2021 Softball Roster
Weber, Sophie
Jersey Number 29
Sophie Weber
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- High School:
- Springboro
- Hometown:
- Springboro, Ohio
Bio
NCAA GAME-BY-GAME & CAREER STATS
Years of eligibility remaining (including the Spring 2023 season): 2
2023
2022
2021
2020 ^
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
Years of eligibility remaining (including the Spring 2023 season): 2
2023
- Named to the Academic All-MAC Team
- Named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete as well
- One of just two Falcons to play in all 50 games on the season
- Started 49 of those 50 games, all at third base
- Hit a team-leading .329, and also led the Falcons in hits (46), extra-base hits (18), doubles (13), homers (four), RBI (21), on-base percentage (.390) and slugging pct. (.521)
- Tied for the team lead in both multiple-hit games, with 11, and multi-RBI games, with three
- Batted a team-high .289 in MAC games, and also led the team in hits, doubles, homers, RBI and slugging pct. in conference play
- The lone Falcon to start all five games at the DePaul Dome Tournament on the season's opening weekend
- Led the team with a .333 batting average on the weekend
- Had a double in the season opener vs. Detroit Mercy, and had an RBI against DePaul later that day
- Picked up a hit in each of the first four games of the weekend, including another double vs. Eastern Kentucky
- Scored a run and had an RBI vs. Valparaiso
- The next weekend, hit a team-leading .583 at the T-Mobile Tournament in Gainesville, Fla.
- Led the Falcons in hits (7), runs (6), doubles (2) and total bases (9) on the weekend
- Had at least one hit in all four games, with three two-hit games
- Went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored in BG’s blowout win over Delaware State
- Then, doubled and scored a run in two plate appearances against UConn later that day
- The next morning, went 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored against the number-three team in the nation, Florida
- The Falcons led UF, 7-6, in the fifth inning before falling by a 10-7 score
- Ended the weekend with two more hits against UConn, scoring a run and driving in a run
- Went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer vs. St. Thomas te following weekend
- Walked and singled vs. host Evansville the next day, with a run and an RBI
- Was 3-for-3 with an RBI double against #19 Auburn
- Also drove in a run vs. Tennessee Tech, and had another hit vs. Auburn later that weekend
- Had a base hit at Michigan
- Had a hit in all three of BGSU's games vs. Toledo, with an RBI double in each of the final two contests
- Also walked and scored a run in the last game vs. the Rockets
- Hit .375 in the Ohio series, going 2-for-3 with a homer in the opener
- Walked and singled in that weekend's final game
- Had a pair of hits, including an RBI double, and scored a run in the Western Michigan series
- Had a three-run homer at Buffalo
- Had an RBI single at Akron
- Hit .500 in the Ball State series, going 4-for-8 with a slugging pct. of .875
- Went 1-for-2 in the opener, then was 2-for-4 with a double, a triple and two RBI in the second game of the DH
- The next day, was 1-for-2 with a walk against the Cardinals
- Had a base hit in the opener vs. Kent State, then was 2-for-4 and scored a run in game two
- Hit .667 in the Northern Illinois series, going 6-for-9 with three doubles, a homer and a walk
- Had a .700 on-base pct. and a 1.333 slugging pct. in that series
- Went 2-for-3 with a homer in the series opener
- The next day, was 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI double in the opening game
- Then, went 3-for-4 with two doubles in BGSU's 4-2 win over the Huskies
2022
- Was named to the MAC's All-Tournament Team
- Also named to the Academic All-MAC Team
- Played in 48 games, making 34 starts
- Hit .282 on the year to rank third on the club
- Had six doubles and a homer among her 31 total hits, and drove in 19 runs to rank fifth on the club in RBI
- Hit .346 with runners in base, going 18-of-52, and hit .444 (4-of-9) with the bases loaded
- Had six multiple-hit games and four multi-RBI contests, including BG's lone five-RBI game of 2022
- Led the Falcons in hitting in neutral-site games, batting .447
- Hit .273 in the MAC Tournament, leading BGSU with five RBI and a .636 slugging pct. in the four games
- Batted .455 in the NISC, with her five hits including a pair of doubles
- Played in two games at the DePaul Dome Tournament on the season's opening weekend
- Had a hit in her 2022 debut, vs. Butler
- At the UE Invitational, went 1-for-1 with an RBI vs. Green Bay
- The next day, was 2-for-3 vs. Morehead State
- Batted .600 at the Lady Bison Classic in Nashville, going 6-for-10
- Had a pinch-hit, two-run single vs. Pitt, then had a double and a walk against host Lipscomb later that day
- On the final day of that tourney, went 2-for-3 v. Pitt and 2-of-4 against Houston Baptist, with a stolen base in the first game and an RBI in the second
- Had a hit in the middle game of the Northern Illinois series, and drove in a run with a sac fly in that weekend's final game
- Picked up an RBI single and came around to score in BG's win at Ohio
- Went 2-for-4 and drove in a run in the series opener vs. Toledo, a 7-1 win
- Had a pinch-hit double at Western Michigan
- Had her second pinch-hit double in less than a week, this time driving in a run against Buffalo
