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Spaid Named to Top-50 USA Softball Watch List
1/25/2023 11:22:00 AM | Softball
OKLAHOMA CITY – Miami University's Karli Spaid was announced to the USA Softball Top-50 Watch List for the 2023 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year on Wednesday, Jan. 25. The prestigious award will look to recognize a Collegiate Player of the Year based on outstanding play throughout the entire NCAA Division I collegiate softball season.
The Chicago, Ill. native is coming off a record-breaking performance in 2022, earning first-team All-MAC, first-team All-Region and third-team All-American honors. She started all 58 games for the Red and White, finishing the season with a .413 batting average, 28 home runs, 70 RBI, a .931 slugging percentage and a .489 on-base percentage. She ranked in the top-10 nationally in home runs, home runs per game, RBI, runs scored, slugging percentage and total bases.
She recorded hits in 45 of 58 games and had 24 multi-hit performances this past year. She also had six multi-home run games in 2022 and was twice named MAC Player of the Week.
The junior did some of her best work against the nation's top teams. She had two home runs against Ohio State last February. A week later she did the same at Texas. She added a walk-off home run versus California and went 3-for-3 with a pair of dingers versus Bowling Green in the MAC Championship.
After just two years with the RedHawks, Spaid is Miami's career leader in home runs (45) and batting average (.408). She ranks second with 119 RBI and third with 123 runs scored.
Recognized as the most distinguished individual honor in NCAA Division I Softball, previous recipients of the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award include Stacey Nuveman (UCLA - 2002), Cat Osterman (2003, 2005, 2006 - Texas), Jessica Van der Linden (Florida State - 2004), Monica Abbott (2007 - Tennessee), Angela Tincher (2008 - Virginia Tech), Danielle Lawrie (2009, 2010 - Washington), Ashley Hansen (Stanford – 2011), Keilani Ricketts (2012, 2013 – Oklahoma), Lacey Waldrop (2014 – Florida State), Lauren Haeger (2015 – Florida), Sierra Romero (2016 – Michigan), Kelly Barnhill (2017 – Florida), Rachel Garcia (2018, 2019 – UCLA) and Jocelyn Alo (2021, 2022 – Oklahoma). Due to the shortened 2020 season because of the COVID-19 global pandemic, a 2020 recipient was not chosen.
In addition to crowning the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, USA Softball is now in its 21st season of presenting the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll which is announced on Tuesdays during the regular season. The 2023 Preseason ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll was released Jan. 24 with Oklahoma, UCLA, Oklahoma State, Florida State and Florida ranking in the Top 5 respectively.
The Chicago, Ill. native is coming off a record-breaking performance in 2022, earning first-team All-MAC, first-team All-Region and third-team All-American honors. She started all 58 games for the Red and White, finishing the season with a .413 batting average, 28 home runs, 70 RBI, a .931 slugging percentage and a .489 on-base percentage. She ranked in the top-10 nationally in home runs, home runs per game, RBI, runs scored, slugging percentage and total bases.
She recorded hits in 45 of 58 games and had 24 multi-hit performances this past year. She also had six multi-home run games in 2022 and was twice named MAC Player of the Week.
The junior did some of her best work against the nation's top teams. She had two home runs against Ohio State last February. A week later she did the same at Texas. She added a walk-off home run versus California and went 3-for-3 with a pair of dingers versus Bowling Green in the MAC Championship.
After just two years with the RedHawks, Spaid is Miami's career leader in home runs (45) and batting average (.408). She ranks second with 119 RBI and third with 123 runs scored.
Recognized as the most distinguished individual honor in NCAA Division I Softball, previous recipients of the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award include Stacey Nuveman (UCLA - 2002), Cat Osterman (2003, 2005, 2006 - Texas), Jessica Van der Linden (Florida State - 2004), Monica Abbott (2007 - Tennessee), Angela Tincher (2008 - Virginia Tech), Danielle Lawrie (2009, 2010 - Washington), Ashley Hansen (Stanford – 2011), Keilani Ricketts (2012, 2013 – Oklahoma), Lacey Waldrop (2014 – Florida State), Lauren Haeger (2015 – Florida), Sierra Romero (2016 – Michigan), Kelly Barnhill (2017 – Florida), Rachel Garcia (2018, 2019 – UCLA) and Jocelyn Alo (2021, 2022 – Oklahoma). Due to the shortened 2020 season because of the COVID-19 global pandemic, a 2020 recipient was not chosen.
In addition to crowning the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, USA Softball is now in its 21st season of presenting the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll which is announced on Tuesdays during the regular season. The 2023 Preseason ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll was released Jan. 24 with Oklahoma, UCLA, Oklahoma State, Florida State and Florida ranking in the Top 5 respectively.
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