All-Time Women's Softball Roster

12 Melissa Chastang

  • Ht./Wt. 5-3 /
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Satsuma, Ala.
  • Highschool Satsuma HS

Biography

Career: A career .293 hitter with a breakout .327 season in 2010... Four-year started in left field with 213 starts in 220 appearances... A total 157 hits, including 27 doubles, two triples, and 12 homeruns... Career 54 sacrifice hits and eight stolen bases... Posted a .980 fielding percentage with just seven errors across four years.

2010: Selected to Daktronics All-South Region second team... Earned first All-GSC first team selection... GSC All-Academic team...Preseason All-GSC selection... Argonaut of the Week (3/15)... Started 51 of 53 appearances in left field... Hit .327 with 56 hits, 11 doubles, and six homeruns... Drove in 45 runs and scored 42 of her own... Led the team in sacrifice hits for second consecutive season with 16... First hit of the season was a double against Palm Beach Atlantic (2/13)... Homered for the first time this season in a 2-for-4, two run performance against Nova Southeastern (2/14)... Was 4-for-8 with four runs and three RBI in final day of EC Triton Spring Invitational (2/21)... Had a standout 4-for-5, three run, four RBI outing with a double and a homerun against West Georgia (3/14)... In a doubleheader loss to Alabama-Huntsville, went 5-for-8 with three runs, four RBI and two homeruns (3/15)... Drove in five runs on three hits in doubleheader with William Jewell (3/16)... Tallied seven RBI off of four hits, scoring four runs on second day of GSC Crossover (4/9)... Was 2-for-3 against Valdosta State in GSC Tournament (4/30).

2009: Earned All-GSC Second Team selection... Started 53 games for the Argos... Moved up to second spot in batting order... Led team with 17 sacrifices... Hit .251 on the season, with 42 hits... Went 3-for-7 with five RBIs and two runs scored in series with West Georgia (3/21)... Was 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a double, scoring the winning run in an 11-inning win over then-ranked No. 1 UAH (4/10)... Had a 2-for-4 showing with a double and first season home run in win victory of West Georgia (4/18)... Again went 2-for-4 with a home run in extra inning loss to Valdosta State (4/26).

2008: Started in 58 games out of 59 appearances… Was second on the team with a .314 batting average… Collected a total of 38 hits and 15 RBIs… Hit for .588 when given the opportunity to advance runners, and .475 as a leadoff batter… Did not hit under .300 following March 13… Had breakout game versus Park College, unleashing four hits in five at-bats (3/13)… Recorded two home runs in series versus West Georgia (3/21)… Was two-for-three with a double and a home run in win over Christian Brothers (4/10)… Went three-for-four with a double and two RBIs in win over Henderson State (4/13)… Hit .642 with nine hits in six games at GSC Crossover.

2007: Started 51 of 55 games... Earned her first West Florida hit and RBI in the win over Lynn (2/10)... Went 2-3 with an RBI in the win over Oakland City (3/19)... Hit her first career home run in GSC Crossover win over Christian Brothers (4/12)... Started the seventh inning comeback with a lead off walk against Southern Arkansas (4/13)... Totaled 16 putouts in the four-game series at North Alabama (4/27-28)... Batted .727 (8-11) over her four-game hitting streak to end the season... Was 2-2 with an RBI in the regular season finale at Alabama-Huntsville (4/29)... Robbed Tiffany Steiger of Henderson State of a home run with a catch over the fence at the GSC Tournament... Totaled five hits in the two games at the GSC Tournament... Posted her first three-hit game in the season-finale against West Georgia (5/5)... Improved her batting average by 94 points from Apr. 12 until the end of the season.

High School: A five-year varsity starter... Named softball rookie of the year...Team captain as a sophomore and junior... A two-time Mobile Register Super 12 Softball Team Honorable Mention honoree... Twice named to the All-Mobile County Softball team as a junior and senior... Named offensive player of the year in softball as a junior and a three-time defensive player of the year... A three-time Gatorade Athlete Will to Win Softball award winner... Earned four letters in volleyball... A two-time All-Mobile County volleyball selection... Named the Mobile Press Register Student of the Week as a junior... Received the outstanding senior award for 2005-06 and graduated with honors... Named the Satsuma Female Athlete of the Year for 2005-06... A member of Who’s Who Among High School Students.

Club: A member of the Mobile Thrillers.

Personal: Daughter of Lori and Paul Lewis… Has a brother, Patrick… Lists Boston Red Sox as her favorite Major League team... Enjoys spending time with family, Papi, and friends... Plans to attend physical therapy school after graduation.

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