2011 (Senior Year): An All-MEAC First Team performer in the outfield … Finished as the school’s career leader in doubles with 37 … Competed in and started 45 games … Tabbed to the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State Second Team … Batted .369 on the season with 26 runs, 48 hits, 11 doubles, two home runs, 26 RBI, a .500 slugging percentage and a .414 on-base percentage … Finished ninth in the MEAC in hitting … Hit 30-of-73 (.411) with runners on base and 19-of-48 (.396) with runners in scoring position … Had 15 multiple-hit games on the season … Started 15 games at third base before switching to left field the rest of the season … Went 4-for-4 with one run and three RBI in the first game of the season against North Carolina Central Feb. 19 … Added three runs and two hits in Game 2 of the doubleheader … Had her best game of the season on a 3-for-4 effort with two runs and six RBI in Game 1 against UMES April 21 … Went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles March 28 against Savannah State in Game 2 … Hit 2-for-4 with two runs and three RBI against South Carolina State April 17, including a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings … Had a 3-for-5 game in Game 1 against UMES April 27 with three runs scored … In a five-game stretch from April 28-May 12, went 9-for-17 with four runs and four RBI.
2010 (Junior Year): One of three players to play in and start all 42 games … Started every game at first base … Batted .243 on the year with 26 hits in 107 at bats … Totaled 17 runs, six doubles, one home run, six walks and 15 RBI … Recorded 328 putouts and 18 assists with just five errors … Stood second on the team with a .986 fielding percentage … Also ranked fifth in the conference in putouts … Recorded six multi-hit games on the season … Went 2-for-3 with three runs and a solo home run in Game 1 against UMES March 31 … Followed that up by walking twice, scoring twice and tallying one hit and one RBI in the second game of the doubleheader March 31 … Against North Carolina Central April 8, batted 2-for-4 with one RBI in Game 1, then had a 3-for-4 day in Game 2 with three runs scored in a doubleheader sweep … Had another solid day against UMES April 22, going 1-for-3 with one run and one RBI in Game 1 and then 2-for-3 with two runs and three RBI in Game 2.
2009 (Sophomore Year): Played and started in 46 games … Hit .244 with 32 hits in 131 at-bats … Had 17 RBI, three doubles, three triples and three home runs … Led the team in putouts (274) and double plays fielded (eight) … Ranked second on the team in triples and third in home runs … Was fourth on the team in RBI and fifth with 50 total bases … Went a combined 6-for-9 with four runs, six RBI, two home runs and a triple in the doubleheader at North Carolina Central Feb. 20 … Hit .500 (3-for-6) with a homer and three RBI in the MEAC doubleheader against South Carolina State April 11 … Went 2-for-3 with one RBI and one run in Game 2 of the doubleheader against North Carolina A&T April 25 … Hit .400 (4-for-10), batted in two runs and hit two doubles in the three-game series at Winston-Salem State … Went a combined 3-for-6 with two runs, two RBI and one double in the doubleheader at North Carolina Central April 17.
2008 (Freshman Year): Played in all 56 games and started 52 … Hit .274 with 45 hits in 164 at-bats … Became NSU’s single-season record holder with a team-leading 17 doubles and is on track to break Ursel Bruton's (1984-87) career record of 26 career doubles in just two years … Led the team with 225 putouts, 75 total bases and 37 RBI …. Named to the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State Second Team and was the softball team’s Rookie of the Year … Tallied three home runs, two triples and had a .457 slugging percentage for the season … Earned MEAC Rookie of the Week honors on April 7 after hitting .308 with two doubles, five RBI and three walks in five games … Also tallied seven putouts and four assists that week … Walked five times against Jackson State Feb. 9, which tied for second in NCAA Division I history … Was a perfect 4-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and two runs against Coppin State March 1 … Went 2-for-3 and hit her first career triple against Quinnipiac Feb. 24 … Was a combined 5-for-8 with four runs, two doubles and five RBI in the doubleheader sweep of North Carolina Central March 11 … Had three games where she hit two doubles … Hit .500 (2-for-4) and had two RBI, two doubles and a run in the first game of a doubleheader with Howard March 14 … Drove in a season-high three runs in four games.
High School: Lettered four years in softball at Colony HS for Coach Jennifer McNatt… Was named to the 2007 Mount Baldy League First Team after leading her team with a .492 batting average and recording 29 RBI and five home runs … Garnered first-team All-Mount Baldy League honors her sophomore and junior seasons and second-team honors her freshman year … Also named Colony’s Offensive Player of the Year all four years … Was awarded an Amateur Softball Association (ASA) $2,500 scholarship from the Southern California ASA Players Association … Was also named the 2006 Mt. Baldy League MVP … Member of the varsity basketball team her freshman year.
Personal: Full name is Jeanette Christine Sauceda … Daughter of John and Carol Sauceda … Born on May 24, 1989 … Has two younger siblings, Johnny and Jordan … Majoring in psychology … Wants to pursue a postgraduate degree and eventually go into sports psychology.
Sauceda's Career Hitting Stats
YEAR
|
AVG
|
GP-GS
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
RBI
|
TB
|
BB
|
SO
|
SB-ATT
|
2011
|
.369
|
45-45
|
130
|
26
|
48
|
11
|
0
|
2
|
26
|
65
|
5
|
13
|
2-2
|
2010
|
.243
|
42-42
|
107
|
17
|
26
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
15
|
35
|
6
|
18
|
0-0
|
2009
|
.244
|
46-46
|
131
|
16
|
32
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
17
|
50
|
6
|
21
|
2-2
|
2008
|
.274
|
56-52
|
164
|
27
|
45
|
17
|
2
|
3
|
37
|
75
|
26
|
21
|
2-2
|
Totals
|
.284
|
189-185
|
532
|
86
|
151
|
37
|
5
|
9
|
95
|
225
|
43
|
73
|
6-6
|