Charlotte 49ers

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  Sarah Malene

Sarah Malene

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Woodbridge, VA

High School:
Gar-Field

Height:
5-3

Position:
Second Base

Birthdate:
09/03/1987

2008 Awards:
All A-10 Tournament Team; All A-10 First Team; All A-10 Academic Team; Team MVP

At Charlotte: 2008 - Saw action in all 66 Charlotte games with 66 starts at second base...Named All-Atlantic 10 first team and All-A-10 Academic team...With her 46 runs, shattered her 2006 record of 42 runs for in the single-season books, pushing her career total to 113, good for second place all-time...Ranked second on the team with 66 hits, good for third in the single-reason record books, allowing her to crack the career record books in ninth place with 158...Put together a .316 average on the season, moving her career average to .327...Led the team and ranked second in the conference with 29 stolen bases, the second-most in 49er season history...Ranked first on the team in on-base percentage (.416), triples (four) and walks (33) and second in slugging percentage (.388) and total bases (81)...Collected 20 RBI on the year, including three multiple RBI games...Drove in three runs on two hits against Charleston Southern in the first game of the Green and White Classic...Scored a career-high and record-book tying four runs against Miami (Ohio) in the 49er Invitational...Named to the All-A-10 Tournament after putting together a .389 average in the 49ers' five games, turning in three runs, seven hits and one RBI...Named team MVP.

2007 - Was a second team all-conference selection...Set a single season school record with 42 runs scored...Was named the MVP of the Green & White Tournament...Led the team in runs scored, stolen bases and triples...Was third in hits, home runs, slugging percentage and on base percentage...Was fourth with a .317 batting average...Was 3-for-5 with a double, five RBI and three runs scord against Eastern Kentucky...Had a homer and two RBI against Bucknell...Had a triple, two RBI and two runs scored against Drexel...Was 3-for-4 with a triple, two homers and three RBI while scoring four runs against Appalachian State...Was 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and three runs scored against Dayton...Scored three runs against Temple in the A-10 Tournament.

2006 - Appeared in 42 games, started 30 of them...Was a first team all-conference performer...Also named to the all-freshman team...Hit .374, good for second on the team and the second highest batting average in school history for a freshman...Had 20 RBI, the fifth highest total for a freshman in Charlotte history, also her 25 runs are the sixth best total for a freshman...Led the team with nine sacrifice hits...Was second on the team with three triples which is tied for the third most all-time for a freshman...Had nine multi-hit games...Scored at least one run in 20 games...Went 3-4 with two RBI, two runs and two stolen bases against Stony Brook...Went 3-3 with three RBI against conference foe St. Joseph's.

Prep: A four-time All-Northwest Region and All-Cardinal District selection...Four-time Prince William All-Extra selection...Earned all-state honors twice...As a junior, named Cardinal District Player of the Year...As a senior, led her team to a fourth place finish in the state and runner-up finishes in the district and region...Member of the Virginia Shamrocks Gold summer team which finished 13th in the ASA Gold Nationals in the summer of 2004.

Personal: Daughter of Jim and Pam Malene...Majoring in business...Born September 3, 1987.