2018 Softball Roster
Demi Turner
- Position:
- Infield
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Bat/Throw:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Huntsville, Texas
- High School:
- Huntsville HS
2017
NFCA First Team All-Region ... appeared in 48 games, starting 42 at second base ... led the team with a .378 batting average and 48 hits ... was 19-23 in stolen bases ... went 3-4 in the season opener against Towson (Feb. 10), including a three-run home run in the fourth inning ... earned a hit in each of her first four at-bats against Coastal Carolina (Feb. 12) ... had three multi-hit performances at the Easton Bama Bash (Feb. 24-26), hitting 8-17 (.471) with four runs scored and three RBIs and three stolen bases ... hit a first-inning triple and later drove in a run on a sacrifice fly at UAB (Feb. 28) ... earned a hit in four of the five games at the Easton Crimson Classic, including a 2-2 game with two stolen bases, a run scored and an RBI against Drake (March 4) ... earned a hit in all three games vs. Arkansas (March 10-12), scoring five runs between the three games ... drove in three runs on a third-inning double against Georgia Southern (March 15) ... earned a hit in all three games at Mississippi State (March 17-19) ... went 3-4 with three runs scored and a pair of stolen bases in game one against South Carolina (March 24) ... went a combined 3-6 in a doubleheader against the Gamecocks (March 26), driving in a run in the series finale ... was 2-3 with an RBI and a run scored against Kent State (March 28) ... went 2-3 in the opening game against Missouri (March 31) to stretch her hitting streak to a career-best 13 games ... suffered a facial injury in game two against Missouri (April 1) ... made her first appearance just over a month following the injury, entering as a pinch-runner in game two against Auburn (May 6) ... entered as a defensive replacement against Albany (May 19) ... made her first start since her injury against Minnesota (May 20), going 2-3 with a stolen base ... earned a hit in each of the first two games of the NCAA Super Regional round at Florida (May 25-26).
2016
Made 37 appearances, including 30 starts ... hit .419 with 39 hits in 93 at-bats along with 30 runs scored, nine extra-base hits and 26 RBIs ... was 12-15 in stolen bases ... started the season on a five-game hit streak ... went 2-4 in the season opener against Fordham (Feb. 12), driving in a pair of runs and scoring once ... went 2-2 with two runs scored and an RBI against Rutgers (Feb. 13) ... had a double and a triple against Liberty (Feb. 14), going 2-3 with two RBIs ... earned a pair of hits in the first two games at the Panther Invitational, going 2-3 against Miami (Feb. 19) and 2-4 against Maryland (Feb. 19) ... hit a three-run double in the win over Mercer (Feb. 20) ... posted multi-hit games against Arizona (Feb. 27) and Tennessee (Feb. 28), scoring twice in each game ... scored twice and drove in a run in the win over Jacksonville State (March 2) ... drove in five runs in the win over NDSU (March 4), going 3-4 with a pair of singles and a two-run homer ... went 3-3 against DePaul (March 5), hitting a pair of singles and an RBI double ... hit two infield singles, scored once and stole a base against ULM (March 6) ... named to the Easton Crimson Classic All-Tournament team ... hit a three-run triple against Samford (March 8) ... earned hits in the first two games of the series against LSU (March 11-12) to extend her hit streak to a season-best seven games ... suffered an elbow injury in game two against LSU ... made her first appearance since the injury during the South Carolina series (April 29-May 1), scoring two runs in three appearances as a pinch runner ... got her first at-bats since her LSU injury in the NCAA Regional opener against Samford (May 20), going 1-2 ... was in the starting lineup for the first time since March 12 for the NCAA Regional title game against Cal (May 22), going 2-3 with two runs scored ... drove in both of the team's runs in a 2-1 win over Washington at the NCAA Super Regional (May 27), including a walk-off RBI single in the eighth inning ... went 2-3 in game two against the Huskies (May 28).
