2007 Softball Roster
Roster
Jamie Reiss
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Omaha, Neb.
- High School:
- Papillion-La Vista
CREIGHTON CAREER: 2006 (Junior) – Led the NCAA with 28 sacrifice bunts ... Started all 47 games in which she appeared at third base, missing a three-game series at Illinois State (March 18-19) ... Named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete First-Team with a 3.81 cumulative grade point average ... Led the team with 97 assists ... Doubled her career RBI total with a career-best 10 on the season ... Had six two-hit games on the year, including a 2-for-4 game with an RBI and two runs scored against Robert Morris (March 9) ... Hit .304 (14-for-46) in 16 home games ... Batted .367 (11-for-30) with runners in scoring position ... After missing the MVC opening weekend at Illinois State, went 4-for-8 with three RBI and three runs scored in her first MVC weekend against Evansville (March 25-26) ... Was 4-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored in a doubleheader against UMKC (April 11) ... Batted .429 (6-for-14) during a season-best five-game hitting streak from March 10-28 ... Was perfect 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts.
2005 (Sophomore) – Named CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII First-Team ... Started all of the 56 games in which she appeared at third base ... Did not play at Evansville (March 20), after being struck in the face with a ball the previous day ... Led the team with 90 assists ... Hit .283 overall and .283 in MVC games ... Batted .323 in CU wins and just .148 in CU losses ... Was the only player with more than 20 at bats to not collect an extra-base hit ... All but two of her at bats came from the eighth spot in the order ... Had only five RBI, but batted .316 with runners in scoring position ... Had six multiple-hit games, including a career-best three hits against Sacred Heart (March 8) ... Also scored a career-high two runs against Sacred Heart ... Was 2-for-2 against No. 7 Alabama (Feb. 26) ... Had a season-long six-game hitting streak from March 6-17, going 8-for-15 (.533) during that span ... Went 4-for-7 in a three-game series at Indiana State (April 16-17) ... Had the game-winning RBI in a 5-4 victory against Bradley (April 10) ... Also had an RBI and a stolen base in the MVC tournament championship game against Wichita State (May 12) ... Went 3-for-8 with two runs scored and an RBI in the MVC tournament.
2004 (Freshman) – Started 54 of the 56 games in which she appeared ... Started 41 games at third base, while also starting at shortstop and second base ... Batted .296 in Missouri Valley Conference games ... Her .312 average in losses made her the only CU player to hit better than .300 in defeat ... Was 3-for-10 with three runs scored in NCAA tournament action ... Had five multiple-hit games ... Had two five-game hitting streaks during the season ... Singled in her first collegiate at bat at North Texas (Feb. 20) ... Went 2-for-3 with a run and RBI against George Mason (March 9) ... Was 3-for-5 with two runs scored in a doubleheader at Indiana State on April 3 ... Scored two runs without getting a hit in game one against Northern Colorado (April 28) ... Had a hit and scored two runs in her first NCAA tournament game against Florida Atlantic (May 20).
HIGH SCHOOL: Member of softball dynasty at Papillion-LaVista High School, as her team captured four Class A State Championships in her prep career ... Tabbed all-state and all-area first-team as a senior ... Named first-team all-conference twice ... Honored on the all-state and all-area second-teams as a junior ... Batted .375 as a senior, scoring 29 runs with 16 stolen bases in 37 games ... Team went 129-18 in her four seasons ... Earned four letters in softball, one in basketball ... Graduated with a 4.0 grade point average, ranked 12th in her class of 563.
PERSONAL: The daughter of Helena and John Reiss, Jamie was born on August 9, 1985 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah ... Public relations major ... One of six children; Cherise, Tina, John Jr., Andrew and April.
