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Sydney Cox Season 2022

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Sydney Cox Season 2022

PositionUTL
Height5-3
YearSophomore
HometownAsheboro, N.C.
B/TL/R

HONORS & AWARDS:
2023 SEC Community Service Team
2022 Jane B. Moore Memorial All-Tournament Team
2022 Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team
2021 All-SEC Freshman Team
2021 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2023 | JUNIOR SEASON:
Appeared in 27 contests, primarily as a pinch hitter … made six starts in left field … all of her starts came in the first month of the season … totaled four hits, including a double for five RBI … scored five runs … drew 10 walks and added a hit by pitch for a .429 on-base percentage … also executed a pair of sacrifice bunts … prefect defensively behind even putouts … tabbed to the SEC Community Service Team … went 2-for-2 with a double and two RBI versus Merrimack (2/25) … knocked an RBI single versus Tennessee Tech (3/4) … picked up a base hit versus Mississippi State (5/6), her first in conference play during the 2023 season

2022 | SOPHOMORE SEASON:
One of just two student-athletes to appear in all 57 games … started 49 games at third base and earned a pair of starts at second … finished fifth on the team with a .310 average at the plate after recorded 40 hits … finished second on the team with 10 doubles … added a pair of triples and five home runs for a .535 slugging percentage … bested her career high with 18 walks and finished second among Tiger starters with a .399 on-base percentage … recorded eight multi-hit contests and six multi-RBI contests … set career highs in runs scored (28) and RBI (26) … closed the season 2-for-5 at the plate in her pinch-hit opportunities for a .400 average … earned spots on both the Tiger Invitational and Jan B. Moore Memorial All-Tournament Teams … slugged her first collegiate triple in Auburn’s season opener versus Seton Hall (2/11) … turned in a career performance against St. John’s (2/11) as she went 4-for-4 with three doubles, a home run, three runs scored and four RBI … first Tiger to knock three doubles in a game since Brooke Latham versus UCLA on March 3, 2012 … knocked a two-run double to drive in the go-ahead run in Auburn’s comeback victory over ULM (2/27) … returned to second base for the first time since her freshman season in place of a injured Denver Bryant during the series at No. 8 Kentucky (3/25-3/27) … knocked a solo home run to tie the series-opening game against No. 15 Georgia (4/29)
 
2021 | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Appeared in 49 contests, starting the final 45 games of the season at second base for the Tigers … held a .256 average at the plate behind 31 hits … led the team with nine doubles and added one home run … finished second on the squad with 17 walks en route to a .355 on-base percentage … recorded six multi-hit and two multi-RBI games … turned 11 double plays, defensively … All-SEC Freshman Team ... made collegiate debut as a pinch runner against Southeast Missouri State (2/13), scoring a run ... recorded her first at-bat as a pinch hitter versus Jacksonville (2/20) ... earned her first start at second base against Jacksonville (2/25), knocking a single in her first plate appearance of the game ... slugged her first collegiate double against Murray State (2/26) ... recorded the first RBI and multi-hit game of her career, going 2-for-4 against Troy (3/4) with double … knocked a two-RBI single to plate the go-ahead run in Auburn's come-from-behind win against Southeastern Louisiana (3/6) ... it was her first multi-RBI game of her collegiate career ... in her SEC debut, turned in a multi-hit performance against No. 4 Alabama (3/12) ... drew two walks and knocked the game-winning, two-RBI double in Auburn's come-from-behind win against No. 13 Florida State (3/21) ... went 2-for-4 at the plate with her first collegiate home run and scored a career high two runs at No. 18 Missouri (3/27) ... recorded her fifth multi-hit performance of the season with a 2-for-3 outing against No. 18 Tennessee (5/2) … went 2-for-3 with a double and a career high three RBI against UCF (5/21) in the Tallahassee Regional

HIGH SCHOOL:
Served as team captain for Asheboro High School since her freshman season … three-time all-conference, all-county and all-district honoree … brought home all-state honors in 2018 and 2019 … ranked one of the top 100 recruits of the 2020 signing class by ExtraInning Softball and Flo Softball … recorded a .665 average at the plate as a junior … added a .730 on-base percentage and a 1.155 slugging clip … senior season was canceled due to COVID-19 … competed for the Carolina Cardinals club team … led the Cardinals to the 2017 and 2018 USA Fast Pitch Girls A18-U National Championship … closed her 2019 club season with a .434 batting average … totaled 18 doubles, six triples and 11 home runs … added 39 RBI and scored a staggering 73 runs … ended the season with a .576 on-base percentage and a .814 slugging mark

PERSONAL:
Full name is Sydney Bree Cox … born on August 3, 2002 … daughter of Robbie and Suzanne Cox … has an older brother, Andrew … her father played baseball at High Point University from 1992-96 … majoring hospitality management with a focus in event management