Missy Bowman

Position:
Infielder/Outfielder
Class:
Junior
High School:
Perry
Hometown:
Massillon, Ohio

2010: Played in 31 games, starting 14 times … Started the final 12 games of the year at first base … Was perfect in 81 fielding attempts … Led the team with 15 pinch hit at-bats … Had two multi-hit games … Went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI in a 10-5 loss to then-No. 25 Notre Dame … Had another multi-hit performance in the next game, going 2-for-3 against Akron.

2009: One of six players to start all 46 games for the Falcons . . . recorded a team high 385 put outs, 15 assists and the third best field percentage (.964) as the Falcons’ first basemen . . . at the plate recorded 27 hits, including 11 extra base hits, eight doubles, three homers, 11 RBIs and 12 runs scored . . . recorded four multiple hits games . . . ended the regular season on a five game hitting streak totaling eight hits in five games, including back-to-back multiple hit games against Central Michigan (May 1) going a perfect 3-for-3 in game one totaling five hits, a homer, a double, one RBI and two runs scored in the double header … recorded nine hits in the last seven games of the season with three homers, two doubles, six RBIs & five runs scored.

2008: Played in 36 games making 30 starts in the outfield . . . posted the best batting average of any rookie (.278) with 25 hits . . . tallied five doubles, one triple, one home run, nine RBIs, and five runs scored . . . tied for second on the team with four sacrifice hits . . . the only Falcon to have an errorless season on defense with 12 putouts in the outfield . . . recorded her first collegiate hit in the season opener against Lipscomb (February 22) at the Chattanooga Classic . . . recorded at least one hit in 17 of 23 games from March 15 to April 26, including four multiple hit games . . . recorded a seven game hitting streak in the month of April posting nine hits in seven games, including two multiple hit games . . . hit her first career double against Cornell (March 15) at the Stetson Spring Classic . . . hit her first career triple against Eastern Michigan (March 21) at the Buckeye Invitational . . . smashed her first career home run against Detroit (April 16) during the Falcons home stand.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters at Perry High School . . . also earned two letters in soccer . . . helped the Panthers to two district runner-up finishes . . . as a senior led the Federal League in home runs and on base percentage, earning second team All-Federal League and second team All-Stark County . . . named to the honorable mention All-Federal League team as a junior.

PERSONAL: Full name is Melissa Anne Bowman . . . daughter of Bernard and Mary Bowman . . . born June 8, 1989 . . . majoring in pre-physical therapy with a 3.697 grade-point average through the fall 2009 semester . . . has two brothers.