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Furman University

2016 Furman Softball Roster

16 Sieara Bishop

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School West Henderson
  • Hometown Hendersonville, N.C.

Biography

2015: Named Southern Conference Player of the Year and first team All-SoCon at shortstop after hiiting .375 with 14 doubles, a school-record 10 home runs and 37 runs batted in as a junior...Paced the Paladins in batting average, runs (32), hits (63), doubles, homers, RBI and walks (30) while starting all 56 games...Committed just nine errors and fielded .961 at shortstop...Compiled 18 multi-hit games, including six three-hit outings...Had back-to-back three-hit games and drove in six runs in a series sweep of Ohio...Doubled, homered and drove in four runs in a win at ETSU...Finished 8-for-13 with two doubles in a three-game series versus Mercer...Earned SoCon All-Tournament honors after belting a grand slam with two outs and two strikes in the seventh inning versus Samford to give the Paladins a 6-3 win and set a new single season school home run mark.

2014: Started all 55 games for the Paladins at shortstop... Batted .268 with a team-best eight double, a triple, four home runs and 20 RBI... Ranked among the top defensive shortstops in the SoCon fielding .954 with just nine errors... Posted 11 multi-hit games, including a 3-for-4 effort with a triple versus Bryant... Doubled twice and drove in two runs in a 5-4 extra-innning win over Georgia Southern... Batted in three runs in victories over Liberty and Georgia State.

2013: Earned Southern Conference All-Freshman honors after batting .265 with 11 doubles, three homers and 19 RBI... Posted three three-hit games, including a 3-for-4 effort in Furman''s 8-6 win over South Carolina... Started and played 50 games at shortstop while fielding .920... Had her season cut short by a broken finger in the final regular season series.

High School: Prepped at West Henderson High School for head coach Mike Matthews... Led her team to four straight state playoff appearances... Garnered AAA all-state, Kiwanis All-Star and all-Western North Carolina honors as a junior and senior... A four-time Times News All-Area, all-conference and all-district choice... Played travel ball for the Lady Blues, earning a North Carolina ASA runner-up finish in 2011... Lettered twice in basketball.

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2013Freshman

    2B/SS
    5'6"
    16
  • 16

    2014Sophomore

    2B/SS
    5'6"
    16
  • 16

    2015Junior

    SS
    5'6"
    16
  • 16

    2016Senior

    SS
    5'6"
    16