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2024 Softball Roster
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Echols, Shelby
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Jersey Number 30
Shelby Echols
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Prev school:
- Houston Baptist
- Hometown:
- Pearland, Tex.
Bio
2024 (Senior)
2023 (Junior)
2022 (Sophomore) (Houston Baptist)
- First Team All-Conference USA
- CUSA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 10th most stolen bases in program history with 40
- Totaled 57 hits for the ninth most in CUSA
- Started in all 52 games
- Batted .328 with 57 hits, 18 RBIs and 13 stolen bases
- Recorded four hits and four RBIs game against Cornell (2/23/2024)
- Led the team with 15 multi-hit games
2023 (Junior)
- NFCA All-Region Second Team
- All-Conference USA Second Team
- Conference USA Player of the week (March 13)
- Played and started in all 62 games
- Batted .340 with 69 hits, 51 runs scored and 22 RBIs
- Led the team and C-USA with five triples
- 28 stolen bases, the second most in C-USA and the seventh most in a single season in program history
- 51 runs scored, the second most in C-USA and second most in a single season in program history
- Four hits against North Texas (May 7)
- Four stolen bases against Georgetown (March 4) is the second most in a single game in program history
- 18 multi-hit games
- Reached base in 18 conseutive games
2022 (Sophomore) (Houston Baptist)
- Played in and started 45 games for the Huskies
- Batted a team and career-best .448, knocking a team-best 69 hits, including a team third-best nine doubles, a team-best three triples, and a home run, as well as bringing across 14 RBIs and scoring a team-leading 32 runs
- Posted 22 multi-hit games, including eight with 3+ hits
- Hit a career-best 4-for-5, knocking season-best two doubles a home run and scoring two runs vs. Lamar (Feb. 26)
- Scored a season-best three runs and batted a perfect 3-for-3 at Lipscomb (March 11)
- Started in 39 games for the Huskies
- Scored 25 runs and hit .328 totaling 42 hits, including two doubles, a triple, and two home runs while knocking in six RBI’s
- Had just 11 strikeouts in 143 plate appearances while walking 15 times
- Had a .968 fielding percentage
- Attended St. Agnes Academy in Houston under Head Coach Jamie Wissinger
- Four-time First Team All-State
- Four-Time All-State Tournament Team
- Named District MVP her sophomore, junior, and senior year
- Led her team to a state title her senior year
- Full name is Shelby Catherine Echols
- Born November 8, 2000 in Pearland, Texas
- Daughter of Kenneth and Karen Echols
- Had two siblings, one brother Connor (24) and one sister Haley (16)
- Majoring in Kinesiology
Facility tour – Stephen and Denise Smith Student-Athlete Performance Center
Wednesday, July 30
Spring Sports Show hosted by The Boulevard – April 21, 2025: Softball and Baseball
Monday, April 21
MTSU Softball vs WKU Recap 4/11-13/25
Monday, April 14
MTSU Softball vs WKU Recap 4/11-13/25 2025
Monday, April 14
