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University of Illinois Athletics

2023 Softball Roster

Libby Knight / Illinois Athletics
Libby Knight / Illinois Athletics
Libby Knight / Illinois Athletics

15 Miranda Gallardo

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Buena Park, Calif.
  • High School John F. Kennedy
  • Instagram mirandagallardoo

Biography

Graduation Badge University of Illinois Graduate

Senior - 2023

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Winner
  • Played in 14 games, primarily as a pinch runner
  • Scored five runs
  • Logged a stolen base against Southern (2/10/23) and North Carolina A&T (3/3/23)
  • Recorded four at bats during the season

Junior - 2022

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Appeared in 25 games for the Illini primarily as a pinch runner
  • Stole two bases and scored six runs
  • Went 2-for-4 in the box on the season

Sophomore - 2021

  • Made 23 appearances while drawing starts in the last two games of the season at Iowa
  • Scored 10 runs and stole two bases
  • Delivered a sac hit at Iowa on (5/15/21)
  • Perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with two putouts and seven assists

Freshman - 2020

  • Appeared in 10 games, starting 8 of them and seeing action mainly at shortstop
  • .263 BA, 5 H, 4 R, 1 RBI, 5 TB, 2 BB, 5 SH
  • Had a 1.000 Fielding % with 7 PO, 8 A, 3 DP and committed no errors
  • Went 2-for-3 in a winning effort against Missouri (3/11/20)
  • Tallied her first career hit, run and RBI against BYU (2/27/20)
  • Made her Illini debut against Liberty (2/7/20) as a pinch runner

High School

  • Ranked as a 2019 Extra Elite 200 by Extra Innings Softball as a Top 200 player
  • Earned Empire League First-Team honors in 2017 and was Second-Team in 2018
  • Helped lead her high school to the 2018 Empire League championship and was named to the 2018 All-Academic Team
  • 2017 Kennedy High School Defensive Player of the Year
  • Helped lead her Firecrackers Brashear travel team to the 2018 18U Colorado Fireworks Super 64 Championship and fifth-place finishes at the 2018 Premier PGF Nationals in 2017 and 2018

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2020Freshman

    Utility
    5'2"
    15
  • 15

    2021Sophomore

    Infielder
    5'2"
    15
  • 15

    2022Junior

    Infielder
    5'2"
    15
  • 15

    2023Senior

    Infielder
    5'2"
    15