2020: PBC all-academic team selection ... Started all 26 games … Recorded four homers and 14 RBI while scoring 18 times … Posted a .338 batting average and a .525 slugging averaged … Swiped six bases … Posted two hits and scored in the season-opening win over Columbia College … Singled in the nightcap victory over the Koalas … Doubled and scored the game-winning run in the victory over Claflin … Posted a single and scored a run in the win over the Panthers … Scored a run in the victory over St. Augustine’s … Singled and scored in the win over the Falcons … Had a hit, stole a base and scored in the win over Shaw … Recorded three hits, including a homer, stole three bases and scored three times in the victory over the Bears … Singled in the win over Emmanuel … Posted two hits against Emmanuel … Doubled in a pair of runs at Limestone … Registered two hits, drove in two and scored once in the win over North Greenville … Had a pair of hits and scored once against the Crusaders … Singled in the opening win over Benedict … Launched a homer and scored a run in the nightcap victory over the Tigers … Singled at Erskine … Belted a three-run homer and scored twice in the win over Erskine … Homered and scored twice in the victory over Fayetteville State … Registered two hits, including a double, while driving in two and scoring once in the win over the Broncos … Singled, drove in a run and scored in the win over East Stroudsburg.
2019: PBC all-academic team selection ... Started 48 games … Drove in 17 runs and scored 23 times … Registered 12 extra-base hits and slugged .410 … Singled and stole a base in the opener against North Greenville … Registered two hits, including a homer, while scoring three times in the opening victory against Benedict … Pounded out three hits and scored a run in the win over the Tigers … Singled in the opener at Coker … Tallied a base knock against the Cobras … Doubled in the opener at Newberry … Singled and scored against Catawba … Had a base hit and scored in the win over Claflin … Launched a two-run homer and scored twice against the Panthers … Scored a run in the win over Trinity Baptist … Doubled, drove in a run and scored in the victory over the Eagles … Went four-for-four with two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored in the victory over the Saints … Scored a run at Mount Olive … Recorded three hits, including a double, while driving in four and scoring twice and stealing two bases in the win over Fayetteville State … Had two hits, one RBI, a stolen base and scored twice in the victory over the Broncos … Scored a run in the win over St. Augustine’s … Recorded a pair of hits against Erskine … Singled at Georgia College … Drove in a run in the win at Belmont Abbey … Pounded out three hits against the Crusaders … Singled in the opener at Georgia Southwestern … Stole two bases in the win at Converse … Singled in the first game against UNC Pembroke … Launched a solo homer and scored twice in the nightcap against UNCP … Scored a run in the win over Flagler … Singled against the Saints … Posted two singles and scored twice in the win over Virginia State … Singled in the win at Augusta … Had a hit at Young Harris … Posted a pair of hits, including a double, against the Mountain Lions … Doubled against Lander.
2018: PBC all-academic team selection ... Played in 45 games, earning 43 starts … Second on the team with a .316 batting average … Drove in 19 runs and scored 22 times … Accounted for 13 extra-base hits … Pounded out four hits, including a double, while driving in two and scoring three times in the win over Converse … Posted a hit against Florida Southern … Doubled and scored at Limestone … Singled in a run and scored once in the opening win over Belmont Abbey … Singled and scored a run in the victory over the Crusaders … Singled and scored against Newberry … Went four-for-four with a triple, double, two RBI and two runs scored against Lees-McRae … Was two-for-two with a double, three RBI and scored twice in the victory over the Bobcats … Smashed a two-run homer at Erskine … Singled in the victory over the Flying Fleet … Registered three hits and scored a run against Catawba … Singled and scored against the Indians … Singled against Coker … Registered three hits, including a double, in the win over the Cobras … Had two hits, including a solo homer, while driving in two and scoring twice in the win at Flagler … Drove in a run at Embry-Riddle … Singled and scored against No. 12 Lenoir-Rhyne … Had a hit in the opener at Georgia Southwestern … Singled against the Lady Canes … Singled home a pair of runs at Claflin … Posted two hits and scored twice in the win at Claflin … Registered a hit against Young Harris … Singled in the win over the Mountain Lions … Posted two hits and stole a base in the opener at Georgia College … Singled against the Bobcats … Had a base hit and scored in the win at Augusta … Scored a run in the win over Francis Marion … Singled in a pair of runners against No. 2 North Georgia … Had a base hit against the No. 2 Nighthawks … Singled in the opening victory over Claflin … Singled in two runs in the win over UNC Pembroke.
2017: Played in 39 games, earning 26 starts … Registered four doubles and eight RBI on the year … Drove in a run in the season-opening victory over Limestone … Pounded out three hits, including a double, while scoring once in the nightcap win over the Saints … Singled at Belmont Abbey … Doubled in a pair of runs in the tie with the Crusaders … Went two-for-four with one RBI in the opening victory against Claflin … Drove in a run in the victory over the Panthers … Had a hit and scored the game-winning run in the win over St. Augustine’s … Drove in a run in the nightcap victory against the Royals … Scored a run at Lenoir-Rhyne … Singled and scored in the win over the Saints … Scored a run in the opening win over Montevallo … Singled at Barton … Notched two hits in the win against the Bulldogs … Had a hit in the win over Georgia Southwestern … Drove in a run against the Hurricanes and at Claflin … Singled and scored at Young Harris … Had a base hit against the Mountain Lions … Singled at Georgia College … Registered three hits, drove in one and scored once against the Bobcats … Scored a run in the victory over the Flying Fleet … Doubled against the Bearcats.
High School: Attended North Augusta H.S. ... Batted .463 as a senior and posted a .500 on-base percentage ... Slugged .595 for the year ... Reached base for 30 consecutive games ... Two-time all-region honoree ... Garnered all-state accolades as a junior ... 2016 North Augusta H.S. US Army Reserve scholar athlete award winner ... Picked up the South Carolina High School League scholar athlete award ... Reached base in all but one game as a senior.
Personal: Courtney Strauss was born Nov. 24, 1997 in North Augusta, S.C. … Daughter of Mike and Laura Strauss … Has a younger sister … Majoring in business and marketing.
