2010 Softball Roster
Roster

Amanda Jobe
- Position:
- First Base
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-7
- Hometown:
- Shawnee, Kan.
- High School:
- Shawnee Mission Northwest
Career Honors
(2009): Academic All-Big 12 First Team. (2008): All-Big 12 Second Team; Academic All-Big 12 First Team. (2007): All-Big 12 Second Team.
2009 (Jr.)
One of three players to appear in all 52 games… Kansas[apos] starting first baseman for the second-straight season… Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team… Second on the team with 21 walks and third with 21 runs scored… Hit an RBI double in a 3-2, extra-inning win versus No. 10 Cal (2/22)… Notched her first career triple versus Eastern Illinois (3/7)… Hit a walk-off, three-run home run in the second game of a doubleheader versus rival No.11 Missouri (4/1)… Hit a pair of doubles at Texas Tech (4/5)… Stole a career-high two bases against Baylor (4/25)… Batted in two runs against Texas A&M (4/30) to help KU defeat the Aggies for the first time in seven years.
2008 (So.)
Started 44 of the 45 games she appeared in at first base… An Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection and All-Big 12 Second Team honoree… Second on the team with 20 walks and eight home runs… Her eight round-trippers cracked KU[apos]s single-season top 10… Had the team[apos]s longest hit streak at 10 games… Led the team with 12 walks in conference play… Batted in the game-winning run in a 10-inning contest versus Illinois (2/10)… Also hit a game-winning home run in a 4-3, 10-inning victory versus Pittsburgh (3/9)… Batted in a career-high three RBIs twice; at Creighton (4/2) and at Missouri (4/16)… Also tied a personal-best three hits at Creighton and tallied a pair of home runs at Missouri.
2007 (Fr.)
Played first base, right field and designated player for the Jayhawks… Started in 55 of the 56 games she played in… All-Big 12 Second Team selection… Led the squad with a .425 on-base percentage and 30 walks… Second with a .295 batting average, .453 slugging percentage and 18 RBIs… Posted a team-best .279 average in conference play and tied the team high with 12 hits… Committed just one error all year on defense for a .992 fielding percentage… Batted in a run in her first plate appearance for KU against UC Santa Barbara (2/8)… Tallied her first collegiate home run versus Memphis (2/17)… Had a career-high three hits twice – versus Iowa State (3/2) and at Drake (3/9)… Went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs at Iowa State… Had two doubles versus New Mexico (3/10).
Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
First team All-Sunflower League… All-Sun County… All-state second team selection… Listed as one of the top hitters in the region… Batted .407 as a junior in 2005, helping her team to a second-place finish at the state championship… Coached by Mark Balderston… A National Fastpitch Coaches Association Scholar Athlete and Kansas Honors Scholar… Named Shawnee Mission Northwest[apos]s Female Athlete of the Year her senior season.
Club
Played for the Kansas City Xtreme… Hit .325 with a team-leading seven home runs… Team finished second at the USSSA World Series in 2005… Coached by Paul Caccavo.
Personal
Born Amanda Lindsay Jobe in Shawnee, Kan…. Parents are Steve and Tina Jobe… Has one sister, Shannon, who also attends KU… Majoring in biology.