Lexy Bennett 

Softball - Varsity
Graduation Year: 2008
University of Texas

HS: a four-time all-state selection and two-time most valuable player choice ... three-year letter winner as a post on the Second Baptist basketball team ... a member of the honor roll and Spanish club.

PROFESSIONAL: Drafted number three overall in the 2012 National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) league, but opted not to sign with the Akron Racers.

COLLEGE ACCOLADES
• 2012 Easton All-America first team
• 2012 NFCA All-America second team
• 2012 Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Softball third team
• Three-time All-Big 12 First Team (2009, 2010 and 2012)
• 2012 NFCA All-Central Region First Team
• 2011 NFCA All-Central Region Second Team
• 2011 All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2011 Top 25 Finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
• 2011 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Big 12 Player of the Week (April 5, 2011 & April 27, 2010)
• 2010 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2009 NFCA All-Central Region First Team
• at the end of the 2012 season, she set Texas career records for batting average (.385), on-base percentage (.464), runs scored (166), hits (245), RBI (155), total bases (414) and sacrifice flies (10)

AS A SENIOR (2012)
• batted .422 (73-for-173) in 59 games with 14 doubles, three triples, 13 home runs, 57 RBI and 11 stolen bases
• one of 25 finalists for the 2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
• finished the season with a season-high 11-game hitting streak
• hit .556 (5-for-9) in the NCAA Super Regional against Oregon with four runs scored and two RBI
• went 3-for-4 with four runs scored, a double, home run and two RBI on May 19 in the NCAA Regional against Houston
• set a Texas single-season record for RBI (57), breaking the record on May 1 with her 51st RBI at No. 25 Baylor
• had a career-high two homers in a 2-for-3 game as part of the second game of a doubleheader on April 13 at Kansas
• set a new Texas career record for RBI on April 5 against No. 11 Missouri to pass Loryn Johnson (139 RBI from 2007-10)
• tied her career high with four hits, going 4-for-5 with one RBI on March 23 at Iowa State
• earned all-tournament team honors at the Spring Fling Tournament in Honolulu, Hawaii (March 13-16) after batting .294 with a home run and five RBI
• went 3-for-5 with a career-high five RBI on a double and home run on March 4 against Sam Houston State
• earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors after opening the season by going 10-for-15 (.667) in the Texas Classic with two home runs, 11 RBI and eight runs scored

AS A JUNIOR (2011)
• led the Big 12 with her .438 batting average, .792 slugging percentage and .510 on-base percentage and set UT single-season records in all three categories
• led the Longhorns with 57 hits, 11 doubles and 41 RBI
• missed the final 12 games of the regular season with a right arm injury that was she suffered when she was hit by a pitch against Iowa State on April 17 ... returned to full-time duty at the NCAA Austin Regional
• kicked off the season with three hits, one homer, two runs scored and a stolen base in a 6-2 win over Louisville (Feb. 10)
• registered a season-best four RBI and went 3-for-3 with three runs scored in UT's 14-4 rout of Louisville (Feb. 13)
• connected for three hits, two RBI and added two runs scored in a 12-4 win against Colorado State (Feb. 19)
• posted a career-best four hits and drove in three runs in the Horns[apos] 9-0 win over Cal Poly (Feb. 26)
• went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and an RBI in a 6-0 victory against Loyola Marymount (Feb. 26)
• notched two hits, a double and an RBI in UT's 2-1 win over Texas State (March 9)
• recorded three-straight two-hit games in the Longhorns' wins against New Mexico and Texas A&M Corpus Christi (March 20 & 23)
• tallied four-straight multi-hit games between March 30 and April 6, while homering in all four games ... went 5-for-8 with four runs and six RBI in UT's sweep of No. 18 Oklahoma State (April 2-3) ... came up a single short of hitting for the cycle in a 4-3 win over No. 20 Texas A&M, while scoring two runs and driving in one (April 6)
• posted a two-run triple in Texas' 8-0 win against North Texas (April 14)

AS A SOPHOMORE (2010)
• started 57 games, splitting time between first base and designated player
• led the team with 44 runs scored and 13 doubles, while ranking second with 35 RBI and 26 walks
• recorded a six-game hitting streak from Feb. 19 vs. UTSA until Feb. 25 vs. Fresno State
• homered, notched three RBI, scored a season-high three runs and walked three times in Texas' 11-4 win over Houston (Feb. 21)
• hit a two-run homer, walked and scored two runs in a 14-5 win over UC Davis (Feb. 27)
• recorded a season-best three hits, four RBI and two runs scored in UT's 9-0 win over UTEP (March 10)
• logged three hits, three RBI and a career-high two doubles in Texas' 13-8 win against San Jose State (March 18)
• registered a hit, two walks and one RBI in the Horns' 9-0 victory against Nebraska (March 27)
• doubled, walked and scored two runs in a 5-2 victory over No. 7 Missouri (April 10)
• homered, singled, drove in two runs and scored twice in Texas' 4-1 win against No. 21 Texas A&M (April 21)
• equaled a UT single-game record with four hits in UT's 9-1 win over No. 7 Oklahoma State, while adding five RBI, a home run and two runs scored (April 24)
• posted a pair of doubles, two RBI and a run scored in a 6-0 win at Baylor (May 6)

AS A FRESHMAN (2009)
• started 59 of UT's 60 games at shortstop
• ranked third on the squad in batting average (.349), second in hits (60), fourth in on-base percentage (.420), fourth in slugging percentage (.488) and fourth in walks (20)
• opened her collegiate career with a six-game hitting streak from Feb. 6 vs. Florida State to Feb. 11 vs. Texas State
• hit successfully in 13 of her first 14 games and hit safely in 39-of-53 games
• connected for a walk-off home run in Texas' 3-2 win over Iowa in the semifinals of the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational (Feb. 7)
• registered two hits, a run scored and one RBI in UT's 9-0 win over Oregon (Feb. 20)
• notched a pair of hits, including a two-run homer in a 7-2 win over Pacific (March 14)
• recorded a career-best three hits and added an RBI in an 11-6 loss at Missouri (March 22)
• tallied a career-best three RBI and posted a 2-for-4 effort in UT's 15-6 win over No. 6 Oklahoma (March 28)
• equaled her career-high with three hits in Texas' 5-3 win at No. 19 Texas A&M (April 1)
• connected for two hits in both ends of the Horns' doubleheader sweep of Texas A&M Corpus Christi (April 2)
• registered a career-best three walks in a 5-2 loss at Nebraska (April 11)
• tied a career-high with two runs scored in UT's 5-0 shutout victory over Kansas (April 18)
• posted a 3-for-3, one-run scored effort in a 6-1 loss to Texas A&M (May 2)
• went 2-for-3 with an RBI in UT's 10-1 loss to No. 3 Alabama at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional (May 16)

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