2021 Softball Roster

51 Lauren Quirke

  • Position Infielder/Pitcher
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-6
  • Hometown San Mateo, Calif.
  • High School Hillsdale
  • Prev School San Mateo C.C.

Biography

2020: Named to the NAIA Softball Academic All-America second team, becoming just the 16th student-athlete in SOU history to earn a spot on any CoSIDA Academic All-America team... Was batting .488 with the NAIA's third-highest hit total (40) when the season was cut off 26 games in, and had the top slugging percentage (.768) among all Cascade Conference players... Also sported a 3-2 pitching record with a 2.27 ERA over 37 innings... Earned Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete and Academic All-CCC accolades.

2019: Named to the NAIA All-America second team and All-Cascade Conference first team, and was voted the NAIA World Series MVP as SOU’s everyday third baseman… Posted a .444 batting average – the fifth-best in team history and second-best on the CCC leaderboard – and broke SOU single-season records for extra-base hits with 33 (18 doubles, 10 home runs, 5 triples) and total bases with 144… Totaled a team-high 63 RBI (No. 2 on SOU’s all-time leaderboard) and scored 49 runs… At the World Series, went 7-for-15 with two doubles, a triple, five RBI and four runs scored… As a pitcher, went 7-1 with a 3.54 ERA over 65 1/3 innings with 12 starts and seven relief stints, and earned the decision in SOU’s NAIA Opening Round-clinching win over Hope International with four scoreless two-hit innings of relief… Batted .407 in conference play, and in a four-game series against British Columbia went 11-for-13 with eight RBIs and six runs scored… Led the team with 27 multi-hit games, including three four-hit and eight three-hit outings.

Prior to SOU: Competed at San Mateo College in 2017 and ’18, and was a Dean’s List student… As a sophomore, led her team to a conference title and a No. 4 state ranking as an NFCA All-American and an all-state, all-conference and all-state tournament team selection… At the plate, batted a team-best .490 in 143 at-bats with a .569 on-base percentage, and recorded 18 doubles, two home runs, 45 runs scored and 41 RBI… As a pitcher, went 16-2 with a 1.96 ERA and 79 strikeouts in 121.1 innings pitched, making 16 starts and coming on in relief 15 times… Also stole 11 bases on 12 attempts… Named second-team all-league as a freshman with a .395 average, 10 extra-base hits, and a 2.95 ERA over 21.1 innings in the circle.

Personal: Born on July 26, 1998 in San Mateo, California… Parents are Lynne and Bill… Has an older brother, Ryan… Graduated in 2016 from Hillsdale High, where she was twice a conference softball player of the year… Majoring in communications with a minor in criminal justice.

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Historical Player Information

  • 51

    2019Junior

    Pitcher/Utility
    5'6"
    51
  • 51

    2020Senior

    Infielder/Pitcher
    5'6"
    51
  • 51

    2021Senior

    Infielder/Pitcher
    5'6"
    51