MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — You can't knock the smile off of Laura Mealer's face when she's at Blue Raider softball practice. Not even when you pull her for a few minutes out of warmups to chat on camera for an interview.
It's not hard to guess why, given the way the MTSU shortstop has started her sophomore campaign on the diamond. Through 14 games, the Chapel Hill, Tenn. native is batting a scorching .524, getting on base 62.3 percent of her plate appearances, all while scoring 19 runs and driving in 16 of her teammates on the bases.