2017 Softball Roster
Roster
Lydia Witkowski
- Position:
- Outfield/Infield
- Height:
- 5-5
- B/T:
- L/R
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Alpharetta, Ga.
- High School:
- Milton HS
- Major:
- Accounting
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2017)
Started 49 games in left field for the Eagles … Did not play the final four games of the season … Was third on the team with a .306 batting average … Had 45 hits, including eight doubles and two home runs … Drove in 20 runs and scored 29 times … Drew eight walks and had two sac bunts … Batted .348 in conference play... Named to 2016-17 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2016)
Was named the Community Coffee Sun Belt Conference Student-Athlete of the Week on March 15 by the conference office … Started all 55 games she appeared in … Led the team with a .324 batting average overall and batted .292 in 23 conference games … Also led the team with 182 at-bats, 39 runs scored, 59 hits, five triples and a .391 on-base percentage … Her 39 runs scored ranks eighth all-time in program history for runs scored in a single season by an Eagle and her five triples ranks tied for third … Had 21 multi-hit games and secured at least one hit in 33 games while reaching base safely in 39 total games … Had a season-high four hits in a 4-for-4 outing with an RBI and two runs scored on March 12 against Texas State … Secured three hits three other times … Scored multiple runs in nine games, including four against conference foes … Scored three game-winning runs and had two game-winning hits.
FRESHMAN (2015)
Was redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Milton High School in Milton, GA … Played four seasons for Coach Shane Holcombe … Named the Eagles’ Offensive Player of the Year as a junior and a senior as well as first-team all-region both seasons … Named team MVP as a senior … Graduated with honors … Played travel ball for Atlanta Vipers Gold for Coach Todd Jennings … Vipers were named Softball Today Magazine 2013 U-16 Team of the Year, won ASA 2013 U-16 National Championship … Led the team in 2014 with a .454 average with a .516 on base percentage.
PERSONAL
Born Lydia Kathryn Witkowski on Jan. 8, 1996 in Memphis, TN … Daughter of Beth and John Witkowski … Has two older brothers, Josh and Charlie … Brother, Charlie, also attended Georgia Southern.
MAJOR
Accounting
