Megan Denio

Photo by: Steven Georges

Position:
OF
Height:
5-2
Class:
Freshman
Major:
Human Development
Hometown:
Tustin, Calif.
High School:
Beckman HS
Prev School:
Beckman HS

2011: Played in 46 games, starting 43 ... Hit .275 with one home run and 11 RBI ... Led team with 27 walks, tied for the sixth most in a single season at LBSU, while ranking fifth in the Big West ... Also fifth on the team in runs scored with 21 ... Named Big West Player of the Week after hitting .467 with her first career home run, six RBI and a stolen base in the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic in Las Vegas ... Tied a school record with six RBI in a game after going 2-for-3 with a grand slam against Arkansas in the Las Vegas tournament ... Had multiple hits in six games ... In addition to Arkansas game, had two hits vs. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (2-for-3), Boise State (2-for-4), Florida State (2-for-3), Louisiana (2-for-3), and San Diego State (2-for-3) in the final game of the NCAA Regional Tournament ... Scored two runs in three different games, vs. Loyola Marymount in the season opener, vs. Boise State in the Las Vegas tournament and vs. Baylor in the San Diego State tournament.

2010: Played in 22 games, making six starts ... Finished with three hits and four runs scored ... Connected for her first hit of the season against Cal (Feb. 28) ... Went 1-for-2 against UTEP on March 5 ... Also had a pinch-hit single in the first game of a doubleheader against Illinois-Chicago (March 23) ... Came back in the second contest to score the game-tying run in a 3-2, nine-inning win over the Flames.

2009: Appeared in 37 games, primarily as a pinch-runner ... Scored 10 runs on the season ... Was 2-for-3 in stolen bases ... Had a pinch-hit single and came around to score the game-winner at San Diego (Feb. 21) ... Crossed the plate twice vs. Canisius College (March 15) ... Scored a run in four consecutive games from Feb. 28-March 6.

High School: Four-year letter winner in softball at Beckman High School ... Garnered first-team All-Pacific Coast League accolades as a junior and senior ... First-team All-CIF selection after leading the Patriots to the 2007 CIF Division III championship ... Guided her team to the 2008 PCL title as she earned second-team All-CIF recognition ... Left Beckman as the school record holder in hits (123), batting average (.403) and stolen bases (67-for-79) ... Invited to play in two all-star games as a senior ... Two-time team offensive player of the year ... Also lettered in volleyball.

Personal: Played for the SoCal Explosion travel ball team from 2006-08 ... Placed fourth at the ASA 18 Gold Nationals in 2008 and took a 17th-place finish in 2007 ... Two-time scholar-athlete at Beckman HS ... Also recruited by Loyola Marymount and Cal State Fullerton.

Major: Human Development