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2024 Softball Roster

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Angela Price
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Alex Boggis, UT Martin
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4 Marama Makea

  • Position Infield
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Wellington East Girls College
  • Hometown Wellington, New Zealand
  • Major Psychology / Sociology / Criminology

Biography

2024 (GRADUATE): Played in 54 games making 51 starts during the 2024 season... hit .250 for the year with six doubles, six RBI and 27 runs scored... had seven sacrifice bunts during the season to rank tied for seventh in the OVC... had seven multiple hit games with a season high three hits during a 3-for-4 game against SIUE... finished season with seven stolen bases including two in a road win at Southern Indiana... became starting second baseman during opening weekend of the season against North Dakota at the Mardi Gras Mambo... on defense helped turn a rare triple play against Tennessee Tech catching a bases loaded drive up the middle for the first out, stepping on second base for the second out and throwing out the runner attempting to return to first base for the final out, EIU was one of just eight schools to turn a triple play in 2024... 

2023 (SENIOR): Played in 39 games making 14 starts during the 2023 season... opened year primarily as a pinch runner and pinch hitter, moved into starting line-up at second base for final regular season series along with both the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament and NCAA Regional... was perfect in 28 fielding chances in those seven games... hit .171 for the season with one double and one RBI... had extra base hit at East Tennessee... had RBI at Tennessee State... scored nine of 11 runs as a pinch runner... 

2022 (JUNIOR): Played in 43 games making 25 starts... split time in a variety of roles serving as a pinch runner, pinch hitter and outfielder... hit .233 for the season with one extra base hit collecting a triple at SIUE... had two RBI with both coming against Morehead State... scored 21 runs... had three multiple-hit games with two hits in each of those three contests... first EIU hit was against North Alabama as a pinch hitter... was 3-for-4 in stolen bases... 

JUNIOR COLLEGE: Joins the Panthers program after playing two seasons at nearby Lake Land College...  in 2021 was named to the NJCAA All-Region 24 team after hitting .413...  named to both the All-Great Rivers Athletic Conference team and to the NJCAA Region 24 All-Tournament team...   finished the season with eight doubles, five triples, one home run and 39 RBI...  was second on the team with 61 runs scored while picking up 14 stolen bases as the team went 52-10 overall, 36-4 in GRAC play... 

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Wellington East Girls College... comes from an impressive family lineage in the sport of softball with her father, sister, uncle and three cousins having all played on the New Zealand Men's or Women's Fastpitch National Teams.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2022Junior

    Infield
    5'6"
    4
  • 4

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Infield
    5'6"
    4
  • 4

    2024Redshirt Senior

    Infield
    5'6"
    4
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