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Wingate University Athletics

2024 Softball Roster

Hugh Patton
Hugh Patton

17 Heaven Maness

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • High School Southwest Randolph HS
  • Hometown Asheboro, N.C.

Biography

2021 (FRESHMAN)
  • Earned D2CCA First Team and NFCA Second Team All-Region honors in her first season at Wingate
  • Was named SAC Freshman of the Year and an All-SAC First Team selection
  • Started in each of her 35 appearances in the blue & gold
  • Hit .426 on 46 hits including 12 doubles, four triples and five homeruns, driving in a team-high 36 runs
  • Was .001 short of the SAC batting title
  • Also walked six times, swiped 14 bases in 16 attempts and scored 28 runs
  • Recorded team-highs in batting average (.426), doubles (12), triples (4), homeruns (5), RBI (36), total bases (81) and slugging percentage (.750)
  • Her .458 on-base percentage ranked second on the team
  • Got a hit in her first collegiate game at Barton on Feb. 3
  • Hit her first collegiate homerun on a two-run shot at Augusta before hitting a double in the second game
  • Collected two doubles and a career-high five RBI in the 12-9 win over Concord on Feb. 17
  • Registered her first three-hit game in the second game of the DH vs Concord, including her fourth double in the last three games
  • Recorded four straight multi-hit games between Feb. 19 and Mar. 17, driving in five runs in the span and hitting homeruns in back-to-back games vs Lees-McRae and at Lenoir-Rhyne
  • Hit her third homerun in four games with a two-run homer at Anderson on March 20
  • Had three hits, two RBI and two runs scored in the DH matchup with Queens
  • Recorded the exact same statistics in the following series against Coker
  • Registered three more hits in the series against Carson-Newman scoring three times and driving in a pair of runs
  • Made it four straight DH series with at least three hits against Limestone, bringing her hitting streak to a season-long 10 games
  • Recorded 15 hits, 10 RBI and 10 runs scored in the hitting streak (March 20 - March 30)
  • Went for three hits including a double and a triple in the Tusculum series
  • Had two hits including a solo homer in the second game versus Mars Hill
  • Registered three hits including a double and a triple in the Newberry series
  • Went for three more hits including two doubles and drove in three runs in the Lincoln Memorial set
  • Had a hit and drove in a run in the SAC Tournament game versus Carson-Newman
CAREER STATS
  • Games played (starts): 86 (86)
  • At-bats (career-high): 277 (5, 2.24.22 at Mount Olive)
  • Runs (career-high): 69 (3, 4.20.22 vs Lenoir-Rhyne)
  • Hits (career-high): 105 (4, 2.24.22 at Mount Olive)
  • Doubles (career-high): 24 (2, 2 times, most recent: 4.13.22 vs Catawba)
  • Triples (career-high): 7 (1, 7 times, most recent: 4.13.22 vs Catawba)
  • Home runs (career-high): 14 (1, 14 times, most recent: 4.9.22 at Limestone)
  • RBI (career-high): 77 (5, 2.17.21 vs Concord)
  • Walks (career-high): 15 (2, 2.19.22 vs Georgia College)
  • Stolen bases (career-high): 34 (3, 4.20.22 vs Lenoir-Rhyne)
  • Updated: 5.10.22
PERSONAL
  • Full name is Heaven Nicole Maness
  • Born December 11, 2001 in Asheboro, N.C.
  • Daughter of Chris and Stephanie Maness
  • Majoring in Exercise Science
  • Favorite athlete is Jessica Mendoza
  • Favorite sports team is the UNC Tar Heels
  • Favorite movie is Pippi Longstocking 
  • Favorite TV show is One Tree Hill
  • Favorite food is steak
  • Most memorable sports moment is when I hit my first home run
  • Favorite sport other than softball is basketball
  • People I admire the most are my parents
  • Something people don’t know about me is that I have a tattoo
  • Nickname: Red
  • Favorite Quote: “I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength." - Philippians 4:13

Statistics

Season:
2024

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2021Freshman

    SS/UT
    5'4"
    17
  • 17

    2022Sophomore

    SS/UT
    5'4"
    17
  • 17

    2023Junior

    IF
    5'4"
    17
  • 17

    2024Senior

    INF
    5'4"
    17