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Tonye McCorkle Season 2009

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PositionOUTFIELD
Height5-4
ClassSenior
HometownSanta Ana Heights, Calif.
Previous SchoolSyracuse University

Transfer from Syracuse who made a huge impact on SDSU[apos]s magical 2008 season ... A gap hitter with good speed ... Is patient in the batter[apos]s box ... If you combined her statistics from Syracuse and San Diego State, McCorkle would rank among the Aztec career leaders in doubles (3rd, 28), runs (T-4th, 102), on-base percentage (5th, .390), batting average (6th, .326), slugging percentage (6th, .432), total bases (6th, 220), triples (T-6th, 7), RBI (7th, 78), hits (8th, 166), stolen bases (T-8th, 28) and walks (T-10th, 52).

HONORS
2006 Big East Co-Rookie of the Year
2006 All-Big East Conference Team (First Team)

2008 Season: SDSU Single-Season Rankings: T-3rd in triples (4), T-4th inRBI (35), T-5th in runs (37), 6th in at-bats (197)
Had a successful first season at SDSU, leading the Aztecs in at-bats (197) and triples (4), which ranked sixth and tied for third in program history, respectively ... Was second in batting average (.310), runs (37), hits (61), slugging percentage (.401) and stolen bases (12) ... Was one of five Aztecs to play in every game ... Tied for fourth with 60 games started ... Led SDSU with 20 multiple-hit games, the most by an Aztec since Tiffany Goudy in 2002 ... Added a team-best 10 multi-RBI games ... Had six game-winning RBI, tied with Lindsey Marquez for second on the squad, and six game-winning runs, which ranked her third on the team ... Her 12 game-winning plays (six GW RBI and six GW runs) was seond to only Brittany Knudsen[apos]s 15 ... A clutch performer, McCorkle batted .327 (best on team) with runners on base ... Hit a remarkable .571 (8-for-14) with the bases loaded ... Her .360 (31-for-86) average with runners in scoring position was the highest mark on the squad ... Had two hits in each of her first three games as an Aztec ... Went 2-for-3 with a season-high three RBI in SDSU[apos]s 7-0 win over California on Feb. 8 ... Drove in two runs and had an outfield assist to end the game against Portland State on Feb. 10 ... Reached base in all five plate appearances against Indiana on Feb. 15 ... Was 3-for-3 with two walks and three runs scored in the game ... Also stole her first base as an Aztec in the Hoosier game ... Had another two RBI versus Tulsa on Feb. 16 ... Drew two walks and scored the game-winning run in SDSU[apos]s 3-2 win over No. 3/2 Northwestern on Feb. 22 ... Had a two-run double against No. 18/19 Georgia (Feb. 23) ... Had two more doubles, an RBI and a run in the team[apos]s next game against No. 13/10 Baylor ... Added two more hits in each of her next two contests, making it three straight multi-hit games ... Also scored at least one run in six consecutive games from Feb. 23-March 1 ... Had two runs and two RBI in back-to-back games against Saint Peter[apos]s and Harvard on Feb. 29 ... Had a good all-around game against Loyola-Chicago (March 5) with a 2-for-2 outing, two RBI, two runs and a walk ... Hit her first homer as an Aztec to give SDSU its only run in a 3-1, extra-inning loss at No. 1 Arizona State on March 8 ... Put together a nice seven games from March 17-April 5 where she batted .444 (11-for-25) with six runs and four RBI ... Tied her season high with three RBI in SDSU[apos]s 13-3, five-inning rout at Utah on April 15 ... Also scored twice in the game ... Went 4-for-5 to help San Diego State to two shutouts at UNLV en route to clinching the Mountain West Conference championship on May 9-10 ... Went 3-for-4 with two runs and a RBI in the first game on May 9 ... After not starting for the first time all season the next day, she came through with a pinch-hit single with the bases loaded, which scored one and allowed two others to score on a fielding error by the centerfielder ... SDSU was 23-5 when she scored a run, 17-3 when she had a multi-hit game, 13-2 when she drew a walk, 11-0 when she stole a base, and 9-1 when she drove in two or more runs.

2007 Season (Syracuse University): Had another solid season at Syracuse ... Led the team or tied for the team lead in at-bats (152), triples (1), sacrifice hits (5) and stolen bases (12) ... Also was among the team leaders in on-base percentage (3rd, .389), runs (T-3rd, 28), batting average (4th, .303), hits (4th, 46), walks (T-4th, 20) and doubles (T-4th, 7) ... Had three assists from her outfield spot ... Had 12 multi-hit games ... Also had three multi-RBI contests ... Reached first base safely 43.6 percent (17-of-39) of the time ... Recorded two hits and scored a run in a loss against UCLA on Feb. 9 ... Set a career high with two stolen bases versus Oregon (Feb. 10) ... Went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and a run versus Stanford on Feb. 24 ... Added two hits and two stolen bases against Maine (March 9) ... Recorded one hit, one RBI, one run, one stolen base and a career-best four putouts versus Appalachian State (March 10) and Western Carolina (March 10) ... Had a pair of 2-for-3 games against Georgia (March 11) and Elon on March 16 ... Scored three times in a doubleheader at Providence (March 24) ... Went 1-for-1 with a triple, two RBI and two runs scored in SU[apos]s 6-4 victory against Binghamton on April 3 ... Was 3-for-4 with two RBI, a run scored and a double in Syracuse[apos]s 6-5 win at Buffalo (April 11).

2006 Season (Syracuse University): 2006 Big East Co-Rookie of the Year ... Also earned first-team all-Big East accolades ... Ranked fifth on SU[apos]s single-season list with a .369 batting average and tied for third with 37 runs scored ... Set SU freshman records for hits (59), runs (37), doubles (14), total bases (86) and tied the rookie mark for triples (2) ... Second on the team in 2006 with 17 multi-hit games, which is tied for the third-highest single-season total in SU history ... Recorded a 14-game hitting streak, the second-longest in team history ... Batted .421 (8-for-19) in six games at the Marriott Buzz Classic ... Became the first SU player since 2001 to get a hit in her first career plate appearance with a single vs. Eastern Michigan ... Went 3-for-3 with two singles, a double and three runs batted in vs. Dartmouth ... Was 2-for-4, including her first career triple vs. Mercer ... Hit her first career home run and drove in a personal-best four runs vs. Iowa ... Hit her second career homer and first grand slam vs. Villanova ... Matched her career-high with four runs batted in against the Wildcats ... Went 3-for-6 with two RBI in two games vs. Rutgers ... Tied her career high with three hits vs. Notre Dame ... Scored a personal-best three runs and tied her career best with three hits in each game at Cornell ... Became the third player in team history to lead off a game with a home run vs. Connecticut.

High School:Four-year varsity letterwinner at Mater Dei High School ... Helped the Monarchs to four Sierra League titles ... Three-time member of the All-CIF first team ... Earned second-team All-CIF honors as a senior ... CIF Rookie of the Year ... Also named Mater Dei[apos]s Rookie of the Year as a freshman and was selected as the team[apos]s best offensive player twice.

Personal:Tonye Marie McCorkle was born April 28, 1987, in Anaheim Hills, Calif. ... Daughter of Cynthia Weiler and Vichael McCorkle ... Has two sisters ... Is majoring in public administration with plans of owning her own restaurant.