The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
2018 Softball Roster
Crawford, Sarah

Jersey Number 5
Sarah Crawford
- Position:
- Catcher
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Bradenton, Fla.
- High School:
- Braden River HS
Bio
AS A FRESHMAN (2018)
- Started the first game of her career against Michigan in the USF Wilson DeMarini Tournament (2/8)
- Picked up her first career hit against Cal Poly (2/17)
- Had her first career multi-hit game in a 9-1 win over Army while also recording her first career RBI (2/19)
- Hit 3-for-4 with two doubles and scored two runs against South Alabama (2/28)
- Hit a career-high four RBI and picked her her first career home run and went 2-for-4 as UAB beat Eastern Illinois (3/3)
- Went 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored in the series finale with UTEP (3/18)
- Hit her first career triple while going 2-for-2 against Jacksonville State (3/28)
- Had two hits and an RBI in UAB’s win over Middle Tennessee (3/30)
- Went 2-for-4 with a homerun and two RBI against Southern Miss (4/7)
- Hit a walk off sacrifice fly to clinch UAB’s sweep of WKU (4/14)
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played under Erin Spivey and Melissa Dowling at Braden River High School
- Named to the All-District Team as a freshman, sophomore and junior
- Named All-State as a senior
- Named Best of the Best Preps as a junior and senior
- Led her to to the regional round of the playoffs as a freshman, sophomore and senior and made it to the state finals as a junior
PERSONAL
- Full name is Sarah LeAnn Crawford
- Born February 19, 1999
- Daughter of Jay Crawford
- Has two sisters, Kaitlyn and Linda
- Majoring in nursing
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