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2023 Softball Roster

Ashley Evans, WCU Communications and Marketing
Ashley Evans, WCU Communications and Marketing
Ashley Evans, WCU Communications and Marketing
Catamount Athletics Creative Media
Catamount Athletics Creative Media
Morgan Maddaluna
Morgan Maddaluna
Samuel Wallace - WCU Communications and Marketing
Morgan Maddaluna
Morgan Maddaluna

22 Myra Twitty

  • Position First Base
  • Height 5-6
  • Hometown Morganton, N.C.
  • High School Freedom HS
  • Class Graduate Student
  • B/T R/R

Biography

2023 (Fifth Year Senior): Started all 47 games played…Tied for team lead with nine home runs…Batted .258 with 17 runs scored, 33 hits, and 25 RBI…Recorded six multi-hit games including a season-best three hit performance against Samford…Tied a career-high with four RBI against Samford and set a new career high of seven total bases in the same game…Drove in three runs against Radford with a three-run home run…Ended the season with a 20-game reached base streak…2023 Academic All-SoCon…2022-23 SoCon Honor Roll…Concluded her career ranked fourth in program history with 25 home runs and ninth with 86 RBI.

2022 (Senior): SoCon All-Conference Second Team … SoCon Player of the Week (April 18) … Played in 53 games and started 52 … Third on the team with a .277 batting average … Had 39 hits, scored 23 runs, third on the team with six doubles and second with 11 home runs (a season-high) and second on the team with 30 RBI … Hit a grand-slam against Mercer (April 16) giving her a season-high four RBI in a game … Had nine multiple hit games and eight multiple RBI contests.

2021 (Junior): SoCon All-Tournament team … Played in 49 games and started 45 … Hit .444 in the SoCon tournament and was the only conference player to hit a home run against UNCG in their UNCG Softball Stadium … For the season, hit .280 (fourth on the team), with 37 hits, seven runs scored, three doubles, five home runs and 27 RBI … She hit two of her five home runs in the SoCon Tournament ... 2020-21 SoCon All-Academic ... 2020-21  SoCon Honor Roll.

2020 (Sophomore): SEASON CANCELED AFTER 16 GAMES DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Played and started in 13 games … Had six hits and one run scored ... 2020 SoCon Spring All-Academic ... 2019-20  SoCon Honor Roll.

2019 (Freshman): Played in 26 games and started 13 … Had a .162 batting average with six hits, four runs scored, three doubles and four RBI ... 2018-19 SoCon Honor Roll. 

HIGH SCHOOL: As a senior, hit .667 with a school-record nine homers, adding 32 runs and 36 RBIs while walking 21 times ... Named all-state and All-District 7 following her junior campaign, capped off her prep career with her fourth straight all-conference nod. Twitty led the Lady Patriots in all major offensive statistical categories except two, including batting average (.621), home runs (six), hits (41), runs scored (35), doubles (12), triples (two), slugging percentage (1.136) and on-base percentage (.716). She was third on the squad with 15 RBIs and second in stolen bases (10) ... On defense, she was third on the team with a .924 fielding percentage. She had 21 putouts and 40 assists and turned two double plays, She hit for a .475 average with seven doubles, three home runs, 18 runs, 12 RBIs and eight stolen bases as a freshman while walking 11 times and striking out just once. As a sophomore, she hit .639 with a county-best five home runs, adding 12 doubles, 25 RBIs, 34 runs and 24 stolen bases.

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Freshman

    Infielder
    5'3"
    22
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    2020Sophomore

    Infielder
    5'3"
    22
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    2021Junior

    First Base
    5'3"
    22
  • 22

    2022Senior

    First Base
    5'3"
    22
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    2023Graduate Student

    First Base
    5'6"
    22