Nerissa Myers

Photo by: Brad Kemp

Position:
Infielder
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Petal, Miss.
High School:
Petal

First Team All-Sun Belt (2013)
First Team All-Lafayette Region (2012)
College Sports Madness Third Team All-American (2012)
All-Sun Belt First Team (2012)
Lousiville Slugger Division-I National Player of the Week (3/12-3/18/12)
Two-Time SBC Player of the Week
All-Baton Rouge Regional Team (2010)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2010)
All-Sun Belt Second Team (2011)

2013 (Senior)
Started 44 games, all at shortstop…set the all-time record at Louisiana for runs scored in a career with 243…led off the 2013 season with a home run against Lipscomb on Feb. 9…missed 18 games in the middle of the season due to an ankle injury…in her first at-bat back from her injury she hit a home run to lead off the game, doubled in her second at-bat, and hit a grand slam to close out the game, she finished the game with a season-high six RBI…batted .400 (50-for-125) with 52 runs scored, 37 RBI, and eight home runs…scored multiple runs 18 times, as well as had 16 multi-hit games…was walked a team-high 33 times, and was hit seven times, reaching base at a rate of .539…went 3-for-4 against Troy on Apr. 28 with five RBI and a home run.

Junior (2012)
Led the Nation in runs scored, crossing the plate 83 times…set a new SBC mark in runs scored, and broke her own UL record of 77 runs scored in a season…hit a career high 13 home runs, the second most on the team…hit the four grand slams, the third-most in NCAA history for a single season…drove in a team and career-high seven runs against Mississippi Valley State (2/12/12)…drove in five-or-more runs on three separate occasions…hit a grand slam in the NCAA Regionals at Lamson Park, against Stanford.

2011 (Sophomore)
Reached base in 58 of 62 games in 2011, posting a .498 on base percentage. Scored 77 runs, tying a UL and Sun Belt single-season record … Was 7-for-18 (.389) at the Judi Garman Classic (3/17-3/19) including her second career home run in an 8-4 win over new Mexico … Was 2-for-3 against Alabama ace Kelsi Dunne with two stolen bases in UL’s 1-0 win … Set a career high with five RBI against Temple (3/5), going 2-for-2 with a double, a walk, a hit by pitch and three runs scored … Was 7-for-16 (.438) with eight runs scored in five starts at the Cowgirl Classic (2/25-2/27), including two doubles and one triple … Was 5-for-6 (.833) on day one of the Ragin’ Cajuns Invitational (2/18) with seven RBI and five runs scored … Went 8-for-15 (.533) with 10 runs scored at the Louisiana Classics (2/11-2/13) leading to a spot on the All-Tournament Team.

2010 (Freshman)
Played in 62 games, starting 60 as a true freshman, all at shortstop ... Hit .247 with a .354 on base percentage ... Was 15-for-20 in the stolen bases category ... Hit .296 in Sun Belt play ... Hit. 344 with runners in scoring position, and .452 with runners in scoring position and two outs ... Had five RBI in her first two collegiate games (2/12-2/13) ... Hit .400 (4-for-10) in the Baton Rouge Regional including a 3-for-4 effort in a Championship Game win over No.18 Texas A&M, earning All-Tournament honors and helping the Cajuns advance to Super Regionals.

High School
Like current teammate Brianna Cherry, played fastpitch and slowpitch softball, along with basketball at Petal High School ... Was a State Runner-Up, South State Runner-Up and District Champions in fastpitch softball ... Was Co-District Champion in basketball ... Helped Petal High School to runner-up finishes at the 2006 Fastpitch South State and 2005 Fastpitch State tournaments ... Was Slowpitch State Champions in softball in 2006 leading PHS to a 31-1 record ... Named Slowpitch Player of the Year as a junior ... Tabbed All-State Fastpitch in 2008 and All-District in 2006 and 2007, while being named All-District and All-State Slowpitch as a sophomore and a junior ... Was All-District in basketball as a junior and the PHS Scholar Athlete in 2007 and 2008 and Scholar Athlete Fastpitch in 2006 and 2008 ... Hit for the cycle in the Slowpitch State Championship.

Personal
Born on November 26, 1990 in Petal, Miss. ... Full name is Nerissa Manantria Myers ... Daughter of Suzette and Aron Bajoie... Has two younger brothers Necota and Aron, Jr.