2018 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 12
Amber Landry
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Ponchatoula HS
- Hometown:
- Ponchatoula, La.
Bio
- 2018 All-Southland First Team
- 2018 Southland All-Academic First Team
- 2018 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
- 2017 All-Southland Second Team
- 2017 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
Career: A two-year letter winner for the Ladyjacks after transferring in from Tyler Junior College ... Played both behind the plate and at third base, starting all 102 games she competed in ... Owned a batting average of .307 for her two-year SFA career, a slugging mark of .512 and an on-base percentage of .357 ... Finished with 100 total hits, including 37 for extra bases with 14 home runs, 21 doubles and two triples ... Notched 65 RBI and scored 44 runs, while taking 167 total bases ... Earned All-Southland Conference Second Team accolades as a junior in 2017 and first-team honors as a senior in 2018 ... Made 229 putouts in the field with 149 assists.
2018 (Senior): An All-Southland First Team performer ... One of two Ladyjacks to start all 55 games of the season, primarily playing third base ... Hit .320 for the season, which was the second-highest batting average on the team and ranked 15th in the Southland ... Owned the second-highest .552 slugging mark among all Ladyjack batters, ranking 10th in the league in that category ... Was second on the team in hits (58), doubles (13) and extra-base knocks (23) ... Tied for the sixth-most home runs (9) and seventh-most doubles in the conference ... Led SFA and was fourth in the Southland in both RBI (48) and total bases (100) ... Ranked as the league’s ninth and nation’s 107th-toughest batter to strikeout by the NCAA’s statistics database ... One of six Ladyjack softball players to hit a triple ... Was walked six times and took nine hits by pitch while owning an on-base percentage of .367 ... Connected on a team-high tying three sacrifice flies and had a sacrifice hit ... Stole a team-best five bases on five attempts ... Made 83 putouts in the field, totaled 104 assists and helped turn four double plays ... Had 15 multi-hits games and was named Southland Hitter of the Week on April 30 after going 5-for-10 with four RBI and three runs scored in the pivotal Southland series win over McNeese ... Went 4-for-4 with two RBI, a pair of doubles, a home run and two runs scored in the game two win over McNeese (April 28) ... Went 3-for-4 with four RBI and a run scored in the win at Prairie View A&M (March 14) ... Had a 3-for-3 performance with three RBI, a pair of runs scored, a double and a stolen base versus Texas Southern (May 1) ... Also went 3-for-3 in the victory over Coppin State (Feb. 23) and against Abilene Christian (May 5) ... Only SFA softball player to be named to the Southland All-Academic First Team ... Tabbed a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar-Athlete after achieving a 3.60 GPA for the academic year ... Also earned a spot on the Southland Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Junior (2017): SFA's top returning hitter in 2018 after batting at a clip of .290 in 145 at bats in 2017 … Started in 47 games playing primarily catcher and third base … Recorded 42 hits, including 14 extra-base hits and five home runs … Delivered 17 RBI while owning a slugging percentage of .462 … Collected 67 total bases and held an on-base percentage of .344 … Totaled 146 putouts and made 45 assists … Caught 12 base runners stealing for fourth-most in the Southland Conference … A NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
Prior to SFA
Sophomore (2016): Named to NFCA NJCAA Division I All-American First Team and NJCAA Division I All-America Third Team … Tabbed as NFCA Diamond Catcher of the Year … Owned a batting average of .405 in 66 games played … Registered a slugging percentage of .698 and an on-base percentage of .461 … Claimed 83 hits, including 13 home runs and a total of 32 extra-base hits … Racked up 81 RBI in 205 at bats … Made 330 putouts behind the plate and had 32 assists with a fielding percentage of .989 … Earned a spot on the President's List for the second-straight year.
Freshman (2015): Played under head coach Nicole Dickson at Tyler Junior College … Hit .365 for the season with an on-base percentage of .434 and a slugging mark of .629 … Tallied 61 hits, including 25 extra-base hits, and collected 45 RBI in 56 games played … Claimed eight home runs … Put out 285 and assisted on another 48, threw out five base runners … Made the President's List and named a NFCA Junior College All-America Scholar-Athlete.
High School: A four year letter winner as a catcher at Ponchatoula High School … An all-state honorable mention selection as a senior in 2014 … Named all-district first team her senior year after claiming all-district second-team honors as a junior … Tabbed North Oaks Sports Medicine Student-Athlete of the Month and earned academic honor roll recognition (2011-14).
