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Jersey Number 7
Karli Spaid
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Lane Technical
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- Custom1:
- R/R
CAREER ACCOLADES
2024 HIGHLIGHTS
2023 HIGHLIGHTS
2023 PRESEASON
2022 HIGHLIGHTS
2021 HIGHLIGHTS
- First-Team All-MAC (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- First-Team All-Region (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- MAC Tournament MVP (2023, 2024)
- 2024 USA Softball National Player of the Year Top-10 Finalist
- 2024 MAC Player of the Year
- 2024 First-Team All-American (D1Softball, Softball America)
- 2024 Third-Team All-American (NFCA)
- 2024 CSC Academic All-District
- 2023 Second-Team All-American (D1Softball)
- 2022 Third-Team All-American (NFCA)
- 2021 MAC Freshman of the Year
- Finished career with 103 career home runs, second most in NCAA History
- Hit 36 home runs in 2024, second-most in NCAA History for a single season
- Her .924 career slugging percentage ranks fifth in NCAA history
- Ranks first in Miami history in career batting average (.395), runs scored (253), hits (274), home runs (103) and RBI (258)
- Ranks fourth in walks (102) and second in stolen bases (56)
- Was the seventh overall pick of the 2024 Athletes Unlimited Draft
2024 HIGHLIGHTS
- Played in and started all 58 games
- Hit .407 with 36 home runs (led the NCAA) and 78 RBI on the year
- Added a .516 on-base percentage and a 1.102 slugging percentage (led the NCAA)
- Named a USA Softball Top-10 Finalist for National Player of the Year
- First-Team All-MAC
- First-Team All-Region
- 2024 First-Team All-American (D!Softball, Softball America)
- 2024 Third-Team All-American (NFCA)
- 2024 CSC Academic All-District
- Was the seventh overall pick of the 2024 Athletes Unlimited Draft
- Hit multiple home runs in five different games
- Had multiple RBI in 21 games
- Had six RBI versus Kansas City-Missouri and Eastern Kentucky, both Miami wins
- Had a pair of home runs at Oklahoma, including the first home run in Love’s Field history
- Had two home runs in a win over Akron; next game Akron intentionally walked her in all three occasions
- Reached base in 40 consecutive games
- Drew a career-best 41 walks
2023 HIGHLIGHTS
- Played in and started all 59 games
- Academic All-MAC
- NFCA All-Region
- Academic All-District
- MAC All-Tournament Team
- MAC Tournament MVP
- First Team All-MAC
- Named Second Team All-American by D1 Softball
- Holds Miami career batting average record (.391)
- Holds Miami career runs record (177)
- Holds Miami career home runs record (67)
- Holds Miami career RBI record (180)
- Ranks fourth in the nation in home runs (22) and sixth in home runs per game (.37)
- 24th in the nation in slugging percentage (.759)
- Finished the season with a .359 batting average, 54 runs, 66 hits, 10 doubles, 22 home runs, and 61 RBI
- Led the team in batting average, hits, home runs, RBI, stolen bases and slugging percentage
2023 PRESEASON
- Named the 32nd-best player in the nation by D1Softball.com
- Ranked as the second-best third baseman in the country by ExtraInningSoftball.com
2022 HIGHLIGHTS
- Started all 58 games
- Third Team All-American, the first in Miami softball history
- First Team NFCA All-Region
- First Team All-MAC
- Finished season with a .413 batting average, 28 home runs, 70 RBI, a .931 slugging percentage and a .489 on-base percentage
- Added 10 doubles, two triples and was second on the team with 27 walks.
- Ranked in the top 10 nationally in home runs, home runs per game, RBI, runs scored, slugging percentage and total bases
- Set a new school record in a season for runs scored (67), RBI (70) and home runs (28)
- Ranked third in school history with a .413 batting average and 78 hits
- Recorded hits in 45 of 58 games and had 24 multi-hit performances throughout the season
- Had two home runs in a game six different times
- Twice named MAC Player of the Week (Feb. 22 and April 12)
- Had two home runs versus Ohio State on Feb. 27 and two more versus Texas on March 6
- Went 3-for-4 with two home runs and a career-high seven RBI at Toledo on April 5
- Had a walk-off two-run homer versus California on April 23
- Went 3-for-3 with a pair of dingers versus Bowling Green in the MAC Championship Game
- Had a solo home run versus Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament
2021 HIGHLIGHTS
- Played in 50 games, making 48 starts
- First-Team All-MAC
- MAC Freshman of the Year
- First-Team NFCA All-Region
- Finished season with a .403 batting average, 17 home runs and 49 RBI (fourth-most in school history)
- Her 17 home runs ranks atop the Miami record books
- Her .403 batting average ranks fourth-best for a single season in Miami history
- Finished the year with 56 runs scored, second-most in school history
- Ranked 24th in the nation in home runs and 10th in runs per game
- Had 19 multi-hit games
- Had a 19-game hit streak during the middle of the season
- Recorded two home run versus Buffalo (April 17) and at NIU (May 15)
- Had a season-high four RBI versus Buffalo (April 18)
- Added 19 stolen bases (second-most in school history)
- Majoring in sports leadership and management
- Daughter of Daniela and Chris Spaid. Has one older brother (Jake)
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