

High School

Was a four-year letterwinner in softball and volleyball and a two-year letterwinner in basketball for Kirbyville High School...Played pitcher, catcher and shortstop for the Wildcats...An All-State and All-District peformer who helped lead KHS to a state championship in 2003...In her junior year she had a 0.33 ERA, striking out over 200 batters in 89 innings pitched...At the plate she batted .637 with nine home runs.

Personal

Born October 27, 1984 in Jasper, Texas...Full name is Holly Michelle Tankersley...Daughter of Johnny and Betty Tankersley...Has one younger brother, Joshua, and one younger sister, Hope.