2024 Softball Roster

7 Sam Mallinder

  • Position Infield
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Plainfield, Ill.
  • Prev School Northern Illinois
  • Twitter sam_mallinder
  • Instagram sam_mallinder

Biography

AT NIU
2023:
 Started a career-high 50 games in her final season with the Huskies … The second baseman notched multi-hit performances in 12 games this season, including three games in which she knocked three hits … Her 45 hits and 65 total bases ranked No. 3 on the team … Had the second-most RBI on the team with 30 … Finished the season batting .298 … Her three triples tied for seventh-most in the league … Went yard on two separate occasions: against CMU and Ohio … CSC Academic All-District Team member … NFCA All-Region Third Team … Academic All-MAC honoree.

2022: Started 36 games at second base for the Huskies and collected a .325 batting average to rank second on the team ... Was also second in RBI with 28 and in home runs with six ... Scored 22 runs and tied Katie Keller with a season-long 12-game hitting streak during the year ... In conference games, Mallinder hit .366 (30-of-82) with 15 runs scored and seven doubles ... Academic All-MAC selection for the second time ... All-MAC First Team member ... NFCA All-Region Third Team member.

2021: Participated in 54 games, starting 40... Started 30 games at second base, six at shortstop and four at designated player... Finished with 30 hits, 11 for extra bases... Recorded four homeruns, and seven doubles... Tallied a season-high four hits, including two doubles in the second game versus Toledo (4/3) … Went 3-for-4 with two homeruns in a 7-5 win at Buffalo (5/2) … Finished the season with 20 RBIs... Named an Academic All-MAC selection 

2020 (Season Halted Due to COVID-19): Made 13 appearances in the circle, starting five games…Posted a 2-3 record…Allowed 35 earned runs pitching a team-high 41.1 innings for a 5.93 earned run average…Struck out 11 batters , while walking 28…Recorded a .250 batting average with three hits, including a double, on 12 at bats…Drove in two runs, while scoring another…Posted her first career win pitching in relief in a 3-2 win over College of Charleston (2/14).

High School: Member of the New Lenox Lighting the last three years… Lighting places seventh in PGF Nationals… First-team all-conference, second-team all-area, and third-team all-state in 2018.

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