Marshall University Athletics
2019 Softball Roster
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Jersey Number 43
Aly Harrell
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Gahanna Lincoln HS
- Hometown:
- Gahanna, Ohio
Bio
Signed with Athletes Unlimited. Played in inaugural AUX Season in San Diego, California, (June 13-25). Invited to sign new contract and return with Athletes Unlimited for Championship season July 29-Aug. 28, 2022, in Rosemont, Illinois.
2022 (Fifth Year Senior)
2022 Senior Class Award Winner
2022 NFCA Mideast All-Region First Team
2022 All-Conference USA First Team
2022 Warrior Award Winner
2022 Senior CLASS Award Finalist
2022 Senior CLASS Award Candidate
2022 Conference USA Preseason All-Conference
2022 NCAA Top 10 On Base Percentage (2nd – .606)
2022 NCAA Top 10 Walks Per Game (6th – 0.83)
2022 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete: GPA 3.50 or better
2021-22 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GPGS: 53/53 … Came back for her fifth year after being granted the additional year of eligibility due to the 2020 COVID season … Leader for the Herd who shined on and off the field who will be remembered as not just one of the greatest in Marshall softball history, but Marshall Athletics history as well … Became the first student-athlete at Marshall University to be named the Senior CLASS Award winner … Harrell was the sixth-ever finalist for the Senior CLASS Award joining fellow softball players Rachel Folden (2008) and Morgan Zerkle (2017), along with Jon Elmore (men’s basketball 2019), Pedro Dolabella and Vitor Dias (men’s soccer 2021) … Fifth honoree of the Marshall softball Warrior Award named in memory of Emileigh Cooper, Harrell displayed her love of the game, her teammates, program, Marshall University and the Huntington community since she stepped on campus as a freshman in the fall of 2017 … Named All-Region for the fourth time (no postseason awards in 2020) … Named First Team All-Conference USA for the fourth time (no postseason awards in 2020) … First player in team history to finish a full season with an on base percentage over .600, Harrell had a .602 OB in 2020 through 25 games and 68 at bats … Sits in the top 10 at Marshall in 18 different offensive and defensive categories … Leaves the Herd first all-time in career walks (175), first on base percentage (.562), second total bases (428), second hit-by-pitches (52), second games with an RBI (102), second double plays turned (34), tied for second RBI (171), third home runs (53), third doubles (47), third toughest to strikeout (.069 – 39 Ks/569 AB), third intentional walks (six), third games reached base (200), third fielding percentage (.986), third putouts (1,262) fourth slugging percentage (.752), fifth batting average (.390), sixth runs scored (141), and eighth hits (222) … In 2022 became just the second player in team history with 100 or more career games driving in a run, third player reaching base in 200 or more games and third member of the 50 Home Runs Club … Is one of just two players to finish Herd career with a slugging percentage over .700 and an on base percentage over .500 (Folden is the other) … Became Herd’s all-time walks leader with number 148 on March 26 in the first inning against Middle Tennessee, surpassing Folden (2005-08), Harrell broke the record in her 194th career game, 31 fewer games than Folden … Finished 2022 season leading team in batting average (.437), hits (62) walks (44), hit-by-pitches (17), on base percentage (.606) and tied with 41 runs scored … Tied for second with 11 doubles, third with 13 home runs and 38 RBI … Teamed with Saige Pye (20) and Mya Stevenson (19) to become the first trio in team history with 10 or more home runs in a season … Reached base in 50-of-53 games including final 20-straight, longest streak of the season by a Herd player … Reached base two or more times in 43 contests … Recorded a hit in 41 games with two or more 19 times, finished career with 59 multi-hit games … Scored a run in 27 games and two or more 11 times, finished career with 28 multi-runs scored games … Drove in a run in 23 contests and two or more 10 times, finished career with 44 multi-RBI games … Drew two or more walks in 13 games and 48 total contests in career … Had season-best 10-game hitting streak March 5-25, bat .625 (20-of-32) during stretch … Hit first home run of 2022 in season-opener versus Saint Joseph’s (Feb. 11), part of team record-tying five homers in the win … Went deep at Coastal Carolina (Feb. 23) going 2-of-3 with two runs and a walk … Two hits and one run versus South Carolina (Feb. 19) … Walked three times versus Kent State (Feb. 25) … Drew three walks and scored two runs against Howard (Feb. 26) … Two hits and three RBI in win over Purdue Fort Wayne (March 