| Lyndsey Sterling |
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HONORS
Two-time C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
Three-time Tiger 3.0 Club
Academic Highlights: Made the 2005-06 and 2007-08 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll awarded to student-athletes who carry a 3.0 GPA or higher for the school year...A member of the fall 2005, spring 2007 and spring 2008 Tiger 3.0 Club given to the Memphis student-athletes who have at least a 3.0 GPA for the semester...Majoring in communications while at Memphis.
2008 (Junior): Pitched in 10 games with two starts...Also started one game as the designated player and appeared once as the pinch hitter...Went 0-3 with an 8.17 ERA in 18 innings with six strikeouts...Finished 1-for-4 at the plate with an RBI...Suffered the first loss of her career in the season opener against Illinois (2/8)...Started her first collegiate game against No. 13 Florida (2/9) and too the loss after giving up four runs, two earned, in 1.1 innings of work...Pitched three innings against No. 4/5 Arizona State (2/16)...Hit a single in a pinch hit opportunity against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/24)...Stuck out a season high two batters in an inning of work against No. 9/10 Oklahoma (3/2)...Pitched a combined 3.2 innings against the Sooners in two games and allowed one earned run...Started as the designated player in game one against Alabama A&M (3/12) and drew a bases loaded walk for an RBI...Pitched two innings against UAB (3/22) and gave up one earned run on four hits with a strikeout...Pitched two and a third innings against UCF (4/20) and allowed two unearned runs on one hit...Made her second career start against Tulsa (5/4) and pitched her first complete game.
2007 (Sophomore): Played in five games with one start...Started the second game of a doubleheader with Alcorn State (4/12) as the designated player...Hit a walk-off pinch hit double in the bottom of the sixth inning to cap a four-run inning and run-rule Alcorn State in the first game...Pitched a third of an inning against Houston and allowed four earned runs on five hits...Pitched three scoreless innings against Kansas (2/17) and struck out a career high three...Scored a run against Missouri (2/11).
2006 (Freshman): Played in nine games with two starts...Played four games as the designated player and came in to pinch hit seven times...Made three pitching appearances...Went 4-for-13 at the plate for a .308 average...Knocked in two RBI and scored two runs in the season...Allowed just one hit to the three batters she faced in 0.2 innings of work against No. 18 UL-Lafayette (2/11)...Scored a run against Grambling State on two occasions (2/11, 2/28)...First hit came against Lipscomb (3/14)...Went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a double in a start against Grambling State (3/22)...Allowed no hits and struck out two in an inning of work against Grambling State (3/22).
Prep: A four-year letterwinner who was coached by her father, Mike, at Tipton-Rosemark Academy...Became the first Tipton-Rosemark Academy student-athlete player to sign a Division I scholarship...Named to the Commercial Appeal's Best of the Preps All-Private School team...Also selected to the Commercial Appeal's All-Metro team five straight seasons...Named to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association Division II All-State softball team her freshman and senior years...Pitched three no-hitters as a junior...Helped her team to the state tournament her senior season...Capped her prep career with every TRA pitching record...Finished prep career with 988 strikeouts and threw 16 no hitters.
Club: Played travel softball with the West Tennessee Diamond 18U team that finished its final campaign with a fourth-place finish in the 32-team bracket of the NSA East World Series in Chattanooga...Team finished with a 19-12 record over five tournaments.
Personal: Full name is Lyndsey Michelle Sterling...Daughter of Mike and Katrina Sterling...Born September 18, 1987 in Memphis, Tenn....Has played softball for her dad's teams since age 4.
| Career Hitting Statistics |
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| Year
| Avg
| GP-GS
| AB
| R
| H
| 2B
| 3B
| HR
| RBI
| TB
| SLG% | BB
| HBP
| SO
| OB% | SF
| SH
| SB-ATT
|
| 2006
| .308
| 9-2
| 13
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| .385
| 1
| 0
| 3
| .357
| 0
| 0
| 0-0
|
| 2007
| .400
| 3-1
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| .600
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .400
| 0
| 0
| 0-0
|
| 2008
| .250
| 12-3
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| .250
| 1
| 0
| 3
| .400
| 0
| 0
| 0-0
|
| Total
| .318
| 24-6
| 22
| 3
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 9
| .409
| 2
| 0
| 7
| .375
| 0
| 0
| 0-0
|
| Career Pitching Statistics |
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| Year
| ERA
| W-L
| APP
| GS
| CG
| SHO/CBO
| SV
| IP
| H
| R
| ER
| BB
| SO
| 2B
| 3B
| HR
| BF
| B/AVG
| WP
| HBP
|
| 2006
| 7.00
| 0-0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0/1
| 0
| 2.0
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11
| .400
| 1
| 0
|
| 2007
| 8.40
| 0-0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0/0
| 0
| 3.1
| 7
| 5
| 4
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 19
| .412
| 0
| 0
|
| 2008
| 8.17
| 0-3
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 0/0
| 0
| 18.0
| 38
| 33
| 21
| 16
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 5
| 116
| .396
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
| 8.10
| 0-3
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 0/1
| 0
| 23.1
| 49
| 40
| 27
| 19
| 11
| 12
| 0
| 6
| 146
| .398
| 3
| 0
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