SJSU: Completed her four-year career as a Spartan in 2015...at the completion of her eligibility was the program's career leader in runs (164), ranked second in batting average (.376), hits (245), steals (67), stolen base attempts (79) and stolen base percentage (.848), third in on-base percentage (.444), fourth in total bases (293), sixth in walks (74), ninth in at bats (652) and slugging percentage (.431), and 10th in triples (11)...on the single-season list was first in runs (58 in 2015), second (26 in 2012) and fifth (20 in 2013) in stolen bases, second (30 in 2012) and fifth (23 in 2013) and stolen base attempts, fourth in hits (78 in 2015), fourth (.419 in 2015) and ninth (.366 in 2012) in batting average and fourth (.481 in 2015) and ninth (.447 in 2012) in on-base percentage.
HONORS
Academic |
2015 |
Capital One Academic All-America - Second Team |
Capital One Academic All-District 8 - First Team |
Mountain West Scholar-Athlete |
Academic All-Mountain West |
San José State Scholar-Athlete |
2014 |
Capital One Academic All-District 8 - First Team |
NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete |
Mountain West Scholar-Athlete |
Academic All-Mountain West |
San José State Scholar-Athlete |
2013 |
Academic All-WAC |
San José State Scholar-Athlete |
2012 |
Academic All-WAC |
San José State Scholar-Athlete |
Conference |
2015 |
All-Mountain West - Second Team |
2013 |
All-WAC - First Team |
WAC Player of the Week - April 8 |
2012 |
All-WAC - Second Team |
2015: Started 55 games as the everyday rightfielder in 56 appearances...batted .419 (78-for-186) with eight doubles and three triples...scored 58 times and drove in 13...slugged .499 and had an on-base percentage of .481 in the leadoff position...posted a team best 18-game hitting streaks from 3/13 to 4/17, in which she batted .396 (21-for-53) with nine runs, three RBIs and a triple...among 21 multi-hit games rapped out a single-game high four hits versus Seattle (2/6)...enjoyed three multi-RBI games, driving in a career single-game high three against Utah State (4/17) and at UNLV (4/24)...8 doubles equals a single-season high...successful in 14-of-18 stolen base attempts with single game highs of two steal versus Ole Miss (2/5) and at New Mexico (5/7)...hit .513 leading off an inning, .474 with runners on, .446 with runner in scoring position and was successful in advancing runners at a .610 clip......earned 21 base on balls...fielding percentage of .986. (Game-by-Game Stats)
2014: Started 37 of 54 games in right field...Second on the Spartans with a .342 batting average...Led team in stolen bases (7-8)...17 runs scored in conference play was a team-high...12 multi-hit games and nine games with multiple runs scored...Scored two games in each game at Boise State (4/17-4/19)...Multiple hits in three-straight: at Boise State (4/18-4/19) and versus Fresno State (4/22)...3-for-3 with a run scored and a double against UC Santa Barbara...Batted .750 (3-for-4) with three runs scored and three RBI against UNLV...2-for-4, scoring two runs, in the first game against Saint Mary's...Batted .666 (2-for-3) in the second Saint Mary's game with a run scored...2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI against UTEP...Batted .500 (1-for-2) with a triple and two runs scored against Princeton. (Game-by-Game Stats)
2012: Led the Spartans in hitting with a .366 batting average, 60 hits, three triples and 26 stolen bases...Scored 34 runs and hit seven doubles....447 on base percentage and a .445 slugging percentage...Drove in 13 runs and walked 22 times...Four hits against Idaho State (2/19) and at Utah Valley (4/26)...Three hits against Southern Utah (3/2) and New Mexico State (5/5)...Broke a 17-year-old school record with a 19-game hitting streak from Feb. 19-March 11, as it ended against #10 Stanford (3/11)...Tied the San Jose State records for runs in a game with four against Cal Poly (2/10) and Nevada (4/6), stolen bases in a game with three against Cal Poly (3/10), and hits in a game with four against Idaho State (2/19)... In the doubleheader against New Mexico State (5/4-5), was a perfect 5-for-5 at the plate during the two games and stole three bases.
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PROGRAM: In her third year as a member of theAustralian Open Women's Team....Played at the 2012 ISF XIII Open Women's World Championship in Canada, the U.S. World Cup of Softball VII and the Canadian Open International Fastpitch Championship...Played at the 2012 International Softball Challenge against Japan in Canberra...Played at the 2011 World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City and the Canadian Open Fastpitch Invitational...Played at the 2009 Japan Cup where the team advanced to the bronze medal game...Competed at the Trans Tasman Test Series against New Zealand and the International Southern Cross Challenge...Selected to the All-Star Merit team as an outfielder at the Challenge.
NEW SOUTH WALES TEAM: 2010 NSW Youth Female Softballer of the Year...MVP and Best Hitter at the 2010 Under 19 Women's Australian Championship...Hit .543 at the championship as the lead-off hitter and stole 10 bases.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2009 from Roseville (N.S.W.) College...Was a part of the Australian Institute of Sport program her final two years...Program includes the pool of players from which the Australian National Softball Team is selected...Also competed in track and field, cricket, touch football and netball.
PERSONAL: Graduated with a dregee in business administration in 2015...Likes going to the beach and movies...Older brother Tim Cox spent three years in the Boston Red Sox minor league system (2005-07)...Michelle Johanna Cox was born on October 15, 1991, in Sydney, Australia.
Year | Avg. | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SLG% | BB | OB% | SAC | SB-ATT | A | E | FLD% |
2012 | .366 | 53-52 | 164 | 36 | 60 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | .445 | 22 | .447 | 3 | 26-30 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
2013 | .363 | 58-57 | 182 | 39 | 66 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | .465 | 19 | .432 | 3 | 20-23 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |
2014 | .342 | 39-37 | 120 | 31 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | .375 | 12 | .398 | 2 | 7-8 | 2 | 4 | .941 |
2015 | .419 | 56-55 | 186 | 58 | 78 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 13 | .495 | 21 | .481 | 4 | 14-18 | 4 | 1 | .986 |
Total | .376 | 206-201 | 652 | 164 | 245 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 60 | .449 | 74 | .444 | 12 | 67-79 | 15 | 5 | .984 |