Bowling Green State University Athletics
2022 Softball Roster
Dees, Makailah
Jersey Number 18
Makailah Dees
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Mission Viejo
- Hometown:
- Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.
Bio
NCAA GAME-BY-GAME & CAREER STATS
Years of eligibility remaining (including the Spring 2024 season): 1
March 27, 2023: In The Nest: Dees Thriving as a Falcon
THANK YOU
(from Senior Day festivities; April 27, 2024)
"I want to thank BG for being my second home, and BGSU softball for giving me the opportunity to fulfill my dream of playing at the Division-I level. I also want to thank my parents and family for the time and dedication they put into every season growing up within this sport. One of my favorite memories is getting the chance to play on the same team with my sister, Sammy, for two years. Thank you!"
-- Makailah Dees
2024
2023
2022
2021
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
LINKS
Dec. 6, 2019 -- Willis, Falcons Add Eight to Program
Years of eligibility remaining (including the Spring 2024 season): 1
March 27, 2023: In The Nest: Dees Thriving as a Falcon
THANK YOU
(from Senior Day festivities; April 27, 2024)
"I want to thank BG for being my second home, and BGSU softball for giving me the opportunity to fulfill my dream of playing at the Division-I level. I also want to thank my parents and family for the time and dedication they put into every season growing up within this sport. One of my favorite memories is getting the chance to play on the same team with my sister, Sammy, for two years. Thank you!"
-- Makailah Dees
2024
- Played in 18 games, making 13 starts
- Ten starts came in left field and three in right
- Batted .206 on the year, with two doubles among her seven hits
- Scored three runs and drove in four
- Hit .238 in MAC games, with a double among her five hits
- Had a hit and an RBI in each of the first two games of the season, at the Battle at the Beach
- Also walked and scored a pair of runs in the first game, a win over Furman
- Later that day, had a double against the host school, Coastal Carolina
- Started three of the four games at the following weekend's Hoosier Classic
- Started two games in the Buffalo series
- Appeared in a pair of contests at Ball State
- Played in two of the three games at Kent State, with a hit in the middle game of the series
- Had a huge day on Senior Day at Meserve Field, with two hits in each end of a doubleheader
- In the opener vs. Northern Illinois, threw a runner out at the plate to end the top of the first inning, then had a base hit and scored a run as BGSU scored seven times in the bottom of the inning
- Her second hit of that game was a walk-off RBI single as the Falcons picked up an 11-3, five-inning win
- In the nightcap, went 2-for-3 with a double and another RBI
2023
- Saw action in 39 of BGSU's 50 games, starting 36
- Hit .219, and ranked fourth on the team with 14 runs scored
- Had 23 hits and 10 RBI on the season
- Tied for second on the club with two triples, and also had a double and a homer
- Had five multiple-hit games
- Made 18 starts in left field, 13 in center and five in right
- Played in all five games, starting four, on the season's opening weekend at the DePaul Dome Tournament
- Had an RBI in the opener vs. Detroit Mercy
- Went 1-for-1 with a run scored vs. DePaul later that same day
- Was 3-for-4 with a double, a triple, two runs and three RBI against Valparaiso
- Entered the season with a career total of three RBI, but had four RBI in the opening weekend of the '23 season
- Walked and scored vs. Delaware State at Florida's T-Mobile Tournament
- Had a hit and scored a run vs. the number-three Gators
- The next day, was 2-for-4 with an RBI against UConn
- Was named to the All-Tournament Team at Auburn's Jane B. Moore Memorial Tournament
- Went 3-for-3 with a run scored against #19 Auburn that weekend
- Hit her first collegiate homer against Tennessee Tech in that tournament, scoring two runs in that win
- Started all three games vs. Toledo, with a hit in each of the latter two contests
- Had a two-run single and scored a run in the final game vs. UT
- Went 2-for-3 with a run scored against Ohio
- Singled and scored in the opener at Buffalo
