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2022 Softball Roster

1 Mary Sells

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Bats/Throws L/R
  • Hometown Statesville, N.C.
  • High School West Iredell HS

Biography

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2021): Peach Belt Conference Team of Academic Distinction … Started in all 39 games at shortstop … Registered a .328 batting average in 137 at-bats … Recorded 45 hits with 12 doubles … Scored 24 runs and logged 30 RBI’s … Held a .416 slugging percentage and was a perfect 7-for-7 on stolen base attempts … Drew two talks and only struck out five times.

AS A JUNIOR (2020): Started all 22 games at shortstop … Registered a .342 batting average in 79 at bats … Logged 27 hits, drove in 10 runs, and scored 16 runs … Added nine extra-base hits with eight doubles and one triple … Also was 3-for-4 on stolen base attempts … Committed just two errors on 73 total defensive chances for a .973 fielding percentage … Went on a four-game streak of hitting at least one double in each game.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2019): Saw action in 47 games with 45 starts ... Registered a .297 batting average in 145 at-bats with 30 runs scored on 43 hits, including nine extra-base hits, and 15 RBI ... Also drew seven walks and was hit by pitch once, while going 15-for-16 on stolen base attempts ... Also turned in nine sacrifice hits ... Committed just three errors in 84 total defensive chances for a .964 fielding percentage ... Tallied 13 multiple-hit and six multiple-RBI outings ... Also scored two or more runs in eight contests ... Registered a 4-for-7 (.571) performance in the doubleheader against Newberry picking up two hits in each game ... Also had a standout performance in the twinbill with Limestone going 3-for-8 (.375) recorded two doubles, one RBI and two runs scored. 

AS A FRESHMAN (2018): Played in 36 games, including 22 starts (14 at 2b, 6 at rf, 2 at cf) … Registered a .341 batting average in 85 at-bats with 15 runs scored on 29 hits, including three extra-base hits, and 12 RBI … Also drew three walks and was a perfect 6-for-6 on stolen base attempts … Also turned in a sacrifice hit … Committed just one error in 55 total defensive chances for a .982 fielding percentage … Tallied seven multiple-hit and four multiple-RBI outings … Also scored two or more runs in two games … Scored on a pinch-run appearance in her collegiate debut against Shippensburg … Logged first collegiate hit on a RBI single in game two with Catawba … Singled twice and scored three times on a 2-for-5 outing in the series opener with Wingate … Doubled, stole a base and drove in a run on a 4-for-5 hitting line in game two with Augusta … Drove in three runs on a 3-for-4 plate performance in game two with Columbus State … Hit a base-clearing triple in game one at Barton … Singled three times, stole two bases and scored twice on a 3-for-4 hitting line in the series opener at USC Aiken.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at West Iredell High School for coach Tiffany Rowe … Hit .407 (35-for-86) as a senior with nine extra-base hits, 16 RBI and 28 runs scored … Registered a .534 slugging percentage and a .427 on-base percentage … Struck out just one time … Compiled a .382 (34-for-89) average as a junior with 10 extra-base hits, 11 RBI and 35 runs scored … Struck out once … Turned in a .539 slugging percentage and a .444 on-base percentage, as well as a 7-for-7 clip on stolen base attempts … Also lettered all four years in tennis for the Warriors, earning team most valuable player accolades following junior and senior campaigns.
 
PERSONAL: The daughter of Mindy and Mark Ostwalt … has an older brother, Troy, and a younger sister, Morgan … Maintained a 4.005 cumulative grade point average at West Iredell High School and graduated 17th in her 182-member senior class … Hobbies include listening to music, watching NFL and NBA games with her dad and brother, and working out … Names Simona Halep as her idol … Favorite sports team is the Carolina Panthers and her favorite food is sushi … A nursing major at UNCP.

 

CAREER HIGHS AT UNCP (Updated: 5/2/2022)
At-Bats 6 vs. Flagler (4/7/19)
Runs 3, twice - last vs. Kutztown (2/3/19)
Hits 4 at Augusta (4/14/18)
Walks 3 vs. King (3/18/22)
RBI 4 vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (2/21/21)
Doubles 2, twice - last vs. Erskine (3/26/22)
Triples 1, four times - last vs. Wingate (3/6/22)
Home Runs None
Stolen Bases 3 at Southern Wesleyan (4/8/22)
Sac Hits 1, 20 times - last vs. Barton (4/19/22)
Sac Flies 1, five times - last vs. Mount Olive (4/12/22)
Hitting Streak 17 games

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

    UTL
    5'6"
    1
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    2019Sophomore

    Infield/Outfield
    5'6"
    1
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    2020Junior

    INF/OF
    5'6"
    1
  • 1

    2021Redshirt Junior

    INF/OF
    5'6"
    1
  • 1

    2022Redshirt Senior

    INF/OF
    5'6"
    1