SIUE Softball - Profile of Jenny Esker

		Softball	SIUE Softball

Career Totals Through 2004 Season
Year	2001	2002	2003	2004	Total
GP/S	50/11	62/62	55/55	54/54	221/182
Ave.	.364	.395	.439	.358	.395
AB	44	210	171	165	590
R	21	56	48	41	166
H	16	83	75	59	233
RBI	7	48	48	36	139
2B	3	22	18	13	56
3B	0	0	4	3	7
HR	0	12	9	8	29
BB	1	13	20	27	61
SO	7	25	25	27	84
SB	14	30	22	21	87
SBA	18	32	25	25	100
FLD%	.920	.954	1.000	.939	.960

2004 Statistics
2003 Statistics
2002 Statistics
2001 Statistics

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#12 Jenny Esker
5-7, Outfield
Bats: Right; Throws: Right
Steeleville, Ill./Steeleville H.S.

2004: Named Academic All-America of the Year for the second straight season by College Sports Information Directors of America ... First-team All-Region and All-Great Lakes Valley Conference ... Named the Richard F. Scharf Paragon Award winner by the GLVC ... Helped SIUE to NCAA Tournament in all four seasons ... Led team in batting average (.358), runs (41), triples (3), home runs (8), RBI (36) and walks (27) ... SIUE's all-time leader in batting average (.395) and runs (166) ... Second on the all-time list in hits (233), home runs (29), doubles (56) and stolen bases (87) ... Blasted walk-off home run in victory against rival Missouri-St. Louis ... Registered two four-hit games and two four-RBI games ... 2003: First team All-American ... Verizon Academic All-American of the Year for softball ... First team All-GLVC and All-Region ... Led GLVC in batting average (.439), slugging percentage (.749), on base percentage (.497), runs (48), hits (75), RBI (48) and total bases (128) ... She also stole 22 bases ... Had team-high 21 multi-hit games ... Once held a 20-game hitting streak ... Played in every game for the Cougars in the outfield and did not allow an error ... Named to the Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District team ... 2002: GLVC Player of the Year ... Second team Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-American ... Named GLVC's Scholar Athlete for softball ... First team All-Region pick ... First Cougar player to record more than 10 home runs and 30 stolen bases in a season ... Led GLVC in runs scored (56), hits (83), runs batted in (48), doubles (22), stolen bases (30) and total bases (141) ... Her hits and runs scored total broke SIUE single-season records ... 2001: Batted .364 in 44 at bats ... Scored 21 runs .. Stole 14 bases ... Previous: Named Best Offensive Player and team Most Valuable Player her junior and senior seasons at Steeleville High School ... Participated in the 2000 IHSA Hitting Derby ... All-Conference her senior season ... Also named MVP her senior season for the volleyball team ... President of National Honor Society ... High Honor Roll ... National Qualifiers in 1997-98 with the Southern Express summer league team ... Personal: Born 7/24/82 ... Parents are Tony and Mary ... Graduated: May 2004 with a bachelor's degree in Physics.