2021 Softball Roster
Roster
Megan McDonald
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Bats/Throws:
- L/L
- Experience:
- 4L
- Hometown:
- Georgetown, Texas
- HS/Prev Schools:
- Georgetown HS
2020 Season
Started all 26 games for the Bearkats in center field … hit .398 with 35 hits, scoring 12 runs and leading the team with 15 RBI … had 13 multi-hit games, leading the Sam Houston roster … named preseason first team All-SLC … named SLC Hitter of the Week, her first weekly honor of her career, after hitting .520 with a .640 slugging percentage and a .538 on-base percentage in six games versus Texas A&M, North Dakota State and Louisiana Tech … had a fielding percentage of .962 with 49 putouts … named Southland Conference softball Student-Athlete of the Year and and to the All-SLC academic first team.
2019 Season
Appeared in all 58 games for the Bearkats, making 57 starts in center field … first-team All-Southland Conference selection after finishing fifth in league play in batting average (.389), tied for first in triples (three), second in hits (35) and fifth in runs scored (19) … was a Southland Conference all-academic first-team selection … was second on the team with a .299 overall batting average and tied for second in runs scored (28) …  had 53 hits in 177 at-bats with six doubles, a team-leading three triples, a home run and 19 RBI … had 11 multi-hit games, including a season-high three hits five times … had an eight-game hit streak (13 for 26, three doubles, a home run, a triple and .500 average) April 12-27 and a seven-game streak (9 for 26, five RBI, a double, a triple and.346 average) from March 15-27 … had three hits and three RBI in a 6-4 win over Incarnate Word (4/26).
2018 Season
Honorable mention all-SLC outfielder … led the team in batting average at .310 for the Bearkats ... also led the team in total hits with 53 on the season … had 10 multi-hit games for the season, with five of them being three hit performances … two of those three hit games were in back-to-back contests against UIW on March 9-10 … struck out just 10 times, one of the lowest totals on the team, in 171 at bats … had 125 putouts and five assists from the outfield … stole five bases in eight attempts, second on the team in that category ... had a career-high three RBI against UT Arlington on February 25 … in Conference play, she upped her average to .341 and hit six doubles for the Bearkats … got five hits and scored five runs in a series against Central Arkansas from March 23-24 ... filled the stat sheet in an April 14 win against A&M Corpus Christi, going 2-5 with a double, RBI, run scored and a stolen base ... ended the season on a seven-game hitting streak, including five hits in four SLC Tournament games and five more in the last series of the year against Houston Baptist …Â
2017 Season
Started all 51 games for the Bearkats in center field … hit .264 with a homer, three triples and 11 RBI … had nine multi-hit games, tied for third best on the Sam Houston roster … was third on the team with 27 runs scored … became just the fourth Bearkat in program history to have multiple triples in a single game when she had a pair in the doubleheader finale against Prairie View (3/1), a game that also saw her score twice … went 4-for-4 with two doubles and a game-tying RBI double with two outs in the top of the sixth at Houston (3/3) … hit a two-run homer against Princeton (3/4), the first of her career … followed that up by going 2-for-4 with an RBI in the finale of the Houston Hilton Plaza Classic against ULM (3/4) … had an RBI in each of the final two wins at Incarnate Word … had a triple and two runs scored as part of a 2-for-3 day in a win over Abilene Christian (4/21) … followed that up with consecutive 2-for-4 games against the Wildcats (4/22) and at Southeastern Louisiana (4/28) … scored a season high three runs in the middle game at Southeastern Louisiana … went 2-for-4 with two runs scored against Houston Baptist (5/5).Â
Georgetown High School
Played outfield for Jessica Bond's Georgetown High School softball program… batted .548… Named District Defensive MVP and NFCA Second-Team All-Region for senior season… As a junior named to NFCA First-Team All-Region team… earned First-Team All-District honors in sophomore season… named District Newcomer of the Year after freshman season… Four-Time Academic All-District… Two-time Regional Semi-Finalists (2014 and 2015)... played club for Texas Blaze Gold… won the TCS National Championship in 2016, second place at Boulder IDT Tournament and top-9 finisher at the PGF Premier Nationals
Personal
Born June 3, 1998… parents are John and Melissa McDonald
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