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2025 Softball Roster
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Jersey Number 4
Natalie Turner
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- INF
- Hometown:
- Dothan, Ala.
- High School:
- Dothan HS
- Prev School:
- Southern Union CC
Bio
Senior (2025)
Appeared in 57 games with 53 starts at shortstop, claiming career-highs in doubles (3) while matching career-highs in homers (1) and RBIs (11) ... Accumulated 27 hits with three doubles, one triple and a homer for a .221 clip, a .287 slugging percentage and .289 on-base percentage ... Stole 13 bases to rank tied for 13th in the SBC ... Peaked against Alabama State with two steals and two runs scored ... Hammered lone home run of 2025 in game one against Georgia State – she finished with a pair of RBIs and hits ... She finished with five multi-run games, four multi-hit games and one multi-RBI games – she had three hits in back-to-back games against UMass ... Defensively, she had a career-high in fielding percentage (.955) on 74 putouts and 95 assists ... Ended her career ranked 10th in career stolen bases (38)
Junior (2024)
Appeared in all 56 games for the Trojans with a .256 batting average, 28 runs, 31 hits, two doubles a triple and a homer … Ranked 12th in the Sun Belt and led Troy with 14 stolen bases in 15 attempts (12th in the SBC) … Sat fifth on the team with 11 RBIs, including three multi-RBI games – she peaked with three against Long Island on her second career home run (March 10) ... Ranked 75th nationally and seventh in the Sun Belt in sacrifice bunts per game (.18) for the most at Troy (10) ... Recorded 81 assists, which was 16th in the Sun Belt … Turned nine double plays for 18th in the league … Had three multi-hit games, including one in the season-opener against UT-Martin
Sophomore (2023)
Played in 43 games and with 16 starts… Successful 11-of-12 on stolen base attempts to lead the squad… Went 2-for-2 against South Alabama (June 6), including a solo home run.
Southern Union
Freshman (2022)
In 53 games, hit at a .464 clip with 10 home runs, 39 runs batted in, 43 steals in 44 attempts, 62 runs, 20 triples and 36 total extra-base hits, while striking out only seven times in 197 plate appearances … Ranked in the top 10 nationally among junior college players in nine offensive categories – leading in triples, finishing second in runs, total bases and slugging percentage (.880, second) and third in batting average, while ranking fourth in stolen bases, fifth in hits and on-base percentage (.497) and ninth in homers … NJCAA national record for most triples in a single season (21) … Named to the NFCA 1st Team All-Region, ACCC 1st Team North and All-Region and State Tournament All-Region
High School
Named to the Alabama 7A All-State Team following her senior year at Dothan High School where she hit .442 with a .500 on-base percentage, 15 home runs and 77 RBIs … hit .437 at a freshman and .384 as a sophomore … Named to the Wiregrass Super 12 from the Dothan Eagle … Also played volleyball, track and bowling for the Wolves
Personal
Born July 2, 2003 … Daughter of Keith and Angie Turner … Dad played football at Wayne State … Twin sister, Nicole, plays softball at Southern Union ... Majoring in business
Appeared in 57 games with 53 starts at shortstop, claiming career-highs in doubles (3) while matching career-highs in homers (1) and RBIs (11) ... Accumulated 27 hits with three doubles, one triple and a homer for a .221 clip, a .287 slugging percentage and .289 on-base percentage ... Stole 13 bases to rank tied for 13th in the SBC ... Peaked against Alabama State with two steals and two runs scored ... Hammered lone home run of 2025 in game one against Georgia State – she finished with a pair of RBIs and hits ... She finished with five multi-run games, four multi-hit games and one multi-RBI games – she had three hits in back-to-back games against UMass ... Defensively, she had a career-high in fielding percentage (.955) on 74 putouts and 95 assists ... Ended her career ranked 10th in career stolen bases (38)
Junior (2024)
Appeared in all 56 games for the Trojans with a .256 batting average, 28 runs, 31 hits, two doubles a triple and a homer … Ranked 12th in the Sun Belt and led Troy with 14 stolen bases in 15 attempts (12th in the SBC) … Sat fifth on the team with 11 RBIs, including three multi-RBI games – she peaked with three against Long Island on her second career home run (March 10) ... Ranked 75th nationally and seventh in the Sun Belt in sacrifice bunts per game (.18) for the most at Troy (10) ... Recorded 81 assists, which was 16th in the Sun Belt … Turned nine double plays for 18th in the league … Had three multi-hit games, including one in the season-opener against UT-Martin
Sophomore (2023)
Played in 43 games and with 16 starts… Successful 11-of-12 on stolen base attempts to lead the squad… Went 2-for-2 against South Alabama (June 6), including a solo home run.
Southern Union
Freshman (2022)
In 53 games, hit at a .464 clip with 10 home runs, 39 runs batted in, 43 steals in 44 attempts, 62 runs, 20 triples and 36 total extra-base hits, while striking out only seven times in 197 plate appearances … Ranked in the top 10 nationally among junior college players in nine offensive categories – leading in triples, finishing second in runs, total bases and slugging percentage (.880, second) and third in batting average, while ranking fourth in stolen bases, fifth in hits and on-base percentage (.497) and ninth in homers … NJCAA national record for most triples in a single season (21) … Named to the NFCA 1st Team All-Region, ACCC 1st Team North and All-Region and State Tournament All-Region
High School
Named to the Alabama 7A All-State Team following her senior year at Dothan High School where she hit .442 with a .500 on-base percentage, 15 home runs and 77 RBIs … hit .437 at a freshman and .384 as a sophomore … Named to the Wiregrass Super 12 from the Dothan Eagle … Also played volleyball, track and bowling for the Wolves
Personal
Born July 2, 2003 … Daughter of Keith and Angie Turner … Dad played football at Wayne State … Twin sister, Nicole, plays softball at Southern Union ... Majoring in business
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