2025 Softball Roster

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20 Belle Sardja

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Gibsonton, Fla.
  • Prev School Florida Southwestern State
  • Twitter BSardja
  • Instagram bellesarge

Biography

2024 (Junior): Appeared in 37 games and started in 23 as a pitcher...pitched 143.2 innings, striking out 85 batters and earning    a. 2.87 ERA...pitched two complete game shutouts against Yale (Feb. 25) and Wichita State (Apr. 13)…pitched six complete games against Illinois-Chicago (Feb. 15), No. 4 Washington (Feb. 22), Yale (Feb. 25), Villanova (Mar. 4), Memphis (Apr. 6), and Wichita State (Apr. 13)…earned a team-high six saves against Kansas (Feb. 12), Louisville (Mar. 2), Central Michigan (Mar. 3), UAB (Mar. 23), and Memphis (Apr. 5 & 7)…was second on the team with 14 victories with notable wins over Boston College (Feb. 16), Louisville (Mar. 1), and Wichita State (Apr. 13 & 14)…recorded a season-high nine strikeouts against UTSA (Mar. 3)…in four complete games against Illinois-Chicago (Feb. 15), Yale (Feb. 25), Charlotte (Mar. 8), and Memphis (Apr. 6), she did not allow a single walk…led the pitching staff with 40 assists…set a season-high five assists against Charlotte (Mar. 8).

At Florida Southwestern College
Two-year pitcher at Florida Southwestern College…Appeared in 64 games and earned 45 starts… in her two years, she has accumulated a 41-5 record, pitched 28 complete games, and earned nine saves…She has posted a 1.05 ERA in her career… Was named the NJCAA National Tournament Player of the Year, Pitcher of the Year, and the NFCA National Pitcher of the Year… Led her team to back-to-back NJCAA National Championships…

High School: Earned a pair of letters at Academy of Holy Names where she was named her team MVP while leading them to a State Championship.  As a senior she posted a 2.11 ERA in 103 innings pitched while hitting .479 with 23 RBIs at the plate.

Honors/Awards

2023 FCSAA Female Athlete of the Year

2023 NJCAA Pitcher of the Year

2023 NFCA Pitcher of the Year

2023 NJCAA Most Outstanding Pitcher

2023 NJCAA All-American First Team

2023 NFCA All-South Region First Team

2022 NJCAA National Tournament MVP

2022 NJCAA All-Tournament Team

2022 FCSAA State All-Tournament Team 

2022 All-Suncoast First Team 

2022 NJCAA All-Academic Second Team

2022 FCSAA All-Academic Team

2022 Suncoast Conference All-Academic Team

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2024Junior

    Pitcher
    20
  • 20

    2025Senior

    Pitcher
    5'9"
    20