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Myesha Finney Season 2008

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Myesha Finney Season 2008

PositionOF
Height5-7
YearJunior
HometownAtlanta, Ga.
B/TR/R

HONORS & AWARDS:
2009 Second Team All-SEC
2009 SEC All-Defensive Team 
2008 SEC All-Defensive Team 
2008 Tiger Invitational Most Valuable Player 
2007 Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team


2009 | SENIOR SEASON:
Named SEC All-Defensive team for second straight season ... also tabbed to the All-SEC Second Team ... started 54 games for the Tigers ... led the team with a .333 average ... totaled 52 hits, including nine doubles and a team-leading seven home runs ... tied for the team lead in both runs scored (26) and RBI (24) ... posted a .526 slugging clip ... hit by a pitch 21 times to become the NCAA career leader in hit by pitches (67) ... also set the SEC single-season mark for hit by pitches ... added 18 walks for a .467 on-base percentage ... went 10-for-13 in stolen base attempts ... posted a .985 fielding percentage, committing just one error in 67 chances ... hit .325 with three home runs, 10 RBI and had a .442 on-base percentage in SEC games ... knocked a two-run home run to lift Auburn to a 5-4 lead against Arkansas on April 5. 

2008 | JUNIOR SEASON:
Named SEC All-Defensive Team .... played in every game, starting 59 ... named Most Valuable Player of Tiger Invitational after hitting .333 (5-for-15) with two doubles, two triples, a home run, five RBI, five runs scored and two stolen bases ... scored a run in every game of tournament ... doubled, tripled, scored a run and drove in two vs. McNeese State ... tripled, scored and had an RBI vs. Gardner-Webb ... hit third career home run in win over Marshall ... doubled, drove in a run and scored vs. George Mason ... went 2-for-2 with a run in win over Syracuse ... went 2-for-4 with a double, RBI and two runs scored in game two vs. Mississippi State ... hit three-run home run in game three vs. Mississippi State ... singled home two runs in game one vs. Ole Miss ... had career-best seven game hit streak snapped in game two vs. Arkansas ... hit third home run of season in game two vs. Mercer ... homer was two-run shot in first inning ... singled and scored in game one vs. No. 9 Tennessee ... hit solo home run in game two vs. Georgia State ... singled home a run in game one vs. Alabama ... also recorded 43 career HBP in game one vs. Tide to make her the SEC career leader ... went 2-for-4 with two-run double in game three vs. Kentucky ... the two-run double was the game-winning hit and came with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning.

2007 | SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Auburn's starting center fielder after starting most of the season in left ... batted .209 and broke Auburn's single-season hit by pitch record by getting plunked 19 times ... Auburn's single-season record holder with 17 hit by pitches and has 26 for her career, which is tied for most in a Tiger uniform ... was hit by a pitch three times during the LSU series ... stroked an RBI single to left center in the first game of a doubleheader at Arkansas ... batted .375 (3-for-8) with an RBI, hit by pitch and two sacrifice bunts against Ole Miss ... went 5-for-12 with two doubles and an RBI in five games at the USF Louisville Slugger Tournament in Tampa ... was hit by a pitch four times over four games at the NFCA Leadoff Classic ... batted leadoff in four games at the Tiger Invitational and went a combined 8-for-13 and was named to the All-Tournament Team ... hit a pinch hit home run against Tennessee Tech ... played in all six games in Honolulu.

2006 | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Appeared in 45 games her freshman season, starting 31 ... batted .250 with one home run and 17 RBI ... posted three doubles and three triples ... in conference games, batted .232 with seven RBI in 25 games ... had a six-game hit streak from March 25-29 against Georgia and Florida, batting .526 (10-for-19) during it ... posted four two-hit games during the streak ... was 6-for-11 against Georgia in a three-game series, posting five RBI ... became the first Tiger in team history with two triples in the same game against Boston College on March 5 ... also hit her first career home run in the game and had a single, ending with 11 total bases, just one shy of tying Auburn's single-game record.

HIGH SCHOOL:
 High School coach was Shannan Lovelady ... named to the First-Team All-County in 2001, 2003 and 2004 ... named First-Team All-State in 2001, 2003 and 2004 ... batted .400 her junior season ... also ran track her junior year.

PERSONAL:
Born Dec. 24, 1986 to Darnella A. Brown and Michael Spencer ... has one brother, Travis Brown, and a sister, Jasmine Brown ... Majoring in criminology.