USD Softball 2005

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2005 TORERO RETURNERS

SARA MASON Jr. C/3B

#14

R/R Noteworthy: 2005 Team Captain ... 2004 Second Team All-PCSC ... 2003 & 2004 Team Offensive Player of the Year ... 2004 Comissioner's Honor Roll ... 2003 Coaches Award recipient ... among USD career leaders in home runs (4th), doubles (10th) and slugging percentage (6th) ... invited to tryout for the Junior National Team (August, 2003).

2004: Started all 50 Torero contests ... led the team in batting average (.338), hits (51), runs (22), RBIs (29), doubles (7), triples (7), home runs (5), and slugging percentage (.576) ... collected hits in 33 different games, including 14 multi-hit games ... went 5-for-5 with 2 runs, 4 RBI, 3 triples, a double and a walk in opening doubleheader against Whittier (1-31-04) ... 4-for-4 with 2 RBI against UC Riverside (2-28-04) ... made

USD single season record book in home runs (3rd), triples (8th), total bases (5th) and slugging percentage (6th). 2003: Started 45 of 47 games she appeared in ... batted .258 with 11 runs, 8 doubles, 2 home runs and 9 RBI ... 8 multi-hit games with three 3-hit games (LMU, UCSD & Portland State) ... 5-game hitting streak ... belted a homerun in first collegiate game (Sac State, 2-7-03); added homer against Saint Mary's (4-26-03). High School: Graduated from Montgomery HS where she was a teammate of Gina McFarland ... senior year was co-MVP ... three-time Gold Glove winner ... four-time 1st Team All-North Bay League selection ... team won North Bay League title three of the four years ... played for San Jose Strikers club team. Personal: Born on January 23, 1984 in Portland, Oregon ... parents are Randy and Debi Mason of Santa Rosa, California ... chose USD for academics, location, school size, religious affiliation and the softball team ... also recruited by Santa Clara and Stanford ... Sociology major; Spanish & Philosophy minor.

3B

2B

BA .338 .258 .301

RBI

HR

H 51 33 84

R 22 11 33

AB 151 128 279

GP/GS 50/ 50 47/ 45 97/95

Year

7 0 7

7 8

29

5 2 7

2004 2003 Career

9

15

38

GINA McFARLAND Jr. P/UTL L/R

#9

Noteworthy: 2003 & 2004 Second Team All-PCSC ... 2004 Team Defensive Player of the Year ... 2004 PCSC Commissioners Honor Roll member ... 2003 Team Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Yea r. 2004: Sta rted all 50 Torero contests ... collected 47 hits and batted .290 . had a team-high 7 doubles along with 4 triples, 20 runs and 11 RBI ...13 mu lti-hit games with a 3-for-4, 2 run, 2 RBI performa nce aga inst UC San Diego (2-1-04) ... also pitched 52 innings with 8 starts, 5 complete games, 2 shutou ts and 25 strikeouts ... two-hit shutout against Whittier (1-31-04) and fo ur-hit, five strikeout shutout against Fairfield (2-27-04). 2003: Team leader in pitching and hitting ... pitched 133.3 innings with 2.42 ERA ... batted .291 with 16 runs, 7 doubles, 1 triple and 7 RBI ... 9 mu lti-hit games wi th 4 hits against Northern Iowa (3-7-03) ... 3-for-4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI against UC Riverside (4-23-03). High School: Graduated from Montgomery HS ... three-time MVP of North Bay League ... team won NBL championship three of four seasons

. senior year was 19-6, 18-4 junior yea r, 18-4 sophomore season and 22-3 freshman campaign ... 2002 Scholar Athlete of the Year (Press Democrat) ... Player of the Year (Press Democrat) freshman season ... freshman year team was semi-finalist in North Coast Section ... also lettered in both volleyball and basketball ... All-League in volleyball, and Best Defensive Player award for both sports ... played for California Hot Styx (Sacramento). Personal: Born on September 25, 1983 in Eureka, California ... parents are Dick and Anna McFarland of Santa Rosa, CA ... dad was her high school coach ... chose USO for small school atmosphere, location, academics and athletic reputation ... also recruited by UC San Diego, Saint Mary's, Dartmouth, UMass and Yale ... Trustee's Scholar ... has travelled extensively in 23 foreign countries ... Accounting major; Mathematics minor. Year GP/GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BA 2004 50/ 50 162 20 47 11 7 4 0 .290 2003 48 / 48 141 16 41 7 7 1 0 .291 Career 98/98 303 36 88 18 14 5 0 .290

sv

K 25 36 61

ERA 3.63 2.42 2.76

ER 27 46

BB 13 32

H 67

IP

CG

G-GS 13-8 26-15 39-23

Year 2004 2003

REC 3-4 4-15 7-19

52.0 133.0 185.0

5 9

0 0 0

148 215

73

45

14

Career

2005 University of San Diego Torero Softball