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2023 Softball

25 Sophie Tully

  • Height 5-9
  • B/T R/R
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Moseley, Va.
  • High School Cosby
  • Position INF
  • Major Philosophy-Political Science

Biography

2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2022 CoSIDA Third-Team Academic All-America
2022 NFCA Third-Team All-Region
2022 ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete
2022 First-Team All-ODAC
2022 ODAC All-Tournament Team
2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2021 Third-Team All-ODAC

Senior (2023): Played in 40 games …  held a .238 batting average … went 4-for-8 on Feb. 26 against Methodist in a double-header … led Hornets to a 5-2 win in Game 2 versus Randolph collecting four RBI … smashed seven doubles, one triple, and one homer … had five multihit games and her seven doubles were the second-most on the team.

Junior (2022): Established herself as one of the most feared sluggers in the region, clubbing 21 extra-base hits and driving in 39 runs while hitting .398 and playing elite first-base defense ... Homered six times with 12 doubles and three triples ... Had hit streaks of 10 and seven games ... Had five hits, including a home run, and drove in seven runs in a March 4 doubleheader with Grove City, part of a Spring Break trip in which she had 12 hits and 15 RBI over six games to earn her first ODAC player of the week award ... Hit safely four times and homered in an April 23 sweep of Guilford that cemented the Hornets as the ODAC tournament's top seed ... Hit a game-tying homer in the bottom of the seventh inning in an eventual victory over No. 13-ranked Randolph-Macon to stay alive in the conference tournament.

Sophomore (2021): Appeared in 41 games as the team's first baseman, hitting .218 with seven doubles, a triple, a home run, and 15 RBI ... Was especially productive in ODAC play, hitting .333 over 16 in-league games ... Had four hits, including a home run, and two RBI April 18 vs. No. 1 and eventual national champion Virginia Wesleyan ... Went 2-for-2 with three RBI in an April 21 win over Guilford ... Had a 2-for-3 day with a double and an RBI May 6 in an ODAC semifinal victory over No. 9 Emory & Henry.

Freshman (2020): Played in 15 games between first base and designated player, ranking fourth on the team with 11 hits and a .297 average ... Totaled five RBI ... Went 4-for-4 with a double and three RBI in a March 29 victory over N.C. Wesleyan.

Before Lynchburg: All-state and all-region player for the Titans ... Honor student.


Personal

Minor: English/Law and Society

Parents: Jackie and Chris

Siblings: Jake and Nick

Dream Vacation: Italy

Favorite Book: The Namesake

Favorite TV Show: Grey's Anatomy

Career Aspirations: Lawyer

Other activities at Lynchburg: Westover Honors College

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2020Freshman

    UTIL
    5'9"
    25
  • 25

    2021Sophomore

    INF
    5'9"
    25
  • 25

    2022Junior

    INF
    5'9"
    25
  • 25

    2023Senior

    INF
    5'9"
    25