2012 Softball Roster
Roster
Bell, Briana
OF
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballRHP
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballINF
/ Softball1B/C
/ SoftballLHP
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballOF/1B
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballC/1B
/ SoftballRHP
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballUTL
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballRHP
/ SoftballLHP
/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballINF/C
/ Softball
Jersey Number 21
Briana Bell
- Position:
- OF
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 5-7
- Hometown:
- Brandon, FL
- High School:
- Riverview HS
Bio
CAREER: A fiercely competitive outfielder who is looking to bounce back from a 2012 season that saw her redshirt do to injury ... Expected to compete for heavy playing time in right field during her redshirt sophomore season ... Member of the 2011 All-SEC Freshman squad.
2012: A preseason All-SEC selection by CollegeSportsMadness.com who redshirted and missed the entire season due to injury.
2011: Named to the 2011 All-SEC Freshman Team after hitting .240 with 16 runs and 13 RBIs in 40 games (28 starts) ... Also tallied three doubles, two home runs and eight walks ... Scored a pair of runs as a pinch-runner in the Bulldog Round-Robin Tournament ... Crossed home with State's second run against Butler ... Also scored a run in Sunday's Bulldog Round-Robin championship game against Southern Illinois ... Saw her first two collegiate at-bats in the Phyllis Rafter Memorial ... Notched her first hit (a double) and drove in the first RBI of her career against Kennesaw State ... Named to the Bulldog Classic All-Tournament Team after hitting .750 with a double, a home run, two RBI and a run scored in leading State to the tournament championship ... Belted her first home run as a Bulldog, a pinch-hit shot, to seal State's 7-3 upset of No. 22 Texas A&M ... Collected two hits, including a double, and drove in a run as the Dawgs clinched the Bulldog Classic title with a win against Mississippi Valley State ... Tallied two hits and drove in a personal-best four runs in the Bulldogs second game against South Carolina ... Went 2-for-2, stole a career-high two bases and scored twice against Alcorn State ... Hit her second home run of the year in the fourth inning of an April 19 win against Mississippi Valley State ... Tallied two hits, including the game-winning, two-run double, to lead MSU to a 3-2 upset of No. 4 Tennessee in the series finale in Knoxville ... Collected a hit, reached on three errors and scored twice in the series-opening win at No. 7 Georgia ... Drove in a run in the series finale at UGA.
PRE-COLLEGE: Played high-school softball for Riverview High School in Brandon, Fla. ... Helped RHS to the Florida 6A Region Final as a junior ... Earned All-Hillsborough County First Team, First-Team Western Conference and Miracle Sports Class 6A Second-Team All-State honors following her junior season on the diamond ... Hit .483 with 28 runs scored, 17 RBI, seven doubles and a home run ... Won the Poseidon Award three years ... Named the RHS Most Valuable Player her final two seasons ... Closed 2009 with eight RBI over the final five games for Angela Slater's Riverview squad ... Played travel softball for Walt Rosanski's Tampa Mustangs ... Hit .435 with 42 runs, 22 RBI, six home runs and 22 stolen bases while helping the Mustangs to a 47-11 record and the 2009 national team championship in Las Vegas ... Previously played for her father's Mustangs squad, helping the team to ASA Nationals in Johnson City, Tenn., in 2006 ... Earned three letters in golf and track & field for Riverview.
PERSONAL: Born Briana Marie Bell on Dec. 12, 1991, in Tampa, Fla. ... Daughter of Joe and Anne Bell ... Has two sisters (Brittany and Bianka) and a brother, Joel ... Brittany was a senior outfielder last season for the Dawgs, while Bianka is a true freshman on the LSU softball team ... Majoring in political science ... Has been involved in the orchestra since she was in fifth grade ... Hobbies include cooking, orchestra and French ... Favorite movie is "Remember the Titans" and favorite actor is Will Smith ... Loves going to theme parks in her spare time.
