Softball Quick Facts
 
General Information
 
  • Institution:  Mid-Continent University
  • Location:  99 Powell Road East, Mayfield, Kentucky 42066
  • Founded:  1949
  • Enrollment:  1,800 +
  • Mascot:  Cougars
  • Home Field:  Cougar Field on northwestern edge of campus
  • Capacity:  500
  • School Colors:  Navy Blue and Gold
  • National Affiliations:  NAIA/NCCAA Division I 
  • Conference:  TranSouth Athletics Conference
  • President:  Dr. Robert J. Imhoff
  • Athletics Director:  Larry Lampkins (llampkins@midcontinent.edu)
  • Department Phone:  270-247-8521, ext. 255
  • Department Fax:  270-251-8952
 
Coaching Staff
 
  • Head Softball Coach:  Christa Bakemeier, 270-247-8521, ext. 244 (cbakemeier@midcontinent.edu)
  • Alma Mater:  Mid-Continent University, 2007
  • Record at Mid-Continent:  15-32-1 (Second season as MCU head coach)
  • Career Record:  15-32-1
  • 2010 Overall Record:  15-32-1
  • 2010 TSAC Record:  4-10
  • Starters Returning/Lost:  5 returning/5 lost 
  • Lettermen Returning/Lost:  11 returning/6 lost
  • Assistant Coach:  Amber Rapert (First season)
  • Head Athletics Trainer:  Ashley Taylor
 
Sports Information
 
  • Softball Information Director:  Tim Shay (tshay@midcontinent.edu)
  • SID Phone:  270-247-8521, ext. 259
  • SID Fax:  270-251-8952 
 
Key Players Lost from 2010
 
  • Amber Rapert, Sr., 5-8, CF, Gosnell, AR, Gosnell HS.  Four-year letter-winner and three-year starter. Returning as cheerleading coach and assistant softball coach in 2010-11. Two-time TSAC Scholar-Athlete. As a senior in 2010, Rapert hit .270 with 8 doubles, 3 home runs, a team-best 28 runs scored, and ranked second on the team with 24 RBI. She made the NCCAA National All-Tournament team as a junior in 2009 and hit .229 for the season with one double, 2 triples, 1 home run, 18 runs scored and 13 RBI. Rapert ranks among MCU's career leaders with 122 hits in 496 at-bats (.246), 53 RBI, 69 runs and 15 doubles in 156 games over four seasons.
  • April Carter, Sr., 5-7, 1B-2B-P, LaCenter, KY, Ballard Memorial HS, Shawnee Community College.  Three-year letter-winner and two-year starter, Three-time TSAC Scholar-Athlete and two-time Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete; NCCAA Academic All-America in 2008-09 in both basketball and softball. As a senior in 2010, Carter hit .234 with 7 doubles, 2 home runs and 12 RBI and scored 20 runs and also went 2-4 in 10 games in the pitching circle with a 4.44 ERA in 23-2/3 innings. She hit .195 as a junior in 2009 with 1 home run, 14 runs scored and 10 RBI and was 0-2 with a 2.53 ERA as a pitcher. Carter also played two seasons of basketball at MCU and is among the Cougars' career leaders in three-point field goals.
  • Victoria Spindor, 5-8, So., P-1B-DP, Campbell River, B.C., Canada, Timberline Secondary School.  MCU: Spindor earned NCCAA All-Mideast Region honors for the second consecutive season as a sophomore in 2010, hitting .302 with 4 doubles, 2 triples, a team-best 5 home runs, 14 runs scored and 21 RBI. She also posted a 6-6 record and a 3.90 ERA in 21 appearances and struck out 69 and walked 49 in 93-1/3 innings in the pitching circle. As a freshman in 2009, Spindor was named to the NCCAA All-National Tournament team, NCCAA All-Mideast Region team and the NCCAA All-America honorable mention team after leading MCU with 10 doubles, 4 home runs and 18 RBI and hit .244 (33-135). She also led MCU with 7 wins (7-11) with a 5.02 ERA with 56 strikeouts and 47 walks in 104-2/3 IP in 26 appearances.
  • Maegan Wilson, 5-4, Jr., P, Munford, TN, Munford HS, Southwest Tennessee Community College.  MCU: Led the Cougars with 3.51 ERA in 2010 and was 3-14 with 86 strikeouts and 36 walks in 115-2/3 innings in 19 appearances in the pitching circle last season. Wilson also hit .314 with one double and 7 RBI. Community College: Wilson is Southwest Tennessee CC's all-time pitching victories leader with 26 and single-season strikeouts record holder (116 in 2009). She posted a 9-15 record with a 3.17 ERA, 99 strikeouts and 27 BB in 148 innings as a freshman in 2008, and went 17-9 with a 2.30 ERA, 116 strikeouts and 29 BB in 167-1/3 innings as a sophomore in 2009.
 
