Sara Bradley
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Sara Bradley

Class:
RS Junior

Hometown:
Mattoon, Ill.

High School:
Mattoon

Height:
5-9

Position:
IF

Bats/Throws:
R/R

04/27/2013

Pitching Leads Redbirds to Doubleheader Sweep of UNI

Taylor Baxter, Regan Romshek and Sophia Perez combined to allow just one run, as ISU extended its season-best winning streak to six

04/17/2013

Redbirds Defeat Sycamores, 12-4; Game Two Postponed

Illinois State scored runs in the final five innings of the contest to secure its sixth run-rule victory of the season

04/09/2013

ISU Softball Holds Off DePaul, 5-4

Jhavon Hamilton's three-run homer and Taylor Baxter's 6.2 innings propelled ISU to a season-best three games above .500

04/07/2013

Redbirds Run-Rule Missouri State, 9-1, to Take Series

Elizabeth Kay, Sara Bradley and Shelby Music all drove home multiple runs, while Taylor Baxter tossed her second-straight complete game

04/06/2013

Redbirds Split Doubleheader With Missouri State

Taylor Baxter pitched a shutout in game one, while home runs from Laura Canopy and Elizabeth Kay weren't enough in game two

06/15/2011

2011 NCAA highlights

2011 NCAA highlights

06/15/2011

On the bus to NCAA Tournament 2011

On the bus to NCAA Tournament 2011.

04/28/2013

04-28: Senior Day vs. UNI

The Redbirds fell to Northern Iowa, 9-3, on Senior Day at Marian Kneer Stadium.

04/07/2013

4-7: vs. Missouri State

The Redbirds knocked off Missouri State, 9-1 in six innings, to take the series, 2-1.

04/06/2013

0406: vs. Missouri State

The Redbirds and Bears split a doubleheader, April 6. ISU won game one, 1-0, before dropping game two, 7-4.

2012: Appeared in 40 games and made 29 starts...hit .215 with five doubles, two home runs, 10 runs scored and 16 RBI...went 2-for-3 with a double, a homer and a career-high four RBI vs. Central Michigan (Feb. 18)...finished 2-for-3 with an RBI double in ISU's 5-1 win over nationally-ranked Michigan (Mar. 11)...drove in a pair of runs in back-to-back games at Northern Illinois (Mar. 27) and at Southern Illinois (Mar. 31).

2011: Started 53 of 55 games at shortstop...belted her first-career home run at nationally-ranked Georgia (Feb. 11)...finished 2-for-2 with a home run and three RBI vs. Indiana State (Apr. 20)...finished with a .937 fielding percentage after committing just 12 errors at shortstop.

2010: Granted a Medical Hardship by the NCAA after an injury to her knee.

Mattoon HS: Played summer softball for the Midland Magic '91 of the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) ... a three-sport athlete who participated in softball, basketball and volleyball ... named to the All-Big 12 Conference Team ... Decatur Herald All-Area Team and all-state selection ...Chicago Tribune All-State Team honorable mention... her high school softball team won both the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Big 12 Conference regular-season championship and was the regional and sectional champion her junior season ... Mattoon High School finished as the state runner-up in 2008 ... member of the 16-and-under Amateur Softball Association (ASA) Illinois State Champion and the 10-and-under ASA Illinois State Championship team.

Personal: Born July 23, 1991 ... Parents: Bert and Vickie Bradley ... Siblings: Kristi, Ryan and Scott ... her father, Bert, played baseball at Brigham Young University, was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 27th round of the 1979 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, played one season (1983) with the Oakland A's and currently serves as the minor league pitching coordinator for the San Francisco Giants ... her brother, Ryan, plays baseball at Southern Illinois-Carbondale, while her sister, Kristi, played softball at Lake Land College (Ill.)... AFNI Honor Roll ... Major: biological sciences.

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