Maggie Hull
Career Honors
2013: NFCA All-America Third Team, NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team, Capital One Academic All-America First Team, Capital One Academic All-District First Team, All-Big 12 Second Team, Academic All-Big 12 First Team, Big 12 Softball Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Marlene Mawson Exemplary Student-Athlete Award, Dr. Bob Frederick Co-Female Senior Scholar-Athlete Award, All-time Kansas batting average leader (.456 season // .368 career), All-time Kansas career RBI leader (140), Team Captain, Team MVP, Co-Big Jay Award
2012: All-Big 12 First Team; Academic All-Big 12 First Team; Team MVP; Capital One Academic All-District; Team Captain
2011: National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region Second Team; All-Big 12 Second Team; Team Big Jay Award; Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2013 (Senior Season)
An icon at Kansas, Hull started all 50 games in 2013, putting her in the starting lineup for all 210 games in her time at KU… Broke the program’s batting average record for the second-straight season, hitting .456 in 2013 – the third-best single-season mark in Big 12 history… Completed her time at Kansas as the all-time leader in career batting average at .368, which sits one spot away from the Big 12[apos]s all-time top-10 list… Broke the program’s career RBI record with 140 and is second on both the career hits (234) and career runs (143) lists… At the conclusion of the 2013 regular season, Hull covered nearly every offensive category in the Big 12 rankings: batting average (.456, 1st), hits (73, 1st), doubles (18, 1st), triples (4, 2nd), total bases (120, 4th), on-base percentage (.532, 4th), slugging percentage (.750, 5th), runs scored (45, T-8th) and RBIs (45, 9th)… Defensively, Hull was the only Jayhawk to take the field in all 50 games this season and not record an error… Caught 71 of 71 chances hit at her in left this season… From March 1 – April 7, Hull recorded at least one hit in every game… Her 20-game hit streak was the longest in the Big 12 in 2013 and is the longest in KU history… Kicked off her senior season hitting .500 with eight RBIs at the FIU Tournament, including a 3-for-4 day with two doubles to power Kansas to a run-rule victory over NC State (2/8) and her fourth career grand slam to help KU defeat Georgetown (2/9)… Hit a home run and drove in four runs against Indiana State (2/15) to open the Tiger Invitational, hosted by Auburn… Went 4-for-4 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2/22), tying her career-high in hits… Went 2-for-3 with two walks and two runs scored in KU’s comeback victory at Auburn (2/22)… Belted a home run and collected four RBIs for the third time in 2013 against North Carolina A&T in the first game of the Wolfpack Challenge, hosted by NC State… Collected two hits and an RBI in a victory over Ball State (3/9), for head coach Megan Smith’s 100th victory at Kansas… Posted two doubles in a 3-for-4 day against Texas State (3/16) in KU’s final tournament prior to conference play… Hit .444 (4-for-9) in the Texas series, posting a double and three RBIs against the Longhorns (3/28-29)… Extended her program-best hit streak to 20 games with hits in each game of the series at Texas Tech (4/5-7)… Tied the Jayhawk RBI record during a doubleheader vs. UMKC (4/24), driving in two runs and drilling her fourth triple of the year… Went off in her last series as a Jayhawk, going 7-for-11 with seven runs scored, two homers and five RBIs at Iowa State (5/10-12).
