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Jersey Number 13
Rielly Lucas
- Position:
- Infielder
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Cabell Midland HS
- Hometown:
- Huntington, W.Va.
Bio
SBC Player of the Week (Mar. 25)
2025 (Senior)
GP/GS: 54/54 …Started every game of senior season... Had career-bests in average (.321), hits (52), and home runs (15) ... 15 home runs finished tied for fourth in the Sun Belt Conference ... Had 15 multi-hit games with nine games with two or more RBI ... Had a memorable walk off home run in the 9th inning of the team's come-from-behind win over Texas State (Mar. 29)
2024 (Junior)
GP/GS: 53/53 …Started every game at first base for first time in career ... Hit .305 for the first time in her career with a personal-best 47 hits, 13 doubles, 86 total bases, and a matched-best eight home runs ... Finished with 365 putouts and 10 assists, all career-bests as well ... Had seven multi-hit games with three games with three hits and a game ... Had first multiple home run game in win over Georgia State (Apr. 5)
2023 (Sophomore)
GP/GS: 54/53 …Took a step up sophomore season, making 53 starts in 54 games, primarily playing at first base ... Hit .293 with 41 hits, seven doubles, and eight home runs ... Drove in 40 runs, fourth-most on the team ... Finished a perfect 5-5 on stolen bases ... Had 10 putouts in Marshall's win over #24 Virginia Tech ... Picked up a heads-up assist in the Sun Belt Championship game against Louisiana, throwing out a runner trying to score from second on a ground ball ... Hit a mammoth home run in the series sweeping game against Georgia State in Apr. 2
2022 (Freshman)
2022 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete: GPA 3.50 or better
2021-22 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 23/6 … Talented freshman player who mostly came off the bench as a pinch hitter … Did play some in the outfield with six starts (Howard, Campbell, Purdue Fort Wayne two times, Maryland Eastern Shore and Fairfield) … Bat .261 with six hits, scored seven runs, drove in seven runs, one double and drew 10 walks … Had one hit-by-pitch … One game with two hits, two games with two RBI, two games with two walks … Made collegiate debut with a pinch hit versus Villanova (Feb. 12) at the Buzz Classic, drove in first career run with bases-loaded ground out to second allowing Mya Stevenson to score … Earned first career walk against Saint Joseph’s (Feb. 12) … Recorded first career hit and run scored at Coastal Carolina (Feb. 19), pinch hit with single to center and then scored two batters later in the top of the seventh … Earned first career start and went 2-of-3 with two RBI and one run versus Howard (Feb. 25) at the Camel Stampede, played in left field … One hit, one walk and one run in second meeting against Howard (Feb. 26) … Cranked two-run double in first plate appearance in front of hometown crowd versus Purdue Fort Wayne (March 3), hit was in the first inning and also scored, part of 10-hit and 9-run inning for Herd … Drew two walks and scored once against Maryland Eastern Shore (March 5) … Reached base all three times versus Fairfield (March 13) with two walks and one hit-by-pitch … Drove in one run against Middle Tennessee (March 27) … Came in to pinch hit versus FIU (April 16) and had RBI single in the fifth … Entered as pinch runner in top of the seventh of game three at North Texas (May 8) and scored third run of a 5-run inning as Herd came back to win … Scored a run in the Conference USA Tournament against No. 1 seed Louisiana Tech (May 12).
High School: Attended Cabell Midland High School … As a senior helped lead the Knights to its first state championship since 2005 … Recipient of the 2020-21 West Virginia High School Softball Sports Award … Named All-State three times … 3-time All-Mountain State Athletic Conference (MSAC) … Participated in 2021 North/South All-Star game for Region 4, won the Home Run Derby … Over last two years of high school career bat .520, on base percentage over .600, slugged over 1.100 and was intentionally walked 22 times in 2021 … Over high school career hit 28 home runs (13 as a senior), 109 RBI (39 as a senior) and 117 runs scored (52 as a senior) … Helped lead team to the 2017 MSAC Championship … Played travel ball for the Ohio Outlaws, was invited to play in all-star game in Boulder Colorado and was an All-Star Select in 2018 at the Triple Crown Fireworks Tournament … Also lettered in basketball and volleyball.
Personal: Born Feb. 14, 2003 … Daughter of Joey and Selena Lucas … Has two younger siblings; Brodee and Laney … Cousin Austin Lucas played baseball for West Virginia Tech … Chose Marshall because, "It instantly became my choice once I stepped on campus in September 2019. I had been on many unofficial visits in years past but this was different. Once I met with the coaches and spent the weekend with the current team, the feeling of home had a huge impact on me. The coaches made me feel so at ease. I couldn't imagine playing anywhere else but here." … Plans to major in athletic training with a concentration on pre-physical therapy.
