Eastern Michigan Athletics
2012 Softball Roster
Roster
Sarah Gerber
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Eligibility Remaining (Years):
- R/R
- Letters:
- 3
- Hometown:
- North Canton, Ohio
- High School:
- Hoover
EMU: 2011: A First Team All-MAC and Academic All-MAC selection…An NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete…Played in 43 contests, starting 37 behind the plate and five as the designated player…Cranked out 45 hits in 134 at bats for a .336 overall batting average and scored 19 times while connecting on 10 doubles and five home runs with 28 RBI…Picked off 13-of-23 base runners…Made just two errors all season for a .992 fielding percentage to improve her career percentage to .988, the second-best mark on the EMU all-time career list…2010: Played in 48 games, starting 47 times primarily at the catcher position…Named First Team All-MAC and voted Defensive Player of the Year by her teammates…At the plate, was second on the team in hits with 44 and turned in a .301 overall batting average with a home run and 29 RBIs including an 11-game hitting streak to close out the season…Batted .351 in conference play while hitting a league-leading eight doubles and coming in fourth with 19 RBIs…Went 4-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBIs in a 13-5 win over Villanova in the season opener…Hit her first career home run in a 2-for-3 effort in a 10-2 win over Detroit…Defensively, recorded a .977 fielding percentage in 260 chances... 2009: Only player to play in all 52 games, starting 46 as the backstop for the Eagles in her freshman campaign…Was fifth on the team with a .277 BA and fourth with a .349 OBP…Recorded six doubles and a triple while knocking in nine runs…Was tied for second on the team with 15 walks…Tallied three hits in a game on three separate occasions, two of which she was perfect at the plate…Earned MAC West Player of the Week honors (3-24) after recorded a .625 BA (10-for-16) with a double and an RBI in five games…Led the team in fielding percentage…Did not commit an error in 155 chances…High School: Four year varsity letterwinner at North Canton Hoover…Joins high school teammate McKenna Russ on the 2009 roster…Helped lead the Vikings to the 2008 Division I state title…Selected honorable mention All-Ohio after her senior year…Led the team in batting average (.381) while earning first team All-District and All-Federal League honors following her senior campaign…Was part of state championship team during her sophomore season as well en route to earning All-Federal League honors…Personal: Full Name: Sarah Ann Gerber…Parents are Bryan and Lucinda Gerber…Has a brother, Seth…Born: 8-3-90…Major: Special Education.
