2021 Softball Roster
Megan Turner
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- INF
- Hometown:
- Warren, Ohio
- Prev School:
- Champion
- High School:
- Champion
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• All-MAC Second Team (2021)
• MAC All-Freshman Team (2019)
2020 SEASON
• Played in 18 games and made 12 starts
• Totaled six hits, one run scored and four RBIs
• Singled with two outs in bottom of second inning to drive in only run of 1-0 win at UT Arlington (Feb. 16)
• Did not commit an error on team-high 82 chances (78 putouts, 4 assists)
2019 SEASON
• MAC All-Freshman Team
• Played in 35 games and made 27 starts
• Hit .300 (24-for-80)
• Recorded one double, six home runs and 14 RBIs
• Was second in the MAC in conference-only games batting average by a freshman (.351) and was third in slugging percentage (.541)
• Solidified herself as a starter at first base the last two months of the season
• Hit four home runs in a six game stretch from April 13-20
• Picked up first career hit as part of a 2-for-3 day at Monmouth (March 26)
• Clubbed first career homer, a solo shot, at Lehigh (March 27)
• Tallied a career-best four hits vs. Miami (April 13)
• Set a career-high of four RBIs with a grand slam at Akron (April 20)
• Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete
PRIOR TO KENT STATE
• Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year, USA Today High School All-American, Flo-Softball High School All-American, MaxPreps Small School All-American in senior season
• Also during season year was All-State First Team, All-Region First Team, All-District First Team, All-American Conference Player of the Year, All-American Conference First Team, NFCA Northeast All-Region First Team, and Vindicator Softball Player of the Year
• Selected as an NFCA High School All-American Scholar Athlete, NFCA First Place All-American Team member, Wendy's High School Heisman School Award Winner, All-American Conference Student of the Week
• Ranks sixth in state history in career runs scored (188) and career home runs (38), 14th in career RBIs (167) and 21st in career hits (197).
• Career record holder at Champion High School in home runs, RBIs and batting average
• As a senior hit .612 with 54 runs scored, 49 hits, 54 RBIs, seven doubles, three triples and 12 home runs.
• During four-year high school career earned a 119-11 record as a team
• Member of three state championship teams in 2015, 2017 and 2018
• Also lettered in basketball
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Brian and Christy Turner
• Has on sibling, Michael, who is a member of the Kent State baseball team
• Dad, Brian, played seven seasons of minor league baseball with the New York Yankees, New York Mets and Minnesota Twins organizations
• Majoring in accounting