4) … 3-for-3, three RBI and two runs against Maryland Eastern Shore (March 5) … Third homer of the year vs. Fairfield (March 11) … 3-of-4 with two runs in comeback win over Norfolk State (March 11) … Two hits and two hit-by-pitches at Ohio (March 16) … 6-of-10 with two doubles in three-game series at UAB (March 19-20) … 2-of-3, two runs and fourth home run of the season in game one against Middle Tennessee (March 25) … Walked six times over the next two games versus Blue Raiders including the career record-breaker … Drew three walks and hit two-run home run in game two comeback victory over Charlotte (April 2), was walked in the bottom of the seventh and eighth innings to load the bases, Marshall received clutch hits from Grace Chelemen after each walk with the winner in the eighth … Had unassisted double play in game two at Florida Atlantic (April 9) … Began 20-straight game streak of reaching base with fifth home run of the season, and 45th of career, in game three at Florida Atlantic (April 10) … Drew four walks and two hit-by-pitches in three-game series versus FIU (April 14-16), honored with Warrior Award prior to game three … Walked twice, including once with the bases loaded in win over Morehead State (April 20) … Second unassisted double play at first base in game one of series against UTEP (April 29) … Hit two homers and walked three times in final two games at home versus UTEP (April 30-May 1) … Went on a tear to end career during the Conference USA Tournament batting .600 (6-of-10) over four games, reached base 11-of-14 times with four home runs, six RBI, four runs scored and four walks … Tied career-high with two home runs and four RBI in C-USA Tournament win over Florida Atlantic (May 11), first homer was 10th of the year, 50th of career, second home run was a 3-run shot in the fourth that gave the Herd a 5-4 lead … Solo home run in first inning against No. 1 seed Louisiana Tech (May 12) … Solo homer against Charlotte (May 12) for the 13th of the season and 53rd of career, final career home run … Drew a walk and had a base hit in final career game versus No. 3 seed WKU (May 13) … Played in 220 total games with 215 starts in Marshall career … Reached base in 200 games, 90.9-percent ... Ended career ranked third among active players in career walks, seventh in hit-by-pitches, tied for 15th home runs, 19th in total bases, 20th in slugging percentage, and 27th in RBI … Signed with Athletes Unlimited for the inaugural AUX season played in San Diego, California, (June 13-25) and was invited to sign next contract to return for Athletes Unlimited Championship season in July29, Aug. 28, 2022, played in Rosemont, Illinois.
2021 (Senior)
2021 NFCA Mideast All-Region First Team
2021 All-Conference USA First Team
2021 Conference USA Preseason Player of the Year
GP/GS: 30/30 … Only missed three games in abbreviated 2021 season due to COVID-19 … Continued assault on team record book … Ranked in the top 10 all-time at Marshall in 11 offensive categories and three defensive … First all-time in on base percentage (.547), tied for second in home runs (40), second in walks (131), third in slugging percentage (.740), third-toughest to strike out (0.66 – 28 Ks in 427 at bats), third in intentional walks (6), fourth in batting average (.375), tied for fourth in hit-by-pitches (35) sixth in RBI (133), seventh in total bases (316) and 10th in doubles (36) … Third all-time in career fielding percentage (.986), tied for fourth in double plays turned (27) and sixth in putouts (923) … In 2021 led team in batting average (.415), hits (39), home runs (10), RBI (29), total bases (77), slugging percentage (.819) and on base percentage (.526) … Finished second with 25 runs scored, eight doubles and 17 walks … Led Conference USA in batting average and was second in on base percentage … Tied program record for best strikeout rate of 0.32 with just three strikeouts in 94 at bats, tying mark set by Caitlyn Jackson in 2009 (five Ks in 157 at bats) … Recorded a hit in 22 games and two or more 11 times including the first four games of the year … Tallied at least one RBI in 17 games and two or more nine times … Reached base safely in 28 games including 19-straight to end the season … Drew a free pass in 16 contests … Opened year with two hits, including a double, in each game of doubleheader against Akron (March 3) … Recorded two hits and first home run of the year in win over Bowling Green (March 5) … Went 3-of-4 with two runs and another homer versus Valparaiso (March 6) … Hit third home run of the year in next game against Valparaiso (March 7) … Smacked a homer in game one at Longwood (March 10) and finished 2-for-2 with two walks … Missed Chattanooga series (March 20-21) due to COVID-19 contact tracing … Hit two home runs during four-game series at