Erin Mobley
11 Erin Mobley
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Santa Ana, Calif.

High School:
Foothill

Height:
5-8

Position:
OF

B/T:
L/R

2005: Started every game in right field until an ankle injury forced her to miss two games on 4/19 and 4/20 ... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI, a stolen base and three runs scored against Tulsa (2/4) ... Was a perfect 3-for-3 with a run scored against Kansas (2/5) ... Hit a double against Boston College (2/12) then cranked a two-run home run against them in the teams' second meeting at the FAU Worth Invitational (2/13) ... Went 2-for-3 with a run scored, a sacrifice and a steal against Loyola-Marymount (2/26) ... Stole two bases and rapped out a pair of hits and one RBI against No. 20 Pacific (2/27) ... Smacked her second home run of the season as part of a 3-for-4 effort against Bowling Green (3/6) ... Went 2-for-4 with a triple, an RBI and two runs scored against St. Mary's on 3/24 ... Went a perfect 3-for-3 against No. 5 Stanford with two runs scored on 3/25 ... Was 1-for-2 with a double and three runs scored in the first game against Iowa on 4/3 ... Finished 2-for-4 in the second game ... Singled and scored in both games against Minnesota (4/8 and 4/9) ... Went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run and three RBIs in the first game of a doubleheader against Wisconsin (4/10) ... Went 2-for-3 with four RBIs and three runs scored on 4/15 at Indiana ... Second-inning homer in that game gave her NU's career total bases record ... Was 2-for-3 with two runs scored in first game against Purdue on 4/17 ... Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in second game ... Was 2-for-2 with a run against Penn State (4/24) ... On Senior Day, scored a career-best four runs and collected three hits including a home run against Michigan State (4/30) ... Homered again the next game against DePaul (5/3) ... Recorded a hit in all five NCAA Regional games ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI against Louisville (5/21) ... Ripped a two-run double in NU's 4-3 championship-clinching win over Notre Dame (5/22) ... Was 2-for-3 in the first game of the NCAA Super Regional against DePaul (5/27), giving her 216 career hits to set the NU all-time record ... Earned first-team All-Big Ten and second-team NFCA All-Mideast Region honors.

2004: Team captain ... Started every game for NU in right field ... Named first-team All-Big Ten for the second consecutive season ... NFCA second-team All-Region selection ... Began the season with a seven-game hitting streak ... Went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored on 3/19 against Utah ... Went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and a run scored on 3/5 versus Rutgers ... Went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles, an RBI and two runs scored on 4/25 against Purdue ... Was a perfect 11-for-11 in stolen bases to lead the team ... Earned one intentional base-on-balls during the year ... Swiped a pair of bases on 3/26 against Washington and on 4/11 versus Minnesota ... Recorded two outfield assists ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored against UC Santa Barbara in the NCAA Regional ... Went 2-for-3 against Oklahoma in the NCAA Tournament ... Led NU with five hits during its four NCAA games ... Recorded 17 multi-hit games on the season ... Led the team in runs, hits and sacrifices; was second in batting average and total bases and third in doubles, slugging percentage, on-base percentage and RBIs.

2003: Second-team NFCA All-Mideast Region selection ... Only Northwestern player to earn first-team All-Big Ten honors and the first since 2000 (Brooke Siebel) ... Set a NU record with 98 total bases and 21 extra-base hits and tied the doubles mark with 13 ... Led team with a .365 batting average ... Started all 55 games and did not commit an error all season ... Earned All-Big Ten Tournament Team honors after hitting .400 (8-for-20) with a .520 on-base percentage ... First-team Academic All-District selection ... Named Big Ten Player of the Week (4/7) after going 8-for-18 with four doubles, a triple and a home run over the course of five games ... Led the team with 19 multi-hit games ... Hit safely in 19 of 21 games, spanning from 3/2 through 4/11 ... Went 3-for-4 in both meetings with Illinois-Chicago ... Recorded two hits, including a home run, two runs and two RBI in a win over No. 16 Massachusetts ... Went 18 straight games without striking out, a streak that spanned 53 plate appearances ... Ranked in the top 10 of the Big Ten in conference only games in six offensive categories

2002: Started all 43 games as a freshman ... Will make the move to the outfield in 2003 after playing second base the majority of 2002 ... Recorded at least one hit in 14 of the first 16 games of the season ... Posted four multi-hit games over a six-game stretch from April 21-May 2 ... Went 2-for-3 with a home run and a career-high three RBIs in a 13-4 win over Illinois-Chicago (5-2) ... Tallied at least one hit in 13 of the final 16 Big Ten games ... Batting average of .285 ranks third-highest amongst returners.

High School: Four-year letterwinner ... First team All-American, All-State and Century League Co-Most Valuable Player junior year ... Four-time All-Century League ... Three-time All Orange County ... Team was four-time league champions and 2000 national champions ... 1999 international tournament champions as a member of the ASA Gordon's Panthers 18-Under Gold team ... Honor roll student for four years.

Personal: Born Erin Taylor Mobley on 3/11/83 ... Daughter of Foster, Lynn and Cathy (stepmother) Mobley... Played on same high school team as NU teammate Jamie Dotson... Majoring in social policy.

Mobley's Career Statistics

Yr. Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-SBA Slugging OBP
2002 .285 43-43 130 20 37 5 0 3 12 5-5 .392 .352
2003 .365 55-55 178 34 65 13 4 4 22 4-4 .551 .407
2004 .341 54-54 170 35 58 8 0 4 21 11-11 .459 .418
2005 .306 58-58 183 38 56 5 1 6 25 9-9 .443 .355
Totals .327 210-210 661 127 216 31 5 17 80 29-29 .466 .385
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