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      Raven Chavanne
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Thousand Oaks, Calif.

High School:
Newbury Park

Height:
5-8

Position:
OF/3B

B/T:
L/R

BATTING
Season GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI OBP SLG OPS Avg.
2011 61-61 198 66 90 6 2 3 32 .526 .551 1.077 .455
2010 64-64 209 64 95 5 5 3 26 .511 .569 1.080 .455
Totals 125-125 407 130 185 11 7 6 58 .518 .560 1.078 .455
MISC. BATTING/FIELDING TOTALS
Season GP-GS TB BB HBP SO GIDP SF SH SB-Att PO Asst E Fld %
2011 61-61 109 27 4 24 -- 1 4 33-36 38 42 1 .988
2010 64-64 119 21 3 20 -- -- 3 37-43 54 9 3 .955
Totals 125-125 228 48 7 44 -- 1 7 70-79 92 51 4 .973
CAREER HIGHS
At Bats: 6 vs. Kentucky (3/23/10) & Louisville (5/23/10)
Runs: 4 vs. Weber State (2/20/10) & Cleveland State (2/21/10)
Hits: 4 (four times)
Hit Streak: 15 games (4/8-5-6/11)
RBIs: 6 vs. Weber State (2/20/10)
Doubles: 2 vs. Arkansas (4/30/11)
Triples: 1 (seven times)
Home Runs: 1 (six times)
Walks: 2 (seven times)
Stolen Bases: 3 vs. Syracuse (2/26/10) & at Tenn. Tech (3/13/10)
*Through 2011
AS A SOPHOMORE (2011):
Was named a top 10 finalist for the prestigious USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year award...Started all 61 games for the Lady Vols, either in the outfield, at third base or as the DP...Reached base safely by either hit or walk in 55 of 61 contests...Won the Southeastern Conference batting average title (counting all games) and finished seventh in all of NCAA Division I by posting a .455 mark to go along with 90 hits, 32 RBIs and 33 steals...Led the league in on-base percentage at .526 and rated second in both hits and stolen bases...Joined former Lady Vol standout Lindsay Schutzler as the only Tennessee players ever to record 90 or more hits in two separate seasons while at Rocky Top...Tabbed as a Louisville Slugger/NFCA Second Team All-American and Louisville Slugger/NFCA First Team All-Southeast Region selection...Named as a Capital One First Team Academic All-American as well as to the Academic All-District IV First Team...Reaped first team All-SEC honors and added SEC All-Tournament accolades after hitting .500 (4-for-8) over three match-ups in Oxford, Miss., while helping guide UT to the program's second league tourney crown...Posted a team-best 29 multi-hit games in 2011, eight multi-RBI efforts and registered a career-long 15-game hitting streak from April 8-May 6...Hit safely in all four match-ups during the NCAA Knoxville Regional, posting a .429 mark with two hits each in contests against Liberty (5/20) and #22 Oklahoma State (5/21)...Tripled and knocked in a run to complete a three-tally outburst in the fifth inning of an eventual 4-3 loss at #4 Florida (5/6)...Posted at least two base knocks over seven consecutive games from Radford (4/19) through league series against Mississippi State (4/21-4/23) and Arkansas (4/29-5/1)...Was chosen as the NFCA National Collegiate Player of the Week and the SEC Player of the Week for May 2 after hitting .857 (6-for-7) with four doubles and five RBIs over three match-ups against Arkansas...Posted back-to-back 3-for-4 efforts in the opening two victories during the series at #21 LSU (6-0 on 4/15; 11-0 on 4/16)...Went 3-for-5 at the dish during a 7-1 triumph at Ole Miss (4/8)...Knocked in three runs, including two during a six-tally first-inning eruption, as part of a 2-for-4 effort as UT routed South Carolina, 10-3 (3/26)...Posted a pair of singles and scored once in a 9-5 loss to #1 Alabama (3/22)...Was 2-for-3 with an RBI and three runs scored as the Big Orange crushed Tennessee State (3/15) in Nashville, 16-2 (6 inn.)...Delivered three lead-off singles and plated all three runs during a razor-thin 3-1 decision over Louisiana Monroe (3/4)...Blasted her third HR of the season as part of a 3-for-4 performance with two RBIs in a 7-2 triumph over Loyola Marymount (2/25)...Led the squad with a .556 (10-of-18) mark during a 5-0 run at the Cathedral City Classic (2/24-2/26)...Singled and walked as UT blasted #2 UCLA, 7-1 (2/26)...Posted a perfect 3-for-3 effort with a walk and three runs as UT crushed Boise State (2/18), 15-1 (5 inn.)...Despite suffering through a bout of food poisoning in match-ups versus Boston College (3-for-3, double, two RBIs - 2/13) and Michigan State (3-for-3, double, two RBIs), Chavanne got her 2011 campaign off to a red-hot start and was named the SEC Player of the Week for Feb. 14 by posting a .692 average (9-of-13) with a pair of doubles, two HR's and a squad-high 10 RBIs over the four-game Stetson Leadoff Classic (2/11-2/13).

