CAREER: Two-time first team all-conference and all-state (‘08 & ’10)… Garnered second team honors as a third baseman in 2007… Four-year starter… Broke Radford’s career home run mark (32) and finished career ranked second all-time with 32… Also ranked in RBI (4th/133), total bases (5th/338), slugging (7th/.514), doubles (t8th/36), hits (t8th/196) and walks (10th/50).
2010 HIGHLIGHTS: Big South Woman of the Year… First Team all-region, conference and state… Ranked in the top 10 in the league in home runs (t-4th), slugging (5th), runs (t-9th), total bases (9th) and RBIs (t-9th)… ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team selection… Two-time league player of the week (3/15 & 4/19) … Registered a pair of multi-home run contests, against Albany and Charleston Southern.
2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Led all outfielders with seven assists, recording a .984 fielding percentage… Launched a career-high eight home runs and knocked in 25 runs… 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles in NCAA Regional victory over Campbell… Put Radford on the board with a solo home run in first round Big South win over Gardner-Webb... Was 3-for-4 with two runs and four RBI, including the game-tying sixth inning three-run long ball in 11-6 victory at Virginia Tech... Went 3-for-4 with a double, triple and three RBI at Georgia Southern... Hit home run in first at bat of 2009 against Mercer.
2008 HIGHLIGHTS: First-Team All-Big South... One of five players to start all 61 games… Selected First-Team VaSID All-State… Led team in batting average (.368) and RBI (39) which were fifth best in school history… Second in on base percentage, third in slugging and doubles ... Ranked second in Big South in batting and RBI, fourth in slugging... Team high 14 two-out RBI... 15 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games… Career best 4-for-4 performance at Charleston Southern… Two hits and two RBI in fourth inning of game two at JMU… 6-for-8 with eight RBI in three games at Virginia... Tied a career-best with four RBI in third game at Virginia… Hit pair of home runs at Littlewood Classic vs. Illinois State and eventual national champion Arizona State… Batted .455 with six doubles and 10 RBI in 15 conference games.
2007 HIGHLIGHTS: Second-team all-state as selected by VaSID... Started every game... Knocked in 33 runners and scored 28 times... Second on the team in triples, third in stolen bases and fourth in doubles and slugging (.449)... Third on team with 14 stolen bases... Went 3-for-4 with a RBI and run vs. Winthrop on ESPNU... Hit first collegiate walk-off home run in seventh inning vs. Elon... 3-for-4 with a home run and career best four RBI at Charlotte... First collegiate round tripper was against Albany at Winthrop/Adidas Tournament... Went 3-for-3 with a double and three runs vs. Georgetown at Buzz Classic... First collegiate hit came against Florida A&M.
PREP: 2006 VHSL Achievement Award (top senior female athlete in Group AA)... First-Team All-Timesland, All-River Ridge District and All-Region III from 2004 to 2006... Three-time all-state... District co-pitcher of the year in 2005 and 2004 all-district co-player of the year... In the circle, she tossed Christiansburg’s first career perfect game (2005) and no-hitter (2004) and has been team’s most valuable defensive player as a junior and freshman... Also a track standout, capturing the 2006 AA indoor shot put state championship and finished second and third in the state as a junior and sophomore respectively... Finished 13th in the National Scholastic Indoor Championship... 2006 All-Timesland Indoor shot put.
PERSONAL/ACADEMICS: Natasha Hope Creasy was born on Dec. 19,1987 in Radford, Va.... 2008 NFCA scholar-athlete and Big South All-Academic Team selection… Majoring in sports administration with a minor in marketing… Hope and her older brother Michael are the children of Mark and Tammy Creasy.
CREASY'S BATTING STATISTICS
| YEAR |
AVG |
GP-GS |
AB |
H |
R |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
HBP |
SO |
SF |
SH |
SB |
SBA |
TB |
SLG% |
OB% |
| 2007 |
.291 |
71-71 |
196 |
57 |
28 |
12 |
2 |
5 |
33 |
17 |
2 |
26 |
1 |
5 |
14 |
18 |
88 |
.449 |
.352 |
| 2008 |
.368 |
61-61 |
152 |
56 |
18 |
10 |
1 |
7 |
39 |
14 |
0 |
24 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
89 |
.586 |
.414 |
| 2009 |
.213 |
55-54 |
150 |
32 |
15 |
5 |
1 |
8 |
25 |
10 |
4 |
31 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
7 |
63 |
.420 |
.275 |
| 2010 |
.319 |
54-54 |
160 |
51 |
32 |
9 |
1 |
12 |
36 |
9 |
2 |
33 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
98 |
.613 |
.360 |
| TOTALS |
.298 |
241-240 |
658 |
196 |
93 |
36 |
5 |
32 |
133 |
50 |
8 |
114 |
8 |
12 |
27 |
38 |
338 |
.514 |
.351 |
