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2024 Softball Roster

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23 Sydney Malott

  • Position Infield
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Liberty, Mo.
  • High School Liberty HS
  • Instagram sydney.malott
  • Twitter malott_sydney

Biography

SOPHOMORE - 2024

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Played in 49 games, making 46 starts
  • Made starts at first base, second base, third base and catcher
  • Slashed .283/.386/.390 on the year
  • Finished second on the team with 23 walks
  • Posted seven multi-hit games
  • Went 3-for-4 against South Dakota (3/15/24) including the program’s 50th grand slam
  • Logged six RBI against South Dakota (3/15/24)
  • Scored three runs against South Dakota (3/15/24) and SIUE (3/27/24)
  • Recorded team’s first homer of the year against Belmont (2/9/24)
  • Posted a .944 fielding percentage.

FRESHMAN - 2023

  • Appeared in 48 games, making 45 starts 
  • Slashed .271/.434/.329 for her freshman campaign
  • Tallied 35 hits and 16 runs on the year
  • Hit five home runs and logged 23 RBI
  • Recorded three hits against Sam Houston (2/24/23)
  • Posted a pair of doubles at Wisconsin (4/2/23)
  • Hit first career home run against Fordham (2/11/23)
  • Tallied a season-high four RBI for against Ohio State (4/15/23)
  • Scored a pair of runs against Ohio State (4/15/23)
  • Went 3-for-3 on the year for stolen bases, posting them against Sam Houston (2/24/23), South Carolina (3/4/23) and Rutgers (3/26/23)
  • Recorded a .974 fielding percentage with 207 putouts, 15 assists and six errors.

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Three-time First Team All-Conference
  • Three-time Second Team All-Region
  • Two-time First Team All-District
  • Played four years for Aces Fast pitch club team, helping her team to several tournament wins in 2021 (Team 1, Sparkler, Top Club Nationals, and PGF Show Me The Money)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2023Freshman

    Infield
    5'7"
    23
  • 23

    2024Sophomore

    Infield
    5'7"
    23