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2021 Softball Roster

George Hartmann
Rachael Keating
Bill Barrett
Kellyn Whitlow
Sarah Twidwell
Mark Kuhlmann
Sarah Twidwell
Sarah Elsner

00 Sydney Hollings

  • Position Catcher/Infielder
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Highschool Normal Community West
  • Hometown Normal, Ill.

Biography

FIFTH YEAR (2021): All-Summit League First Team... Summit League Player of the Week (March 29)... finished her last go-around as one of the league's standout performers... only Leatherneck to start all 45 games... smacked 12 homers during the year; good enough to lead the team and tie for second-most in the league... that same mark also slid her into the WIU single-season record books; tying for third-most all-time... also led Western in slugging percentage (.702), runs scored (25),  and total bases (87)... was a top-three player in 10 different categories on the team... ended her tenure as a top-10 Leatherneck in career home runs (17) and slugging percentage (.510).

SENIOR (2020): Started 18 games... Recorded eight hits and drove in two runs... Three of her base-hits were doubles... Drew three walks.
 
JUNIOR (2019): Summit League Academic Honor Roll... Started all 40 games... Batted .258 with 31 hits including two home runs... Drove in a career-high 20 runs... Led the team with 14 extra-base hits (11 doubles and three triples)... Collected a 3.52 on-base percentage... Doubled twice on Feb. 16 at Western Kentucky and again on Feb. 17... Went 2-for-4 with 3 RBIs against North Dakota State on March 31... Recorded eight multi-hit performances.

SOPHOMORE (2018): Summit League Academic Honor Roll... All-Summit League First Team... Appeared in 23 games with 16 starts... Batted .271 with four homers, 13 hits, 11 RBI and eight runs scored... Went 3-for-3 on March 30 at South Dakota with a double, triple and two RBI... The very next day at South Dakota, she was 3-for-6 at the plate with a home run, four RBI and two runs scored. 

FRESHMAN (2017): Summit League Academic Honor Roll... Played in 19 games, starting six of them... Finished the season with 28 at bats, recording four hits and drawing two walks... Finished with a .143 batting average... Tallied one RBI and and scored two runs in 2017.

HIGH SCHOOL: Hollings is a two-time unanimous All-Conference selection at University High, having earned earned team MVP honors in her freshman and junior seasons and team defensive MVP as a sophomore. Hollings also earned All-Conference honors as a freshman. Her sophomore season saw Hollings earn Third Team All-State accolades. Hollings' freshman season saw the right-handed catcher hit .408, hit eight home runs, and allowed no passed balls in 184 innings. Hollings matched her eight home run mark as a sophomore and as a junior saw her batting average increase to .435. Hollings spent the past summer as a part of the Midland Magic team that finished 3rd at the Illinois ASA State Tournament  and 5th out of 104 teams at ASA/USA Nationals. In 2014 Hollings earned Top Gun Invitational All-American honors as a member of the Central IL Diamondstorm. The Diamondstorm team claimed the Illinois ASA 16U State Championship and finish tied for 17th at ASA/USA Nationals. She tabbed the Best Defensive Player by her teammates and was an All-Conference and All-State selection. Her senior year, she recorded 35 RBIs in 37 games, hit four home runs and had a fielding percentage of .978.

Statistics

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2021

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

    C/IF
    5'4"
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    2018Sophomore

    C/IF
    5'4"
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    2019Junior

    C/IF
    5'4"
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    2020Senior

    C/IF
    5'4"
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    2021Fifth Year

    Catcher/Infielder
    5'4"
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