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37 - DJ Sanders
DJ SANDERS
POSITION: Designated Player HEIGHT: 5-9 BATS/THROWS: R/R RESIDENCE: Columbus, Miss. COLLEGE: Oregon
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ATHLETE CAUSE: Boys and Girls Club of the Golden Triangle
ATHLETES UNLIMITED EXPERIENCE
2022 AUX Season: Registered 808 points to finish in a tie for 27th place on the leaderboard … appeared in seven games before missing the final series … tallied five hits in 10 at-bats, including a double … recorded three runs batted in along with scoring a run … went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored against Team Mulipola on June 19. 2021 Championship Season: Earned 15th place on the leaderboard with 1,352 points … tied for fourth in the league with 1,140 win points … tallied two hits in 26 at-bats, but both hits were home runs … also drove in five runs. 2020 Championship Season: Accumulated 1,520 points to finish in 14th place on the leaderboard … tied for ninth with 120 MVP points … hit .333 while starting 14 games … second in the league behind Tori Vidales with five doubles … tied for eighth in the circuit with four home runs … drove in 14 runs, good for fifth place among all hitters … tallied 33 total bases.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Played two seasons in NPF after being picked with the No. 21 overall selection in the 2018 NPF Draft by the Chicago Bandits … hit .306 as a rookie with seven home runs and 15 runs batted in.
AT OREGON
Spent her senior season with the Ducks after transferring from Louisiana … earned Second-Team All-Pac-12 Conference honors after batting .281 while starting 62-of-63 games … tallied 16 home runs with 51 runs batted in during her lone season at Oregon … named Third-Team All-Region during her senior campaign … belted 51 home runs with 167 runs batted in during three seasons with Louisiana … First-Team NFCA All-America performer who led NCAA with 29 home runs, 82 runs batted in and a 1.013 slugging percentage during junior campaign at Louisiana … honored as 2017 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year in addition to being one of 10 finalists for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year … also earned First-Team All-Sun Belt recognition as a freshman and sophomore.
PERSONAL
Currently serves as a volunteer assistant coach at Mississippi State … motivated to work hard every day because she never wants to underachieve the expectations she has for herself … proudest moment was becoming a professional softball player … lists the Twilight series as her favorite movie and book. dj_37ss
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SANDERS’ ATHLETES UNLIMITED CAREER STATISTICS
AUX
SEASON LPTS GP GS AVG OB% SLG% AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO TB SF SH SB SBA
2022 808 7 1 0.500 0.545 0.600 10 1 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 6 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 808 7 1 0.500 0.545 0.600 10 1 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 6 0 0 0 0
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
SEASON LPTS GP GS AVG OB% SLG% AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO TB SF SH SB SBA
2020 1520 14 14 0.333 0.404 0.786 42 8 14 5 1 4 14 5 0 10 33 0 0 1 1 2021 1352 11 8 0.077 0.200 0.308 26 3 2 0 0 2 5 3 1 6 8 0 0 0 0