Personal: Daughter of Kim Landry … Played club ball for of the Louisiana Patriots Gold travel team.
- 2018 Southland All-Academic First Team
- 2018 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
- 2017 All-Southland Second Team
- 2017 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
Career: A two-year letter winner for the Ladyjacks after transferring in from Tyler Junior College ... Played both behind the plate and at third base, starting all 102 games she competed in ... Owned a batting average of .307 for her two-year SFA career, a slugging mark of .512 and an on-base percentage of .357 ... Finished with 100 total hits, including 37 for extra bases with 14 home runs, 21 doubles and two triples ... Notched 65 RBI and scored 44 runs, while taking 167 total bases ... Earned All-Southland Conference Second Team accolades as a junior in 2017 and first-team honors as a senior in 2018 ... Made 229 putouts in the field with 149 assists.
2018 (Senior): An All-Southland First Team performer ... One of two Ladyjacks to start all 55 games of the season, primarily playing third base ... Hit .320 for the season, which was the second-highest batting average on the team and ranked 15th in the Southland ... Owned the second-highest .552 slugging mark among all Ladyjack batters, ranking 10th in the league in that category ... Was second on the team in hits (58), doubles (13) and extra-base knocks (23) ... Tied for the sixth-most home runs (9) and seventh-most doubles in the conference ... Led SFA and was fourth in the Southland in both RBI (48) and total bases (100) ... Ranked as the league’s ninth and nation’s 107th-toughest batter to strikeout by the NCAA’s statistics database ... One of six Ladyjack softball players to hit a triple ... Was walked six times and took nine hits by pitch while owning an on-base percentage of .367 ... Connected on a team-high tying three sacrifice flies and had a sacrifice hit ... Stole a team-best five bases on five attempts ... Made 83 putouts in the field, totaled 104 assists and helped turn four double plays ... Had 15 multi-hits games and was named Southland Hitter of the Week on April 30 after going 5-for-10 with four RBI and three runs scored in the pivotal Southland series win over McNeese ... Went 4-for-4 with two RBI, a pair of doubles, a home run and two runs scored in the game two win over McNeese (April 28) ... Went 3-for-4 with four RBI and a run scored in the win at Prairie View A&M (March 14) ... Had a 3-for-3 performance with three RBI, a pair of runs scored, a double and a stolen base versus Texas Southern (May 1) ... Also went 3-for-3 in the victory over Coppin State (Feb. 23) and against Abilene Christian (May 5) ... Only SFA softball player to be named to the Southland All-Academic First Team ... Tabbed a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar-Athlete after achieving a 3.60 GPA for the academic year ... Also earned a spot on the Southland Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Junior (2017): SFA's top returning hitter in 2018 after batting at a clip of .290 in 145 at bats in 2017 … Started in 47 games playing primarily catcher and third base … Recorded 42 hits, including 14 extra-base hits and five home runs … Delivered 17 RBI while owning a slugging percentage of .462 … Collected 67 total bases and held an on-base percentage of .344 … Totaled 146 putouts and made 45 assists … Caught 12 base runners stealing for fourth-most in the Southland Conference … A NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
Prior to SFA
Sophomore (2016): Named to NFCA NJCAA Division I All-American First Team and NJCAA Division I All-America Third Team … Tabbed as NFCA Diamond Catcher of the Year … Owned a batting average of .405 in 66 games played … Registered a slugging percentage of .698 and an on-base percentage of .461 … Claimed 83 hits, including 13 home runs and a total of 32 extra-base hits … Racked up 81 RBI in 205 at bats … Made 330 putouts behind the plate and had 32 assists with a fielding percentage of .989 … Earned a spot on the President's List for the second-straight year.
Freshman (2015): Played under head coach Nicole Dickson at Tyler Junior College … Hit .365 for the season with an on-base percentage of .434 and a slugging mark of .629 … Tallied 61 hits, including 25 extra-base hits, and collected 45 RBI in 56 games played … Claimed eight home runs … Put out 285 and assisted on another 48, threw out five base runners … Made the President's List and named a NFCA Junior College All-America Scholar-Athlete.
High School: A four year letter winner as a catcher at Ponchatoula High School … An all-state honorable mention selection as a senior in 2014 … Named all-district first team her senior year after claiming all-district second-team honors as a junior … Tabbed North Oaks Sports Medicine Student-Athlete of the Month and earned academic honor roll recognition (2011-14).
Personal: Daughter of Kim Landry … Played club ball for of the Louisiana Patriots Gold travel team.
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