Meghan Knowles Class: Junior Hometown: McKinney, Texas High School: McKinney North HS Height: 5-10 Position: 1B Experience: 1L B/T: R/R

2011: Named Academic All-WAC ... Was one of only three players to start all 56 games during the year ... Started 28 games at first base and 28 at designated player ... Batted .224 with 36 hits in 161 at bats ... Totaled eight doubles and four home runs ... Scored 14 runs and registered 20 RBI ... Was 1-of-2 in stolen bases ... Registered a .995 fielding percentage, committing only one error in 190 chances ... Led team with seven multi-RBI games ... Also had eight multi-hit games ... Had home runs against Mississippi Valley State, Nevada, New Mexico State and San Jose State ... Her two-run home run gave Tech a 4-2 lead in top of eighth against WAC champion New Mexico State ... Had two hits and two RBI against NCAA participant San Diego State ... Had two hits and an RBI against SEC foe Mississippi State ...

2010: Named Academic all-WAC ... Named honorable mention all-state by the LSWA ... Saw action in 40 games, making 35 starts at first base or designated player ... Recorded a .287 batting average with 29 hits in 101 at bats ... Totaled three doubles, one triple and three home runs ... Drove home 19 RBI while scoring 11 runs ... Had a .426 slugging percentage and a .374 on-base average ... Did not commit an error in 78 chances at first base ... Had six multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games ... Recorded a career-high four RBI along with her first collegiate home run in a 9-1 win over Centenary ... Hit the game-winning 3-run walk-off home run in a 6-4 victory over Utah State in the first WAC game of the season ... Also hit a two-run home run against San Jose State in the WAC Tournament ... Led LA Tech to its first ever win at Fresno State with the game-winning two-run single ...

High School: Lettered four years for coach Dan Sedgwick at McKinney North High School in Texas ... Helped lead the Bulldogs to the district title as a sophomore and junior and the regional finals as a freshman and junior ... Led McKinney to the state semifinals as a sophomore ... Batted .375 and had a .541 slugging percentage as a junior ... Named to the McKinney all-area team as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Named to the McKinneynews.ent Magnificent Nine team as a freshman and sophomore ... Named second team all-district three years and first team as a senior ... Named academic all-district as a freshman ... Named the Dallas Morning News Player of the Week once as a junior ... Plays travel ball for Dwayne Lutz and the Texas Glory ... Lettered for the McKinney volleyball team two years ... Member of the Rotary Club ...

Personal: Full name is Meghan Anne Knowles ... Daughter of Tim and Karen Anne Knowles ... Has one sister, Janie ... Majoring in communication design ... Born Aug. 30, 1991, in Denton, Texas.