AS A FRESHMAN (2010):

Started every game (64 contests) for Tennessee in 2010 at either third base or in the outfield...Was tabbed as one of 25 finalists for the USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year award...Selected as a Louisville Slugger/NFCA Third Team All-American and Louisville Slugger/NFCA Second Team All-Southeast Region choice...Reaped 2010 Second-Team All-Southeastern Conference and SEC All-Freshman honors...Picked up SEC Player of the Week honors on Feb. 22, and SEC Freshman of the Week accolades on March 1 (consecutive weeks)...Opened her UT career by leading the Big Orange with a .455 (95-of-209) batting average and finished her initial campaign among the top 10 in the league in average, hits and runs scored (62)...Posted a team-best 29 multi-hit games in 2010...Hit a squad-high .433 (13-of-30) during her first experience in NCAA Tournament play...Ranked seventh in the NCAA Division I statistics in batting average, 19th in runs per game (1.0) and 26th in stolen bases per contest (0.58)...Shattered the previous Tennessee freshman single season batting average, stolen base, hit and run records...Was 2-for-4 at the dish with a double and a tally in UT's 5-2 elimination loss to #3 Arizona (6/6) at the Women's College World Series...Led off the fourth frame with a triple to right center and later scored as the Orange & White downed #9 Georgia (6/4), 7-5, at the WCWS...Walked twice and was hit by a pitch in her first WCWS action during the 9-0 (5 inn.) romp over #3 Arizona...Singled twice and scored two runs during the sweep of #2 Michigan (5/27-28) at NCAA Super Regionals...Hit a team-high .615 (8-for-13) in the Knoxville Regional, including 4-for-5 with two RBIs against Virginia (5/22)...Blasted a key two-run homer to dead center field in the second inning as the Big Orange beat #9 Georgia (5/13), 6-4, in the SEC Tournament...Posted a career-long 11-game hitting streak (longest for a Lady Vol in 2010) from March 23rd against Kentucky through the first game at Auburn on April 10th...Posted two hits in each of the three contests at S. Carolina, while hitting .600 (6-of-10) overall...Was 3-for-6 with a triple in the opener and 3-for-4 with three runs in the finale of the DH sweep of Kentucky (3/23)...Blasted her second career home run as part of a 2-for-4 effort in the 10-6 loss to #6 Georgia (3/20)...Continued her incredible production for the Lady Vols by tallying a .571 average (8-of-14) with seven runs scored during the Tennessee Invitational...Led UT with a .667 average (6-for-9) during her first career SEC series at Mississippi State, going 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI in the opener (3/9)...Was responsible for the huge lead-off double in the bottom of the seventh inning that was eventually cashed in on a wild pitch to down #13 Texas, 3-2...Posted at least two hits in eight consecutive contests from Feb. 20-Feb. 26, with highs coming in perfect 4-for-4 games against Weber State (2/20), St. Mary's (2/21) and New Mexico State (2/23) at the Troy Cox Classic in Las Cruces, N.M....During Tennessee's 10-day road trip through New Mexico and California (Feb. 19-28), Chavanne posted a .706 average (24-of-34) with 16 runs scored, 11 RBIs and seven thefts...Hit an amazing .850 overall (17-of-20) over five match-ups at the Troy Cox Classic with 13 runs scored, a double, two triples, a grand slam homer and 10 RBIs...Knocked in a career-high six RBIs as part of a 4-for-4, four-tally, grand slam HR effort in the 21-2 (5 inn.) pasting of Weber State (2/20)...Counting a seventh-inning walk against #11 Oklahoma, Chavanne reached base by either hit, walk, error or fielder's choice in 22 consecutive plate appearances, over portions of six match-ups...Her eight consecutive base hits stretching over the St. Mary's (2/21) and New Mexico State (2/23) contests tied for the ninth-longest streak in NCAA Division I softball history...Also had seven consecutive base hits over the Weber State (2/20) and Bradley (2/20) contests to tie for the 14th longest skein in NCAA Division I history...Garnered her first collegiate hit on a bunt single in the third inning versus UCF (2/13).

