The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2011 Softball Roster
Roster
Shelby Savony
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Kilgore
- Hometown:
- Kilgore, Texas
CAREER ACCOLADES
• Two-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2010-11)
AS A SENIOR (2011)
•appeared in 41 games and earned 17 starts
•ended her career with ranking second on the UT single-season charts with her .615 slugging percentage and 10th with 20 home runs
•recorded two hits, doubled, walked, and scored twice in the Horns' 14-1 win over Northern Illinois (Feb. 12)
•posted a career-high five RBI, homered, singled and walked in Texas' 15-1 win against Wisconsin (Feb. 17)
•ripped a three-run homer and added a walk in a 7-1 win over Missouri State (Feb. 18)
•connected for a two-run homer and notched a walk as UT fell to No. 4 Florida, 6-5 in extra innings (Feb. 24)
•recorded an RBI double in Texas' 3-2 win over New Mexico (March 20)
•hammered a two-run homer to lead the Horns Big 12-record seven homer outburst in their 15-2 win at Texas Tech (April 22)
AS A JUNIOR (2010)
• started 17 games at first base or designated player, but appeared primarily as a pinch hitter
• recorded 11 home runs and just 18 hits on the season (five pinch-hit homers)
• recorded her first hits of the season, going 2-for-3 with a three-run homer in a 7-1 win over No. 16 Louisiana-Lafayette (Feb. 20)
• homered for the second straight game when she launched a solo shot in UT's 11-4 win over Houston (Feb. 21)
• smashed solo home runs in three straight games, going deep against Oregon State (Feb. 28), Texas Southern (March 4) and Ohio (March 6)
• blasted a three-run homer in Texas' 6-1 win over UTEP (March 10)
• connected for a two-run homer, doubled and scored two runs in UT's 13-8 victory over San Jose State (March 18)
• registered a pinch-hit RBI single in the Horns' Big-12 opening 9-0 win against Nebraska (March 27)
• ripped a pinch-hit three-run blast in UT's 8-7 victory at UTSA (March 30)
• hammered a two-run pinch-hit home run in a 6-2 win at Kansas (April 3)
• notched a pinch-hit RBI single in Texas' 10-2 run-rule win at Iowa State (May 2)
• registered her fifth pinch-hit home run of the season in a 6-0 win at Baylor (May 6)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2009)
• played in 26 games primarily as a pinch-hitter
• recorded a pinch-hit two run homer in UT's 11-1 victory over UT Arlington (Feb. 17)
• notched her second pinch-hit two-run home run in three games in a 5-4 win over BYU (Feb. 20)
• posted a pinch-hit single in a 3-2 win over Kansas (April 19)
• registered a pinch-hit RBI single in a 12-2 run-rule victory at Oklahoma State (April 25)
• tallied her third pinch-hit homer of the season - a three-run shot - and added a triple in UT's 6-1 win over UTSA (April 30)
• connected for an RBI single in a 6-2 loss to No. 9 Oklahoma at the Big 12 Championship (May 9)
AS A FRESHMAN (2008)
•saw action in 34 games, earning starts in 12 tilts
•hit .353 on the year, recording 18 hits in 51 at-bats
•ranked second on the club with a .353 average (6-for-17) as a pinch hitter
•doubled for her first career hit in a 3-2 loss to UTSA (Feb. 9)
•went 2-for-3 with three RBI, including her first career home run in a 10-2 rout of UTSA (Feb. 10)
•doubled twice and scored a run in an extra-inning, 11-9 win over Oregon State (Feb. 23)
•blasted a pinch-hit home run in a 4-0 win against Iowa State (March 29)
•tagged a pinch-hit RBI double in a 3-1 loss to No. 5 Texas A&M at the Big 12 Conference Championship (May 10)
NATIONALLY
Played for the Houston Power club team out of Houston, Texas, for head coach John Glowacz ... led her club to a seventh-place finish at the ASA Gold Nationals in 2006.
BEFORE TEXAS
A four-year varsity letterwinner at Kilgore High School ... three-time All-State selection, earning First Team honors in the infield in 2005 and 2007 ... garnered All-District 17-4A honors in each of her four seasons ... tabbed District Offensive MVP in 2005 and 2007 ... earned District MVP honors in 2006 and Newcomer of the Year accolades in 2004 ... First Team All-East Texas (2004-07) ... East Texas MVP honors in 2007 and East Texas Offensive MVP accolades in 2006 ... ranked sixth in her graduating class ... a member of the National Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the school yearbook staff.
PERSONAL
Full name is Shelby Georgia Savony ... born April 14, 1989 in Longview, Texas ... daughter of Dianne and Steve Schnarr ... has two sisters, Cheyenne (25) and Tara (23) ... six-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection ... is a corporate communication major.
