2008 Softball Roster
Roster
Egan, Mary
UT
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/ SoftballSS
/ SoftballOF/1B
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Jersey Number 16
Mary Egan
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lincoln, Neb.
- High School:
- Pius X
Bio
CREIGHTON CAREER: 2007 (Junior) ? Appeared in 23 games, making five starts at first base ... Ranked second on the team with four pinch-hits and 16 pinch-hit at bats ... Hit .250 as a pinch-hitter and .417 (5-for-12) as a starter ... Hit a bases loaded pinch-hit triple at Northern Colorado (March 10) ... Was 6-for-8 (.750) during a five-game hitting streak (Feb. 24 through March 14) ... Was 4-for-6 in her first six pinch-hit at bats on the season ... Went 2-for-2 with an RBI, run scored and two walks against UMKC (March 14) ... Was 1-for-1 with a run scored and two walks against South Dakota State (March 22) in her final start of the year.
2006 (Sophomore) ? Started the first 27 games of the season at first base before her year was ended against Northern Iowa on April 1 when her right arm was broken after getting hit by a pitch ... Hit the first CU home run of the season when she hit a two-out, two-run home run against Eastern Illinois (March 24) in the season opener ... Had a four-game hitting streak during the Rebel Spring Games in Kissimmee, Fla., batting .400 (4-for-10) with two doubles and two runs scored ... Hit her second home run of the season in her only two-hit game of the year against Evansville (March 25) ... Scored a run and played the field for six innings despite breaking her right arm in the second inning against UNI (April 1) ... Team was 14-13 with her in the starting lineup.
2005 (Freshman) ? Walk-on who started 55 of the 56 games in which she appeared as a rookie ... Had 32 starts at first base and 23 as the designated player ... Had eight multiple-hit and eight multiple-RBI games ... Hit .421 (8-for-19) in her first eight collegiate games ... Had 25 RBI in her first 30 games ... Her first collegiate hit came at No. 13 Oklahoma (Feb. 19) ... Helped CU to the Pool Championship at the NFCA Invitational, going 4-for-11 with seven RBI, four runs and two home runs against Florida Atlantic, No. 18 Oregon and No. 7 Alabama (Feb. 25-26) ... Smacked her first career home run against No. 18 Oregon (Feb. 25) and then hit her only other home run of the year against No. 7 Alabama the next day ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a homer against the Crimson Tide ... Had back-to-back three RBI games against Saint Peter’s (March 5) and Detroit (March 6) ... Eight of her final 17 hits were doubles ... Went 2-for-3 with a double and RBI against Illinois State in the MVC tournament (May 12) ... Her only triple of the year drove in the game-winning run in the MVC tournament championship game against Wichita State (May 14).
HIGH SCHOOL: Named Super State first-team and first-team all-city as a senior ... Served as team captain while earning first-team Class B all-state honors as a junior ... Named honorable mention all-state as a sophomore ... A four-year letterwinner, also earned three letters in basketball ... An academic all-state honoree all four years as a prep ... Team won the Class B state championship her junior season and finished third at state as a sophomore and senior ... Senior year was highlighted by nine doubles, 20 RBI and a .381 average ... Graduated with a 4.0 grade point average and ranked atop her class of 227 ... Member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: The daughter of Mary and Patrick Egan, Mary (MJ) was born on December 26, 1985 in Omaha, Neb. ... Nursing major ... One of six children; Kathleen (25), Christopher (19), Molly (17) and twins Patrick and Sarah (23) ... Sister, Sarah, was a member of the Creighton rowing team and brother, Patrick played football at Benedictine (Kan.) College ... Great uncle Dick Harvey played basketball at Creighton (1956-60) and is in the CU Athletics Hall of Fame.
2006 (Sophomore) ? Started the first 27 games of the season at first base before her year was ended against Northern Iowa on April 1 when her right arm was broken after getting hit by a pitch ... Hit the first CU home run of the season when she hit a two-out, two-run home run against Eastern Illinois (March 24) in the season opener ... Had a four-game hitting streak during the Rebel Spring Games in Kissimmee, Fla., batting .400 (4-for-10) with two doubles and two runs scored ... Hit her second home run of the season in her only two-hit game of the year against Evansville (March 25) ... Scored a run and played the field for six innings despite breaking her right arm in the second inning against UNI (April 1) ... Team was 14-13 with her in the starting lineup.
2005 (Freshman) ? Walk-on who started 55 of the 56 games in which she appeared as a rookie ... Had 32 starts at first base and 23 as the designated player ... Had eight multiple-hit and eight multiple-RBI games ... Hit .421 (8-for-19) in her first eight collegiate games ... Had 25 RBI in her first 30 games ... Her first collegiate hit came at No. 13 Oklahoma (Feb. 19) ... Helped CU to the Pool Championship at the NFCA Invitational, going 4-for-11 with seven RBI, four runs and two home runs against Florida Atlantic, No. 18 Oregon and No. 7 Alabama (Feb. 25-26) ... Smacked her first career home run against No. 18 Oregon (Feb. 25) and then hit her only other home run of the year against No. 7 Alabama the next day ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a homer against the Crimson Tide ... Had back-to-back three RBI games against Saint Peter’s (March 5) and Detroit (March 6) ... Eight of her final 17 hits were doubles ... Went 2-for-3 with a double and RBI against Illinois State in the MVC tournament (May 12) ... Her only triple of the year drove in the game-winning run in the MVC tournament championship game against Wichita State (May 14).
HIGH SCHOOL: Named Super State first-team and first-team all-city as a senior ... Served as team captain while earning first-team Class B all-state honors as a junior ... Named honorable mention all-state as a sophomore ... A four-year letterwinner, also earned three letters in basketball ... An academic all-state honoree all four years as a prep ... Team won the Class B state championship her junior season and finished third at state as a sophomore and senior ... Senior year was highlighted by nine doubles, 20 RBI and a .381 average ... Graduated with a 4.0 grade point average and ranked atop her class of 227 ... Member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: The daughter of Mary and Patrick Egan, Mary (MJ) was born on December 26, 1985 in Omaha, Neb. ... Nursing major ... One of six children; Kathleen (25), Christopher (19), Molly (17) and twins Patrick and Sarah (23) ... Sister, Sarah, was a member of the Creighton rowing team and brother, Patrick played football at Benedictine (Kan.) College ... Great uncle Dick Harvey played basketball at Creighton (1956-60) and is in the CU Athletics Hall of Fame.
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