Sara Lillie Season 2020

After 2021 season

Good hitter, who possesses both power and high average capabilities ... Improved throughout her first season with the Aztecs in 2020 and ended up leading the team with a .290 average ... Played a good right field, making many tremendous catches ... Has good speed.

HONORS
* Two-time Mountain West Spring All-Academic Team (2020-21)
* 2019 Pac-12 All-Academic (Honorable Mention)

2021 SEASON - SENIOR
Elected to play her final season in 2021 ... Batted .236 (21-for-89) with three home runs, 14 RBIs, 13 runs, four doubles, a triple and six walks, owning a .404 slugging percentage and a ..299 on-base mark ... Tied for third on the team with three home runs ... Also stole four bases and was perfect in the field in 19 chances, playing in 39 games and starting 28 times ... Hit .296 (16-for-54) in 21 games in Mountain West play, starting 16 times ... Also had three home runs in league play to go along with 10 RBIs, nine runs and four doubles, while slugging .537 with a .356 on-base percentage ... Hit a team-high .345 with two home runs and seven RBIs over SDSU's final 10 games ... Recorded five multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games ... Started out her season with a bang with three hits, two runs, an RBI and a stolen base in SDSU's 8-0 win at San Diego in the opener on Feb. 17 ... Had an RBI triple and a run against UC Davis on Feb. 21 ... Had back-to-back two-hit games at Utah State, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBIs and a run in the second game of a doubleheader on April 24 and 2-for-2 with a solo home run on April 25 ... Was 2-for-3 with two RBIs, a run and a walk in the second game against New Mexico on May 1 ... Started out the Colorado State series on May 8 by going 2-for-3 with a homer, three RBIs, two runs and a walk ... Finished her San Diego State career with a hit in three straight games against Fresno State (May 14-15), including doubles in each of the final two games.

2020 SEASON - SOPHOMORE (COVID SHORTENED)
Started 21 games and played in 24 on the season ... Started 16 times in right field and five times as the designated player ... Batted a team-high .290 (18-for-62) with two home runs, eight RBIs, 14 runs, a team-high-tying five doubles, a triple, eight walks and four stolen bases, owning a .500 slugging percentage and a .375 on-base mark ... Was perfect in the field in 13 chances ... Also ranked second on the team in home runs (2, tied), slugging percentage (.500), on-base percentage (.375) and stolen bases (4, tied) ... Was the team's hottest hitter down the stretch with a .407 average (11-for-27) with two home runs, six RBIs, eight runs, two doubles, a triple, a .778 slugging percentage and a .475 on-base percentage over the team's final 10 games (the rest of the team hit .194 over the team's final 10 games ... Also topped the Aztecs in home average (.467) and average as a starter (.292) ... Had four multi-hit games (T-4th on the team), two multi-run games (T-2nd on team) and one multi-RBI game ... Had the most game-tying runs on the team (3), and tied for the most game-tying plays (RBIs/runs) (4) and game-winning runs (3) ... Earned the start in the opener at Jacksonville on Feb. 6, where she had an RBI single and a run scored ... Had three straight games with a pinch hit from Feb. 15-20 ... Had a pinch-hit single against Southern Utah on Feb. 15, a pinch-hit RBI double vs. Loyola Marymount on Feb. 18 and a pinch-hit double vs. Idaho on Feb. 20 ... Doubled and scored a run against rv/No. 24 Mississippi State on Feb. 22 ... Had a season-long five-game hitting streak from March 1-7 with two hits apiece in each of the first four games ... Was 2-for-3 with a doubles, walk, RBI and run against CSUN on March 1 ... Was 2-for-3 with a home run, triple, two RBIs and a run vs. Villanova (March 4) ...  Had a big game vs. Cal State Fullerton on March 6, going 2-for-3 with an RBI, double, three runs and two walks ... Registered a 2-for-2 outing with a solo home run, two runs, an RBI and a walk vs. Cal Poly on March 7.

OREGON STATE (2018-19)
Joins the Aztecs after spending two seasons at Oregon State, which made the NCAA tournament each of the two years she was there ... Was perfect in the field in 53 chances and was 9-for-45 (.200) at the plate with six RBIs ... Was off to a good start in 2019 for the Beavers, going 2-for-6 (.333) with a start in five appearances before an injury sidelined her for the rest of the season ... Started in 10 games as a freshman in 2018, including nine times as a catcher and once as a designated player ... Batted .179 with five RBIs in 25 games overall.

CLUB - SO CAL A'S
Played her club ball with the So Cal A's.

HIGH SCHOOL - VISTA MURRIETA
Prepped at Vista Murrietta High School in Murrieta, Calif. ... Was at three-time first-team all-league selection (2015-17) and first-team all-CIF as a senior in 2017 ... Helped VMHS to a league title ... Also earned all-academic honors ... Also helped volleyball team to a state title.

PERSONAL
Sara Ann Lillie was born April 14, 1999, in Murrieta,?Calif. ... Daughter of Greg and Sue Lillie ... 
Is majoring in interdisciplinary studies.