Judy Knight - M Club Hall of Fame - University of Minnesota Athletics

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Schedule

Sep 6

11:00 AM

Football

vs Northwestern State

Sep 6

6:00 PM

Volleyball

at Lipscomb

Sep 7

Men's Golf

vs 2nd Swing Gopher Invitational

Judy Knight
Softball - 1978-81
Hall of Fame Class of 2009

Judy Knight starred for the Golden Gopher softball team from 1978-1981. In her senior season, she led Minnesota to their first Big Ten title, after a 4-1 mark at the conference tournament. She also capped a career that saw her leave as the Golden Gophers leader in assists in a game (12), season (118) and career (416).

Throughout her career, Knight was one of Minnesota's best and most consistent hitters. She broke into the line-up as a freshman in 1978 and immediately led the team in sacrifices with 15. That year she also collected 39 hits and knocked in a career high 21 runs, while scoring a career high 28. She also added 110 assists in 1978, which set her on a pace for her record setting 416 in her career.

After entering the everyday lineup in her first season, she would stay there for the next four years. Her best season statistically came in her junior year. There, she batted .338 in 37 games, connecting for a career high 45 hits and scoring 21 runs. She also banged out a career best three triples on her way to a career high of 52 total bases. Again she topped the 100 assist mark, finishing with a 106 to go along with a fielding percentage of .916. On Mar. 26 of that season she set a Golden Gopher record that still stands, when she tallied 10 at-bats against Texas-Arlington in a 25-inning, 2-1 win on the road.

In addition to her assist marks, she also ended her career as the Minnesota record holder with 38 career sacrifices. Elsewhere in the record books, she finished her career fourth on the career hit list (141) and 10th in both career RBI (44) and batting average (.288). In 1979 she was invited to try out for the U.S. Pan American softball team.