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Honors: Named first-team NFCA All-Great Lakes Region (2013) ... first-team All-Big Ten catcher (2013) ... Wisconsin's co-Offensive Player of the Year (2013) ... NFCA All-Great Lakes Region first team (2012) ... All-Big Ten first team (2012)
Career: Tied for eighth at UW with .309 career batting average ... third with .409 on base percentage ... third with .516 career slugging percentage ... played in 210 career games with 199 starts ... ranks fifth with 182 hits ... third with 105 career runs ... holds career double record with 51 ... third with 21 career home runs ... second with 120 RBI ... second with 304 total bases ... tied for second with 90 walks
2013: Set UW single season record with 12 home runs and 49 RBI ... second on record list with 114 total bases and 19 doubles ... third with .659 slugging percentage ... tied for sixth with 59 hits ... set a school record with 24 RBI in Big Ten play ... tied school record with seven homers in league action ... had a career-best nine-game hitting streak from April 24-may 11 ... posted a 17-game reached base streak from March 2-30 ... homered twice against No. 24 North Carolina (Mar. 15) and at Minnesota (April 7) ... recorded four RBI against Indiana (April 26) and Michigan State (May 5) ... let the team with 16 multi-RBI games ... second with 15 multi-hit games
2012: Named to the NFCA All-Great Lakes Region first team, becoming just the third Badger to earn the honor ... selected first team All-Big Ten ... led the Badgers and the Big Ten with 22 doubles, a UW single-season record ... ended the season with a nation-leading 0.42 doubles per game ... led the Badgers with a .358 batting average, which ranked sixth on UW single-season record list ... recorded a .450 on base percentage, fifth best on UW single-season record list ... 1.018 OPS ranked fifth on UW single-season list, 58 hits tied for sixth, 36 RBI tied for third and 92 total bases rank fourth ... was one of two Wisconsin players to start every game ... hit first career grand slam at Loyola-Chicago (April 5) to score game-winning run ... recorded three RBI with a pair of doubles against No. 23 Michigan on May 5 ... walked three times against Minnesota on April 7 ... recorded 16 multi-hit games, including three games with three hits (at Nevada, against Western Illinois and versus Bradley) ... led Wisconsin with 10 multi-RBI games ... recorded an eight-game hit streak from April 22-May 2, marking hits against Penn State, Indiana State, Purdue, Bradley and Green Bay ... reached base in 10 consecutive games from April 21-May 2 ... finished the year on a five-game reached base streak
2011: Tied for sixth-most walks in a single-season at UW (23) ... picked up two hits against No. 2 Michigan (5/1) ... recorded second home run of the season as pinch hitter, going 1-for-1 with one run and three RBI against Iowa (4/27) ... went 2-for-3 with one double and one run in comeback victory over Minnesota (4/20) ... in doubleheader against South Dakota State (4/13), went 4-for-6 with three doubles, one run, one stolen base and two RBI ... went 1-for-2 with a run and two RBI against Loyola Chicago (3/31) ... scored two runs, one RBI and one walk against San Diego (3/19) ... hit first home run of season against Loyola Marymount (3/16) ... went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI against Northern Colorado (3/16) ... walked twice and scored two runs against Colorado State (2/20) ... tied a school record with three walks against Texas State (2/17)
