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2022 Softball Roster

5 Grace Gilbert

  • Position Pitcher/Outfield
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • High School Chipley HS
  • Hometown Chipley, Fla.
  • Prev School West Florida

Biography

A transfer from West Florida

Member of GSC Softball All-Decade Team
NCAA South Regional All-Tournament Team
2021 Gulf South Conference Spring All-Academic Team
2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-District


2022 (Senior)
Notable two-way player ... two-time SLC Pitcher of the Week ... the team's fourth highest batting average of a .243 ... tallied 18 hits, 14 runs, 11 RBIs and four doubles ... team-high and ranked 28th nationally for nine sacrifice bunts ... got the walk-off win against Prairie View A&M where the Islanders made an eight run comeback ... made the most starts in the circle at 18 with 28 appearances ... threw team-high 123.2 innings ... tossed seven complete games including three complete-game shutouts ... posted a 3.40 ERA with a 9-8 record ... struck out a team-high of 75 batters ... she pitched a perfect inning of relief against Northwestern State in the SLC Tournament as her last career appearance

2021 (R-Jr.): Posted a 9-6 record with a 2.56 ERA over 20 starts and 23 appearances in the circle... Threw 106.2 innings with 69 strikeouts and a .233 opponent batting average... Struck out 6 in a dominant win over Montevallo (4/9), where she went the distance and allowed just one run... Earned a spot on the NCAA South Regional All-Tournament Team, after throwing to a 0.58 ERA over 12 innings against Auburn Montgomery and Valdosta State... Spun a shutout against Mississippi College (3/5), with 6 strikeouts and no walks... Was outstanding in the month of April, with a 1.45 ERA and 20 strikeouts over 29.0 innings... Dominated in start against Valdosta State in the regional final, retiring 15 consecutive batters, and allowing just one run and not issuing a walk over 5.0 innings... Started the season with 3.0 shutout innings of work in a start against No. 19 Lubbock Christian (1/30), where she struck out 5 and did not allow a hit... Ranked eighth in the GSC in ERA (2.56), ninth in wins (9), 10th in opponent batting average (.233), 11th in innings (106.2), and 15th in strikeouts (69).

2020 Gulf South Conference Spring All-Academic Team

2020 (Jr.): Was one of the best two-way players in the country, with 25 starts between the circle and the field... Hit .381 with 28 RBIs and posted a 1.65 ERA over 11 starts in the circle... Led the GSC in sacrifice flies (3), ranked second in RBIs (28), and was third in hits (32) and triples (3)... Her 28 RBIs also ranked 14th in Division II... Was second in the GSC in wins (6), sixth in ERA (1.65), eighth in innings pitched (68.0), and ninth in opponent batting average (.202)... Led UWF with 7 complete games... Second on the team in runs scored, and third in slugging (.571) and stolen bases (5)... Combined to throw a no-hitter against Christian Brothers with Kelsey Sweatt and Megan Warhurst on March 5... Went 4-for-5 with 4 RBIs, a double, and a run scored in season-opener against No. 9 Florida Tech (2/1)... Had another 4-RBI game the next day, aginst Miles... Hit first home run of the season on 2/7 against Palm Beach Atlantic, going 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs... Hit another homer against Christian Brothers on 3/5... Had team-high 9 multi-RBI games, and was second on the team with 8 multi-hit games... Started season on 8-game hitting streak, hitting .448 with 14 RBIs... Earned first win of the season in a complete game over New Haven (2/7), when she threw 6 scoreless innings and allowed just two hits... Set career high with 10 strikeouts in an extra-inning affair against West Georgia (3/7)... Set career highs in batting average (.381), triples (3), home runs (2), RBIs (28), slugging (.571), ERA (1.65), and opponent batting average (.202).

First Team All-Gulf South Conference
NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team
2019 Gulf South Conference Spring All-Academic Team
* 7th in UWF history in single-season winning percentage (.833)

2019 (So.): 
Posted a 1.72 ERA across 36 games pitched and 29 starts... Had a 25-5 record, leading the Gulf South Conference and ranking 13th in Division II in victories... Also hit .325 with 5 doubles, a triple, and a home run... Hit .400 with team-high three doubles and posted a 1.08 ERA across 58.1 innings in the postseason, with an 8-1 record... Belted first career home run on March 11 against Wingate... Set career highs in the circle in ERA, wins, appearances, complete games (18), shutouts (6), innings pitched (175.0), strikeouts (93), and opponent batting average (.209)... Scored 21 runs, had 40 hits, and drew 14 walks, all of which were career highs... Set career-high with 8 strikeouts against North Georgia (3/10)... Had three-hit day against West Chester in NCAA Championship, scoring two runs and earning the win in the circle... Had game-winning, bases-clearing triple against Florida Tech in the NCAA South Super Regional... Had two multi-hit games in NCAA South 1 Regional, against Spring Hill and Valdosta State... Hit .444 (4-9) at the NCAA Championship, and added a win in the circle for the Argonauts... Over 17.1 innings at the NCAA Championship, posted a 1.62 ERA and a .238 opponent batting average, picking up the win against West Chester after going the full seven innings and allowing just one run on six hits... Hit .438 with runners on and two outs, and hit .550 with runners in scoring position and two outs.

2018 GSC Spring Academic Honor Roll

2018 (Fr.): Played in 44 games and made 30 starts, with 26 appearances and 12 starts in the circle... Set UWF freshman record with .365 batting average, which also led the team... Became 2nd player in UWF history and the first since 2001 to lead the team in both pitching wins (12) and batting average (.365)... Ranked third on team with 8 doubles and fourth with 38 hits... Led team with 12 wins in the circle and ranked second in appearances (26), starts (12), ERA (3.18)... Recorded 11 multi-hit games and 3 multi-RBI games... Threw six innings of relief against Embry-Riddle in the NCAA Tournament, allowing just two hits and one unearned run in a winning effort... Had first multi-hit game of the year against Barry (2/10), going 2-4 with a double... Had two hits in back-to-back games against Alabama Huntsville on 3/24-25, with a pair of RBIs in each game... Had season-high three RBIs in a two-hit game against West Georgia on 3/30, with a double and a stolen base... Had three consecutive two-hit games from 4/28-5/3, batting .600 with four runs, an RBI and a double... Had two hits in GSC Tournament game against Alabama Huntsville (5/3) and another in NCAA Tournament against North Alabama (5/11)... Did not allow an earned run in her first 8 innings of the year... Threw complete game at Barry, going the full seven innings and not allowing an earned run... Threw 11-inning complete game at GSC Festival against West Alabama, picking up her fourth win of the year... Threw complete game shutout against Florida Southern (4/24), with five strikeouts and just three hits allowed... Had 7-game hitting streak from 3/24-4/8, hitting .417 with a team-high 10 hits and 3 doubles in that time... Hit .374 against right-handed pitching and .388 with runners on base... Hit .349 with runners in scoring position and had a .444 on-base percentage when leading off an inning.

High School: Played softball for four years at Chipley HS.

Personal: Born Jan. 13, 1999... Daughter of Lana and Bill Gilbert... Has one sister, Sarah, who played softball at Texas A&M-Kingsville... Favorite athlete is Josh Donaldson... Majoring in Health Sciences

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