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Libby Sugg

Catcher #21

Class

Senior

Hometown

Franklin,

Tennessee

Last School

Franklin High School

Roster Years

2016-2019

Career Highlights

Libby Sugg has made her mark in the BYU record books through her four seasons with the Cougars. A 2018 NFCA Third Team All-American was BYU’s starting catcher for all four seasons. She finished her career in BYU's career record books at No. 1 in sacrifice flies (15), No. 2 in doubles (47) and RBI (211), No. 3 in slugging percentage (.666), chances (1206) and putouts (1119), No. 4 in homers (49), total bases (420) and walks (106), No. 5 in games started (225) and caught stealing by (28), No. 6 in games played (228), No. 8 in batting average (.355), No. 9 in hits (224) and No. 10 in at bats (631) and on-base percentage (.443). After her senior season, she ranked among active career leaders at No. 4 in RBI, No. 10 in home runs, No. 13 in total bases, No. 20 in doubles, No. 33 in walks and No. 35 in games played. Throughout her career she earned many national and conference awards including NFCA All-Pacific Region teams in 2017 and 2018. Following her career at BYU, she was drafted ninth in the Softball American draft to the E1 Pro Ballers of Mobile, Alabama.

Personal

Parents are Chuck and Denise Sugg
Has two siblings
Major is exercise and wellness
Is the second Cougar softball player to come out of Tennessee

Before BYU

After her senior season, named Franklin High School’s Most Athletic Female and received the Wilco Award for Softball Player of the Year
2015 District 11-AAA Co-Player of the Year and named to the 2015 Tennessean First Team All-Midstate
Three-time Tennessee Sports Writers Association First Team All-State selection
Led high school team in all offensive categories each year and finished as the all-time career leader in: batting average (.540), runs (137), hits (163), doubles (41), home runs (40), runs batted in (157), walks (137), on base percentage, .(670), slugging percentage (1.080) and on base + slugging (1.760)
Also holds single-season records for batting average (.571), runs (42), hits (53), doubles (16), home runs (15), runs batted in (53), walks (46), on base percentage (.747), slugging percentage (1.234) and on base + slugging (1.884)
Led team and district with a .564 batting average average, 3 home runs and 20 RBI
Played club ball for the Birmingham Thunderbolts, but previously played for Tennessee Fury 97, winning two ASA/USA National Championships–one with the 14U-A team in 2012 and the other with 16 Gold in 2014
Earned letters in volleyball as well

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2016

All-WCC Second Team
2016 WCC Commissioner's Bronze Honor Roll
Led the team in RBI (58) and home runs (18)
Second on the team in doubles (10), total bases (118), slugging percentage (.724) and on-base percentage (.446)
Only player on the team to play in and start every game this season
In the top 25 in the NCAA for home runs and home runs per game for the majority of the season
Hit home runs against four top-25 teams
Named preseason WCC Freshman of the Year by College Sports Madness
Had three RBI on two hits in her first collegiate game against San Jose State
Hit her first career home run against No. 8 Tennessee, also earning three RBI in that game
Tallied at least three RBI in eight games this season
Homer at Utah sealed the win for the Deseret First Duel title
Hit a home run in five games in a row, tying for third place in NCAA history for home runs in consecutive games
Went 3 for 3 with three RBI and two runs against Southern Utah
Hit a grand slam against Saint Mary's
Went 2 for 3 with five RBI and a home run in NCAA regional win over Louisville

Sophmore Year 2017

NFCA All-Pacific Region First Team
All-WCC Second Team
Led the team in RBI (56), home runs (13), slugging percentage (.669) and tied for the most doubles (12)
Listed as one of FPN’s 10 NCAA sophomores to watch in 2017
Tied her career high of 5 RBI in win over Nebraska in the season opener
Went 3/3 in upset of No. 13 Washington
Named to the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament Team
College Sports Madness Conference Player of the Week (2/14)
Hit a solo home run vs. No. 18 Texas A&M
Hit a grand slam against Boston U.
WCC Player of the Week (3/6)
Had 4 RBI vs. Sacramento State on 2/3 hitting
Hit 2 two-run home runs in win over No. 11/13 Utah
Went 3/3 in win at Southern Utah
Notched 4 RBI at Utah State
Went 2/3 with 2 RBI and 2 runs vs. UVU
Had 3 RBI on 2-of-2 hitting with 2 runs vs. San Diego
Three-run homer at Santa Clara, 4 RBI in the game
Against Fordham in the NCAA Regionals, went 3/3 with 3 runs, two doubles and a homer, notching 4 RBI

