2023 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 27
Sophie Sumner
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Lowndes HS
- Hometown:
- Valdosta, Ga.
AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS
2022 (Junior):
High School
- 2021 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2022 (Junior):
- Played in 24 games with 17 starts
- .956 FLD%
- Played in 26 games with 20 starts
- 56 plate appearance
- Hit .232 on the year
- .998 FLD%
- Played in 10 games with six starts.
- Hit .111 (2-for-18) on the year.
- Recorded her first hit with an RBI single in the ninth inning against Monmouth (Feb. 14).
- Also stole a base against the Hawks.
- Scored her lone run of the season in a win over Akron (Feb. 14).
High School
- Caught all four seasons at Lowndes High School for coach Stewart Thomas
- Named to the All-Region team each of her four years as a Viking
- Garnered Regional Player of the Year honors as a senior and received a spot on the GACA All-Star Game roster
- Two-Time All-State selection
- Hit .424 in her career with 19 home runs and 109 RBI
- Named team captain in 2018
- Played travel ball for the Santa Fe Inferno
- Daughter of Sara and Jack Sumner
- Has two siblings Jackson Sumner and Haley Courson
- Biology major on the pre-dental track
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