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2018 Softball Roster

Ariel Holcombe, USI Photography
Brian & Jeanne Bradley
Brian & Jeanne Bradley
Elizabeth Courtney Randolph/USI
Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications
Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications
Dan McDonnell, USI Athletic Communications
Elizabeth Courtney Randolph/USI
Elizabeth Courtney Randolph/USI
Mena Fulton

22 Mena Fulton

  • Position
    Third base
  • Height
    5-7
  • Bat/Throw
    R/R
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Bloomington, IN
  • Major
    Accounting & Professional Services/Computer Information Systems

Biography

Year-by-Year Statistics
2016 | 2017 | 2018

OVERALL: Finished career ranked first all-time at USI in hit-by-pitches (37) and tied for 21st in home runs (10)...was part of the winningest senior class in USI Softball history, amassing a 161-69 overall record and becoming the first senior class in program history to advance to the NCAA II Tournament four straight years.

2018: Earned first-team All-GLVC honors after leading USI and ranking fifth in the league with a .405 conference batting average...overall, hit .337 with 10 doubles, a triple, four home runs and 25 RBIs...was named to the NCAA II Softball Championship All-Tournament team after hitting .333 during the Eagles' five-game run to a national championship...had a 10-game hitting streak and a nine-game hitting streak during the regular season...hit .517 with five doubles and four RBIs during the nine-game hitting streak...hit .556 with two doubles, two home runs and eight RBIs during the 10-game hitting streak...had 14 games with at least two hits and a team-best six games with three hits...had four games with multiple RBIs and a season-best three RBIs in USI's win over Missouri S&T.

2017: Collected Academic All-GLVC laurels after starting all of USI's 60 games at third base...hit .337 with 12 doubles, a triple, three home runs and 21 RBIs during her junior year...ranked second in the GLVC and 35th, nationally, with 17 hit-by-pitches (her tally was the second-most in a single-season at USI, trailing the 21 that Marleah Fossett recorded in 2017)...ended the year with a season-high six-game hitting streak that saw her post a .467 batting average with a double, an RBI and four runs scored...had a .412 batting average in seven NCAA II Tournament games, reaching base safely in all seven contests...had at least two hits in 11 games and a season-high three hits in three contests...drove in at least two runs in five contests, including a season-high four in the Eagles' 7-4 win over Trevecca Nazarene in February.

2016: Played in 46 games, making 41 starts, in her first year with the Eagles...struggled early in the year before becoming a regular at third base in mid-March...hit .214 with five doubles, a triple, three home runs, and 23 RBIs on the year...hit .244 with five doubles, a triple, three home runs, and 22 RBIs in USI's final 30 games...hit .279 in GLVC-only games...was hit by a pitch nine times during the year, ranking seventh in the GLVC with 0.20 per game...also was fifth in the GLVC with three sacrifice flies...had a season-high five-game hitting streak in March that saw her hit .400 (6-15) with three doubles, a home run, and seven RBIs...recorded a season-high two hits in four games...also had five multi-RBI games, all five of which she had a least three RBIs...had a season-high four RBIs in USI's win over Truman State.

TRANSFER: Transferred from Indiana University where she played in 30 games, making 18 starts at third base and designated player, as a freshman in 2015...hit .291 in 55 at-bats with five doubles, three home runs, and 10 RBIs during her first collegiate season...went 2-for-3 with a run scored against BYU...also was 2-for-3 with two runs and a walk against Lehigh...hit her first career home run, a three-run blast, in a win over Austin Peay on March 7...went 2-fo-3 with a run scored, one RBI and a walk against IPFW...hit a walk-off, three-run home run to defeat Purdue in the first game of a doubleheader on April 22.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Bloomington South High School where she set a school-record for home runs in a single-season (9) as a freshman and, once again, as a junior...also owns school records for walks in a season (31), grand slams in a game (2), home runs in a game (3), RBIs in a game (8), and walks in a game (6)...helped BSHS to its first-ever IHSAA Championship appearance in 2014...hit .391 with four home runs, four triples, 11 doubles and 23 walks during her season season...was a four-time All-Conference Indiana selection and Herald Times Player of the Year...also lettered in volleyball as a freshman.

TRAVEL: Played for the Indiana Shockwaves Black.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Tim and Melissa Fulton.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2016Sophomore

    Utility
    5'7"
    22
  • 22

    2017Junior

    Third base
    5'7"
    22
  • 22

    2018Senior

    Third base
    5'7"
    22