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2021 Softball Roster

15 Rendi Wetherington

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Hometown Vanceboro, N.C.
  • High School West Craven HS

Biography

AS A SENIOR (2020): Appeared and started in all 22 games … Registered a .311 batting average in 74 at bats … Logged 23 hits, 19 runs, and drove in 10 runs … Also had six extra-base hits with two doubles, two triples and two home runs … Drew nine walks and was hit by pitch five times … Did not commit an error on 21 total defensive chances … Went 17-for-18 on stolen base attempts … Recorded six multiple-hit games … Went 3-for-4 in the season opener against Kutztown with a leadoff triple, while also scoring three runs and recording one RBI.

AS A JUNIOR (2019): First team All-Peach Belt Conference ... D2CCA All-Southeast Region ... NCCSIA All-State ... Saw action in 49 games, including 49 starts ... Turned in a .355 batting average in 155 at-bats, with 42 runs scored on 55 hits, including 17 extra-base hits, and 19 RBI ... Also drew 16 walks and was hit by pitch three times ... Was nearly perfect going 33-for-35 on stolen base attempts ... Also logged one sacrifice fly and seven sacrifice hits ... Committed just one error in 64 total defensive chances for a .984 fielding percentage ... Tallied 13 multiple-hit and six multiple-RBI games ... Scored two or more runs in 10 contests ... Recorded a 3-for-7 (.429) performance in the doubleheader against Limestone scoring one run and driving in three runs ... Also saw standout performances in the twinbill against Georgia College going 3-for-7 (.429) from the plate wit one home run, two RBI and two runs scored, followed up by another 3-for-7 (.429) series against Fayetteville State with two doubles, one home run, two RBI and three runs scored. 

AS A SOPHOMORE (2018): Played in 47 games, including 35 starts (17 at cf, 9 at 2b, 7 at rf, 2 at dp) … Turned in a .245 batting average in 106 at-bats, with 23 runs scored on 26 hits, including four extra-base hits, and seven RBI … Also drew a team-best 19 walks, was hit by pitch nine times and was 23-for-25 on stolen base attempts … Also logged four sacrifice hits … Did not commit an error in 61 total defensive chances … Turned in seven multiple-hit contests and one multiple-RBI game … Also scored two or more runs in seven games … Scored a pair of runs in both outings with Catawba … Drew three walks and stole a pair of bases in the nightcap with the Indians … Stole two bases in the opener with Emmanuel, and then walked, stole a base and scored a run in game two of the twinbill … Hit by pitch and scored once on a 2-for-3 hitting line in game two with Flagler … Registered a 2-for-5 series against Johnson C. Smith with three walks and four runs scored … Walked twice and scored a pair of runs in the opener with the Bulls … Doubled, stole a base, drove in a trio of runs and scored three times on a perfect 3-for-3 performance in the series opener with Fayetteville State … Recorded a 5-for-9 series against Georgia Southwestern, including a 3-for-4, 2-run outing in game one … Singled three times, stole a base and scored a run on a 3-for-4 hitting line in game two with Columbus State.
 
AS A FRESHMAN (2017): Played in 48 games, including 34 starts (19 at 2b, 9 at rf, 5 at dp, 1 at lf) … Posted a .290 batting average in 124 at-bats with 26 runs scored on 36 hits, including three extra-base hits (1 HR), and 16 RBI … Also drew nine walks, was hit by pitch four times and tallied a 20-for-21 success rate on stolen base attempts … Also logged a trio of sacrifice hits … Committed four errors in 89 total defensive chances for a .955 fielding percentage … Compiled eight multiple-hit and five multiple-RBI contests … Also scored two or more runs in six games … Logged first collegiate hit and scored twice on a 1-for-3 outing in game two at Queens … Registered a 3-for-5 series against Elizabeth City State, including a perfect 2-for-2, 2-run, 1-RBI outing in the series opener … Drove in three runs, stole a base and scored twice to highlight a 3-for-4 showing in game two at St. Andrews … Stole three bases, drove in a run and scored twice on a 3-for-4 hitting line in game two at Fayetteville State … Doubled and drove in three runs in game two with Francis Marion … Scored twice and drove in two runs on a 2-for-5 showing in game two at Winston-Salem State … Homered, stole a base, drove in three runs and scored twice to highlight a 3-for-4 day at the plate in game two with Columbus State … Tallied a 4-for-6 series against Chowan with a pair of stolen bases in each game … Also scored once in both halves of the twinbill.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at West Craven High School under coach Shelia Hollowaye … Letterwinner in softball, volleyball and basketball … As a junior, she assisted the team to a 14-8 overall record and a second place finish in the conference … Tallied a .400 batting average with 43 runs, 30 hits, 25 stolen bases, 18 RBI, four doubles, a pair of triples and one homer … Named all-conference and all-area … Named all-area and all-conference in volleyball and picked up honorable mention all-conference accolades in basketball.

PERSONAL: The daughter of Rhonda and Lonnie Wetherington … Has a younger brother, Will … Ranked 23rd out of her 238-member senior class with a 4.0 grade point average … A member of Honor Society, Link Crew, FBLA and YAG … Enrolled in pre-major studies at UNCP.

 

CAREER HIGHS AT UNCP (Updated: 5/10/2021)
At-Bats 5, six times - last at Newberry (2/8/20)
Runs 3, nine times - last vs. Francis Marion (4/14/21)
Hits 3, 17 times - last vs. Lander (4/30/21)
Walks 3, twice - last vs. Barton (2/26/20)
RBI 3, nine times - last at Augusta (5/2/21)
Doubles 1, 20 times - last vs. Lander (4/30/21)
Triples 1, four times - last vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (2/21/21)
Home Runs 2 at Mount Olive (3/11/21)
Stolen Bases 4 vs. Winston-Salem State (4/10/19)
Sac Hits 2 at Georgia Southwestern (4/13/19)
Sac Flies 1 vs. Lander (4/6/19)
Hitting Streak 12 games

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2017Freshman

    UTL
    5'3"
    15
  • 15

    2018Sophomore

    UTL
    5'3"
    15
  • 15

    2019Junior

    UTL
    5'3"
    15
  • 15

    2020Senior

    UTL
    5'3"
    15
  • 15

    2021Redshirt Senior

    UTL
    5'3"
    15