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2022 Softball Roster

Profile

  • IF/UT
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • West Seattle, Wash.
    Hometown
  • 5'8
    Height
  • West Seattle
    High School
Josh Schwam
Josh Schwam
Evansville Athletics
Mead
#4
Lucy Mead
IF/UT
Position
Senior
Class
West Seattle, Wash.
Hometown

Season Stats

Season:
2022
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Career Stats

Career Statistics

Summary

Biography

Honors & Awards
  • First-Team All-MVC: 2022
  • Bradley Busey Bank Scholar-Athlete of the Week: 05-11-22 & 03-24-21
  • NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete: 2021-22
  • MVC Honor Roll: 2021, 2020 & 2019
  • Bradley AD Honor Roll: Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021 & Spring 2022

2022 (SENIOR)
Missed nine games with an injury during the non-conference portion of the schedule … Started 41 of the 43 games she appeared in … Split time between second base and the outfield … First-Team All-MVC pick … Led the team with a .331 average to rank 10th in the MVC … Owned a 14-game hit streak during Valley play, which tied for the fourth-longest hit streak in program history … Ranked fifth in the league with a .383 batting average in conference action … Boasted 10 multi-hit games and stole a career-best 16 bases … Collected hits in 19 of the final 22 games and had a .414 average over that stretch … Ranks sixth in school history with 104 career runs and 40 stolen bases … Owned a team-best .421 average with two outs.

2021 (JUNIOR)
Started all but one game she has appeared in during her career … Tied for the team lead with 26 runs scored … Hit .303 on the year, staring all 41 contests she played in … Tied for fifth in the MVC with 13 stolen bases … Hit .311 in MVC play with nine stolen bases … Had the most stolen bases in a season at Bradley since 2017 … Hit a three-run inside-the-park homer against Missouri State, helping Bradley sweep the season from the Bears for the first time since 2009 … Tied for team-lead with 11 multi-hit games … Went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and a stolen base in the MVC Tournament … Needs just nine runs to push her career total among the top 10 in school history.

2020 (Sophomore)
Started 17 of the 18 games she appeared in, missing one weekend of play due to injury … Hit .316 with three doubles, one homer, 12 runs scored and nine RBI … Had a MVC leading three sacrifice flies and was part of a league-best six double plays … Owned seven multi-hit games, all coming in her final 13 outings … Tied for the team lead with four stolen bases … Hit .400 with the bases empty and reached 38 percent of the team she led off an inning … Was 13-for-37 (.351) at the plate with nine runs scored and five RBI over her final 10 games of the year … Hit by a pitch three times.

2019 (Freshman)
Was the only player on the roster to appear in all 50 games, starting every contest at shortstop … Led the team in hits (55), runs (42) and stolen bases (7), while hitting .337 … Hit leadoff most of the season, owning a .340 average with the bases empty … Collected a team-high 15 multi-hit games … Owned a .333 average in MVC play with 21 runs scored … Was 25th in the nation with five triples for the most by a Brave since Brittany Fairbairn (7) in 2011 … Collected 20 extra-base hits, finishing with nine doubles, five triples and six homers … Was fourth in the MVC in total bases (92) … Her 42 runs scored, which is a Bradley freshman record, were seventh in the MVC and tied for the fifth-best total in Bradley history (most since 2004) … Also had the third most hits by a Bradley freshman (55) behind only Erika Hansen (58 in 2015) and Kim Suffield (62 in 1997) … Her six homers tied for the fourth-best freshman total in Bradley history … Also drew 20 walks, closing the season with a .564 slugging percentage and .413 on base percentage … Went 2-for-4 with a triple and two runs scored in the season opener against Stanford … Rebounded from an 0-for-3 outing in the second game of the season to go on a season-long nine-game hit streak starting with the game vs. Weber State … Reached base safely in each of her first 11 games and 23 of her first 25 games as a Brave … In fact, reached base safely in all but nine games and had hits in 37 contests … Was 3-for-4 with a homer and three runs scored in the win over San Jose State … Drove in four runs on two doubles in a 2-for-2 outing vs. South Alabama. 
 
High School: Earned honorable mention all-state honors as a senior after hitting .662 with a .742 on base percentage and 1.323 slugging percentage … Three-time first-team all-metro honoree … Owned a .625 batting average with an .830 on base percentage her junior season … Earned first-team all-conference shortstop as a junior and sophomore … First-team all-division performer at second base during her freshman campaign … Helped the Wildcats to a conference championship as a sophomore along with a pair of state tournament appearances. 
 
Personal: The daughter of Nyla Bittermann and Steve Mead, Lucy was burn in Seattle, Wash. … Has three younger siblings: Turner, Lea and Garvey … Majored in psychology