Eastern Michigan Athletics
2012 Softball Roster
Roster
McKenna Russ
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Eligibility Remaining (Years):
- L/L
- Letters:
- 3
- Hometown:
- North Canton, Ohio
- High School:
- Hoover
EMU: 2011: A First Team All-MAC and Academic All-MAC selection…Posted the second best single season batting average in EMU program history after cranking out 49 hits for a .415 clip…Recorded six multi-RBI games and 15 multi-hit games, nine of which were in MAC contests…Blasted 11 doubles to give her 32 in her career, good for seventh on the all-time career list…Named MAC West Player of the Week on April 5 after hitting .727 (16-for-22) with a 1.591 slugging percentage and knocking in 12 RBI and scoring 10 times for the Eagles through six games…Made history against Northern Illinois (April 1) when she registered her 11th hit in as many plate appearances to tie the third best streak in the NCAA Division I record books for consecutive hits…2010: Played and started all 35 games she appeared in, splitting time between left-field and DH…Batted .252 with five doubles, two home runs, nine RBIs and 14 runs scored on the year…Recorded six multi-hit games and two hitting streaks of four games…In a four-game stretch against Detroit and Toledo, tallied seven hits including three straight two-hit games and hit .467 during that span... 2009: Played in 51 games, starting 50 in the outfield for the Eagles in her freshman season…Led the team with 54 hits, 171 at bats and 181 plate appearances…Recorded a .316 BA which was third on the team and strung together two hitting streaks of seven or more, her longest being an 8-gamer from Feb. 27-March 14…Led the MAC and recorded the third-highest total for doubles in a season with 16…Was second on the team in runs scored with 28…Blasted four home runs and knocked in 22 RBI…Best game was a 4-for-4 effort in which she hammered out three doubles and a homer, driving in four runs and scoring three in a 10-2 win over IPFW (4-1)…High School: Four-year varsity letterwinner at North Canton Hoover…Joins high school teammate Sarah Gerber on the 2009 roster…Three year starter for the Vikings…Scored the winning run in the state championship game to give Hoover the Division I state title in 2008…Led her team to conference championship and district championship three times…Hit .300 with a perfect fielding percentage during her senior season…Collected over 100 hits while batting .376 during her four years as a Viking…Second team All-Federal League selection after junior season…Hit a two-run home run during the state championship game of her sophomore season to give Hoover a 2-0 victory in 2006…Four year varsity letterwinner and all conference, county and district selection in volleyball…Personal: Full Name: McKenna Michael Russ…Parents are Michael and Kathi Russ…Has a sister, Callan…Born: 7-17-90…Major: Communications.
