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Becki Monaghan
Position
Infield
Height
5'10''
B/T
R/R
Class
Senior
Hometown
Stony Plain, Alberta
High School
Memorial Composite HS
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