2012 (Junior Season)
An All-Big 12 Conference First Team honoree after leading the league with a .409 batting average, she is KU[apos]s first All-Conference first team member since 2006… KU[apos]s starting left fielder for 49 games and twice at designated hitter… Broke KU[apos]s single-season record with her .409 batting average and recorded a Big 12 best 67 hits in 164 at bats… Tied a KU record with 46 runs scored on the season… Recorded a team-high .634 on base percentage and a .459 on base percentage… Went 2-for-2 with two doubles and an RBI against Northern Colorado (2/12)… Went 4-for-5, including a triple, a double and two RBIs against Charlotte (2/17)… Posted a 2-for-2 effort with three RBIs, a home run and two stolen bases against UNC Wilmington (2/25)… Went 3-for-4 with a season-high four RBIs, a home run and a career-high four runs scored against Delaware State (3/9)… Went 2-for-3 with two RBIs a run scored and home run against Oklahoma State (3/24)… Her sacrifice fly drove in the tying run in a 3-2 victory against Oklahoma State (3/24)… Went 1-for-3 with a home run, her sixth of the year, against Baylor (4/6)… Recorded three hits in as many at bats including a double and two runs scored to help Kansas upset No. 22/25 Baylor (4/7)… Went 1-for-2 with an RBI double and two runs scored against Wichita State (4/11)… Recorded two hits in two at bats, including a double, a run scored and an RBI to complete the sweep vs. Wichita State (4/11)… Went 2-for-4 in every game of the series against Texas (4/13-14) with two doubles, two RBIs and four runs scored on the weekend… Recorded eight hits during the Iowa State series (4/20-22), including an RBI and a double… Snapped a team-best 12-game hit streak in game one vs. UMKC (4/25), only to record three hits in three at bats, including a home run and two RBIs in the second game against… Went 2-for-4 with a run scored against Texas A&M (5/5).
2011 (Sophomore Season)
Started all 53 games in left field for Kansas…Led the Jayhawks with a .346 average, 56 hits, 14 doubles and 49 RBI to earn All-Big 12 honors for the first time in her career…A perfect 6-for-6 on stolen bases…Also led her teammates with four homers and a .309 mark in conference play…Racked up 70 putouts in the outfield with only two errors and did not commit a single error against a Big 12 opponent…Potent at the plate in clutch situations, including an impressive .538 (7-for-13) with the bases loaded and racked up a team-best 23 two-out RBI…Never went more than two-consecutive games without a hit…Took just two games for her to connect on her first grand slam of her career (Feb. 11 vs. Buffalo), that game became her first of three, four-RBI games in 2011…Would go on to hit two more grand slams in 2011…Started the year with hits in eight of the Jayhawks[apos] first 10 games, helping KU to a 10-0 start, the best in program history…Knocked in a career-high five RBI against Stetson (Feb. 19) using a double and a homerun…Blasted her second grand slam of the year against Coastal Carolina (March 20) to help the Jayhawks win the Chanticleer Classic…Reached a .400 average on the season after a 3-for-6 series against Missouri to open conference play, including three RBI (March 23)…Went 3-for-3 twice and 3-for-4 two more times to tie her career-best three-hit performance four times…Recorded hits in every Big 12 series minus two…Finished the season strong, busting out four multi-hit games, including a 3-for-4 performance against Baylor (April 16) and another on the road at Iowa State (April 23), highlighted by her third and final grand slam of the season…Racked up three hits in a doubleheader sweep at Wichita State (April 27)…Hit her ninth bomb of the year in the last series of the season against Texas A&M (April 30).
2010 (Freshman Season)
One of two freshmen to start all 56 games… Led Kansas with nine sacrifice hits… Owned a .545 success rate advancing runners as a slap hitter… Eight of her 12 RBIs came during two-out situations… Had a two-run double and a walk at No. 3/9 Florida (2/19)… Hit .438 during the San Diego Classic II (3/17-20)… Recorded at least one hit in each of the last five games during the San Diego Classic II… Connected for a season-best three hits three times in 2009- vs. Marshall (2/21), vs. Austin Peay (2/28) and vs. Nebraska (4/14).
Free State High School
Named first team all-conference and all-area and second team all-state and all-KC metro in 2009… A Regional Champion in 2007 and 2006… Sunflower League Champion in 2007… Named first team all-conference, all-state and all-KC-metro in 2007… Had a .520 batting average her sophomore season… Selected to the Kansas City Star Scholar Athlete of Free State, Kansas Honor Scholar, President[apos]s Mark of Excellence, National Honor[apos]s Society and graduated in the top 10 percent of her class.
Club
Played for the Olathe Rockets Gold…. Coached by John Moppin.
Personal
Born Margaret Eve Hull in Topeka, Kan… Daughter of Rob and Marilyn Hull… Has three siblings, Marie, Jack and Rosie… Twin sister Rosie is also a junior on the KU softball team… Over 15 relatives have attended KU…Double majoring in journalism and Spanish.