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Softball Adds 11 to 2025 Roster
9/23/2024 2:40:00 PM | Softball
The Miami University softball team and new Head Coach Mandy Gardner-Colegate has 11 new players to introduce for the 2025 campaign.Â
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Kaylee Oh, OF, 5-2, R/R, Murrieta, Calif./Oregon State
at Oregon State:
High School:
Alexandra Caouette, RHP, 5-7, R/R, Laguna Niguel, Calif./Western Michigan
at Western Michigan:
High School:
Ella Carter, INF, 6-0, R/R, New York, NY./Indiana
at Indiana:
High School:
Danitza Hernandez, INF, 5-6, R/R, Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton
at Phoenix:
Nathalie Hagle, C, 5-6, R/R, Commerce Twp., Mich./Lakeland
High School:
Shelbie Krieger, P, 5-10, R/R, Rootstown, Ohio/Rootstown
High School:
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Holly Merritt, INF, 5-11, L/L, Chattanooga, Tenn./Baylor
High School:
Léa Chevrier, P, 5-8, R/R, St-Lazare, Quebec, Canada/Bourget College
High School:
Sydney Gilbert, UTL, 5-4, R/R, Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young Magnet
High School:
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Ella Freeman, C/OF, 5-6, R/R, Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata
High school:
London Studer, OF/C, 5-9, L/L, Backlick, Ohio/Gahanna Lincoln
High School:
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Kaylee Oh, OF, 5-2, R/R, Murrieta, Calif./Oregon State
at Oregon State:
- Appeared in 23 games with the Beavs as a pinch runner
- Scored nine runs in her first collegiate season        Â
High School:
- Prepped at Murrieta Mesa High School
- Played on the club circuit for Athletics Mercado Smith 18U
Alexandra Caouette, RHP, 5-7, R/R, Laguna Niguel, Calif./Western Michigan
at Western Michigan:
- Saw action in one game
High School:
- Coached by Randi Baldwin
- Tied strikeout record
- Named All-Star and All-League her senior year
- Earned Coaches Award and Team MVP senior year
- Served as team captain all four years
- Championship Pitcher for Laguna Hills Tournament
- Championship Pitcher for south coast league championship
- All-American watch list her junior and senior years
- Second-Team All-League her junior year
Ella Carter, INF, 6-0, R/R, New York, NY./Indiana
at Indiana:
- Saw action in seven games
- Notched one RBI for the Hoosiers
High School:
- Coached by Renae Beauchman
- First-Team All-Ivy Prep League sophomore, junior, and senior year
- Served as team captain her senior year
- Earned a .683 BA, 13 HR, 41 RBI, and 21 runs her senior year
Danitza Hernandez, INF, 5-6, R/R, Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton
at Phoenix:
- Recorded .427 career batting average
- Had 45 home runs and 159 RBI in 115 games with the Bears
- In her final season with the Bears she hit .432 with 17 home runs and 63 RBI
- Earned NJCAA Division II Second-Team All-American accolades in 2024
Nathalie Hagle, C, 5-6, R/R, Commerce Twp., Mich./Lakeland
High School:
- Attended Lakeland High School
- Coached by Mike Cleary
- Four-time team captain
- First-Team All State senior year
- Recorded 22 home runs between junior and senior year
- Hit .415 as a junior with 44 hits, and 50 RBI
- Earned batting average of .468 senior year and OBP of .565 senior year
- Added an OPS of 1.447, earning First-Team All-Region and honorable mention All-State in 2023
- MHSAA Scholar AthleteÂ
Shelbie Krieger, P, 5-10, R/R, Rootstown, Ohio/Rootstown
High School:
- Attended Rootstown High School
- Coached by Paige Byers
- Was named Portage Trail Conference Player of the Year three times
- Earned high school sports award for Softball Player of the Year
- Finished junior year campaign with a 1.29 ERA, recording 191 strikeouts in 86 innings
- Finished senior year season with 2.6 ERA, 149 strikeouts, opponent batting average of .206, and 93.1 innings
- Owns school record for single season strikeouts, RBI and no-hitters and is the school's all-time strikeout leader.
- Also lettered in volleyball
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Holly Merritt, INF, 5-11, L/L, Chattanooga, Tenn./Baylor
High School:
- Attended Baylor High School
- Coached by Kelli Smith
- Part of a team that won three-straight state championships
- Earned All-State and All-Region honors as a sophomore, junior, and senior
- Best of Preps 2022, 2023, 2024
- Earned a batting average of .496, SLG .906, 11 home runs, 52 RBI, and a fielding percentage of .996
Léa Chevrier, P, 5-8, R/R, St-Lazare, Quebec, Canada/Bourget College
High School:
- Coached by Brad Pelletier
- Went 13-2, with a 2.05 earned-run average and 113 strikeouts for the Buccaneers in 2022-23
- She earned Most Outstanding Pitcher, as well as All-Team Tournament at States in 2023
- Helped the Buccaneers capture a NJCAA National Championship her freshman year
- She was named the Most Outstanding Pitcher at Canada Games
- Helped her team finish third in the Canada Games
- Named the Provincial Athlete of the Year, earning first-team all-conference in 2023.
Sydney Gilbert, UTL, 5-4, R/R, Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young Magnet
High School:
- Coached by Mike Hinrichs
- Named to All-City and All-State junior year
- In her career she earned a batting average of .368, on base percentage of .466, 144 hits, 112 RBI, 146 runs, 54 stolen bases, .948 fielding percentage
- Team captain junior and senior year
- Chicago public league champion in 2022 and 2024
- All-State Third Team 2023
- Won 2 regional and sectional plaques
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Ella Freeman, C/OF, 5-6, R/R, Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata
High school:
- Coached by Melissa Chmielewski
- Named to All-Conference Team and received All-Conference Honorable Mention twice
- Named to All-Section Team in 2023 and 2024
- Named to All-State Academic Team
- Two-time team captain
- Earned Golden Glove three times
- Team MVP junior year
- Top 75 Junior
London Studer, OF/C, 5-9, L/L, Backlick, Ohio/Gahanna Lincoln
High School:
- Coached by Mike ShadeÂ
- First woman to play on Gahanna Lincoln's varsity baseball team
- Played for the USA Women's National Baseball Team during summer of 2024
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