- Had a hit in each of the first two games vs. Kent State, driving home a run before coming around to score herself in the latter game
- Picked up a hit in each end of the DH at Northern Illinois, including a triple in the opener
- Then, walked, singled and scored a run in BGSU's 4-2 win over the Huskies
2022
- Played in 26 games, making seven starts
- Hit .167 on the year, with five hits in 30 at-bats
- Was perfect in 18 chances in the field
- Hit .357 in home games, going 5-for-14 at Meserve Field
- Played in two games at the DePaul Dome Tournament on the season's opening weekend
- Drew a walk vs. Green Bay at the UE Invitational
- Scored a run against host Evansville, but that game was washed away with BGSU leading, 2-0, in the fifth
- Made a spectacular diving catch against Toledo, then walked and came around to score what would prove to be the winning run with a nifty slide to avoid a tag attempt at the plate
- Had a hit in the opening game of the Buffalo series
- Then, the next day, had an RBI single and came around to score as BG topped the Bulls in the series finale
- Picked up a hit in each end of the Detroit Mercy DH
- Went 1-for-3 in the opener, then had a pinch-hit single in the nightcap
- Played in a pair of games at the MAC Tournament, earning the start in BG's win over Central Michigan
- In the game prior to CMU, had several key catches in RF as BG downed Ohio
2021
- Played in 35 games, making 14 starts
- Hit .186 with eight runs scored
- Had a .968 fielding pct., with just one error in 31 chances in the field
- Batted .212 in MAC play, with a perfect 1.000 fielding pct.
- Started a pair of games at Cleveland State on the season's opening weekend
- Scored her first career run vs. the Vikings, and that run, in the top of the ninth inning of the series finale, proved to be the game winner
- The next weekend, appeared in four of BGSU's five games at the Winthrop tournament
- Went 1-for-3 with a run scored against Furman in that tourney, and drew a walk against Radford, in an 11-pitch at-bat in which she fouled off seven pitches
- Drew the start vs. Western Kentucky the following weekend
- Played in a pair of games in the Central Michigan series, scoring a run in the opener and picking up a hit the next day
- Appeared in three of the four games at Ball State, starting the last two
- Drew a walk in each of those two contests
- Played in three of BG's four wins over Akron, scoring the game's only run in the sixth inning of a 1-0 victory
- Had an RBI triple and scored a run at Buffalo
- The next day, pinch-ran vs. the Bulls, then stayed in the game and went 1-for-1 at the plate
- Started two games at Ohio, and had a hit, a stolen base, a sac fly and an RBI
- Also made two starts in the Kent State series
- Appeared as a pinch-runner in three games of the Miami series, scoring runs in each end of Saturday's DH
- In the latter game, scored the winning run on a Greta L'Esperance walk-off single
- Played in three games, making one start, at Northern Illinois
- Came off the bench to go 1-for-1 with a walk and a run in the third game of that series
- Had a hit in both ends of the season-ending DH at Western Michigan
- Started the first game in CF, and went 1-for-3
- Was 1-for-2 in the final contest of the season, a 3-1 win over the Broncos
HIGH SCHOOL
- Earned three letters at Mission Viejo H.S. ('21) under coaches Clint Watson and Kylee Lahners
- Hit .308 as a senior (prior to the season being canceled due to COVID-19), with a .400 on-base percentage and a .513 slugging pct. for the Diablos
- Captained the team as a senior
PERSONAL
- Born in Mission Viejo, Calif.
- A communication disorders major at BGSU
- Career ambition is to become a speech language pathologist
- Daughter of Steve and Angela Dees
- The third of four children
- Has an older brother, Triston, and a younger brother, Noah
- Also has an older sister, Sammy, who also played softball at BGSU
- Has played travel ball for So Cal Athletics 18U Richardson
- Helped that team to a third-place finish in the 2019 PGF Nationals
- Favorite athlete is Janie Takeda-Reed
- Lists her sister, Sammy, as her biggest influence
LINKS
Dec. 6, 2019 -- Willis, Falcons Add Eight to Program
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
