2010 Softball Roster
Jessie Ware
- Position:
- Second Base / Third Base
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Hamilton
- Hometown:
- Phoenix, Ariz.
2010 (R-Sr.): Named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week three times (May 4, March 30 and March 2) . . . Leads the country with 16 triples . . . No. 11 in the country with 64 runs . . . Ball State's all-time single season leader in triples (16), runs (64) , hits (84) and total bases (147) . . . in her first year as a Cardinal, she is No. 2 in the Ball State single season recordbook in triples . . . has recorded a team-leading 23 multi-hit games and finished with a .414 batting average and .724 slugging percentage for single season school records in both categories . . . tallied 16 doubles and five home runs . . . 24-for-27 in stolen bases.
At Arizona State: Joined Sun Devil roster after redshirting the 2008 season with an injury . . . started nine games, playing both second and third base . . . team record 47-19.
At Central Arizona and Mesa Community College: Played one season for Central Arizona and one for Mesa Community College . . . named Division Player of the Year, first team All-Region and All-America as a freshman at Central Arizona where she was coached by Ball State head coach Craig Nicholson . . . named first team All-Region and All-America as a sophomore at Mesa CC . . . selected to represent the USA in 2007 at the World University Games.
High School: Coached by Mike Redding at Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.) . . . four-year letter winner in softball . . . named player of the year as a senior . . . three-year member of the Fiesta Region first team . . . set school record for hitting 8 home runs in one season . . . two-year letter winner in basketball as guard.
Personal: Daughter of Ricardo DeFreitas and Cheryl Musgrove . . . has three brothers, Tierney (27), Dominick (25) and Lavell (20) and one sister, Courtney (17) . . . born Dec. 25, 1986 in San Bernadino, Calif. . . . full name is Jessica Jeneen Ware . . . married Kerron Ware on Sept. 24, 2006 and has two daughters, Jameela and Jamiyah and a son, Kyree . . . majoring in justice studies and sociology.