Junior Year 2018

2018 NFCA Division I Third Team All-American
2018 NCAA Eugene All-Region Team
2018 NFCA All-Pacific Second Team selection
2018 All-WCC First Team selection
2018 WCC All-Academic Team selection
Named MVP by the coaches at the end-of-year banquet
Team captain
Started all 58 games this season
Among all juniors in program history, finished the season ranked No. 1 in RBI (67), No. 3 in slugging percentage (.707), No. 3 in on-base percentage (.500), as well as No. 5 in hits (65), batting average (.414) and doubles (13)
Also moved up in the BYU all-time record book in numerous categories: No. 2 in on-base percentage (.455), No. 3 in career slugging percentage (.700), No. 5 in career RBI (181), No. 6 in career home runs (42), No. 7 in career batting average (.362) and No. 10 in career doubles (35)
Led the 2018 team in several categories, including batting average (.414), RBI (67), hits (65), doubles (13), home runs (11), slugging percentage (.707) and on-base percentage (.500)
Had 10 games with three or more RBI, including four games with four RBI
Went a perfect 5/5 in two games the same day against Nebraska and No. 25 Georgia (2/9)
Had two homers and seven RBI at the Kajikawa Classic
Went 2/3 with a home run against SUU (3/16)
Also went 2/3 and had two home runs against North Dakota St. (3/30)
WCC Player of the Week (4/9) after hitting .600 in four games with five runs on six hits and 11 RBI
Went a perfect 3/3 at Utah Valley (4/10) with two doubles, one three-run homer and four RBI
Also went a perfect 3/3 at SUU (4/30) with two runs
Went a perfect 3/3 with two runs and four RBI against Utah Valley (5/1)
WCC Player of the Week (5/7) after hitting .733 in five games with six runs on 11 hits and seven RBI, including five doubles and one home run
Went 3/4 with one run and two RBI against LMU (5/12)
WCC Player of the Week (5/14) after batting a .429 in two games with three hits and one and recording two RBI and 10 putouts catching behind the plate
WCC Commissioner's Bronze Honor Roll

Senior Year 2019

Named WCC Preseason First Team
Named All-WCC Second Team
Drafted ninth overall in the Softball America Association draft to the E1 Pro Ballers of Mobile, Alabama
Named College Sports Madness Conference Player of the Week
In the BYU career record books, she finished her career ranked No. 1 in sacrifice flies (15), No. 2 in doubles (47) and RBI (211), No. 3 in slugging percentage (.666), No. 4 in homers (49), total bases (420) and walks (106), No. 8 in batting average (.355), No. 9 in hits (224) and No. 10 in at bats (631) and on-base percentage (.443)
Finished her career ranked among active career leaders finishing the 2019 season at No. 4 in RBI, No. 10 in home runs, No. 13 in total bases, No. 20 in doubles, No. 33 in walks and No. 35 in games played
Second on the team in batting average (.331), at bats (148), hits (49), doubles (12), total bases (82), slugging percentage (.401)
Named offensive player of the year by the coaches at the end-of-year banquet
Played in 55 games, starting 53 as BYU's catcher
Went 2 for 3 with three runs including a homer and five RBI against UTEP (2/16
Recorded a .667 batting average and two runs against Fordham (2/16
Doubled against Nebraska (2/21)
Had five putouts against SJSU (3/1)
Homered against No. 2 UCLA (2/9)
Recorded one hit and one run against No. 6 Tennessee (3/14)
Batted .714 in two games totaling three runs, four RBI, one homer with a double in each game at UVU (3/26)
Went 3 for 4 with one RBI at UTSA (3/28)
Named WCC Player of the Week (4/1)
Went a perfect 4 for 4 against SUU with three runs, two doubles, one homer and three RBI (4/2)
Was 2 for 3 with one run, a homer and two RBI against USD (4/26)
Went 2 for 3 in three out of five games
Was 2 for 3 against Santa Clara with a homer (5/11)
Went 2 for 2 against No. 13 Oklahoma State at the NCAA Regionals (5/16)