CAREER HIGHS
AB 5 vs. Florida State, 3/11/11
R 2, 3x, last at Georgia 5/6/11
H 2, 4x, last at Tennessee 4/23/11
RBI 4 vs. South Carolina, 3/9/11
2B 1, 3x, last at Tennessee, 4/23/11
3B None
HR 1, 2x, last vs. Mississippi Valley State, 4/19/11
BB 1, 8x, last at Georgia, 5/8/11
SB 2 vs. Alcorn State, 3/29/11
2012: A preseason All-SEC selection by CollegeSportsMadness.com who redshirted and missed the entire season due to injury.
2011: Named to the 2011 All-SEC Freshman Team after hitting .240 with 16 runs and 13 RBIs in 40 games (28 starts) ... Also tallied three doubles, two home runs and eight walks ... Scored a pair of runs as a pinch-runner in the Bulldog Round-Robin Tournament ... Crossed home with State's second run against Butler ... Also scored a run in Sunday's Bulldog Round-Robin championship game against Southern Illinois ... Saw her first two collegiate at-bats in the Phyllis Rafter Memorial ... Notched her first hit (a double) and drove in the first RBI of her career against Kennesaw State ... Named to the Bulldog Classic All-Tournament Team after hitting .750 with a double, a home run, two RBI and a run scored in leading State to the tournament championship ... Belted her first home run as a Bulldog, a pinch-hit shot, to seal State's 7-3 upset of No. 22 Texas A&M ... Collected two hits, including a double, and drove in a run as the Dawgs clinched the Bulldog Classic title with a win against Mississippi Valley State ... Tallied two hits and drove in a personal-best four runs in the Bulldogs second game against South Carolina ... Went 2-for-2, stole a career-high two bases and scored twice against Alcorn State ... Hit her second home run of the year in the fourth inning of an April 19 win against Mississippi Valley State ... Tallied two hits, including the game-winning, two-run double, to lead MSU to a 3-2 upset of No. 4 Tennessee in the series finale in Knoxville ... Collected a hit, reached on three errors and scored twice in the series-opening win at No. 7 Georgia ... Drove in a run in the series finale at UGA.
PRE-COLLEGE: Played high-school softball for Riverview High School in Brandon, Fla. ... Helped RHS to the Florida 6A Region Final as a junior ... Earned All-Hillsborough County First Team, First-Team Western Conference and Miracle Sports Class 6A Second-Team All-State honors following her junior season on the diamond ... Hit .483 with 28 runs scored, 17 RBI, seven doubles and a home run ... Won the Poseidon Award three years ... Named the RHS Most Valuable Player her final two seasons ... Closed 2009 with eight RBI over the final five games for Angela Slater's Riverview squad ... Played travel softball for Walt Rosanski's Tampa Mustangs ... Hit .435 with 42 runs, 22 RBI, six home runs and 22 stolen bases while helping the Mustangs to a 47-11 record and the 2009 national team championship in Las Vegas ... Previously played for her father's Mustangs squad, helping the team to ASA Nationals in Johnson City, Tenn., in 2006 ... Earned three letters in golf and track & field for Riverview.
PERSONAL: Born Briana Marie Bell on Dec. 12, 1991, in Tampa, Fla. ... Daughter of Joe and Anne Bell ... Has two sisters (Brittany and Bianka) and a brother, Joel ... Brittany was a senior outfielder last season for the Dawgs, while Bianka is a true freshman on the LSU softball team ... Majoring in political science ... Has been involved in the orchestra since she was in fifth grade ... Hobbies include cooking, orchestra and French ... Favorite movie is "Remember the Titans" and favorite actor is Will Smith ... Loves going to theme parks in her spare time.
CAREER HIGHS
AB 5 vs. Florida State, 3/11/11
R 2, 3x, last at Georgia 5/6/11
H 2, 4x, last at Tennessee 4/23/11
RBI 4 vs. South Carolina, 3/9/11
2B 1, 3x, last at Tennessee, 4/23/11
3B None
HR 1, 2x, last vs. Mississippi Valley State, 4/19/11
BB 1, 8x, last at Georgia, 5/8/11
SB 2 vs. Alcorn State, 3/29/11
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