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Excellent infielder who returns for her final season at Tech ... One of the
Hokies' most-talented players ... Has played both second base and shortstop ...
Returns as one of the best hitters and fielders on the team ... Member of
Coach Thomas' original recruiting class ... Can be counted on to come through
in the clutch ... Sees the ball as well as anyone ... Was a GTE Academic
All-America First-Team selection last season.
1999: Started 69 games ... Was second on the team with a .338 batting average
... Had 67 hits in 198 at-bats ... Drove in 34 runs ... Had 14 doubles, one
triple and three home runs ... Drew a team-high 22 walks ... Collected four
hits in two different games, tying the school record for most hits in a
game ... Went 4-for-4 with a double, a run scored and three RBI vs. Michigan
... Went 4-for-5 against St. Bonaventure on April 24 ... Had a double, an RBI
and two runs scored in that game ... Went 3-for-3 with two runs scored at
Delaware on Feb. 27 ... Went 3-for-3 with an RBI, two doubles and two runs
scored vs. Liberty on March 24 ... Was named to the GTE Academic All-America
Softball First Team ... Also voted to the GTE Academic All-District III
Softball Team for her work in the classroom ... Voted to the Virginia Sports
Information Director's All-State Team.
1998: One of only two Hokies to start all 63 games ... Hit .354 with 64 hits,
34 runs, 11 doubles, one triple, two home runs and 32 RBI ... Drew a
team-best 29 walks on the year ... Registered 158 putouts and 115 assists ...
Went 3-for-3 with an RBI against George Mason ... Hit 4-for-4 against Radford
... Was 4-for-4 with three RBI and a home run in Tech's A-10 Tournament win
against St. Joseph's ... Had two doubles in the A-10 Championship game
against UMass ... Smacked a home run and drove in three runs against
Northeast Louisiana ... Added a triple and three RBI against La Salle ... Had
17 multiple-hit games ... Earned Atlantic 10 Player of the Week honors and
was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Tournament team ... Also named to the
Virginia Sports Information Director's All-State Team ... Garnered many
honors in the classroom as well, including GTE Academic All-American
honors, Atlantic 10 Conference All-Academic Team and the Virginia Tech
All-Academic Team.
1997: All-Atlantic 10 Conference selection during true-freshman season ...
Named to the prestigious ECAC first team at the shortstop spot ... Led the
team in batting average with a school-record .376 mark ... Also led the team
in runs with 36, hits with 62, doubles with 12 and homers with four ...
Started in 55 games as Tech's regular shortstop ... Hit. 400 for the week in
eight games, striking out only once in 25 at-bats for Atlantic 10 Rookie of
the Week honors ... Went 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI in second game
against Maryland ... Had a school-record five RBI off a double and a home run
against in-state rival Radford ... Had homers in back-to-back games against
Fordham.
High School: Three-year letterwinner for Coach J. Keith Daniels at Monacan
High School ... No. 11 jersey was retired after her senior season ... Hit .582
with 32 hits, four home runs and 25 RBI her senior season en route to
earning first-team all-Metro honors ... Holds 95 different regular-season,
tournament and career softball records at MHS ... Set school record for home
runs in a season and career with four and 11 respectively ... Hit 24 triples
in her three-year career at MHS ... Career numbers include 106 hits, 85 RBI,
49 extra base hits and a .517 batting average ... Only softball player in
Virginia high school history to make all-state four straight years ... Was
named the offensive and defensive player of the year at MHS her junior and
senior seasons ... Richmond Times Dispatch Player of the Year in 1995 ... Named
to the first-team all-district, all-region and all-state teams as a
shortstop three consecutive years ... Offensive player of the year for the
1993 Group A state champion Powhatan High School and helped capture an
unblemished 25-0 record ... Was named to the first-team all-district,
all-region and second-team all-state as a first baseman in 1993 ... Played on
The Rage, Richmond Diamonds and SportsPlus Sharks AAU/Junior Olympic teams.
Personal: Michelle Evette Meadows ... Born January 3, 1978 ... Daughter of Tom
and Glenda Meadows ... Enrolled as a pre-med in the science of food,
nutrition and exercise ... Minoring in chemistry and biology.
