2019 Softball Roster
O'Neal, Mahlena
Jersey Number 11
Mahlena O'Neal
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Ceres HS
- Hometown:
- Ceres, Calif.
- Shop:
- R/R
Bio
2020: Made 24 starts behind the plate in 25 appearances… Hit three home runs with four doubles with eight RBI… Drove in a season-high three runs on a home run and RBI squeeze bunt against Furman (3/11)… Threw out three runners on the base paths… Drew five walks and laid down three sacrifice bunts.
2019: Started 60 of 61 games she appeared in… 56 starts came behind the plate, the other four at designated player… Finished the season with a .245 batting average with 40 hits… Hit six doubles and five home runs… Drove in 35 runs… Laid down a team-best 11 sacrifice bunts, ranking second in the SEC in the category… Threw out 12 would-be base stealers from behind the plate… Finished the season with 10 multi-RBI games, the third most on the team… Hit a grand slam to walk off Virginia Tech (3/2) in five innings… Drove in three or more runs four times.
2018: Started in 55 games, 45 behind the plate and 10 as the designated player… Finished the season with a .214 batting average with eight home runs and 34 RBI… Committed no errors behind the plate… Threw out 10 would-be base stealers… Recorded her first multi-home run game against Samford (2/16), driving in a season-high four runs… Threw out two runners on the base paths against #3 Oregon (2/8)… The latest Bulldog player to have three sacrifices in a game, which came against Harvard (5/18) in the NCAA Regional… Knocked a bases-loaded, three-run double against Northwestern in game two of the NCAA Regional (5/19)… Tied for third in the SEC for sacrifice bunts with 10 on the season… Named to SEC Honor Roll and J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.
2017: Appeared in 33 games with 22 starts, including 18 at catcher and four as designated player… Finished with a .219 batting average with seven runs on 16 hits with six doubles and a home run… Tallied 13 RBI with a season-best four coming against ULM… Posted two hits in five games, including against Arkansas and NCAA Regional opponent Jacksonville State… First appearance came against East Carolina where she posted a two-RBI double… Earned first start in game one of doubleheader against Presbyterian where she hit a two-run home run and caught a runner stealing.
High School: Won two league titles with Ceres High School over her last two seasons… The catcher was named co-MVP as a freshman while earning Offensive Player of the Year as a sophomore and Defensive Player of the Year as a junior… A First-Team All-League honoree, hit above .400 each season, including .488 as a freshman.
Personal: Daughter of Derrick and Elvira O’Neal… Born on Jan. 24, 1998… Has two sisters, Mahnyah Barries and Ayannah O’Neal, and a brother, Derrick O’Neal… Majoring in Sociology.
2019: Started 60 of 61 games she appeared in… 56 starts came behind the plate, the other four at designated player… Finished the season with a .245 batting average with 40 hits… Hit six doubles and five home runs… Drove in 35 runs… Laid down a team-best 11 sacrifice bunts, ranking second in the SEC in the category… Threw out 12 would-be base stealers from behind the plate… Finished the season with 10 multi-RBI games, the third most on the team… Hit a grand slam to walk off Virginia Tech (3/2) in five innings… Drove in three or more runs four times.
2018: Started in 55 games, 45 behind the plate and 10 as the designated player… Finished the season with a .214 batting average with eight home runs and 34 RBI… Committed no errors behind the plate… Threw out 10 would-be base stealers… Recorded her first multi-home run game against Samford (2/16), driving in a season-high four runs… Threw out two runners on the base paths against #3 Oregon (2/8)… The latest Bulldog player to have three sacrifices in a game, which came against Harvard (5/18) in the NCAA Regional… Knocked a bases-loaded, three-run double against Northwestern in game two of the NCAA Regional (5/19)… Tied for third in the SEC for sacrifice bunts with 10 on the season… Named to SEC Honor Roll and J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.
2017: Appeared in 33 games with 22 starts, including 18 at catcher and four as designated player… Finished with a .219 batting average with seven runs on 16 hits with six doubles and a home run… Tallied 13 RBI with a season-best four coming against ULM… Posted two hits in five games, including against Arkansas and NCAA Regional opponent Jacksonville State… First appearance came against East Carolina where she posted a two-RBI double… Earned first start in game one of doubleheader against Presbyterian where she hit a two-run home run and caught a runner stealing.
High School: Won two league titles with Ceres High School over her last two seasons… The catcher was named co-MVP as a freshman while earning Offensive Player of the Year as a sophomore and Defensive Player of the Year as a junior… A First-Team All-League honoree, hit above .400 each season, including .488 as a freshman.
Personal: Daughter of Derrick and Elvira O’Neal… Born on Jan. 24, 1998… Has two sisters, Mahnyah Barries and Ayannah O’Neal, and a brother, Derrick O’Neal… Majoring in Sociology.
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