Middle Tennessee (April 9-11) … Second home run at MTSU was 36th of career and moved her ahead of Shaelynn Braxton for second all-time in career home runs … Was 3-of-4 with a double in series finale at MTSU (April 11) … Season-best performance in third game of Florida Atlantic series (April 17) going 4-of-5 at the plate with a home run that shattered the back windshield of a car, two doubles, four RBI and hit the walkoff double in the ninth inning … Scored two runs, drove in two and hit another home run in the series finale with Florida Atlantic (April 18) … Belted ninth home run of the season at FIU (April 24) … Began Charlotte series (May 7) going 3-for-3 with three runs and a double, was walked three times in game two at Charlotte (May 8) … 10th homer of the year, and 40th of career was a two-run blast to right field in the fifth inning of game three at Charlotte (May 8) … Was 3-of-5 with two RBI and one run in win over Louisiana Tech (May 12) at the Conference USA Tournament … Recorded two hits in season-finale against Charlotte (May 12) at C-USA Tournament … In Herd career has appeared in 167 games with 162 starts, has 160 hits and 100 runs scored.
2020 (Junior)
2020 Conference USA Preseason All-Conference
2020 Conference USA Player of the Week: Feb. 17
2020 NCAA Top 10 On Base Percentage (4th - .602)
2020 NCAA Top 10 Walks Per Game (10th – 0.92)
GP/GS: 25/25 … Continues to be an imposing presence at the plate with a great eye for the strike zone … Led team with .602 on base percentage and was on pace to break her own single-season team record set last year before remainder of season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic … Reached base safely in 24-of-25 games, including first 23-straight … Has now started 116-straight games, last game did not start March 21, 2018 at Florida Gulf Coast, came in as a pinch hitter … Finished season batting .441 (second on the team), 30 hits (tied for second), 22 runs (fourth), eight doubles (tied for first), five home runs (fifth), 23 RBI (fourth), slugged .779 (fourth), 23 walks (first) and six hit-by-pitches (tied for first) … Was once again among the nation’s leaders in free passes and on base percentage … Nine games with two or more hits … Nine games with two or more combined free passes (walks and HBPs) … Six games with two or more RBI … Six games scoring two runs … Contributed to five double plays on defense … Started season with a double, two walks, one hit-by-pitch and one RBI in opener against Saint Francis (Feb. 7) … Walked twice in the nightcap versus Bucknell (Feb. 7) and scored a run … Was 2-of-3 with a run and two hit-by-pitches in win at USC Upstate (Feb. 9) … Hit first home run of the season with a three-run blast against Lipscomb (Feb. 14), was also walked twice and scored two runs … Exploded on day two of the Chattanooga Challenge (Feb. 15) versus Ohio and Tennessee Tech going a combined 6-of-7 at the plate, driving in eight runs, hitting two doubles and two home runs including a grand slam in the sixth against Tech … Recorded her 100th career hit during 4-for-4 performance against Tennessee Tech … Finished Chattanooga weekend with two more hits versus Indiana State (Feb. 16) … Was named Conference USA Player of the Week following Chattanooga Challenge (Feb. 17) as she totaled a .714 batting average, slugged 1.500, a .778 on base percentage, 10 hits, 11 RBI and three home runs … Combined for five walks in two games versus East Tennessee State (Feb. 21-22) including her 100th career walk, just the second player in team history to reach 100 … Had two hits and drove in two runs at Kennesaw State (Feb. 22) … Belted fourth homer of the year versus Rhode Island (Feb. 23) finished game with two hits, four RBI and sac fly that scored eighth run and ended the game in the fifth for run-rule win … Drove in 100th career RBI at Hampton (Feb. 28) was also walked twice … Walked three times, was hit by a pitch and scored once versus Howard (Feb. 29) … Hit two doubles, walked once and drove in a run at Norfolk State (Feb. 29) … Delivered two more hits and scored two runs in Pirate Classic finale at Norfolk State (March 1) … Was 2-for-2 with two RBI, a home run, one walk and one hit-by-pitch in game two against Akron (March 4) … Scored two runs against Rutgers (March 7) … Walked once, reached on an error and scored two runs at No. 11 Kentucky (March 11) … Currently ranks first all-time at Marshall in on base percentage (.552), second in walks (114), third in slugging percentage (.718), third in intentional walks (6), third in fielding percentage (.986), fourth toughest to strikeout (25 in 333 at bats), fifth in batting average (.363), fifth in home runs (30), fifth in hit-by-pitches (30), eighth in putouts (737), eighth in double plays (21) and tied for 10th in RBI (104).
