2025 Softball Roster

16 Sarah Kerling

  • Position Outfielder
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-6
  • Hometown Livermore, Calif.
  • High School Livermore

Biography

2024: Won a Cascade Conference Gold Glove in center field for the second consecutive season ... Named to the Academic All-CCC team ... Appeared in 52 games and started 50, posting a .292 batting average (40-for-137) with two home runs, three triples, 26 runs scored, 26 RBIs and 15 stolen bases on 16 attempts ... Did not commit an error in the outfield and had 82 putouts with one assist ... Hit her second career inside-the-park grand slam on March 8 against Carroll and hit another inside-the-parker two weeks later against Providence ... Missed two weeks due to a shoulder injury that prevented her from throwing overhand for the final month of the season, but returned to bat .340 during conference play.

2023: An Academic All-Cascade Conference honoree, member of the All-CCC second team and winner of a CCC Gold Glove at center field ... Made the NAIA World Series All-Tournament team after going 7-for-10 with five runs scored at the final site to help the Raiders win the championship ... Became the second player in team history with a four-hit game at the World Series, going 4-for-4 in SOU's first defeat of Oregon Tech ... Was one of four players to start all 62 games for the Raiders, finishing the season with a .366 batting average (60-for-164), 47 runs scored, 11 extra-base hits and eight stolen bases on as many attempts ... Hit her second career home run -- and first to clear the fence -- on April 21 at Warner Pacific ... Hit safely in all but one of nine national postseason games, going 12-for-23 with 10 runs scored during the run ... Ranked 10th in the CCC in runs scored, 18th in batting average and fourth in triples (5).

2022: Took over as SOU's everyday center fielder as a true freshman, starting all 63 games ... Batted .345 with nine extra-base hits, 42 runs scored, 35 RBIs and 28 stolen bases on 41 attempts ... Hit her first career home run -- an inside-the-park grand slam -- on April 30 against Corban ... Registered a .411 on-base percentage from the bottom of the lineup ... Had 15 multi-hit games.

Personal: Born on April 15, 2003 in Livermore, California … The daughter of Kathy and Tim Kerling … Has two older sisters, Katelyn and Megan … Majoring in biology.

High School: Graduated in 2021 from Livermore High … Lettered all four seasons and was a perennial NCS scholar athlete … A member of the Students for Social Change Club, the Politics Club, and Outdoors Group.

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2022Freshman

    Infielder/Outfielder
    5'6"
    16
  • 16

    2023Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5'6"
    16
  • 16

    2024Junior

    Outfielder
    5'6"
    16
  • 16

    2025Senior

    Outfielder
    5'6"
    16