Magean De La Torre (4/9/2012) - Athlete Awards - Oklahoma City University Athletics

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Magean De La Torre

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Week Of

4/9/2012
Sport

#2 Softball
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Oklahoma City University’s Magean De La Torre was a second-team all-Sooner Athletic Conference outfielder a season ago and posted a .973 fielding percentage in 62 games. This season De La Torre made the jump from the outfield to the hot corner.
“It has been a little bit tough,” De La Torre said. “I haven’t played third base since I was 10 years old. Going from the grass to the dirt is always a bit shaky.”
The junior from Plano, Texas, says she getting the hang of playing her new position.
“Third base can be a bit scary,” De La Torre said. “I actually got hit in the head in one of our games down in Texas, so I’m just trying to make sure my glove gets to my face quick enough.”
The defensive move has not affected De La Torre at the plate. De La Torre is hitting .333 with 20 RBIs and five home runs this season and slugged a pair homers in the Stars’ sweep of Oklahoma Wesleyan to become this week’s Super Star of the week.
“I just saw that my teammates were on base and I had to pick them up,” De La Torre said. “If they get on base, it’s is my job to help them out. They work hard, I work hard.”
De La Torre has helped the Stars, No. 3 in NAIA softball, to 21 straight victories this season.
“We really just try not to think about it, because if you think too much you get into your head,” De La Torre said. “Softball is so mental that you just have to play your game and worry about you and your teammates and everything will just work itself out.”
De La Torre is confident that the Stars will continue to have the same kind of success the rest of the season.
“We’re usually more of a defensive team, but we have really been hitting the ball well,” De La Torre said. “Lily LaVelle is just a machine on the mound and if we can get as many runs as we can to help her out then it’s pretty much cohesive like that.”

More on Magean:
Favorite cartoon character: Danny Phantom
Favorite sports venue: Ann Lacy Stadium
Define greatness: OCU softball
Number of text messages I have sent today: I don’t have friends
Career plans: Wherever the wind blows

Athlete Awards
Date	Athlete	Sport
11/24/2008	Andy Taylor	Men's Soccer
11/17/2008	Zoe Barratt	Women's Soccer
11/10/2008	Laura Duncan	Women's Basketball
11/3/2008	Whitney Kress	Volleyball
10/26/2008	Stephen Sheffield	Men's Soccer
10/20/2008	Vicky Murphy	Volleyball
10/13/2008	Anthony Michael	#4 Men's Golf
10/6/2008	Caroline Dixon	Women's Soccer
9/29/2008	Davy Green	#22 Women's Cross Country
9/22/2008	Shelbey Veselka	Volleyball
9/15/2008	Andy Fitzpatrick	Men's Soccer
9/8/2008	Chris Spendlove	Men's Soccer
4/21/2008	Erin Slettvet	#2 Softball
4/14/2008	David Mann	Baseball
4/7/2008	Landon Camp	Baseball
3/31/2008	Tyler Kelsey	Baseball
3/24/2008	Julian Valenciana	#4 Men's Golf
3/17/2008	Briana Conway	#12 Women's Wrestling
3/10/2008	Breezy Martin	Women's Basketball
3/3/2008	Willie Irick	Men's Basketball