Megen Smith bio
6/16/2010 4:11:00 AM | General
Career Highlights: Three-time All-Southern Conference selection, first team in 2009 and 2010...Holds Georgia Southern career record with seven saves...Second on the single-season list with four in 2009, which is tied for eighth in the Southern Conference...Also tied for fifth with two in 2008...Set Georgia Southern single-season record with 18 home runs in 2010, a mark which is second in the Southern Conference...Ranks third in Georgia Southern history with 22 home runs and is ninth with 87 RBI...Had a .696 slugging percentage in 2010, which ranks second in a season at Georgia Southern and is ninth on the Southern Conference list...Drove in 47 runs and scored 42 in 2010, ranking third in a season at Georgia Southern in both categories...Ranks second at Georgia Southern with six RBI against Savannah State on April 22, 2008 and sixth with 10.0 innings pitched against Western Carolina on April 19, 2008.
2010 (Junior): Named First Team All-Southern Conference...Was second on the team with a .322 batting average...Started all 56 games...Set GSU single-season record and led SoCon with 18 home runs...Had team-highs in RBIs (47), runs scored (42), home runs (18), and was second in doubles (10) and walks (22)...Hit home runs in four straight games (5/9 - 5/13)...Her 47 RBIs also led the conference, while her 42 runs scored ranked third in the SoCon...Had a conference-high .696 slugging percentage...Was 8-of-9 in stolen bases...Had 14 multi-hit games, posting a season-high three hits three times...Hit two home runs against UNC-Greensboro (3/14), rounding the bases in the first and the fourth to give the Eagles a 2-1 win...Went 2-for-6 against No. 6 Georiga Tech (4/13) with a double, a home run and three RBI...Had 15 multi-RBI games, with three RBI in a game three times...Made 30 appearances with 20 starts in the circle...Went 8-13 with a save...Had nine complete games and one combined shutout...Posted a 3.75 ERA, allowing 77 earned runs in 143.2 innings pitched...Opponents hit .270 against her...Had 79 strikeouts.
2009 (Sophomore): All-Southern Conference First Team (Utility)...Hit .308 with three home runs and drove in 19 runs...Ranked fourth on the team with a .450 slugging percentage...Recorded 11 multi hits games...Hit .333 in road games...Recorded two doubles and drove in two runs against Georgia State (2/25)...Hit her first home run of the season against the College of Charleston (3/7)...Plated three runs with a pair of hits at Elon (4/10)...Went two for three and plated two runs against Charleston Southern (4/15)...Hit a home run and stole a base in a two for three performance in the series finale with UNC Greensboro (4/19)...Picked up her first hit of the SoCon Tournament with a solo shot against UNC Greensboro (5/8)...Walked twice in the Eagles' near upset of #8 Georgia (4/29)... Recorded a 4.18 ERA and a 3-6 record in 18 appearances in the circle...Made seven starts and broke the school's saves record with four...Pitched nine innings and allowed only two earned runs and struck out four, but took the loss 2-0 in her first start against Jacksonville (3/3)...Shutout Appalachian State (3/14) in a complete game 2-0 win...Pitched three innings of two hit ball against Charleston Southern (4/15) to earn her second save.
2008 (Freshman): All-Southern Conference Second Team (pitcher)...Tabulated a 13-9 record and 2.49 ERA in 23 starts in the circle...Batted .243 with a home run and 21 RBI...Ranked fourth in the SoCon in ERA and tied for fifth in wins...Tossed back-to-back shutouts vs. Alabama State (2/29) and UAB (3/1)...Struck out four and allowed just one hit vs. ASU and blanked UAB on two hits and six Ks...Went 4-1 with 1.51 ERA in SoCon games...Threw four-hit shutout at Furman (3/21)...Did not allow an earned run in first three appearances in SoCon Tournament over 9.1 innings, including complete-game win over Appalachian State (5/7) in the opener and two saves...Pitched four innings of three-hit, shutout ball in relief appearance vs. Western Carolina (4/20)...Drove in six runs on 3-for-5 performance at the plate vs. Savannah State (4/22)...Her six RBI are second-most in school history and hit her first career home run...Hit bases-loaded double to drive in three runs in SoCon Tournament vs. Charleston (5/8)...Collected a hit in eight of her first nine career games.
