Becki Monaghan

AWARDS & HONORS

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team [2018, 2019]
• NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete [2016-17]
• KU Softball Rookie of the Year [2017]

2020 (SENIOR)*

• Started 20 games at first base
• Finished with a .292 batting average (14-for-48), 14 hits and 10 RBI
• Recorded a career-high five RBI against Drake (March 6)
• Tallied a hit in six-straight games from March 1-8
• Finished the season with four multi-hit games

2019 (JUNIOR)

• 2019 Big 12 All-Academic First Team selection
• Only Jayhawk to start all 51 games at the same position (first base)
• Finished with a .232 batting average (35-for-151) and led Kansas in doubles (12) and at bats (151)
• Tied for fourth on the team in RBI (15) and logged three multiple-RBI games
• Season-high two RBI games against Oregon (2/8), Missouri (2/10) and Tulsa (3/15)
• Hit first home run of the season against Oregon (2/8) and hit her second against Bethune-Cookman (2/16)
• Logged a six-game hitting streak from Feb. 9-16 which included two multiple hit games
• Season-high five at bats at Wichita State (3/20), finishing with two hits and one RBI

2018 (SOPHOMORE)

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree
• Played in 42 games with 38 starts at first base
• Primarily hit in the eighth spot of the batting order (25 games)
• Recorded a .214 batting average, .380 on-base percentage and a .381 slugging percentage
• Totaled 18 hits, 12 runs scored, 10 RBIs, four home runs and two doubles
• Co-led Kansas in walks (18)
• Went 1-for-2 at the plate with one RBI in a season-opening win over Akron (Feb. 9)
• Hit .385 with five hits, two home runs and three RBIs during KU’s five-game stay at the UTSA Softball Tournament in San Antonio (Feb. 16-18)
• Hit first-career home run during a 2-for-4 performance at UTSA (Feb. 16)
• Hit a two-run home run against Missouri State (Feb. 18)
• Hit a two-run home run at No. 2 Oklahoma (April 14)
• Hit her fourth home run of the season during the first game of a doubleheader at No. 21 Baylor (April 20
• Went 2-for-4 with a double against Iowa State (May 5)

2017 (FRESHMAN)

• Named KU’s Rookie of the Year as a freshman
• Appeared in 48 games and made 47 starts in her debut season
• Batted .261 with 31 hits in 119 at-bats, the highest batting average among the freshmen
• Recorded seven doubles, 15 RBIs and 12 runs scored
• Drew 15 walks
• Registered a .319 slugging percentage and .364 on-base percentage
• Posted seven multi-hit games and four multi-RBI performances
• Recorded first-career hit and RBI against Savannah State (2/10)
• Drove in a career-high two RBIs on four occasions
• Hit first-career double against Savannah State (2/10)
• Totaled 337 putouts, 15 assists and four errors for a .989 fielding percentage

HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB

• Prepped at Memorial Composite High School
• Played travel softball with the Rivercity Hornets
• A member of Rivercity’s U21 Gold Medal Provincial Championship Team
• Named Memorial Composite’s Female Athlete of the Year as a sophomore
• Named Softball Alberta’s Fastball Female Player of the Year

CANADA JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM

• Helped Team Canada’s Junior National Team claim the gold medal at the Canadian Open Fastpitch International Championships in Vancouver
• Won gold in tier two Canadian Nationals and tied for the most home runs in 2013

ACADEMICS

• Majoring in marketing in the School of Business at the University of Kansas
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree in 2018
• NFCA All-American Scholar as a freshman in 2016-17

PERSONAL

• Daughter of Dale and Laurella Monaghan

*=Shortened Season Due to COVID-19 Outbreak