Biography
AT SPRING HILL
Lettered and started three seasons at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala. … While with the Badgers, she was part of a SHC squad that won 59 of their 61 regular-season league games in three seasons … Left program ranked among the all-time leaders in several single-season categories — batting average (.430, second, 2015), runs (50, third, 2016) and (40, tied-eighth, 2015), hits (64, fourth, 2015), triples (7, tied-first, 2015).
JUNIOR SEASON (2017)
Was a second-team preseason all-SIAC selection prior to the start of her junior season … Helped SHC finish with 33 wins and go 17-2 in conference play … Started all 49 games for the Badgers and batted .312, tallying 49 hits, with 27 runs scored and 17 RBI … Had 10 multi-hit outings, including a 4-for-4 performance against Miles College … Was 3-for-3 with a run scored and a RBI in game two of a doubleheader with Christian Brothers to cap off a 5-for-7 performance at the plate in the two-game series … Also had three-hit performances against Paine College, and twice against LeMoyne-Owen College … Was 8-for-12 in the three-game series against LeMoyne with five runs scored and three doubles.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2016)
Started all 51 games for the Badgers at shortstop as a sophomore … Ranked third on the team with a .351 batting average as she was 61-for-174 after earning first-team preseason all-league honors … Her 61 hits paced the club … Was successful in 14 of her 16 steal attempts … Scored 50 runs and drove in 23, while tallying 75 total bases – second most on the roster … Also had 18 multi-hit performances throughout the season and the Badgers were a perfect 24-0 in SIAC play in route to the division title … Had four consecutive four-hit performances (vs. Lindenwood, North Georgia and twice against Florida Tech), which was a stretch of a seven-game hitting streak, one of two seven-game hit streaks during the season … Recorded a season-best three hits three times (vs. Kentucky State, Paine College and Miles College) throughout the season … Drove in a season-high three runs against KSU … Was 3-for-3 with a triple and two runs scored against PC … Scored three runs four times.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2015)
Made an immediate impact in the Spring Hill line up as a freshman where she was selected a Top 10 finalist for the inaugural NFCA Division II National Freshman of the Year Trophy … Led the Badgers in hitting with a .430 batting average (64-for-149) from the lead off position and registered two doubles and seven triples with 25 RBI … Scored 40 runs and struck out just six times in 149 plate appearances … Started all 43 games and swiped 22 of 25 stolen base attempts … Batted .567 in her 18 conference games going 34-for-67 at the plate … Her .430 batting average during her freshman campaign ranked as second-best for a single-season in Badger history … Registered at least one hit in 36 of her 43 games, 20 of which were multi-hit efforts … Of her 20 multi-hit outings, seven were three-hit and one was a four-hit performance … Was 3-for-4 at the plate with four runs scored against Clark-Atlanta … Best series of the season came against Lane College where she was 8-for-11 with eight runs scored and four runs driven in during the three-game set … Was 4-for-4 in game two of a three-game series vs. Tuskegee … Twice had double-digit hitting streaks of 13 and 11 … Closed out the season by having hits in 24 of her final 26 outings, including 14 multi-hit efforts during that stretch.
AT CITRONELLE HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Citronelle High School, in Citronelle, Ala., under head coach Dana Mason from 2010-14 … Played travel ball for Tuff-e-Nuff based out of Saraland, Ala.
PERSONAL
Carmen Mariene Byrd … Born in Mobile, Ala. … Daughter of Phillip and Belinda Byrd … Second of four children in her family … Has an older brother, Cody, a younger brother, Connor, and a younger sister, Carli … Favorite movie is “The Lion King” … Favorite musical artist is Reba McEntire … List favorite food as Chinese … Favorite class is business law … Hobbies include couponing, kayaking, hiking and cooking … Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