High School: Attended Effingham County High School...Lettered four seasons...Posted a sub-1.00 earned run average in each of her four seasons, including a low of 0.70 in her freshman and junior campaigns...Four-time winner of the pitching award...Lowest batting average was .354, highest was .454...Coached by Tesh Pace.
Personal: Born Megen Samantha Smith on July 11, 1989 in Savannah, Ga....Daughter of Steve and Peggy Smith...Hobbies include horseback riding, going to the river and beach...Would want Nicole Kidman to play her in a movie...Craziest ambition is to marry a millionaire...The three people she would invite to dinner are God, mom and dad...Favorite place on campus is the softball field...Chose Georgia Southern because "it's far enough to get away from home, but close enough to get back"...Biggest influences on her life as an athlete have been her parents because "they have always been there for me when I needed them"...Favorites: pro team - Atlanta Braves; TV shows - Animal Planet; announcer - John Madden...Majoring in health and physical education.
Smith's Career Statistics
|
YEAR |
AVG. |
GP-GS |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
SB-ATT |
FLD% |
|
2008 |
.243 |
54-44 |
136 |
10 |
33 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
21 |
11 |
25 |
1-1 |
.963 |
|
2009 |
.308 |
42-42 |
120 |
11 |
37 |
8 |
0 |
3 |
19 |
11 |
26 |
3-5 |
1.000 |
|
2010 |
.322 |
56-56 |
171 |
42 |
55 |
10 |
0 |
18 |
47 |
22 |
30 |
8-9 |
.940 |
|
CAREER |
.293 |
152-142 |
427 |
63 |
125 |
24 |
0 |
22 |
87 |
44 |
81 |
12-15 |
.957 |
|
YEAR |
ERA |
W |
L |
APP |
GS |
CG |
SHO |
CBO |
SV |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
|
2008 |
2.49 |
13 |
9 |
32 |
23 |
14 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
152.0 |
164 |
75 |
54 |
64 |
80 |
|
2009 |
4.18 |
3 |
7 |
18 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
63.2 |
79 |
53 |
38 |
34 |
33 |
|
2010 |
3.75 |
8 |
13 |
30 |
20 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
143.2 |
149 |
96 |
77 |
72 |
79 |
|
CAREER |
3.29 |
24 |
29 |
80 |
50 |
26 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
359.1 |
392 |
224 |
169 |
170 |
192 |
Smith's Career Bests
|
AB |
5 vs. Savannah State (4/22/08) |
|
R |
3 vs. Savannah State (4/22/08) |
|
H |
3, five times; last at Appalachian State (3/27/10) |
|
Streak |
15 games (4/17/10 – 5/13/10) |
|
RBI |
6 vs. Savannah State (4/22/08) |
|
2B |
2, two times; last vs. Providence (3/5/10) |
|
HR |
2 at UNCG (3/14/10) |
|
BB |
3 at Furman (5/10/10) |
|
SB |
2 vs. Elon (5/2/10) |
|
PO |
13 at Mercer (4/6/10) |
|
A |
5 vs. Jacksonville (3/3/10) |
|
IP |
10.0. two times; last vs. Binghamton (2/19/10) |
|
H |
1 vs. Alabama State (2/29/08)* |
|
R |
0, four times; last vs. Appalachian State (3/14/09)* |
|
ER |
0, seven times; last vs. Appalachian State (3/14/09)* |
|
SO |
8 vs. UNCG (3/13/10) |
|
BB |
0, six times; last at Kennesaw State (4/20/10)* |
*- must have pitched at least five innings
