2020 Softball Roster
Roster
Sammey Bunch
- Position:
- Shortstop
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Fatima
- Hometown:
- Frankenstein, Missouri
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2021): Finished her record breaking career as the best player to wear the purple and gold…USA Softball Top 25 Watch List… MVC Player of the Year… First Team All-MVC… MVC First Team Scholar Athlete…NFCA Second Team All-Region… UNI Single season home run record (22)… finished the season with a .444 batting average, 1.000 slugging percentage, and a .581 on base percentage… finished with 58 runs, 67 hits and 56 RBI… recorded 78 putouts with 105 assists with a .906 fielding percentage… recorded a season high 3 hits against Southern Illinois (5/8)…scored 5 runs and batted in 7 runs against Evansville (4/2)…recorded a season high 5 putouts against Loyola 4/16.
SENIOR (2020): USA Softball Player of the Year Watchlist… MVC Player of the Week… MVC First Team Scholar Athlete… Started in 20 games for her senior year as a Panther… Led the team in runs (19), hits (20), RBI’s (14), and home runs (7)… Posted season highs scoring 3 runs while batting in 4 against Belmont (2/29), 1 double against UL-Monroe (3/1), 1 triple against Long Beach State (2/15), and 5 assists against Central Arkansas (3/1)...Batted .328… In her shortened senior season due to COVID-19, Bunch recorded a .945 fielding percentage.
JUNIOR (2019): Second Team All-Midwest Region pick by the NFCA at shortstop... MVC Player of the Year... First Team All-MVC Selection... MVC All-Tournament Team... MVC First Team Scholar Athlete...UNI single season home run record holder (17)...UNI single season record holder for highest slugging percentage (.822)...Ranks second in single season one base percentage (.503), runs scored (51), Runs Batted In (50), and total bases (129)...Recorded first home run of the season with two RBIs on two hits against Toledo (2/8)... Hit one of three triples while going 3-4 from the plate against North Florida (2/16)... Recorded three RBIs on three hits against Murray State (3/10)... HIt five home runs in five straight games (3/31-4-7)... Hit the game winning home run against Southern Illinois to advance the Panthers to the MVC Championship game (5/10).
SOPHOMORE (2018): All-MVC First Team selection … Selected for the MVC All-Defensive team … Named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team … Selected as the MVC Player of the Week after the first week of games ... Started in all 52 games … Set a career-high in base hits with 60 … Walked a career-high 14 times, while also setting a new personal mark in hit by pitches with six … Struck out in only 11 of her 171 at bats … Had seven multi-RBI games, including a five RBI game in a win over NCAT (3/4) … 16 multi-hit games in 2018, with a season-high four in a home win against Illinois State (4/28) … Led the team in runs (30), home runs (5), RBI (31) and extra-base hits (17) … Stole eight bags on the year.
FRESHMAN (2017): Third-Team All-Central Region pick by the NFCA at shortstop ... MVC Freshman of the Year ... First-Team All-MVC selection ... Started all 52 games at shortstop ... Second on the Panthers with a .325 batting average and .596 slugging pct. ... Led the squad in runs (41), doubles (12), triples (4) and stolen bases (12) ... Ranked third on the team in hits (49) ... Two-time MVC Newcomer of the Week honoree ... One-time MVC Player of the Week ... Tallied 12 multi-hit games ... Went 3-for-3 with three runs scored in an 11-5 win at Oklahoma State (3/5) ... Went 3-for-4 with five RBI, two doubles and a home run in the first game of a doubleheader vs. Evansville (4/1) ... Went 3-for-3 with four RBI a double and a triple in the second game of the doubleheader vs. Evansville (4/1) ... Went 7-for-10 with 10 RBI, four doubles, a triple, a home run and a stolen base in a three-game series sweep vs. Evansville (4/1-2) ... Went 2-for-4 with five RBI in the first game of a doubleheader win over Wichita State (4/29) ... In MVC play, Bunch led the Panthers in hitting with a .386 batting average ... She also posted team-highs in hits (32), runs (20), doubles (9), triples (2), home runs (5), RBI (27), slugging percentage (.723) and stolen bases (7) in the conference slate.
HIGH SCHOOL: Posted a .696 batting average in 2015 while helping her team to a second place finish in the state ... Named first-team All-Conference, first-team All-District, and first-team All-Region four times ... Named first-team All-State for the third time in 2015 and was recognized as the Show Me Conference MVP in 2015 and 2013 ... In 2014, Bunch tallied a .522 batting average while helping her team to a state title ... Set the single season record for runs scored (63), hits (71), home runs (13), triples (8), and stolen bases (42) ... Holds multiple career records, leading her high school in eight career statistical categories including hits (202), home runs (20), stolen bases (92), and doubles (49) ... Holds multiple Missouri State High School Athletic Association records, including the most hits, total bases, and extra base hits in a season while posting a state-best .718 career on-base percentage ... Lettered in basketball and was named first-team all-district and first-team all-region in 2015 ... Three-year member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Joe and Margie ... Has two siblings (Ashley and Joey) ... Majoring in exercise science and movement.
