MSU Athletics

The Vinson File

Parents: David and Lisa Vinson

Birthday: Feb. 2, 1994

Major: Nursing / Psychology

Honors

Marie Morgan Award 2016 ??NFCA All American 2013 (1st) Daktronics All American 2013 (3rd) NFCA National Player of the Year Top 25 Finalist  2016 NFCA All-South Central Region 2013 (1st), 2014 (2nd), 2016 (2nd) Daktronics All-South Central Region 2013 (1st), 2014 (2nd) D2CCA All-South Central Region 2016 (2nd) Daktronics South Central Player of the Year 2013 All-Lone Star Conference 2013 (1st), 2014 (1st), 2015 (2nd), 2016 (1st) LSC Player of the Year 2016 Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year 2013 LSC All-Postseason Tournament Team 2013, 2016 LSC Hitter of the Week 4/2/13, 4/16/13, 2/9/16 LSC All-Academic Team 2014 LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll 2013

Statistics

2013 2014 2015

2016

At Midwestern State

Senior (2016)
- NFCA and D2CCA All-South Central Region Second Team selection while making starts in all 53 games she played in at third base.
- named the Lone Star Conference Player of the Year and a top 25 finalist for the 2016 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division II National Player of the Year award.
- led the Mustangs with a .438 batting average, .791 slugging percentage, .578 on base percentage, 52 RBI, 50 walks and 13 home runs.
- ranked first in the LSC in on base percentage, second in slugging percentage and walks, third in batting average and fourth in home runs.
- finished second in NCAA Division II in on base percentage and third in walks per game (0.94).
- ranked in the top 30 nationally in slugging percentage (21st) and batting average (26th) while cracking the top 50 in RBI (42nd) and home runs (43rd).
- set single-season schools records in on base percentage, walks and intentional walks (10).
- finished her career atop the MSU record books in batting average (.420), slugging percentage (.827), on base percentage (.508), home runs (66), RBI (224), total bases (492) and intentional walks (16).
- set a new Lone Star Conference career home run record on Mar. 30 at Mustangs Park with her 63rd career homer in a win over Oklahoma Christian.
- tallied 18 multiple-hit games and 13 multiple-RBI games during the season.
- carried a team-best 22-game reached base streak from Feb. 13 – Mar. 18.
- posted a season-high four hits in four plate appearances against Rockhurst (Mo.) (Feb. 5) at the Gulf Coast Invitational.
- broke the MSU career home run record with her 57th homer in the series opener at Eastern New Mexico (Feb. 26), going 3-for-5 with six RBI to tie for the second-most in a single game in school history.
- tied a single-game school record by belting out a pair of long balls in a victory over Colorado State-Pueblo (Feb. 14) at the WT Invitational, batting 3-for-4 performance with five RBI and two runs scored.
- hit a grand slam in a road win over Oklahoma Baptist (Mar. 16) to tie the LSC career home run record.
- went 3-for-5 with three runs and three RBI at Eastern New Mexico (Feb. 26).
- finished 2-for-3 with one home run and a double while adding four RBI, three runs scored and a pair of walks at Texas Woman’s (Mar. 14).
- set a single-game school record with eight assists against No. 1 North Georgia (Feb. 7) at the Gulf Coast Invitational.
- matched a career-best three walks against Tarleton State (Mar. 19) and at Cameron (Apr. 15).
- recorded at least two walks in 15 games.
- finished with a .896 fielding percentage with 63 putouts, 101 assists and 19 errors.

Junior (2015)
- played in 47 games making 38 starts at designated hitter, eight in right field and one at first base.
- named a second team All-Lone Star Conference performer.
- hit .327 with six doubles while leading the team with 18 homers and 49 RBI.
- launched 14 of her 18 home runs during Lone Star Conference play.
- drilled two homers in four games -- Southeastern Oklahoma (Feb. 8), Texas Woman's (Mar. 14), Cameron (Apr. 19) and Texas A&M-Kingsville (Apr. 25).
- became the second player with 50 home runs in program history with a two-homer effort against Cameron (Apr. 19).
- logged multiple hits in 13 games including three hits in three games.
- drove in 2-or-more runs on 10 occasions.
- had season-high six RBI powered by a three-run and two-run homer in an 11-8 win over Cameron (Apr. 19).
- used a three-run and two-run homer to record five RBI in an 8-4 win at Texas A&M-Kingsville in season finale (Apr. 25).
- hit .438 (6-for-16) with three homers and six RBI during a five-game hitting streak from Feb. 7 - Feb. 13.
- hit .421 (8-for-19) with two homers and seven RBI during another five-game hitting streak from Apr. 21 - Apr. 25.
- handled 21 of 22 chances cleanly for a .955 fielding percentage.