- Came through with a pinch-hit, two-run single in the fifth inning vs. Detroit Mercy, giving the Falcons a 3-0 lead
- Had a two-run single as BGSU downed Akron, 9-0, at Meserve Field
- Walked and had an RBI single at Ball State
- The next day, had a single and a sac bunt in a 2-1 BGSU win
- Had a hit in each game as BG swept a DH vs. Central Michigan, scoring a run and making a spectacular diving catch in the second contest
- Had a monster game vs. Ohio in the MAC Tournament, driving in every BGSU run in a 5-3, 10-inning victory
- Went 3-for-4 with a walk, a double and a homer
- Her two-run double opened the scoring in the fourth, and her homer tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the seventh
- Then, her two-run single in the 10th lifted the Falcons to the win
- Had another stellar game in BGSU's win over Stephen F. Austin in the NISC opener, going 4-for-4
- Two of her four hits were doubles, and she scored one run and drove in another vs. SFA
- Singled and was hit by a pitch in three plate appearances vs. Kansas
2021
- Named to the Academic All-MAC Team
- Wore uniform #29 in her first two seasons with the Falcons
- Played in 39 games, making 31 starts
- Had a .189 batting average, and ranked fourth on the team with an on-base pct. of .381
- Drew a total of 23 walks on the season, tied for the 14th-highest total in school history
- Had five extra-base hits, including a pair of homers
- Scored six runs and drove in seven, and had a .983 fielding pct., with just two errors in 117 total chances
- Appeared in all five games of the Winthrop tournament, starting the last three
- Had a pinch-hit single vs. the host school that weekend, and had a double in two at-bats vs. Stony Brook
- Went 1-for-2 with a walk, a run and an RBI vs. Indiana State
- Walked and doubled in three plate appearances vs. Marshall, scoring a run and driving in a run
- Had two walks vs. Saint Francis the next day
- Started all four games of the Central Michigan series at first base
- Went 4-for-8 vs. the Chippewas with an on-base percentage of .636 and a slugging pct. of 1.000
- Was 1-for-1 with two walks and a run in the opener, then went 2-for-3 with a double and a two-run homer in the next game
- In game three of the CMU series, was 1-for-2 with her third walk of the weekend
- Reached base in all four games of the Ball State series, with a pair of hits and five walks
- Walked twice in each of the first two games in Muncie, adding a hit in the second game
- Reached base in all three plate appearances in the final game vs. Akron, going 1-for-1 with two more walks
- Played in all four games at Buffalo, drawing a walk in each of the first three and picking up a hit in the fourth
- On day two vs. UB, pinch-hit in both games, with a walk in the first and an RBI single in the second
- Walked twice and scored a run in the Ohio series
- Homered in the Falcons' 5-3 win at Toledo
- Was in the lineup for both games of the home DH vs. UT, drawing a walk in the nightcap
- Delivered a pinch-hit RBI single in the fourth inning at Western Michigan, tying the game in what proved to be a 3-1 win in the final game of the season
2020 ^
- Played in 10 games, making seven starts
- Started six games at first base and one at third base
- Hit .174 with a double among her four hits
- Was perfect in 31 chances in the field
- Made her BGSU debut on opening day in Chattanooga
- Made a pinch-hitting appearance in the fifth inning of the Indiana State game, and stayed in the game at first base
- The next weekend, entered the Central Connecticut game at third base, and had a pair of plate appearances in BG's walk-off win
- Picked up her first collegiate RBI the following day, with a pinch-hit sacrifice fly that scored the first run of a four-run seventh inning in BG's 7-1 victory over Creighton
- The following weekend, made her first collegiate start against nationally-ranked Tennessee, earning the nod at first base
- Drew a walk in three plate appearances vs. the Lady Vols
- The following day, picked up her first collegiate hit with a double down the line vs. the host school, ETSU, at the Buccaneer Classic
- Later in the game, added a single, for the first two-hit game of her young career
- Started all five games of the Clearwater Invitational at first base, as BG went a perfect 5-0
- Had a hit and scored a run vs. Penn State
- Reached base twice vs. Seton Hall, as she singled and was hit by a pitch
HIGH SCHOOL
- Earned four letters at Springboro H.S. ('19) under coach Whitney Hartman
- Was a team captain for the Panthers in all four seasons
- Hit .499 in her career, and had 174 hits and 117 RBI in 106 games
- Also had 14 career homers
- A three-time All-Greater Western Ohio Conference (GWOC) First-Team selection
- As a senior, hit .576 and led the GWOC in homers (seven) and RBI (39)
- Earned honorable-mention All-Ohio accolades that year
- A three-time team MVP
- Named a Scholar-Athlete in all four years
- Went 4-for-4 with a homer and two doubles in High School Senior All-Star Game
PERSONAL
- Born in Heinsburg, Germany
- A marketing major at BGSU
- Daughter of Adam and Nikki Weber
- Has an older brother, Andrew
- Has played travel ball for Ohio Hawks
- Favorite athlete is Bryce Harper
- Lists her parents as her biggest influences
SB: First Pitch Dinner Recap (Jan. 11, 2024)
Wednesday, January 24
BGSU-CMU Softball Highlights (May 13, 2022)
Saturday, May 14
BGSU In The Nest : Nikki and Alex Sorgi (Softball)
Wednesday, May 08
BG Softball Beats Akron in Game 1 on Senior Day 4.27
Saturday, April 27
