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2023 Softball Roster

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8 Delaney Rummell

  • Position Utility
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Gilberts, Ill.
  • High School Hampshire
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Biography

Graduation Badge University of Illinois Graduate
Big Ten Logo white 2023 All-Big Ten Defensive Team
Big Ten Logo white 2021 All-Big Ten Second Team

Senior - 2023

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • All-Big Ten Defensive Team 
    Started all 56 games at third base
  • Fourth on the squad with 11 multi-hit games
  • Slashed .271/.424/.308 
  • Posted 48 hits and 22 runs
  • Earned four walks
  • Second on the team with 31 RBI
  • Posted 16 extra base hits with five home runs and a triple
  • Notched three sac flies and three sac bunts
  • Recorded three hits against Texas (2/12/23) and Marist (3/11/23)
  • Scored a pair of runs at Wisconsin (4/2/23) 
  • Logged three RBI against DePaul (4/25/23)
  • Tallied a triple against HCU (2/25/23)
  • Recorded a homer against UNCW (3/4/23), Indiana State (3/29/23), at Wisconsin (4/2/23), against Michigan State (4/23/23) and DePaul (4/25/23) 
  • Went 7-for-8 in stolen bases
  • Logged a .986 fielding percentage with 58 putouts, 88 assists and two errors.

Junior - 2022

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Started all 56 games at third base for the Illini
  • Recorded career-high numbers in hits (45), home runs (10), and RBI (34) while leading the team in home runs
  • Slashed .269/.319/.485 across the season
  • Scored 31 runs
  • Connected for two sac flies and six sacrifice hits
  • Stole nine bases
  • Owned a .968 fielding percentage with 50 putouts and 71 assists
  • 11 multi-hit games including 3-hit performances against Hofstra and Wisconsin
  • Team-best eight multi-RBI efforts including a 6-RBI outing against Hofstra
  • Season-best six-game hitting streak and nine-game reached base streak
  • Connected for a grand slam and pair of RBI singles against Hofstra (3/5/22)
  • Delivered two hits and a grand slam at Rutgers (4/17/22)
  • Went 3-for-3 with three runs scored vs. Wisconsin (4/10/22)

Sophomore - 2021

  • Second Team All-Big Ten
  • Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player of the Week on (4/20/21)
  • B1G Co-Player of the Week on (4/20/21)
  • Had a 2-for-3, 2 RBI game in the Illini's 8-0 win against Penn State on 3/14/21
  • Went 3-for-4 in the 7-2 win against Wisconsin on 4/3
  • Hit her first home run of the year against Nebraska going 2-for-4 on the day with 2 RBI and one run scored
  • Went 9-for-12 with 10 RBI, a home run, 3 doubles, and 2 runs scored in four games against Purdue (4/16-4/18/21)
  • Recorded 6 RBIs in four games against Northwestern (4/30-5/2/21), including a three-run home run and two doubles
  • Went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI off of two singles in a win against Ohio State on 5/8/21

Freshman - 2020

  • Illinois Athletics Freshman of the Year finalist
  • B1G Co-Freshman of the Week (2/17/20)
  • Started in all 22 games on the season at third base
  • .194 BA, 12 hits, 1 2B, 5 HR, 10 R, 13 RBI, 28 TB, .452 slugging %, 7 BB, 2 SF, .938 fielding %
  • Led the Illini and ranked tied for fifth in home runs, while also ranked in the top three on the team in walks (first), RBI (second), runs (second), total bases (third) and slugging percentage (third)
  • Totaled five multi-RBI games
  • Ranked tied for 14th in the Big Ten Conference with 35 assists
  • Knocked two home runs against NC State (2/15/20)
  • Registered one home run and was walked three times in the second meeting with NC State (2/16) in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge
  • Posted a .400 batting average with four hits, four runs and four RBI to lead the Illini at the plate at the 2020 Big Ten/ACC Challenge, with three of her four hits going for home runs - the first three of her career. She also registered 13 total bases, a 1.300 slugging percentage and three walks. Along with her offense, she tallied a 1.000 fielding percentage with six putouts and seven assists at the third base position

High School

  • Two-time Illinois High School Association (IHSA) First Team All-State in 2017 and 2018 for Hampshire High School
  • 2017 Northwest Herald All-Area Team First-Team
  • Ranked as a 2019 Extra Elite 100 by Extra Innings Softball as a top 100 player
  • A member of the Illinois Chill organization, she helped lead her team to Top-10 finishes at the IDT Softball Tournament in 2016 and 2018 and at PGF Nationals in 2016
  • Two-time National Honor Society honoree at HHS

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2020Freshman

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    2021Sophomore

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    2022Junior

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    2023Senior

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