Sophomore (2014)
- played in 44 games making 34 starts in right field, five as designated player and two at third base.
- earned NFCA and Daktronics All-South Central Second Team honors.
- a first team All-Lone Star Conference performer for the second consecutive season.
- led team with a .400 average with nine doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 56 RBI.
- ranked sixth in LSC and 104th in NCAA Division II in batting average.
- rated 10th in LSC and 48th nationally with 16 home runs and was 29th in NCAA Division II with 0.30 homers per game.
- ranked ninth in the LSC with 56 RBI, but was 15th in NCAA Division II with 1.27 RBI per game.
- rated 37th nationally with a .785 slugging percentage.
- accounted for multiple hits in 15 of her 44 games.
- drove in 2-or-more runs 14 times.
- drove in five runs in South Central Regional 1 wins over Texas Woman's and Metro State.
- connected for two homers and drove in four runs at Cameron (Apr. 16).
- also hit a pair of homers -- for the fourth time in her career -- in an 11-3 win over Metro State (May 10).
- homered in three consecutive games at Texas Woman's (Apr. 5) before hitting long balls in both ends of a twin bill at Central Oklahoma (Apr. 8).
- drove in runs in seven consecutive games from Feb. 3 - Feb. 16.
- hit .407 (11-for-27) with a double, two homers and 13 RBI during a seven-game hitting streak from Feb. 2 - Feb. 15.
- hit .550 (11-for-20) during another seven-game hitting streak with two doubles, a triple, two homers and 10 RBI from Mar. 8 - Mar. 23.
- handled 43 of 46 chances flawlessly for a a .935 fielding percentage primarily in right field.

Freshman (2013)
- walk-on appeared in 57 games logging 53 starts including 34 at designated player and 19 in right field.
- became first MSU player to earn All-American honors as a freshman drawing first team accolades from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and third team accolades from Daktronics.
- became just the second player in Lone Star Conference history to hit .500 or better finishing the year with a .503 batting average and the first since East Central's Cherene Hiesl hit .517 in 1997.
- rated fifth in NCAA Division II with a program record .503 season batting average.
- led LSC and was fourth in NCAA Division II with a .976 slugging percentage.
- finished third in the nation with 22 home runs and was fourth with 0.39 home runs per game.
- posted an on base percentage of .550 to rank 13th in NCAA Division II while ranking 15th nationally scoring 1.11 runs per game.
- drove in 67 runs to rate 13th in NCAA Division II at 1.18 RBI per game.
- set four single season program records including batting average (.503), slugging percentage (.976), home runs (22) and total bases (161) and was second in on base percentage (.550), runs scored (63) and hits (83). Her 67 RBI are third most in school history.
- logged multiple hits in 29 games including a season high of four against Incarnate Word (Mar. 29).
- drove in 2-or-more runs in 18 games including three with at least five.
- had school-record nine consecutive multiple-hit games from Mar. 23 - Apr. 2, as part of a season-best 11-game hitting streak batting .657 (20-of-35) with two doubles, nine homers and 23 RBI.
- followed stretch with another 10-game hitting streak from Apr. 6 - Apr. 20, batting .559 (21-of-34) with five doubles, six homers and 19 RBI.
- added a seven-game hitting streak from Apr. 24 - May 10, batting .565 (13-of-23) with three doubles, four homers and 13 RBI.
- matched school single-game record by driving six runs in a 3-for-5 performance with a three-run homer against Tarleton State (Apr. 13).
- had five home runs over a four-game stretch with a long ball in each contest from Mar. 28 - Apr. 1 -- three games at Incarnate Word and one at Ouachita Baptist (Ark.).
- did not hit a homer until Mustangs were a month and 17 games into the season, then clubbed nine in the month of March and 12 in the month of April.
- hit leadoff, go-ahead home run in the seventh inning of a scoreless tie with St. Mary's (Texas) in the opening round of the South Central Regional (May 10) in Denton. 
- first collegiate homer was a three-run blast against Northeastern State (Mar. 2).
- swatted first collegiate grand slam at Eastern New Mexico (Mar. 8) then added another against Texas-Permian Basin (Apr. 9).

At Carroll Senior High School
- named the District 7-5A MVP Offensive Player of the year in 2012.
- had the team high batting average of .500 in 2012.
- went 4-for-4 against Keller Fossil Ridge with one homerun to help the Dragons to victory in 2012.
- named to the District 7-5A All-District first team in 2011 and 2012.