The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2009 Softball Roster
Roster
Crystal Saenz
- Position:
- INF/OF
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Bryan
- Hometown:
- College Station, Texas
· Career statistics
CAREER ACCOLADES
•2008 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
AS A JUNIOR (2008)
•played in 53 games, earning 51 starts
•went 2-for-3 at the plate, including a two-run homer in a 9-2 win over Wichita State (2/29)
•homered and singled with three RBI in an 8-2 win against Texas Tech (3/13)
•recorded two RBI and a single in a 7-2 win over Maine (3/14)
•posted her third multi-hit game of the season and notched an RBI in a 5-1 victory against Nebraska (3/21)
•notched her fourth double of the year, added one RBI and scored a run in a 9-2 victory over Oklahoma State (4/6)
•launched her third home run of the season, plating two runs in a 6-1 win over Missouri (4/19)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2007)
•appeared in 51 of a possible 55 games with 48 starts
•anchored the Texas defense from her third base position with a .918 fielding percentage (12 errors in 146 total chances)
•had three hits and two runs in a 10-3 victory over Long Beach State (2/10)
•two hits, an RBI and her first stolen base of the season in a 6-5 win over Ohio State (2/24)
•collected two hits and two RBI in a 6-4 victory over St. John's (3/3)
•posted a season-high six assists Texas' 3-0 defeat of Oklahoma Christian (3/7)
•blasted her first home run of the season (and second of her career) in a 6-4 loss at Missouri (3/31)
AS A FRESHMAN (2006)
•played in 58 games, starting 48 (46 at third base, one at second base and one in right field)
•started all eight of UT's NCAA Championship games at third base, recording a .941 fielding average with four putouts, 12 assists and one error in 17 chances during NCAA play
•set a school Women's College World Series record with four assists in UT's 2-0 loss to No. 1 UCLA (6/3)
•registered five doubles and one home run
•scored 11 runs and collected seven RBI ... tied for second on the club in sacrifice hits (five)
NATIONALLY
Played for Impact Gold out of Houston, Texas under head coach Darren Gibson ... was a club teammate of current Longhorns Kacie Gaskin and Kori?Cook ... Impact Gold finished fourth at the 2005 Under-18 Gold Nationals after a third-place finish in 2004 ... the team also won the 2004 Colorado Fireworks Tournament.
BEFORE TEXAS
A four-year varsity letterwinner at Bryan High Shool for head coach Janice Williamson ... 2005 National Fastpitch Coaches Association South Central Region Second Team ... helped Bryan win the 2002 Texas 5A state championship and followed with a 2003 runner-up showing ... a two-time all-state and all-district performer at shortstop ... shared Texas district 13-5A MVP honors with current Texas teammate Kacie Gaskin (at A&M Consolidated HS) as a senior ... District 13-5A Offensive Player of the Year as a junior after earning Defensive Player of the Year accolades as a sophomore ... was also a 2005 Texas Girls Coaches Association Academic All-State performer ... was a member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Full name is Crystal Alexandria Saenz ... born July 6, 1987 in College Station, Texas ... daughter of Abbe and Mike Saenz ... has an older brother, Chris (24), and a younger sister, Chelsea (15) ... her cousin Scott Strickland was a three-year baseball letterwinner at New Mexico before going on to a five-year professional career as a pitcher for the Montreal Expos, New York Mets and Houston Astros ... three-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection ... recipient of the 2006-07 Gordon C. and O.V. Bennett Jr. Endowed Scholarship and the 2005-06 O.V. Bennett Endowed Scholarship from UT Women's Athletics ... is a corporate communications major.