Key Returning Players from 2010
 
  • Jackie Lloyd, 5-7, Sr., RF, Munford, TN, Munford HS, Southwest Tennessee Community College.  MCU:  Lloyd became the first MCU player to earn All-TSAC first team honors. She also was selected to the NCCAA All-America first team and the NCCAA All-Mideast Region team after hitting .423 (60-142) and 17 runs scored, a team-best 7 stolen bases and 9 RBI. She ranked 13th in the NCCAA in batting average and 7th in hits. She hit safely in 36 of the 43 games in which she played and recorded 17 multiple-hit games, including two 4-hit games and four 3-hit games and hit safely in 22 consecutive games from March 5 through April 16, hitting .474 (37-78) during the streak. Community College: Lloyd hit .178 with 1 double, 1 triple, and 1 home run, 4 RBI, 11 runs scored and 5 stolen bases in 40 games as a freshman in 2008, and became a starter as a sophomore in 2009, hitting .292 with 7 doubles, 21 run scored, 3 stolen bases and 12 RBI.  High School: Lloyd played 4 years at Munford HS, hitting .310 with 4 home runs and 21 RBI as a senior, and along with current MCU teammate Maegan Wilson, led Munford to a 36-9 record and the District 13-AAA and Region 7-AAA championships in 2007. 
  • Kelly Fougerousse (Few - jurs), Sr., 5-3, P-1B-3B, Jasonville, IN, Terre Haute South HS, Olney Central College (IL).  MCU: Fougerousse hit .331 for MCU in 2010 and earned All-TSAC second team and NCCAA All-Mideast Region honors. She contributed team-bests with 9 doubles and 26 RBI, and also hit 3 home runs and scored 17 runs. Fougerousse also pitched in 15 games with 13 starts and posted a 4-8 record with a 4.24 ERA with 29 strikeouts in 72-2/3 innings and posted shutout victories over Mid-America Christian and Bethel University in a conference start. Fougerousse also pitched all 11 innings in MCU's 6-5 conference win over Freed-Hardeman, April 5, giving MCU its first-ever TSAC sweep, and defeated Lyon, 6-4, in conference action.  Community College: Fougerousse attended South Georgia College where she played softball as a freshman in 2008. She hit .413 (31-75) with 4 doubles, 3 home runs, 14 runs scored and 11 RBI and in the pitching circle, posted a 5-7 record with one save, a 1.89 ERA, and 38 strikeouts and 19 walks in 78 innings of work. She then transferred to Olney Central College in Illinois and as a sophomore in 2009, posted a 9-7 record and a 4.13 ERA with 42 strikeouts and 22 walks in 95 innings pitched.  High School: Kelly graduated from Terre Haute South High School where she was her team's Most Valuable Player and winner of the team's Lowest Earned-Run Average Award.
  • Lisa Szatkowski (Shu - ku - skee), Jr., 5-4, 2B-3B, Nashville, IL, Nashville Community HS.  MCU: As a sophomore at MCU in 2010, Szatkowski hit .289 with 6 doubles, 3 home runs, 13 runs scored and 9 RBI. As a freshman in 2009, she earned NCCAA All-National Tournament, NCCAA All-Mideast Region and NCCAA All-America honorable mention honors after leading the Cougars with a .276 average, 42 hits and 20 runs, and also had 4 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 17 RBI and 8 BB. High School: Szatkowski earned Most Improved Player player as a junior at Nashville Community HS in 2007, and led her team to regional championships as a sophomore in 2006 and as a senior in 2008. Her team also won the 2008 Johnson City Tournament championship.
  • Jennifer Martinez, 5-2, Sr., C, Avondale, AZ, Agua Fria HS, Transfer from Glendale Community College, AZ.  MCU:  Martinez hit .282 with a double and 9 RBI and tied for the team lead with 10 bases on balls last season.  Community College: Martinez hit .271 with 3 doubles, 11 runs scored and 13 RBI as a sophomore at Glendale CC in 2009, and .333 with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 23 runs scored and 22 RBI as a freshman in 2008.  

