University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2014 Softball Roster
Samantha Walsh
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Ingleside, Texas
- High School:
- Ingleside HS
All-Sun Belt Second Team (2015)
All-Louisiana First Team (2015)
All-Louisiana Honorable Mention (2014)
Sun Belt Conference Tournament All-Tournament Team (2014)
2016 (Senior)
Did not play due to injury.
2015 (Junior)
Second straight season starting at third base...Registered career-highs in home runs (14) and RBI (46)…Also posted a career-high in batting average (.296) and slugging percentage (.568)…Reached 40 RBI for first time in her career…Had only eight errors in 113 chances (35 PO, 70 A, 8 E, .929 FLD%) at third base…Played error-free for three different stretches of 10-plus games…Led the Cajuns in base hits at #4 Alabama and posted all of the RBI in the Saturday doubleheader…Hit .560 (14-of-25) with seven home runs in final three weeks of regular season…Generated 12 multiple-hit and 14 multiple-RBI games...Hit safely in seven of eight Sun Belt Conference series…Collected at least four hits in four different SBC series (UTA, GASO, APP, ULM)...Started the season with at least one hit in nine of the first 11 games...Produced five multiple-RBI games in over the first two weekends (nine games played)...Two-run double broke a scoreless tie in the third inning of the Georgia Southern series opener on Mar. 16...Two-run home run in the series finale pushed the lead to 5-0 in the fifth inning...Singled, walked and scored twice during the 12-run, fourth inning of the second game vs. Baylor on Apr. 11...Tied her career-high and homered twice in a game for the first time since Apr. 19, 2014 at Troy in the opening game of the Appalachian State doubleheader on Apr. 18...Ended the doubleheader 5-for-7 with five runs, three home runs and four RBI...Drove home a season-high four runs with a double and home run in game two of the ULM doubleheader on May 2 as the Cajuns secured the Sun Belt regular season championship...Established a career-high with four hits (4-of-4) in the regular season finale at ULM on May 3...Hit a walk-off, three-run home run in the sixth inning of the winner-take-all NCAA Lafayette Regional final vs. Baylor on May 17 giving the Cajuns a 9-1 run-rule victory...Named to the All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team, garnering all-conference honors for the first time in her career.
2014 (Sophomore)
Started in 56 in her 60 appearances on the season, primarily at third base … was an All-Louisiana Honorable Mention selection, voted on by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association … batted .267 with 47 hits, 37 RBI and 25 runs scored … led Louisiana with 96 assists, which ranked seventh in the conference … fourth on the team with 11 home runs … had a slugging percentage of .489 and an on base percentage of .377 … recorded 11 multiple-hit games and 10 multiple-RBI games … had a 17-game reached base streak, second-longest for the Ragin’ Cajuns during the season … had a career-high three hits and five RBI, and matched a season-high two runs against ULM (5/3) … went 3-for-6 with two RBI, two runs and two walks in the NCAA Super Regionals against Arizona (5/23-24) … homered in the first inning of the first game against the Wildcats to put the Cajuns on top for good … belted a career-best two home runs in a 2-for-4 outing against Troy (4/19).
2013 (Redshirt Freshman)
Started all 62 games, mainly at second base with some at shortstop … batted .244 (40-for-164) with 29 runs scored, 22 RBI and six home runs … recorded her first career hit with an RBI single against Iowa (2/9) … went 1-for-1 with two walks and three runs scored, and an RBI against Western Kentucky (3/9) … drove in three runs in a 2-for-3 performance and a home run against Southern Miss (4/10) …hit her first career home run off All-American pitcher Olivia Galati against Hofstra (2/23) … was second on the team with 61 assists, making seven errors for a .951 fielding percentage.
2012 (Redshirt)
Did not compete during the season, taking a redshirt.
High School
Four-year letterwinner in basketball and softball at Ingleside High School ... led the Mustangs to district championships in 2010 and 2011 ... helped Ingleside HS to a 27-4 record in 2011 ... named first team all-district in 2010 and 2011 ... career total of 117-of-118 stolen bases in high school.
Personal
Born on July 12, 1993 in Corpus Christi, Texas ... daughter of Naomi Jimenez and Mike Walsh ... she is planning on majoring in General Studies at Louisiana.
