| Tori Gross |
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HONORS
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar First Team (2007)
NFCA Scholar Athlete (2005-06)
Three-time Tiger 3.0 Club
Two-time C-USA Academic Honor Roll
Career: Tied for third all-time at Memphis in career games played (114) and tied for fourth for most games started (113)...Tied for fourth in the program's history in career walks with 35...Tied for the all-time lead with eight hit by pitch...Second all-time with 18 career sacrifice hits...Ranks third with 12 career stolen bases...Ranks fifth with a .971 career fielding percentage, third with 208 putouts and second with 165 assists...Has turned seven career double plays.
2007 (Sophomore): One of four players to start all 61 games and made all of them at second base...Second on the team with nine sacrifice hits and with 98 assists...Led the team with six game-winning runs scored...Went 2-for-5 with the bases loaded...Reached base 32 percent of the time when leading off an inning and went 5-for-7 with runners on third and less than two outs...Knocked in four two-out RBIs...Had three multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games...Tied for the team lead in 3+ RBI games with three...Had an eight-game hitting streak, which was the team's second longest of the season...Knocked in the game-winning run against Tulsa (5/10) in the Conference USA Championship on a suicide squeeze bunt...Had a career high six assists against UCF (5/6)...Scored the game-winning run in the 11th inning against UCF (5/5)...Led the team with a 2-for-3 performance against UCF (5/5)...Made a career high six putouts against Austin Peay (4/25)...Hit her second three-run homer in less than a week with a blast against SEMO in game two of a doubleheader and also scored the game winner in the fifth inning (4/24)...Belted the first home run of her career with a three-run shot to left field in game one of a doubleheader with Marshall (4/21)...Had an RBI and scored the game-winning run against Alcorn State (4/12)...Had two hits and two runs scored in the doubleheader...Had a career high three-hit performance, including a three-run double in the first game of a doubleheader against Middle Tennessee (4/4) and had three RBI in the game...Scored the winning run against UTEP (3/17) in the sixth inning...Came around to score the winning run in the sixth inning against San Diego (3/2) and went 1-for-2 with a stolen base...Went 2-for-3 with two RBI against Belmont (2/27)...Scored the winning run against Mississippi Valley State (2/23) in the second inning...Was hit a team season high two times against Jacksonville (2/16).
2006 (Freshman): Started 52 of 53 games played at second base...Came in as a pinch runner once...Hit .230 with 13 RBI and 17 runs scored...Hit five doubles...Third on the team in stolen bases with eight out of 12 attempts...Scored two runs and had one RBI in a 11-0 victory over Ole Miss (2/12)...Went 4-for-5 with five RBI and three runs scored in a doubleheader against Grambling State (2/28)...Had two hits, including a double, three runs scored and an RBI in a doubleheader with UTEP (3/18)...Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored against Grambling State (3/22)...Had two hits with a RBI and run scored in a doubleheader against UT Martin...Finished 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored in a 4-0 victory over Southern Miss (4/8)...Went 2-for-3 with a run scored against Middle Tennessee (4/12)...Had three hits, two RBI and a run scored in a three game series with East Carolina (4/22-23)...Knocked in an RBI in the final game of the season against Houston (5/7).
Prep: Lettered in softball for Coach Eben Longfellow at Ramona High School in Ramona, Calif....Selected as a team captain in 2004...Was a first-team all-league honoree her junior and senior season, and led the team in triples...Named to the CIF Conference Second Team...Received the San Diego Union Tribune academic student award in 2004 and 2005...Also selected as an all-league academic student in 2003-05...Picked as the team's Best Offensive Player in 2003 and 2004...Picked to the second team all-league squad as a sophomore and freshman...Led team in batting average in 2003-05...Received the Ramona High MVP award as a freshman and a senior, and was the Varsity Coca-Cola Athlete award winner.
Club: Played travel softball for the San Diego County Breakers 18U Gold team under Mike Hill...Was a member of the California LITE 16U ball under Chenita Rogers that advanced to the ASA Nationals...First played travel softball in 2000 for the Norco Fillies 12U team that finished third at ASA Nationals under Richard Lopez.
Academic Highlights: Named as a 2005-06 NFCA Scholar Athlete...Made the 2006 and 2007 C-USA Academic Honor Roll...Named to the 2007 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar First Team...A member of the fall 2005, spring 2006 and fall 2006 Tiger 3.0 Club...Majoring in international business with a minor in spanish while at Memphis.
Personal: Full name is Victoria Leinaala Gross...Daughter of Michael and Darlene Gross...Has one sister, Alexandria...Born Dec. 6, 1987 in Landstuhl, Germany.
STATISTICS
AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI
2006 .230 53-52 122 17 28 5 0 0 13
2007 .208 61-61 144 16 30 3 0 2 17
Total .218 114-113 266 33 58 8 0 2 30
