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Courtney Gordon
  SR * SS * R/R
Columbus, Miss.

New Hope HS
 

2008                                                                                                                                                             A 57-game starter at shortstop … Named to the All Gulf South Conference East First Team … Led UWA at the dish with a .385 batting average and tops on the team in hits with 65 … Ranked fifth in the GSC in batting average…  Finished with a .550 slugging percentage … Turned in a .441 on base percentage, listing 10^th in the league … Tallied 12 doubles and a pair of triples and swiped nine bases … Strung together a 12-game hitting streak from Feb. 24-March 13 … Had five multi-hit games during the streak … Credited with 19 multi-hit games, including a 4-for-4 effort against West Florida (3/22) … Posted a pair of doubles against Judson College (4/16) … Drove in a season-high four against Crichton College (3/1) on a pair of hits along with scoring twice … Went 2-for-3 in UWA’s 9-0 shutout of No. 12 Valdosta State (4/19) … Both hits were for extra bases – double, home run ... Credited with eight assists against UAH (4/27) … Had five putouts versus Mile College (3/11).

MERIDIAN CC                                                                                                                                          Joins the UWA program after a two-year stint at Meridian Community College in Meridian, Miss Played in 32 games for the Eagles ... Finished the 2007 season ranked third on the team in batting average with a .356 clip ... Credited with a team-best 29 RBIs on the season ... Collected 36 hits (5 doubles, 1 triple and 1 home run) ... Produced an on base percentage of .387 and slugging mark of .554 ... Turned in 49 putouts, including 81 assists defensively ... Fielded at a .935 percentage ... Against Northeast CC, she knocked in four RBIs on two hits (2/23/07) ... Named All-District and All-State both seasons at MCC ... Tabbed to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-American Second in 2007 ... Played one season of basketball at MCC ... Earned an Associates degree at MCC.

HIGH SCHOOL                                                                                                                                                  Played for head coach Gary Shepherd at New Hope High School in Hew Hope, Mississippi ... NHHS claimed five-straight slow pitch softball State Championships from 2000-2005 ... In fast pitch, the Trojans advanced to the North State Championship in 2005 ... A four-year letterwinner in softball and basketball at NHHS and lettered in track for one season ... Served as captain of the softball and basketball teams at NHHS her senior year ... Tabbed to the Mississippi High School Activities Association All-Star on the North team ... Earned Most Valuable status in 2005 ... Awarded the Popstar Award in 2004 ... Participated in Beta Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) and Pink Pearls at NHHS ... Graduated with honors and was a recipient of a Who’s Who Among America’s High School Academic students award ... Played amateur softball with the Showstoppers (Mississippi) in the summer of 2005 and with the team Killing Time (Alabama) in 2004.

PERSONAL                                                                                                                                          Courtney Monique Gordon was born November 11, 1986, in Columbus, Miss. ... Majoring in accounting ... Daughter of Johnny and Lucille Gordon ... Has one brother, Broderick Cochran ... Engaged to Kedrick Martin.