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2024 Softball Roster

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12 Gabriela Drager

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool West Aurora
  • Hometown North Aurora, IL

Biography

SENIOR (2024): Made 42 appearances, starting in 38, splitting time between first and second base…hit .266 in 109 at-bats…recorded 29 hits on the year, including four doubles and a triple…started the year on a seven-game hit streak, the longest hit streak by a Leatherneck in 2024…had a season-high three hits in a win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff…one of two players to finish top five on the team in putouts (79) and assists (33). 

JUNIOR (2023): Hit .280 across 132 plate appearances… led the team in runs scored (18) while ranking second in hits (37), doubles (five) and walks (nine)… slugged .318 with an OPS of .654… nine multi-hit games and finished with at least three hits twice… finished 3-3 with an RBI and three runs scored in a 9-1 victory over Kansas City on April 22… maintained a .966 fielding percentage across a team-high 177 total chances in the field, recording 108 putouts and 63 assists… finished the year with 41 starts across 42 total appearances.

SOPHOMORE (2022): Made 41 appearances with 37 starts… recorded multi-hit performances against Murray State (Feb. 13) and Evansville (March 13), going 2-2 in both games… led the team in HBPs with five… held a .961 fielding percentage on 127 chances, which was fourth-best on the team (min. 60 chances), including a perfect performance on 14 total chances in one game against UMKC on April 23.

FRESHMAN (2021): Appeared in 27 games during her first year, making 12 starts in the infield... registered back-to-back multi-hit games against Omaha (April 18) and Eastern Illinois (April 22)... doubled in the series closer versus Kansas City (April 25)... also picked up an RBI in that same outing.. stole a base versus Loyola-Chicago (March 14)... totaled 102 putouts.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered all four years at West Aurora ... received first team all-conference and academic all-conference accolades... Played travel ball for the Wheatland Spikes.

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2021Freshman

    Infielder
    5'5"
    12
  • 12

    2022Sophomore

    Infielder
    5'5"
    12
  • 12

    2023Junior

    Infielder
    5'5"
    12
  • 12

    2024Senior

    Infielder
    5'5"
    12