2025 (Senior)
GP/GS: 54/54 …Started every game of senior season... Had career-bests in average (.321), hits (52), and home runs (15) ... 15 home runs finished tied for fourth in the Sun Belt Conference ... Had 15 multi-hit games with nine games with two or more RBI ... Had a memorable walk off home run in the 9th inning of the team's come-from-behind win over Texas State (Mar. 29)
2024 (Junior)
GP/GS: 53/53 …Started every game at first base for first time in career ... Hit .305 for the first time in her career with a personal-best 47 hits, 13 doubles, 86 total bases, and a matched-best eight home runs ... Finished with 365 putouts and 10 assists, all career-bests as well ... Had seven multi-hit games with three games with three hits and a game ... Had first multiple home run game in win over Georgia State (Apr. 5)
2023 (Sophomore)
GP/GS: 54/53 …Took a step up sophomore season, making 53 starts in 54 games, primarily playing at first base ... Hit .293 with 41 hits, seven doubles, and eight home runs ... Drove in 40 runs, fourth-most on the team ... Finished a perfect 5-5 on stolen bases ... Had 10 putouts in Marshall's win over #24 Virginia Tech ... Picked up a heads-up assist in the Sun Belt Championship game against Louisiana, throwing out a runner trying to score from second on a ground ball ... Hit a mammoth home run in the series sweeping game against Georgia State in Apr. 2
2022 (Freshman)
2022 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete: GPA 3.50 or better
2021-22 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 23/6 … Talented freshman player who mostly came off the bench as a pinch hitter … Did play some in the outfield with six starts (Howard, Campbell, Purdue Fort Wayne two times, Maryland Eastern Shore and Fairfield) … Bat .261 with six hits, scored seven runs, drove in seven runs, one double and drew 10 walks … Had one hit-by-pitch … One game with two hits, two games with two RBI, two games with two walks … Made collegiate debut with a pinch hit versus Villanova (Feb. 12) at the Buzz Classic, drove in first career run with bases-loaded ground out to second allowing Mya Stevenson to score … Earned first career walk against Saint Joseph’s (Feb. 12) … Recorded first career hit and run scored at Coastal Carolina (Feb. 19), pinch hit with single to center and then scored two batters later in the top of the seventh … Earned first career start and went 2-of-3 with two RBI and one run versus Howard (Feb. 25) at the Camel Stampede, played in left field … One hit, one walk and one run in second meeting against Howard (Feb. 26) … Cranked two-run double in first plate appearance in front of hometown crowd versus Purdue Fort Wayne (March 3), hit was in the first inning and also scored, part of 10-hit and 9-run inning for Herd … Drew two walks and scored once against Maryland Eastern Shore (March 5) … Reached base all three times versus Fairfield (March 13) with two walks and one hit-by-pitch … Drove in one run against Middle Tennessee (March 27) … Came in to pinch hit versus FIU (April 16) and had RBI single in the fifth … Entered as pinch runner in top of the seventh of game three at North Texas (May 8) and scored third run of a 5-run inning as Herd came back to win … Scored a run in the Conference USA Tournament against No. 1 seed Louisiana Tech (May 12).
High School: Attended Cabell Midland High School … As a senior helped lead the Knights to its first state championship since 2005 … Recipient of the 2020-21 West Virginia High School Softball Sports Award … Named All-State three times … 3-time All-Mountain State Athletic Conference (MSAC) … Participated in 2021 North/South All-Star game for Region 4, won the Home Run Derby … Over last two years of high school career bat .520, on base percentage over .600, slugged over 1.100 and was intentionally walked 22 times in 2021 … Over high school career hit 28 home runs (13 as a senior), 109 RBI (39 as a senior) and 117 runs scored (52 as a senior) … Helped lead team to the 2017 MSAC Championship … Played travel ball for the Ohio Outlaws, was invited to play in all-star game in Boulder Colorado and was an All-Star Select in 2018 at the Triple Crown Fireworks Tournament … Also lettered in basketball and volleyball.
Personal: Born Feb. 14, 2003 … Daughter of Joey and Selena Lucas … Has two younger siblings; Brodee and Laney … Cousin Austin Lucas played baseball for West Virginia Tech … Chose Marshall because, "It instantly became my choice once I stepped on campus in September 2019. I had been on many unofficial visits in years past but this was different. Once I met with the coaches and spent the weekend with the current team, the feeling of home had a huge impact on me. The coaches made me feel so at ease. I couldn't imagine playing anywhere else but here." … Plans to major in athletic training with a concentration on pre-physical therapy.
Marshall Softball Class of 2025 Graduates
Friday, May 02
Marshall Softball: Kaleea Washington & Brooklyn Ulrich (Post-Radford)
Tuesday, April 22
Marshall Softball: HC Morgan Zerkle, Haleigh Adkins, Paige Maynard (Post-Coastal)
Friday, April 18
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Thursday, April 17
