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Jersey Number 20
Dixie Raley
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-0
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Milledgeville, Ga.
- High School:
- Georgia Military College Prep
- Major:
- Public Relations
2017 All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team
2016-17 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List
2016 Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year
2016 All-Sun Belt Conference First Team
FRESHMAN (2016)
Named the 2016 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year as well as an All-SBC First-Team selection … Finished true freshman campaign with a 22-14 record, two saves and five shutouts in 43 appearances with 34 games started complimenting a team-leading 3.33 ERA … In conference action, went 9-7 in 19 appearances with 16 starts and a 3.03 ERA … Held batters to a .225 batting average for the year and held league foes to a .216 average … Her 43 appearances is second all-time in program history for a single season while her 34 starts is good enough for third all-time … Her 24 complete games is tied for seventh-most in program history and her 22 wins is second all-time but sets the program record for wins by a freshman pitcher … Pitched 202 total innings, the ninth-most by an Eagle pitcher in a single campaign, and struck out 182 batters, tied for fifth-most in a single season … Recorded 46 strikeouts against teams within the top-75 of the RPI … Had three complete game, one hitters: Feb. 19 vs. North Florida, March 4 vs. North Dakota, April 23 at Troy … One of her five shutouts on the year came in the series finale against eighth-ranked Louisiana … On March 15, held nationally ranked Texas A&M scoreless for five innings, the longest the Aggies had gone into a game without scoring to that point of the season … Recorded season-high 14 strikeouts in single game, ranks tied for seventh in program history for strikeouts in single game.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for Coach Julie Brooker at Georgia Military College Prep … Attended the school from 2012-15 … Started her career at John Milledge Academy … Named GISA 2011 All-Region 4 Class AAA First Team and 2011 all-county second team … As a sophomore, named GHSA 2012 all-county second team … Earned the 2013 Captain’s Award … Was also named 2013 All-Region 7 Class A first Team, 2013 Region 7-A Player of the Year, 2013 Impact Player of the Year, 2013 Class A All-State First Team, 2013 all-county first team and 2013 all-county player of the year … As a senior, earned 2014 Captain’s Award, 2014 Impact Player of the Year, 2014 all-county first team, 2014 all-county player of the year, 2014 All Middle GA First Team, 2014 All Middle GA Player of the Year, 2014 All-Region 7 Class A First Team, 2014 Region 7-A Player of the Year, 2014 GHSA Class A All-State First Team, North-South Senior All Star selection and Georgia Dugout Club All State … As a senior, posted a 0.97 ERA with 153 strikeouts, a 15-2 record, hit .414 with a .609 slugging percentage, a .469 on base percentage, 24 RBIs, seven doubles, two home runs and a .987 fielding percentage … Team was 2013 Class A Region Champions and 2014 Class A Public State Champions … Played travel ball for the Georgia Explosion.
PERSONAL
Born Dixie Elaine Raley in Milledgeville, GA … Daughter of Rip and Timmy Raley … Has two older siblings, Holly and Jody.
MAJOR
Public Relations
2016-17 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List
2016 Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year
2016 All-Sun Belt Conference First Team
SOPHOMORE (2017)
A second-team All-Sun Belt selection … Pitched in 40 of the Eagles’ 53 games … Started a team-high 35 contests … Posted a 13-20 overall record and a 3.41 ERA … Struck out 152 batters in 174 2/3 innings … Had six shutouts and 13 complete games … Allowed 17 home runs and hit 29 batters … Posted a 3.35 ERA in league play … Went 7-9 in Sun Belt action.
FRESHMAN (2016)
Named the 2016 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year as well as an All-SBC First-Team selection … Finished true freshman campaign with a 22-14 record, two saves and five shutouts in 43 appearances with 34 games started complimenting a team-leading 3.33 ERA … In conference action, went 9-7 in 19 appearances with 16 starts and a 3.03 ERA … Held batters to a .225 batting average for the year and held league foes to a .216 average … Her 43 appearances is second all-time in program history for a single season while her 34 starts is good enough for third all-time … Her 24 complete games is tied for seventh-most in program history and her 22 wins is second all-time but sets the program record for wins by a freshman pitcher … Pitched 202 total innings, the ninth-most by an Eagle pitcher in a single campaign, and struck out 182 batters, tied for fifth-most in a single season … Recorded 46 strikeouts against teams within the top-75 of the RPI … Had three complete game, one hitters: Feb. 19 vs. North Florida, March 4 vs. North Dakota, April 23 at Troy … One of her five shutouts on the year came in the series finale against eighth-ranked Louisiana … On March 15, held nationally ranked Texas A&M scoreless for five innings, the longest the Aggies had gone into a game without scoring to that point of the season … Recorded season-high 14 strikeouts in single game, ranks tied for seventh in program history for strikeouts in single game.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for Coach Julie Brooker at Georgia Military College Prep … Attended the school from 2012-15 … Started her career at John Milledge Academy … Named GISA 2011 All-Region 4 Class AAA First Team and 2011 all-county second team … As a sophomore, named GHSA 2012 all-county second team … Earned the 2013 Captain’s Award … Was also named 2013 All-Region 7 Class A first Team, 2013 Region 7-A Player of the Year, 2013 Impact Player of the Year, 2013 Class A All-State First Team, 2013 all-county first team and 2013 all-county player of the year … As a senior, earned 2014 Captain’s Award, 2014 Impact Player of the Year, 2014 all-county first team, 2014 all-county player of the year, 2014 All Middle GA First Team, 2014 All Middle GA Player of the Year, 2014 All-Region 7 Class A First Team, 2014 Region 7-A Player of the Year, 2014 GHSA Class A All-State First Team, North-South Senior All Star selection and Georgia Dugout Club All State … As a senior, posted a 0.97 ERA with 153 strikeouts, a 15-2 record, hit .414 with a .609 slugging percentage, a .469 on base percentage, 24 RBIs, seven doubles, two home runs and a .987 fielding percentage … Team was 2013 Class A Region Champions and 2014 Class A Public State Champions … Played travel ball for the Georgia Explosion.
PERSONAL
Born Dixie Elaine Raley in Milledgeville, GA … Daughter of Rip and Timmy Raley … Has two older siblings, Holly and Jody.
MAJOR
Public Relations
Coach Heiss
Friday, June 19
Andy Harris
Friday, June 12
Hall of Fame Phone Calls
Tuesday, June 09
Your Seat, Your Story: Darryl Hopkins
Thursday, June 04
