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2023 Softball Roster

Emma Pravecek
Megan Glover | South Dakota State
Kylie Macziewski
Andrew Pedersen
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1 Allison Yoder

  • Position
    Catcher/Infielder
  • Height
    5-6
  • Class
    Senior
  • High School
    Urbandale H.S.
  • Hometown
    Urbandale, Iowa
  • Major
    Physical Education / Teaching Education

Biography

PRONUNCIATION

 
Honors and Awards
  • 2023 National Invitational Softball Championship All-Tournament Team
  • 2023 Summit League Honorable Mention
  • 2022-23 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
  • 2022-23 Summit League Academic Honor Roll
  • 2022-23 Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence
  • 2022 All-Summit League First Team
  • 2022 Summit League Academic All-League Team
  • 2021 All-Summit League First Team

2023: A Summit League honorable mention choice … hit .308 in 14 conference games with three doubles and five RBIs … played in 53 games on the season and started in every appearance … batted .262 with a home run, six doubles, two triples and 17 RBIs … scored 26 runs and had a 1:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio … had a 1.000 fielding percentage splitting duties at both catcher and third base … tied among seven Jackrabbits ever to achieve perfect fielding percentage in a single season … threw out a single-season SDSU record 11 base runners … had seven multi-hit games on the season including a 3-for-4 performance versus Abilene Christian on Feb. 18 … lone run came in a March 19 victory over eventual NCAA Tournament participant Northern Colorado … registered five games with multiple RBIs and had a season-high three runs in a game versus Kansas City on April 30 … an All-Tournament Team selection for the National Invitational Softball Championship … a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District pick … finished Jackrabbit career first all-time in runners picked off (31) … second in fielding percentage (.988) … fifth in put outs (901) and total chances (1,065) … fifth in triples (10), seventh in walks (62), tied for ninth in hit by pitches (11) and 14th in runs scored (98).

2022: Played in 45 games and started in 39 … finished second on the team in batting average (.336) and had top on-base percentage in day-to-day lineup (.427) … hit three home runs and drove in 22 RBIs … RBI total and batting average was best of her career, while she tied best home run tally … nine doubles were a career high … served as Jacks’ primary catcher and had a career-best .990 field percentage … threw out six of a possible 24 possible base stealers … had hits in 25 games with eight multi-hit performances and three contests with three hits … went 3-for-3 with three RBIs in a 6-1 win over North Dakota on May 7 … smacked two hits and 5 RBIs, including a home run, in an 18-0 victory over Creighton on Feb. 27 … was 2 of 4 with two runs in SDSU’s NCAA tournament win on May 21 versus Villanova … named to The Summit League’s Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence and Academic Honor Roll … an Easton/NFCA Scholar Athlete Honoree.

2021: Played in all 51 games with 50 starts … earned All-Summit League First Team honors after averaging .264 with seven doubles, four triples, and 12 RBIs … her four triples tied for the eighth-most in a season in school history and ranked second in the conference … scored 34 runs, tied for the sixth-most in the league … reached base on balls 18 times, tied for the fifth-most in the Summit League … slugged .368 and reached base at a .357 clip … stole six bases … registered 11 multi-hit games, including in three consecutive games against Northern Colorado and Kansas City … recorded a season-best hit streak of eight games … went 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs in a game against Northern Colorado (3/20).

2020: Started 22 of 23 appearances on the season, splitting time between third base (14 starts), catcher (seven starts) and designated pitcher (one start) … hit .328 on the season (20 of 61) with .590 slugging and .369 on base percentages … tied for first on the team with two triples, adding a trio of doubles and home runs with 11 runs batted in … drew four walks … led team with eight multi-hit games and had three multi-RBI games … had one of two five-RBI performances for SDSU on the season, racking up a double and triple against Holy Cross (3/7) … had two RBIs against Louisiana Monroe (2/14) and Montana (2/23) … hit home runs against DePaul (2/7), Louisiana Monroe (2/14) and Montana (2/23).
 
2019: Appeared in 23 games with seven starts behind the dish … had two hits for the year and drove in five runs … drew six walks and was hit by two pitches … caught four runners stealing in nine chances behind the plate … logged one three-RBI game against Jackson State (2/24) with a bases-clearing double.
 
BEFORE SDSU: Graduated from Urbandale High School (Urbandale, Iowa) in May 2018 with a 3.97 GPA … five-year letterwinner and starter in softball … three-time Second Team All-State selection (2016-18) … named First Team All-Conference, All-CIML and Western Iowa Division final three years … left high school as the all-time leader in doubles (69), runs batted in (194) and extra-base hits (69) … hit .459, slugged .574 and posted a .540 on-base percentage as a senior with 61 hits, breaking the school’s single-season record for doubles (20) and runs batted in (59) … as a junior hit .467 with .526 on-base and .689 slugging percentages … set school's single-season doubles record as a junior (18) … posted a .418 batting average, .503 on-base percentage and .657 slugging percentage as a sophomore … enters senior season holding school's career doubles (49), RBIs (135) and extra base hits (63) records … led high school team to Iowa State Softball Tournament last three seasons … plays club ball with Iowa Premier Fastpitch, where she was a 2016 PDF National Champion and 2015 PGF National Runner-up … played volleyball three seasons and was a Second Team All-Conference pick as a sophomore … National Honor Society Member … academic honor roll selection all four years … named Silver Cord volunteer 2015-18 for her work with Children's Cancer Connection, Special Olympics and Miracle League … member of school's Emerging Leaders group 2015-16 … founder of Made from Hands of Love, a charity organization that makes and delivers blankets to cancer patients at local hospitals on Valentine's Day.

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Freshman

    Catcher/Infielder
    5'6"
    1
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    2020Sophomore

    Catcher/Infielder
    5'6"
    1
  • 1

    2021Sophomore

    Catcher/Infielder
    5'6"
    1
  • 1

    2022Junior

    Catcher/Infielder
    5'6"
    1
  • 1

    2023Senior

    Catcher/Infielder
    5'6"
    1
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