2007 Softball Roster
Roster
Michelle Kinney
- Position:
- OF/3B
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-5
- Hometown:
- Memphis, TN
- High School:
- St. Benedict at Auburndale
Saw action in 49 games, including 37 starts, 29 of which came at third base ... Posted a .245 batting average in 102 at-bats with 17 runs scored on 25 hits, including ten extra-base hits, and 14 RBI ... Tallied a .392 slugging percentage and a .284 on-base percentage ... Also drew six walks ... Committed 12 errors in 90 total chances for a .867 fielding percentage ... Turned in four multiple-hit games and four multiple-RBI games ... Hit .318 (7-for-22) with runners on base and two-outs ... Went 4-for-10 (.400) with four runs scored in the USF Best Western Inviational ... Hit 2-for-3 in State’s 6-1 victory over Bowling Green at the Compass Bank Invitational ... Went 1-for-3 with a run and three RBI in the first game of a doubleheader with Middle Tennessee State ... Followed that with a 1-for-3 performance with a run and two RBI in the nightcap ... Tallied a .500 (4-for-8) series against Kentucky, including three runs and an RBI ... Hit her only home run of the year in the series finale against the Wildcats.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2005)
Saw action in 58 games, including 29 starts, 14 of which came in centerfield ... Posted a .233 batting average in 90 at-bats with 11 runs scored on 21 hits, including four extra-base hits, and 15 RBI ... Tallied a .344 slugging percentage and a .291 on-base percentage ... Also drew nine walks and was a perfect 2-for-2 on stolen base attempts ... Shared team-best honors with four sacrifice flies ... Committed two errors in 50 total chances for a .960 fielding percentage ... Turned in a pair of multiple-hit games and four multiple-RBI games ... A clutch hitter, hit 2-for-3 (.667) with the bases loaded and a team-best 8-for-11 (.727) with runners at third and less than two outs ... Earned first collegiate hit and first collegiate home run on a 1-for-2 showing against Mississippi Valley State ... Hit 2-for-3 with an RBI in State’s 7-0 victory over St. Francis (PA) at the Buzz Classic ... Turned in a perfect 2-for-2 outing with a home run, two RBIand two runs scored 48 hours later against Georgia Southern in the championship tournament of the Buzz Classic ... Turned in a pair of hits and as many runs in two outings against UAB ... Tallied a .375 (3-for-8) series against #25 LSU, including a pinch hit grand slam in the series opener with the Tigers ... Produced a 1-for-2 hitting line in each of MSU’s first two games at #16 Florida ... Produced a pair of hits in the series at South Carolina, then hit 1-for-3 with a run scored in the SEC Tournament against the Gamecocks ... Recorded a hit in each of State’s two NCAA Region 4 wins against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
AS A FRESHMAN (2004-05)
Competed for Mississippi State women’s cross country and track and field teams ... Earned all-SEChonors in the javelin throw at the 2004 Outdoor SEC Championships, while also posting two consecutive 12th place finishes in the Steeplechase ... Recorded a
PERSONAL
-best 122 feet, 7 inches in the javelin throw at the 2004 Outdoor SEC Championships while nursing a torn ulnar collateral ligament in her right elbow.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Prepped at St. Benedict At Auburndale for coach Christy Bingham ... Played club softball for the Germantown Red Devils and coach Jack Kinney ... Played and started every game as a prep senior and helped lead St. Benedict to a 35-17 record, the region championship and an appearance in the state semifinals ... An all-state and all-metro selection, was also named Division II West Region MVP ... As a prep junior, helped lead St. Benedict to a 40-10 record, the region championship and an berth into the state semifinals ... Named an all-metro and all-state selection, while also taking home all-tournament team honors for the West Tennessee region ... Played and started every game for the 16U Germantown Red Devils and helped lead club organization to the ASANationals, as well as a seventh place finish at the Independence Day Tournament in Boulder, Colo. ... Lettered in basketball, as well as track and cross country at St. Benedict and was lauded with 1999 and 2000 West Tennessee Runner of the Year honors ... Was also decorated with all-metro and all-state honors in cross country for three consecutive years.
PERSONAL
Born Caryl Michelle Kinney on April 9, 1984, in Memphis, Tenn. ... Daughter of Dotty and Jack Kinney Jr. ... Has a younger brother, Jack, and a younger sister, Bradlee ... A Banking and Finance major at MSU.
