2011 Softball
Jessica Carmichael
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- 3B/SS
- Hometown:
- Dalton, Ohio
- High School:
- Dalton
Career
• Kent State's career leader in runs batted in with 132
• 36 home runs tied for Kent State's career lead with Jamie Fitzpatrick
• 179 hits and 38 doubles tied for third among KSU career leaders
• 104 runs scored tied for fifth most
• Holds record for at bats with 641
2011
• Named MAC East Player of the Week on March12 after hitting three home runs with nine RBI in three games at the Marshall Invitational
• Earned Academic Honorable Mention
2010
• Named to All-MAC First Team
• Hit .353 in conference play with six home runs, 17 RBIs and four doubles
• Tied for team lead with 11 home runs, which also ties for the fourth most in a season at KSU
• Earned MAC East Player of the Week honors (4/27) after hitting .500 (7-for-14) with two homers over four conference road games
• Launched clutch three-run homer in win over Ball State (4/18)
• Homered in MAC Tournament win over Central Michigan (5/13)
• Went 3-for-4 with double and two RBIs in back-to-back wins over Toledo (5/8) and Bowling Green (5/9)
• Doubled in four straight games in early May
• Finished 3-for-3 in win at ohio (4/23)
• Tallied three hits and a home run in doubleheader with Penn State (4/31)
• Finished second on the team in RBIs (33) and doubles (9)
• Scored 22 runs and drew 13 walks
• Played and started in 54 games.
2009
• Named to All-MAC Second Team
• Earned MAC East Player of the Week honors on April 14 after hitting .455 with two homers a double and five RBI in four games
• Hit .321 in MAC play with three home runs, 12 runs scored and 12 RBI
• Started in 47 games
• Batted .262 overall with a .440 slugging percentage
• Finished second on the team in runs scored (22), doubles (5), home runs (6), RBI (22) and stolen bases (7)
• Drew 10 walks
• Drove in three runs in wins over Robert Morris (April 1), Miami (April 3) and Akron (April 12)
• Belted home runs in back-to-back MAC Tournament games against Akron and Western Michigan (May 7).
2008
• Named to MAC All-Freshman Team
• Earned MAC East Player of the Week (2/12) after going 10-for-17 (.588) in her first week of competition with two homers and a double
• Played in 56 games in 2008 and started 54
• Led the Flashes with 12 doubles and finished tied for second with eight homers
• Finished second on the team in hits (46), RBI (35) and slugging percentage (.471)
• Blasted a sixth-inning two-run homer in a 2-1 MAC Tournament victory over Western Michigan, going 3-for-3 in the game
• Hit a fifth-inning solo home run in a 1-0 win over Cleveland State (4/30)
• Smacked an extra-inning RBI single to score go-ahead run in a 3-0 win at Cleveland State in game two
• Hit a bottom of the ninth, walk-off single in a 2-1 win over Ball State (4/18)
• Scored game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh to give the Flashes a 2-1 victory over Central Michigan (5/2)
• Named to Carolina Classic All-Tournament
• Went 4-for-4 on stolen base attempts
• Drew 10 walks
• Hit .310 in non-conference games
• Went 4-for-4 vs. N.C. Central (Feb. 8) with two homers, five RBI and a double
• Went 3-for-4 with a pair of homers vs. Robert Morris (3/26).
High School
• Helped lead the Dalton Bulldogs to consecutive state championships in 2006 and 2007
• Was an All-Ohio First Team selection as a senior and junior
• Two-time Wayne County Athletic League MVP
• Four-time WCAL First Team selection
• Was a three-time Wooster Daily Record Player of the Year
• Named as Massillon Independent Player of the Year following junior season
• Struck out 831 batters on the mound and posted a career ERA of 0.83
• Had a high school career batting average of .480 with 12 home runs and 69 stolen base
• Carried a 0.47 ERA as a senior
• Hit .515 as a junior
• Stole 25 bases as a freshman
• Coached by Jessica Miller
• Played during the summer for the Ohio Bandits
• Also played volleyball at Dalton.
Personal
• Born Oct. 19, 1988
• Is the daughter of Rick and Barb Carmichael
• Has two siblings, Cory (20) and Shelby (16)
• Majoring in business management.
