Sarah Mooney

2014 Dugout Club Interview

Mooney’s 2014 Game-by-Game Statistics
Mooney’s 2015 Game-by-Game Statistics

• 2015 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
• 2013-14 NFCA Scholar-Athlete
• 2013-14 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Held South Carolina’s career record for home runs per game at 0.17 and ranks sixth in home runs with 19 in two seasons … Finished her career eighth in slugging percentage (.527) … Defensively, she ranks second in catcher’s assists per game (0.64) and fourth in assists (60) … Her caught-stealing rate of 30.1 percent stands third in the Southeastern Conference era (since 1997) … Holds the fifth-best fielding percentage for a catcher (.983) in the era. 2015 (SENIOR): Drew 50 starts and played in 55 games … Of those starts, 41 came as the catcher … Hit .230 with seven home runs and 27 RBI … Those seven round-trippers tie for 15th in a single season at South Carolina … Hit her first home run of the year in the Delaware State win (2/7) … Hit a home run and drove in two in the North Carolina victory (2/14) … Went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI in the Stanford triumph at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (2/20) … Tripled, homered and drove in three in a 2-for-3 day against Charleston Southern (2/27) … Had consecutive two-hit games against Charlotte (3/3) and Liberty (3/5), hitting a home run against the Flames … Tallied a two-run blast in the final game at No. 23/23 Texas A&M (3/22) … Her bases-loaded double provided the winning runs in the first win at No. 14/16 Kentucky (4/17) … Drove a two-run home run in the first game and doubled in game two at Mississippi (4/24-25) … In her final game at Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field, she hit a two-run home run to help down Mississippi State (5/3) … Went 2-for-4 in the SEC Tournament first-round win vs. No. 22/25 Texas A&M (5/6) … Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll. 2014 (JUNIOR): Started 52 games, with 49 of those coming behind the plate and the other three at designated player … Led the Gamecocks with 12 home runs, setting a new single-season record at South Carolina … That total ranked tied for 15th in the SEC and 99th in NCAA Division I … Also first in SC history homers per game (0.22) and ninth in slugging percentage (.600) … Her 37 assists are the fourth-most by a Gamecock catcher in the SEC era, while her per-game average of 0.74 stood third … With a .988 fielding percentage at catcher, she stands fifth in Gamecock history in a single season … Also ranked second in the SEC in both runners picked off and runners caught stealing … Her first Gamecock round-tripper came in the win over Presbyterian (2/8) … Homered in four of five games in one stretch, starting with the win at Florida Atlantic (2/16) … Went 3-for-4 with her homer at Charlotte (2/19) … Closed the stretch with homers in both games on Feb. 22 against Michigan State and Gardner-Webb … Went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a homer against Ball State (2/28) … Hit a grand slam in the game-one win over Furman (3/25) … Went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI in the first win of the series sweep of Mississippi (3/29) … Went 2-for-2 with a double and two RBI vs. Charleston Southern (4/1) … Homered in a 2-for-3 day against Winthrop (4/25) … Compiled three hits with a double and two RBI in the first game of the No. –/24 LSU series (4/18) … Went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and another RBI hit in the win over Georgia Southern (4/22) … Had a blast in the first win over No. 20/20 Auburn (5/3) … Her record-setting 12th home run came in the final game of 2014 against USF (5/17) in the NCAA Tournament in the Tallahassee Regional … Earned placement on the 2013-14 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll … Also an NFCA Scholar-Athlete. 2012-13 (JAMES MADISON): Holds the Dukes career record with a .364 batting average while ranking third in homers (26) and tied for third in RBI (96) … Also second with 29 career multi-RBI games … Posted one of the best seasons in JMU history last year en route to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Player of the Year award … Set a new JMU single-season records in homers (17), RBI (67), total bases (130) and slugging percentage (.743) while also standing second in batting average (.400), third in on-base percentage (.448) and runs (45), tied for third in hits (70) and 10th in stolen bases (16) … Stood in the top 100 in Division I softball in five offensive categories in 2013, including 11th in RBI per game (1.14) and 28th in homers (17) … The first-team All-CAA award winner won the league’s triple crown while playing in five positions … Also led the CAA in slugging percentage, hits and total bases, stood second in OBP and runs scored and fifth in stolen bases … Four-time 2013 CAA Player of the Week … First-team NFCA All-Northeast Region player (DP/non-P utility) … 2013 ECAC Division I All-Star First Team … Two-time VaSID first-team All-State … Two-time CAA All-Tournament Team member … As a freshman, earned CAA All-Freshman Team honors as well as a spot on the league’s second team … Two-time CAA Rookie of the Week and once earned the Player of the Week award as a freshman … Second-team All-Northeast Region by the NFCA … Ranked second on the team in slugging (.557), homers (9) and total bases (83) as a freshman while hitting .322 in 49 starts … Those nine homers also stood fifth in the CAA in 2012 … CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award and JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete recipient and made the dean’s list in the spring of 2012. HIGH SCHOOL: Played at North Mecklenberg High School, where she set the North Carolina high school single-season record for homers (19) and batting average (.779) … Twice named Diamond Sports/NFCA National Catcher of the Year (2010-11) … Also earned Louisville Slugger/NFCA first-team All-America and All-Region accolades twice each … The North Carolina 4A West Player of the Year as a senior … Four-time all-state, all-region and all-district honoree … A member of the Spanish Club … Also an honor-roll student. PERSONAL: Sarah Mooney is the daughter of Will and Donna Mooney … Enjoys music, fishing and hanging out on the lake … Says her favorite athlete is Derek Jeter … Has helped with Habitat for Humanity and the Invisible Children Club … Majoring in public health with intentions of going to physician’s assistants school to become a pediatric/family practice PA.