In her fourth year as a Spartan…begins the 2020 season with a nine-game streak of reaching base and two-game hitting streak.
HONORS
2020 Senior CLASS Award Top-30
2020 All-Mountain West Honoree
2020 Mountain West Scholar Athlete
2019 Mountain West Co-Defensive Player of the Year
2017, 2018 – First Team All-Mountain West
2019 Mountain West Scholar Athlete
2019 San José State Dean’s Scholar
2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 – Academic All-Mountain West
2020: All-Mountain West selection...started all 26 games at second base during the shortened season…hit .369 on the season in the third spot in the batting order…team-best 31 hits, 25 runs scored and nine doubles…drove in 20 runs and walked six times…10-game hitting streak from February 20-29…ended the season with a four-game hitting streak…had two hits in eight games…had two RBI in six games…reached base in 17 straight games…ended the year with a four-game streak…only home run of season came against UC Riverside…two-run home run was the game-winning run…hit her only triple at Pacific…three runs scored against Weber State and two runs in four other games…named a Top-30 Senior CLASS Award honoree…award honors players for excellence in community, classroom, character and competition.
2019: Mountain West Co-Defensive Player of the Year…started all 52 games played at second base…hit .298 (45-of-151) with 21 runs scored and 13 RBI…had a .986 fielding percentage...on-base percentage of .393 and slugging percentage at .377…ranked 47th nationally as the toughest strike out as she struck out once every 21.6 at bats…longest hitting streak was six games…recorded 12 doubles including two against Bradley…had three hits and went 3-for-4 in a win over Manhattan…two hits in 11 games…drove in two runs in three games including in a win at New Mexico (5/3)…21 runs scored on the season and scored a run in the final four games of the year…19 walks on the season including two at New Mexico State, CSU Bakersfield, Boise State and at New Mexico…only sacrifice flies against Montana and Iona…had 123 putouts and 90 assists in the field.
2018: Appeared in and started at second base in all 49 games, one of three players to start in every game…batted a team-high .375 (57-for-152) with 33 runs and 29 RBI…had an on base percentage of .459 and slugged .507…also led the team in hits and on base percentage, was second in slugging and third in runs and RBIs…had the team’s longest hitting streak of the year, 10 games from 2/16-to-2/24), in which she hit 16-of 32 (.500) with nine runs, two doubles and three RBIs…reached base safely in 28 straight games, a team-high…recorded 16 multi-hit games, tying for the team lead and topped the squad with three three-hit outings – versus St. John’s (2/23), at #21 Long Beach State (3/9) and at Colorado State (4/20)…in six games drove in multiple runs including season-highs of three RBIs at Cal State Fullerton (3/8), versus Fairleigh Dickinson (3/15) and UNLV (3/29)…picked up her first career triple at Santa Clara (2/28)…set a career high with four homers…lone stolen base came at Utah State (5/5)…struck out just eight times...hit .411 with runners on (37-of-90), .458 with runners in scoring position (22-of-48), .733 with a runner on third and less than two outs (11-of-15) and was successful in advancing runners at a .562 clip…defensively recorded 96 putouts, 123 assists (second on the team and in the MW) with seven errors on 226 chances for a .969 fielding percentage.
2017: Made 54 starts at second base in 55 total appearances…batted .371 (53-for-143) with 22 runs and 26 RBIs…led freshman on the team in hits, runs, walks and RBI…was the sixth toughest hitter to strikeout in the nation (1 every 47.7 AB)…four sacrifice flies led the team, were 4th in the Mountain West and 51st in the nation…led the team in on base percentage, was fifth in the MW and 62nd in the nation…her 30 base in balls were second on the team and sixth in the MW…finished the year ranked 10th in the MW in batting average, 14th in hits, 17th in plate appearances and sixth in hit by pitch (7)…53 hits were second on the team…had an 11-game hitting streak in which she batted .515 (17-for-33), scored seven runs and drove in seven more…hit two homers – vs. Portland State (2/25) and at New Mexico (4/30)…in game one at New Mexico (4/30) went a single-game best 4-for-5, with two doubles and a home run, scored twice, drove in four…the four RBIs at New Mexico was a high among five multi-RBI games…the four hits were also a single-game best among 11 multi-hit games…six times she scored two runs in a game…among her 30 walks she had four two-walk games and two three walk games - vs. UTEP (2/19) and Iowa State (3/11)…as a leadoff hitter batted .444 (16-for-36)…was successful in advancing runners in 57 out of 96 opportunities (.594) and with a runner on third and less than two outs batted .727 (8-for-11)…her nine two-out RBIs were the third most on the team…batted .417 against lefties and .366 against righties…finished with a .489 on base percentage of and a .462 slugging percentage…had 83 putouts and 86 assists.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2016 graduate of Clovis West High School in Fresno, Calif…four-year letterwinner and starter (coach Peggy Rigby)…Tri-Rivers Athletic Conference (TRAC)…team honors include Defensive Player of the Year (2014), Offensive Player of the Year (2015) and MVP (2016)…two-time all-valley honoree…three-time All-TRAC selection…named a second-team NFCA All-region performer in 2013.
CLUB BALL: Played for the Cen Cal Dirt Dogs and coach Jeff Harger.
CASSIDY: Majoring in health science…hopes to attend nursing school and pursue a career as a nurse…2020 Top-30 Senior CLASS Award honoree...two-time Mountain West Scholar Athlete…four-time Academic All-MW…San José State Dean’s Scholar…daughter of Lynette and Kevin Clark…Cassidy Leanne Clark is a native of Fresno, Calif.