2009 Softball Roster
Roster
Nesbit, Courtney
2B
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/ SoftballOF/C
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/ SoftballC
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Jersey Number 25
Courtney Nesbit
- Position:
- 1B/OF
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 5-6
- Hometown:
- Acworth, GA
- High School:
- Harrison HS
Bio
2010 HIGHLIGHTS
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Earned her second NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete award and third SEC Academic Honor Roll selection.
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Played in every game during her junior campaign, drawing 49 starts.
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Started 44 games at first base, with the other five coming in the designated player spot.
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Posted career highs in at-bats (149), hits (37), home runs (3), RBI (18) and runs scored (20).
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Fielded at a .986 clip to move into second on the career fielding percentage list (.989).
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Went 2-for-4 at the plate and homered in the Aggie Classic opener against Louisiana-Monroe.
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Was a perfect 4-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored as the Dawgs defeated Oregon State in College Station, Texas.
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Hit the game-tying home run in a 2-for-3 performance as the Bulldogs rallied to defeat Maryland (Feb. 27) at the NFCA Leadoff Classic.
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Doubled and drove in two runs against East Tennessee State at the Bayer Cropscience Classic in Fresno, Calif.
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Matched her season-high for hits (4) while tallying two RBI in a win at Southern Mississippi (March 17).
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Sparked the Bulldogs to a series-ending win at Ole Miss, going 2-for-4 with one of the Dawgs' school-record five grand slams. Matcher her career high for RBI in the game with four.
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Scored a run and added a hit in MSU's win against Southern University (March 31).
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Notched a hit in each game of a twin bill against her home state Georgia (April 13).
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Recorded a hit in State's series-clinching win at South Carolina. Followed it with a hit in a doubleheader-opening win at Auburn.
2009 HIGHLIGHTS
- Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
- Played in 46 games, starting 34 times (15 at designated player, 19 at first).
- Hit .245 and set personal bests with nine doubles, two home runs, 14 RBI and 15 runs scored.
- Had six multiple-hit games this season and a pair of multiple-RBI outings.
- Finished the year perfect in the field, tallying 112 putouts and 12 assists in 124 chances.
- Notched her first career home run in the Bulldogs' win at Mississippi Valley State.
- Homered and collected a career-best four RBI and three runs scored against Santa Clara at the Malihini Kipa Aloha Tournament in Hawaii.
- Collected a personal-best two doubles in a two-hit effort against Hawaii.
- Went 3-for-5 in the South Carolina series.
- Added a double and a pair of hits in State's 2-1, 10-inning win against Auburn.
2008 HIGHLIGHTS
- Selected NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete and Freshman Academic All-SEC.
- Started 24 games and played in 12 others, hitting .300 (24-for-80) with three doubles, 12 RBI and six runs.
- Tallied eight multiple-hit games and drove in multiple runs three times
- Earned SEC Freshman of the Week after a 4-for-7, two-RBI effort in a sweep of Ole Miss.
- Drove in the tying run in the series finale with the Rebels and capped a three-run sixth inning with an RBI single.
- Registered a season-best three RBI while tallying her first career double in a win against USM.
- Went 5-for-6, including a career-best three hits in game two, in a doubleheader with LSU.
- Collected three hits and drove in two runs in the series opener with her home-state Georgia.
HIGH SCHOOL |CLUB
HIGHLIGHTS
- Prepped at Harrison High School and played club softball for West Cobb Elite, Georgia XTreme Gold and Georgia Fire Gold.
- Named Most Valuable Offensive Player her junior and senior seasons for Janet Ogelsby at HHS.
- Selected first team All-Cobb County by the Marietta Daily Journal and the Atlanta Journal Constitution, and second team all-state as a senior after hitting .424 with eight doubles, a home run and a .465 on-base percentage.
- Played in the 2007 GACA Senior All-Star Game and posted the team's top grade-point average.
- Tabbed all-county second team as a junior after hitting .324 with 14 RBI.
- Helped lead the Hoyas to two-straight Region 5A championships in 2004 and 2005.
- Batted .411 with seven home runs, 22 doubles and three triples in leading John Yovanovich's Georgia Fire to ninth at the 2006 ASA Gold Nationals.
- Hit .390 with four home runs and 14 doubles as the Georgia Xtreme Gold advanced to ASA Gold Nationals.
- Hit .401 with three home runs and 48 RBI, and was named to the ISA World 16U A All-Tournament Team after her West Cobb Elite squad, coached by David Nesbit, finished as the tournament's runner-up.
PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Born Courtney Brooke Nesbit on June 12, 1989, in Atlanta, Ga.
- The daughter of David and Kim Nesbit.
- Has four younger sisters, Erin, Megan, Morgan and Mallori. Erin is a sophomore shortstop for the Bulldogs, and Megan signed with the Dawgs in the fall.
- Majoring in special education.
SOFTBALL | Postgame Press Conference vs. Washington
Saturday, May 17
SOFTBALL | Postgame Press Conference vs. Texas Tech
Saturday, May 17
SOFTBALL | Raelin Chaffin ESPN2 Postgame Interview
Saturday, May 17
SOFTBALL | Postgame Press Conference vs. Washington
Friday, May 16