2015
NFCA Third Team All-American and First Team All-South Region ... Second Team All-SEC and SEC All-Freshman team ... Top 25 finalist for the NFCA Freshman of the Year award ... started 61 games at second base ... earned a hit in 46 of those 61 starts, including a season high 10 straight from March 28 through April 14 ... led the team with 26 multi-hit games ... led the team with 82 hits and 11 sacrifice bunts while posting a .423 batting average and swiping 16 stolen bases ... laid down a one-out bunt single in the seventh inning against No. 23 South Alabama (Feb. 5) that started the comeback rally in the eventual 2-1 victory ... named Sand Dollar Classic MVP, batting .714 (10-14) over the weekend's five games ... went 3-4 with a pair of RBI vs. Pacific (Feb. 13) ... hit her first career home run in a 2-4 performance against Stanford (Feb. 13), finishing the game with five RBI ... went 4-4 in the second game vs. Pacific (Feb. 15), including a double and a triple ... earned a hit in three of the four games at the Easton Bama Bash, including runs scored against Michigan and James Madison (Feb. 21) ... earned a hit in every game of the series against Louisiana ... in game three vs. the Ragin' Cajuns (March 1), she drove in the first run of the game on a third inning sacrifice fly and scored the go-ahead run later in the sixth inning ... was 3-3 in the series finale against Ole Miss (March 8) with a season-high two runs and two stolen bases ... had three multi-hit games in the series at Georgia and was named SEC Freshman of the Week ... hit a game-tying RBI single in the seventh inning and blasted the go-ahead home run in extra innings in game one over the Bulldogs (March 14 ) ... went 2-4 in the game two loss, driving in a run (March 14) ... had a hit in each of her first three at-bats in game three (March 15), pulling an RBI single through the right side with the bases loaded ... went 3-3 in a midweek win over Georgia State (March 18), scoring twice and driving in two additional runs ... went 2-3 with a run scored against Georgia Tech (March 25) ... earned a pair of hits in each of the final two games in the series vs. Texas A&M, driving in three runs on Saturday (March 28) and two more on Sunday (March 29) ... was named SEC Freshman of the Week on March 30 after three multi-hit games ... had her sixth three-hit performance of the season against Mississippi Valley State (March 31), going 3-4 from the leadoff position with an RBI and two runs scored ... had her fourth straight multi-hit performance against Southern Miss (April 1), going 2-4 with a pair of RBI and a run scored ... stretched her hitting streak to seven games with hits in each of the three games at Kentucky, including a 2-4 performance in game three (April 5) ... went 2-2 in the win over Middle Tennessee (April 8), including her fifth triple of the season ... earned her second straight multi-hit game with a 2-2 performance against UAB (April 14), scoring a run ... had three two-hit performances in the series at Auburn (April 17-18), scoring four times ... hit a pair of RBI singles in game two against Arkansas (May 2) ... went 4-4 to open NCAA Regional play against Fairfield (May 15).
High School
Played at Huntsville High School in Huntsville, Texas ... went undefeated as district champions her freshman and sophomore seasons ... regional quarterfinal champs her freshman season and regional champs her sophomore season ... area champs as a junior ... named the Team MVP in her sophomore and junior seasons ... three-time Academic All-District honoree ... Second Team All-District as a sophomore and First Team All-District as a junior ... did not play in her fourth year because she graduated early ... also played basketball in high school and was a three-time Defensive Player of the Year and 2013 First Team All-District selection ... played club softball with Texas Impact Gold ... helped lead the team to a runner-up finish at the ASA Gold Nationals in 2012 ... earned top-five finishes at the Triple Crown Nationals in 2012, 2013 and 2014 ... placed third at the Colorado Fireworks in 2012 and 2014.
PERSONAL
Born Demitra Dorothea-Victoria Turner on Feb. 16, 1995 in College Station, Texas ... daughter of Rodney and Evelyn Turner ... has one brother, Matthew, and one sister, Alexis ... majoring in human performance and exercise science.