2010: Four triples were second-most in single season at UW and most ever by a freshman ... among UW freshmen all-time, ranked fourth with 27 runs scored ... fifth with a .369 on-base percentage and 18 walks ... sixth with a .804 OPS (on-base + slugging) ... seventh with a .435 slugging percentage ... eighth with 23 RBI, five stolen bases and a .972 fielding percentage ... ninth with three home runs and 60 total bases ... tenth with .275 batting average ... led team in triples ... tied career highs in hits and runs and added a double and two walks by going 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI against Minnesota (5/12) ... went 2-for-3 with third career home run against Indiana (5/2) ... tied career high with two runs scored against Purdue (4/17) went 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI against SDSU (4/11) ... went 2-for-3 against South Dakota State (4/8), notching fourth triple to set freshman school record, tying career-high two runs and tallying one RBI ... went 3-for-6 with four runs scored (two in each game) and two RBI in DH against Green Bay (3/31) ... tied career highs with two hits and two runs scored and one home run in game two of doubleheader against Ohio State (3/27) ... went 2-for-3, notching a career-high three RBI and tying career high in hits against Prairie View A&M (3/14) ... two hits vs. Buffalo (3/6) tied career high ... scored career-high two runs against Flordia Gulf Coast (2/20) ... set career high with two hits vs. Bethune-Cookman (2/21) ... hit first career home run against Cal State Fullerton (2/13)
High School: Four-time first-team all-league honoree ... three-time team captain ... named MVP in all four seasons ... named all-county as a senior and as a freshman ... won a batting title in her freshman season ... head coach was Johnny Pinedo ... played for a Sorcerer Gold team that finished 13th at Gold Nationals
Personal: Parents are Montie and Debi Massey ... has one older brother, Travis, and one older sister Alyson ... hobbies include sports, traveling and going to the beach when home ... major is sociology
Career Offensive Statistics |
Season | GP/GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB-SBA | BB | SO | Avg. | OBP | SLG | OPS | HBP | TB | SH | SF |
2010 | 49/49 | 138 | 27 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 5-8 | 18 | 32 | .275 | .369 | .435 | .804 | 3 | 60 | 1 | 1 |
2011 | 51/40 | 116 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3-6 | 23 | 33 | .233 | .366 | .328 | .694 | 2 | 38 | 4 | 1 |
2012 | 53/53 | 162 | 33 | 58 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 3-4 | 24 | 14 | .358 | .450 | .568 | 1.018 | 4 | 92 | 4 | 1 |
2013 | 57/57 | 173 | 29 | 59 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 49 | 2-2 | 25 | 34 | .341 | .431 | .659 | 1.090 | 3 | 114 | 5 | 1 |
Totals | 153/142 | 416 | 76 | 123 | 32 | 4 | 9 | 71 | 11-18 | 65 | 79 | .296 | .400 | .457 | .857 | 9 | 190 | 9 | 3 |
Career Defensive Statistics |
Season | PO | A | E | FLD Pct. |
2010 | 93 | 47 | 4 | .972 |
2011 | 101 | 46 | 9 | .942 |
2012 | 120 | 84 | 5 | .976 |
2013 | 274 | 31 | 4 | .987 |
Totals | 314 | 177 | 18 | .965 |
Career Highs | |
At Bats | 5 (4x) MR vs. Bakersfield, March 2, 2013 |
Runs | 3 (3x)MR at Minnesota, April 7, 2013 |
Hits | 4(2x) MR vs. Michigan State, May 5, 2013 |
Doubles | 2 (6x) MR vs. Boston, February 24, 2013 |
Triples | 1 (4x) MR vs. South Dakota State, April 8, 2010 |
Home Runs | 2(2x) MR at Minnesota, April 7, 2013 |
Runs Batted In | 4 (3x) MR vs. Michigan State, May 5, 2013 |
Walks | 3 (4x) MR vs. Ohio State, April 20, 2013 |
Strikeouts | 4 at Indiana, April 16, 2011 |
Stolen Bases | 1 (13x) MR vs. Belmont, March 9, 2013 |
Hitting Streak | 9, April 24-May 11, 2013 |
Season Highs | |
At Bats | 5(3x) MR vs. Bakersfield, March 2, 2013 |
Runs | 3 at Minnesota, April 7, 2013 |
Hits | 4(2x) MR vs. Michigan State, May 5, 2013 |
Doubles | 2 (2x) MR vs. Boston, February 24, 2013 |
Triples | N/A |
Home Runs | 2(2x) MR at Minnesota, April 7, 2013 |
Runs Batted In | 4 (2x)MR vs. Michigan State, May 5, 2013 |
Walks | 3 (2x) MR vs. Ohio State, April 20, 2013 |
Strikeouts | 2 (5x) MR vs. North Carolina, May 16, 2013 |
Stolen Bases | 1 (2x) MR vs. Belmont, March 9, 2013 |
Hitting Streak | 9, April 24-May 11, 2013 |