  • Hannah Moseley, Sr., 5-9, LF, McKinney, TX, McKinney North HS.  MCU: Moseley is a two-time TSAC Scholar-Athlete and hit .219 with 2 doubles, 15 runs scored and 11 RBI in 48 games in 2010 and hit .246 as a junior in 2009 with 2 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 9 runs scored and 13 RBI. As a freshman in 2008, Moseley made the NCCAA All-National Tournament team after hitting .249 with 4 doubles, 3 triples, one home run, 19 runs scored and 22 RBI in 57 games. Moseley enters her senior season with 102 career hits in 428 at-bats (.238), 8 doubles, 43 runs scored and 46 RBI in 155 career games.  High School: Moseley prepped at McKinney North High School where she was an All-District second team selection as a senior in 2007, and helped her team to the Texas state championship game.
  • Amanda Duke, Sr., 5-6, P-1B, Manchester, TN, Tullahoma HS, Volunteer State Community College and Motlow State Community College, TN.  Duke pitched for MCU in 2009, and then missed the entire 2010 season after undergoing knee surgery and returns for her senior season in 2011. MCU: Duke was a TSAC Scholar-Athlete as a junior in 2009 and hit .228 with 4 doubles, 9 runs scored and 8 RBI at the plate and posted a 3-14 record with a 4.24 ERA, 72 strikeouts and 70 BB in 109 innings in 23 appearances in the pitching circle.  Community College: Duke played her freshman season at Volunteer State CC (TN) in 2007, and her sophomore season at Motlow State CC (TN) in 2008. As a freshman, Duke was 1-1 with a 3.39 ERA with 8 strikeouts and 11 walks in 10-1/3 innings in 22 appearances for Volunteer State. As a sophomore for Motlow State, Duke went 9-5 with a 3.14 ERA with 73 strikeouts and 76 walks in 102-1/3 innings.  High School: Duke was a three-time All-District selection in high school and led Tullahoma HS to the 2005 District championship.
 
Key Newcomers and Transfers
  • Krista Hoover, Jr., P, Marion, IL, Marion HS, Shawnee Community College, IL; Krista pitched two seasons of varsity softball at Marion High School (IL) and earned team Most Valuable Player, All-Conference and All-South honors as a senior. Hoover also pitched two seasons for Shawnee CC (IL), with an 11-7 record and a 2.56 ERA and 28 strikeouts and 10 walks in 56-1/3 innings as a freshman in 2009. Her sophomore season statistics are unavailable.
  • Bry Navarro, Fr., C-OF, Peoria, AZ, Centennial HS. Navarro earned All-Region first team honors and helped Centennial (17-1) to win the 2010 Class 5-A State and Regional championships during her senior year and was an All-Region honorable mention selection as a junior and led Centennial to the Regional title. Navarro earned All-Region second team honors as a sophomore in 2008, and Centennial won the Regional championship, and when she was a freshman, she earned Regional honorable mention honors and Centennial placed second in the Class 5-A State championships and won the Regional title. She also is a four-year Scholar Athlete Award winner.
  • Brittany Fitzpatrick, Fr., Utility, Eddyville, KY, Lyon County HS. Fitzpatrick played shortstop, third base, catcher and in the outfield during her high school career at Lyon County HS (KY) and hit .232 with one double and one triple and 11 RBI during her senior season in 2010, and .292 with 3 doubles, 3 triples and 15 RBI as a junior. She totaled 63 hits, 8 doubles, 7 triples and 59 RBI and a .244 average during her career.
  • Anna Maziarka, Fr., 3B, Benton, KY, Marshall County HS.  A third baseman in high school, Maziarka played three years of varsity softball and hit .273 for the Marshals in 2010, with 30 hits, 9 doubles, 22 runs scored, 15 walks, and 16 RBI. She also played two seasons of travel team softball for the Marshall County Magic, hitting .279 with 4 RBI in 2008, and .338 with 2 doubles, one triple, 26 runs scored and 7 RBI in 2009. An excellent student, Maziarka earned All-A State Academic honors and received a Marshall County Athletics Foundation Scholarship.
  • Lacee Underwood, Jr., OF, Harrisburg, IL, Harrisburg High School, Shawnee Community College, IL. Underwood played two seasons of softball at Shawnee CC, hitting .328 (19-58) with 3 doubles and 10 RBI as a freshman in 2008 and a team-best .400 with 48 hits, 11 doubles and 17 RBI as a sophomore in 2009. She finished two-season average of .376 (67-178), 67 hits, 14 doubles and 27 RBI. Underwood played four seasons of varsity softball and three years of varsity basketball and volleyball for Harrisburg High School.
  • Molly Hargrove, Fr., P-OF, Ballard County, KY, Ballard County Memorial High School. Hargrove played four years of varsity high school softball, seeing action in the pitching circle, at second base and in center field. She played on four consecutive 3rd District championship teams, and her Ballard Memorial teams won 94 games, lost just 29 and tied one.  Ballard Memorial also won one 1st Regional championship tournament game in 2008, 2009 and 2010 before bowing out, and in 2007, BMHS lost its first game at regionals. As a senior, Molly led the team in hits, batting average and runs scored, and Hargrove received All-State Class A second team honors from the Kentucky High School Fast-Pitch Softball Association.