University of South Alabama Athletics

– SUN BELT CONFERENCE ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL (2018 and 2017)
– SUN BELT CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S LIST (2016)
– NFCA ALL-AMERICA SCHOLAR ATHLETE (2016)

AT SOUTH ALABAMA
JUNIOR SEASON (2018)    
Started 22 of the 28 games at third base for South Alabama in which she appeared … Missed ?? games during the season due to injury and did not play after leaving the series opener at Texas State (4/7) … Was 12-for-61 (.197) at the plate … Scored seven runs and drove in five … Had three doubles and eight walks … Also registered a pair of sacrifice bunts and one sacrifice fly … Was 2-for-3 at Tennessee (3/3) with a double at the Tennessee Invitational … Scored a pair of runs and drove in a run as well in a win over Western Kentucky (3/14) … Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in game two of the Sun Belt series versus Georgia State (3/24) … Named to the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2017)    
Started 54 of the 55 games in which she played – all coming at third base … Recorded 34 hits in her 145 at-bats for a .234 batting average … Of her 34 hits, 13 were for extra bases … Ranked second on the club in both doubles (8) and home runs (5) … Had 57 total bases, 18 runs scored and 20 RBI … Posted five multi-hit games and ranked second on the team with four multi-RBI outings … Three of her five home runs came against league competition … Was 2-for-2 with a walk, a double, a home run, two runs scored and two RBI against Alabama State (2/12) … Her home run against the Hornets was a walk-off shot as it gave the Jaguars an 8-0 win … Also had a walk-off hit with a RBI single to right in the eighth inning of a 1-0 win over McNeese State (2/18) … Had a career-best three hits in a 3-for-3 showing at the plate against Bryant (3/4) at the Diamond 9 Citrus II Classic … Also had a home run and a pair of runs driven in against the Bulldogs … Stole a pair of bases in the series opener against Coastal Carolina (3/18) … Had five hits and reached base safely in eight of her 15 plate appearances in a three-game series at Appalachian State (4/1-2) … Had the eventual game-winning hit with a two-run, ninth-inning double in series opener at ULM (4/22) … Went 2-for-3 with a pair of solo home runs in the series finale vs. the Warhawks (4/23) … Named to the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll and selected as a NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2016)    
Started 25 of the 33 games that she played in as a true freshman … All but one of her 25 starts came at the first base position … Five of her 11 hits during the season were for extra bases – three doubles and two home runs … Also had five RBI and 11 runs scored during the season … Committed just two errors in 121 defensive opportunities … Recorded first collegiate home run against Central Arkansas (2/13) … Posted second home run of the season against Bowling Green on Feb. 26 … Had three multi-hit games … Was 2-for-2 against both UCA and Georgia Southern (4/16) … Reached base in a season-best eight-straight games (2/26 – 3/5) and 14 of the first 15 of the season … Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List … Also selected to the NFCA All-America Scholar Athletes list.

AT MANNFORD HIGH SCHOOL    
Lettered three years in softball at Mannford High School in Mannford, Okla. … Led the Pirates to regional appearances as a sophomore, junior and senior … Batted .509 in her final prep season with 55 hits, 31 RBI and four home runs, while striking out only four times on the year … Named to the Middle East all-state team by the Oklahoma High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association as a junior in 2014 … Played club for the Tulsa Elite in Tulsa, Okla., for one year.

PERSONAL    
Savanna Dawn Mayo … Born in Little Rock, Ark. Daughter of Terry and Kim Mayo … Both  her parents are registered nurses … Has a younger stepbrother, Peyton … Favorite movie is “Fried Green Tomatoes” … Favorite book is “If I Stay” … Lists favorite pro sports athletes as Derek Jeter and Steph Curry … Favorite musical artists are Eric Church and Miranda Lambert … Wants to attend medical school and become a dermatologist … Majoring in biomedical sciences.