Enters the season ranking 10th in doubles and on-base percentage at Coastal... 2005: Was a First-Team All-Big South Selection as a third baseman for the second consecutive year... Played in and started all 49 games at third base... Tied for the lead in the conference with 14 sacrifice bunts... Led the team with five stolen bases... Was second on the team in runs scored (16), hits (39), doubles (7), triples (3) and total bases (55)... Hit .289 in conference play... Overall, hit .267 with 13 RBIs and 15 walks... Had two hits, two runs scored and five RBIs against Elon (2/27)... Scored four runs in a doubleheader against Charleston Southern (4/16)... Had nine multi-hit games on the year... Led the team with 122 assists... Was a member of the Dean[apos]s List.
2004: Started all 56 games for Coastal and earned First Team All-Big South Conference honors for her play... Hit .329 on the year, finishing second on the team and fifth in the Big South... Also ranked in the league with a .421 on-base percentage (4th), 24 walks (7th), 54 hits (8th), and a .439 slugging percentage (8th)... Opened the season on a seven-game hitting streak, including a pair of multiple-hit games... Followed it up with a career-best and team season-high 10 game hitting streak... Went 5-for-7 with four RBIs and a run scored in a doubleheader against Liberty... Earned Big South Player of the Week honors after going 7-for-11 with six RBIs against Radford and Winthrop... Recorded 14 multiple-hit games, including three games with three hits each.
2003: Started all 53 games for the Lady Chanticleers, 43 of them at third base... Had a .280 batting average, ranking fifth on the team, but was more impressive in league play, hitting .360... Her 10 doubles led CCU and tied for sixth in the Big South... Ranked seventh in the conference in on-base percentage at .373... Scored 21 runs, third most on the team, while her 15 RBIs tied for fourth... Had seven multiple-hit games, including going 2-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored in the win over South Carolina.
High School: Earned All-District and All-Metro honors in each of her four seasons at Valley... As a senior, was a First Team All-District selection at shortstop and Albuquerque Tribune Second Team All-Metro honoree as a utility player after hitting .459 for the season... Earned Academic All-District honors as a junior to go with First Team All-District and Second Team All-Metro accolades... Led the division and ranked second in the state overall in hitting her sophomore season at .551, good for First Team All-Metro and All-District honors and helping her team to a third place finish in the state... Was named to the Honor Roll as well as being a part of the German Honor Society and Valley Academy.
Personal: Full name: Sara Michelle Hostetler... Daughter of Mike and Pam Hostetler... Brother Andy played baseball at Eastern New Mexico University... Born September 13, 1983... Majoring in accounting.
