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2023 Softball Roster

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22 Avrey Steiner

  • Position
    Infielder
  • Height
    5-3
  • Class
    Fifth Year
  • Hometown
    Fowler, Ohio
  • Highschool
    Cortland Lakeview
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Biography

Trophy BadgeTwo Time NFCA All-Region
Big Ten Logo white Two-Time All-Big Ten

Fifth Year - 2023

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • CSC All-District
  • Started all 56 games at second base
  • Slashed .302/.372/.362
  • Recorded 13 multi-hit games
  • Logged 52 hits and 28 runs
  • Tied for first on the Illini squad with three triples
  • Earned 14 walks and tallied eight RBI
  • Put down four sacrifice hits
  • Tallied a three hits against Southern (2/10/23), Louisville (2/17/23), Columbia (3/5/23), Ohio State (4/15/23) and Wisconsin (5/10/23)
  • Scored four runs against Sputh4ern (2/10/23)
  • Went 7-for-8 in stolen bases, posting a pair against North Carolina A&T (3/3/23)
  • Notched a triple against Southern (2/10/23), Pitt (2/26/23) and Saint Francis (3/12/23)
  • Posted a .965 fielding percentage with 101 putouts, 86 assists and six errors.

Senior - 2022

  • First Team All-Big Ten 
  • NFCA All-Region Third Team 
  • Academic All-Big Ten 
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar  
  • NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
  • Led the team and Big Ten in hits (77) 
  • Finished 12th in NCAA in single-season hits
  • Started all 56 games at second base 
  • Batted .391 with 35 runs, nine doubles, 20 RBI, 10 stolen bases 
  • .970 fielding percentage, 95 putouts and 66 assists against five errors 
  • 77 hits in 2022 ranks second all-time in single-season in Illinois history 
  • Had team-best 21 multi-hit games along with four multi-RBI efforts 
  • Hit safely in 48-of-56 games 
  • 15-game hit streak spanning from 3/20/22 - 4/15/22, batting 27-for-53 (.509) 
  • Went 4-for-5 with three RBI vs No. 10 Arkansas on 2/20/22
  • Produced a 3-for-5 outing with four RBI vs. Purdue on 3/27/22
  • Game-winning RBI vs. Penn State along with three hits 

Junior - 2021

  • NFCA All-Region First Team 
  • Second Team All-Big Ten
  • NFCA All American Scholar Athlete
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Started all 44 games at second base for the Illini
  • .961 fielding percentage, 66 putouts, 81 assists, and six errors
  • Led the team and tied for 10th in the Big Ten in hits (51) and also led the team in batting average with a .329 average (51/155)
  • Game-winning RBI in 2-1 victory over No. 17 Michigan 2/28/21
  • 100th career hit vs. Iowa 5/15/21
  • Four hit game vs. Nebraska 4/11/21
  • 15-game hit streak spanning from 3/12/21-4/10/21

Sophomore - 2020

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Started all 22 games at second base for the Illini
  • Led Illini with a .338 BA with 24 H (T10 in B1G), 5 2B, 14 R (T12 in B1G), 3 RBI, 29 TB, .408 slugging %, 3 BB, 4-of-6 SB
  • .961 fielding %, 35 PO, 34 A, 2 E
  • Along with batting average, led the Illini in hits, runs, doubles and stolen bases
  • Tallied a hit in 17 of the 22 games on the season, including five multi-hit contests
  • Opened the season with a breakout performance at the NFCA Leadoff Classic (2/7-9/), posting a .571 BA with eight hits, five runs and an RBI, while going 2-for-3 in stolen base attempts
  • Went 3-for-4 with two runs and two stolen bases in a season-opening win over Liberty (2/7/20)
  • Knocked a 3-for-3 outing with an RBI in a win over No. 21 Ole Miss (2/8/20)
  • Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI against BYU (2/27/20)

Freshman - 2019

  • Appeared in 51 games this season, starting in 44 of them
  • Hit .276 with 12 R, 27 H, 27 TB, 7 BB, 1 HBP
  • Went 2-for-2 in a win over Illinois State (4/3/19)
  • Notched a hit and two runs in a win over EIU (3/26/19)
  • Knocked her first career hit and scored two runs in a win over Northern Iowa (3/1/19)
  • Made her Illini debut as the second base starter in a win over No. 22 Oklahoma State (2/8/19)
  • Scored a run and walked twice in a win over Boston College (2/16/19)

High School

  • Three-time Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) All-State Division Two honors as a sophomore, junior and senior
  • Three-time First-Team All-Conference and All-County
  • Three-time All-District
  • Earned CLHS Team MVP honors after registering a .606 batting average as a freshman
  • Three-time WKBN Diamond King Award Winner as a sophomore, junior and senior
  • Ohio Scholar Athlete Award winner
  • Owned a .681 batting average as a senior, a .530 average as a junior and a .570 average as a sophomore
  • Also played volleyball and earned back-to-back All-District Division 2 honors as a senior and junior
  • Ranked #89 in FloSoftball Hot 100 players for 2018 class and #100 in Extra Innings Extra Elite 100 for 2018.
  • Three-time Top 10 finisher at PGF Nationals (third, ninth, first) and three-time Top 5 finisher at Boulder IDT Tournament (third x2, fifth)
  • Led her Beverly Bandits club team to a Premier PGF Nationals championship in California and a Triple Crown National title in Austin in 2017
  • National Honor Society member
  • Senior Class Valedictorian 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2019Freshman

    Utility
    5'3"
    22
  • 22

    2020Sophomore

    Utility
    5'3"
    22
  • 22

    2021Junior

    Infielder
    5'3"
    22
  • 22

    2022Senior

    Infielder
    5'3"
    22
  • 22

    2023Fifth Year

    Infielder
    5'3"
    22