2023 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 22
Avrey Steiner
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Fowler, Ohio
- High School:
- Cortland Lakeview
 University of Illinois Graduate |
 Two Time NFCA All-Region |
 Two-Time All-Big Ten |
Fifth Year - 2023
- Academic All-Big Ten
- CSC All-District
- Started all 56 games at second base
- Slashed .302/.372/.362
- Recorded 13 multi-hit games
- Logged 52 hits and 28 runs
- Tied for first on the Illini squad with three triples
- Earned 14 walks and tallied eight RBI
- Put down four sacrifice hits
- Tallied a three hits against Southern (2/10/23), Louisville (2/17/23), Columbia (3/5/23), Ohio State (4/15/23) and Wisconsin (5/10/23)
- Scored four runs against Sputh4ern (2/10/23)
- Went 7-for-8 in stolen bases, posting a pair against North Carolina A&T (3/3/23)
- Notched a triple against Southern (2/10/23), Pitt (2/26/23) and Saint Francis (3/12/23)
- Posted a .965 fielding percentage with 101 putouts, 86 assists and six errors.
Senior - 2022
- First Team All-Big Ten
- NFCA All-Region Third Team
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
- Led the team and Big Ten in hits (77)
- Finished 12th in NCAA in single-season hits
- Started all 56 games at second base
- Batted .391 with 35 runs, nine doubles, 20 RBI, 10 stolen bases
- .970 fielding percentage, 95 putouts and 66 assists against five errors
- 77 hits in 2022 ranks second all-time in single-season in Illinois history
- Had team-best 21 multi-hit games along with four multi-RBI efforts
- Hit safely in 48-of-56 games
- 15-game hit streak spanning from 3/20/22 - 4/15/22, batting 27-for-53 (.509)
- Went 4-for-5 with three RBI vs No. 10 Arkansas on 2/20/22
- Produced a 3-for-5 outing with four RBI vs. Purdue on 3/27/22
- Game-winning RBI vs. Penn State along with three hits
Junior - 2021
- NFCA All-Region First Team
- Second Team All-Big Ten
- NFCA All American Scholar Athlete
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Started all 44 games at second base for the Illini
- .961 fielding percentage, 66 putouts, 81 assists, and six errors
- Led the team and tied for 10th in the Big Ten in hits (51) and also led the team in batting average with a .329 average (51/155)
- Game-winning RBI in 2-1 victory over No. 17 Michigan 2/28/21
- 100th career hit vs. Iowa 5/15/21
- Four hit game vs. Nebraska 4/11/21
- 15-game hit streak spanning from 3/12/21-4/10/21
Sophomore - 2020
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Started all 22 games at second base for the Illini
- Led Illini with a .338 BA with 24 H (T10 in B1G), 5 2B, 14 R (T12 in B1G), 3 RBI, 29 TB, .408 slugging %, 3 BB, 4-of-6 SB
- .961 fielding %, 35 PO, 34 A, 2 E
- Along with batting average, led the Illini in hits, runs, doubles and stolen bases
- Tallied a hit in 17 of the 22 games on the season, including five multi-hit contests
- Opened the season with a breakout performance at the NFCA Leadoff Classic (2/7-9/), posting a .571 BA with eight hits, five runs and an RBI, while going 2-for-3 in stolen base attempts
- Went 3-for-4 with two runs and two stolen bases in a season-opening win over Liberty (2/7/20)
- Knocked a 3-for-3 outing with an RBI in a win over No. 21 Ole Miss (2/8/20)
- Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI against BYU (2/27/20)
Freshman - 2019
- Appeared in 51 games this season, starting in 44 of them
- Hit .276 with 12 R, 27 H, 27 TB, 7 BB, 1 HBP
- Went 2-for-2 in a win over Illinois State (4/3/19)
- Notched a hit and two runs in a win over EIU (3/26/19)
- Knocked her first career hit and scored two runs in a win over Northern Iowa (3/1/19)
- Made her Illini debut as the second base starter in a win over No. 22 Oklahoma State (2/8/19)
- Scored a run and walked twice in a win over Boston College (2/16/19)
High School
- Three-time Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) All-State Division Two honors as a sophomore, junior and senior
- Three-time First-Team All-Conference and All-County
- Three-time All-District
- Earned CLHS Team MVP honors after registering a .606 batting average as a freshman
- Three-time WKBN Diamond King Award Winner as a sophomore, junior and senior
- Ohio Scholar Athlete Award winner
- Owned a .681 batting average as a senior, a .530 average as a junior and a .570 average as a sophomore
- Also played volleyball and earned back-to-back All-District Division 2 honors as a senior and junior
- Ranked #89 in FloSoftball Hot 100 players for 2018 class and #100 in Extra Innings Extra Elite 100 for 2018.
- Three-time Top 10 finisher at PGF Nationals (third, ninth, first) and three-time Top 5 finisher at Boulder IDT Tournament (third x2, fifth)
- Led her Beverly Bandits club team to a Premier PGF Nationals championship in California and a Triple Crown National title in Austin in 2017
- National Honor Society member
- Senior Class Valedictorian
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