Michelle Sass

Position:
Utility
Height:
5-4
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
St. Helens, Ore.
High School:
St. Helens HS
B/T:
R/R

Senior (2019)

Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
Appeared in 28 games making 21 starts.
Finished the season with 11 hits, including five doubles and seven runs scored.
Hit a double in the bottom of the seventh inning vs. No. 24 Stanford to spark a late rally attempt.
Had a double and two runs scored vs. Pacific on Feb. 24.
Went 2-for-3 with a double on Mar. 23 vs. No. 11 Arizona.

Junior (2018)

•    Started in 39 games; 17 in left field, 17 in right field and five at second base.
•    Hit .245 on the season, and .255 in Pac-12 play.
•    Had the fifth-best slugging percentage at .392.
• Hit first career home run against No. 16 California helping the Beavs to a Pac-12 opener win.
• Followed that up with another blast against No. 4 UCLA on March. 24.
• Went 3-for-4 against Boston College, including two runs scored.

Sophomore (2017)
• Named Student-Athlete of the Month for April.
• Appeared in 17 games, mostly as a pinch runner but started the last three games of the season at second base.
• Recorded her first hit of her career at Oregon on April 29.
• Tallied a hit in every game she started, ending the year on a three-game hit streak.

Freshman (2016)
•   Appeared in 16 games for the Beavers, all as a pinch runner and tallying five runs scored.
•   Scored the game-winning run in OSU’s walkoff win over Boise State on Feb. 21.
•   Tallied her first-career scored run against New Mexico on Feb. 14.
•   Recorded her first-career stolen base vs. San Jose State on Feb. 12.

St. Helens HS
•   Lettered in softball playing for head coach Miranda Little all four years.
• Led St. Helens to a league championship her junior season.
• Named second team all-state after her freshman, junior and senior season.
•   Garnished all-league all four years of high school, earning first-team honors her freshman, junior and senior seasons, as well as a second-team selection as a sophomore.
•   Hit .428 as a freshman, .432 as a junior and wrapped up her high school career with a .391 batting average and 28 RBI in her senior season.
•   Also competed in basketball for head coach Billy McKinney, earning an all-league honorable mention as a point guard her sophomore season.

Club
• Played six years for the Northwest Blaze in Beaverton, Oregon under head coach Chris Kelly.

Personal
• Daughter of Mindy and David Sass.
• Her mother is an accountant and her dad is a plumber. Both are business owners.
• Has an older sister, Susannah and a younger brother, Richard.
• Majoring in kinesiology.
• Enjoys hiking, animals and reading.
• Favorite athlete is Brandon Roy.
• Chose Oregon State because "it felt like home the moment I stepped on campus."