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2025 Softball Roster

Rachael Keating

10 Alivia Beard

  • Position Outfielder
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School
  • Hometown Columbus, Kan.

Biography

JUNIORS (2025): Started in five of her 33 appearances... average of .133... scored eight runs... 4-4 on stolen bases. 

SOPHOMORE (2024): Started in eight of her 22 appearances…went two-for-four in a win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff…had a single and a walk in a win over IUPUI…scored six runs, tenth on the team.

FRESHMAN (2023): Made 38 appearances, starting 17 times… hit .184 across 38 at bats, driving in three runs while recording two extra-base hits… two multi-hit games… two hits with a double and RBI in a 9-6 victory over Lindenwood on Feb. 26… finished a perfect 3-3 with two RBI and two runs scored against Kansas City on April 22… finished the year with 16 putouts in the Leatherneck outfield.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Amanda and Jason… Also earned varsity letters in basketball and track, breaking school records as a sprinter her senior year… member of the national Honor Society… credits parents as biggest influences on her sports career… ranked the no. 93 outfielder and no. 177 player overall by Extra Innings... plans to major in exercise science… played travel ball for Aces Fastpitch… chose Western because “the small town atmosphere made me feel like I was back home and the coaching staff made me feel very welcomed.”

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2023Freshman

    Outfielder
    5'5"
    10
  • 10

    2024Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5'5"
    10
  • 10

    2025Senior

    Outfielder
    5'5"
    10