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL:

A member of the 2010 USA Softball Women's Futures National Team, Chavanne played in all seven contests for the squad, either as the starter in right field or as a pinch runner...She hit .389 overall (7-of-18) while totaling three runs scored, two stolen bases and an RBI as her team finished second at the KFC World Cup of Softball 5 in Oklahoma City, Okla....She was at her best at the plate during a 2-1 upset of 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist Japan (7/25), by going 3-for-3 at the dish and scoring the eventual winning tally after delivering a single to lead off the sixth inning...During the bronze medal contest, Chavanne knocked in a run on a single through the left side of the infield during a six-run, seventh-inning explosion as the U.S. Futures trounced Canada, 9-3.

HIGH SCHOOL:

A lead-off hitter and perhaps the fastest player recruited to wear the Orange & White, Chavanne excelled as a track standout at Newbury Park H.S., but didn't play softball for her high school...That didn't stop the speedster, however, from providing impressive contributions to the various high-profile Haning's OC Batbusters Gold squads...During the summer of 2007, Chavanne set the all-time mark for batting average for a 16-U OC Batbusters player by hitting a stellar .583 while helping guide her team to a third place finish at the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) Gold Nationals...On the track she starred by reaping four first-team All-Marmonte League and four all-county selections while winning the league's 100-meter title in four consecutive seasons with times of 12.55 (2006), 12.31 (2007), 12.25 (2008) and 11.90 (2009) and the 200-meter title four straight years with times of 26.43 (2006), 25.43 (2007), 24.90 (2008) and 24.54 (2009)...Was chosen All-California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) and second team all-state in track as a senior in 2009...The 5-8 third baseman/outfielder also holds school records for the 100-meter dash (11.90), 200-meter dash (24.54) and was part of the 4x100-meter relay (48.08)...Her 100m time as a senior in 2009 rated her eighth in the state of California, while her 200m time was good enough for 12th...She chose Tennessee from among a group of finalists that included Arizona State, Michigan and Cal-Berkeley...In the summers of 2008 and 2009, Chavanne was the lead-off hitter for the California state champion 18-U OC Batbusters...Chavanne excelled academically at Newbury Park H.S., as a member of the school's honor roll and a scholar athlete during all four years of her scholastic career.

PERSONAL:

Majoring in political science...Claims U.S. Olympic softball player Natasha Watley and current Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant as her biggest sports influences...Cites track, politics, and reading the Harry Potter novels as interests outside of softball...Has numerous siblings: Rachel Powell, 27, Haylee Chavanne, 18, Elijah Chavanne, 17, and Jonah Chavanne, 14...Raven Charlotte Chavanne was born March 24, 1991, in Oxnard, Calif....Her parents are Kevin and Jamie Chavanne.