2019 (Sophomore)
2019 NFCA Mideast All-Region Second Team
2019 All-Conference USA First Team
2019 Conference USA All-Tournament Team
2019 Preseason All-Conference USA
2019 NISC Lynchburg Regional All-Tournament Team
2019 NCAA Top 10 Total Walks (1st – 68)
2019 NCAA Top 10 Combined Free Passes BBs & HBPs (1st – 85, 68 BBs & 17 HBPs)
2019 NCAA Top 10 Walks Per Game (3rd – 1.06)
2019 NCAA Top 10 On Base Percentage (5th - .578)
2018-19 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 64/64 … Played and started in a Herd record 64 games … Continued to add to an already impressive resume with more records … Smashed Herd single-season walks record with 68 surpassing the old mark of 51 set by Marshall Athletics Hall of Famer Rachel Folden in 2007 … 68 walks tied for 19th most in NCAA history … Led the nation in total walks, third in walks per game (1.06) and led in combined free passes with 85 as she added 17 hit-by-pitches … Drew a walk in 40 games and at least one free pass in 46 games … Drew two or more walks 21 times including six games of three or more … 17 HBPs good for second on the team and second-most in Herd history … Set Herd single-season record with 459 putouts breaking old mark of 414 by Carrie Michaelis in 1996 … Had nine games with 10 or more putouts at first base and finished with a .985 fielding percentage … Led the Herd with a .338 batting average and set another Herd single-season record with a .578 on base percentage … Second on the team with 14 home runs, 40 RBI, .697 slugging percentage and tied for second with 10 doubles … Third on the squad with 49 hits … Set Herd record driving in a run in 10-straight contests (March 2-20) … Tied Marshall single-game records drawing four walks in game three against WKU (April 7) and hit by a pitch three times at No. 20 James Madison (March 27) … Opened the season with a .773 on base percentage in five game in USD Tournament (Feb. 8-10), drew 11 walks and was hit twice while recording just nine official at-bats … Drew at least one walk in each contest and at least two free passes in each with three against UC-Riverside (1 BB & 2 HBPs), and three walks against Cal Poly and in the second matchup with UC-Riverside … Also recorded four hits and three RBI during USD weekend … Hit the first homer of the season for the Herd against EKU (Feb. 15) … Smashed two of Herd’s record-tying five home runs in win over Presbyterian (Feb. 16) … Drew six walks during three-game series at Charlotte (March 16-17) … Was 1-for-1 with a solo home run and walked three times against No. 13 Kentucky at Dot Hicks Field (March 20) … Along with three hit-by-pitches at No. 20 JMU, smashed ninth home run of the season and 20th of career in the first inning … Hit 10th homer of the year at Southern Miss (March 30) … Walked seven times in series versus WKU (April 6-7) and added 11th home run of the year in game one … Walked four times and hit by a pitch three times in series at FIU (April 13-14) … Reached base nine-straight plate appearances by free pass with four walks in game three versus WKU (April 7), two walks and one HBP in game one at FIU (April 13) and two walks in first two times at the plate in game two at FIU … 3-for-3 with one RBI in game one loss to Louisiana Tech (April 19) was then walked twice in each of the next two contests … Hit 12th homer of the year against Louisville (April 23) … Broke Marshall single-season walks record in game three win at Middle Tennessee (April 28) on second walk of the game … Recorded two hits with one double in win over UTSA (May 8) in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament … Walked twice and hit 14th home run of the year in 1-0 win over No. 1 seed North Texas (May 10) to help lead the Herd to the C-USA Championship game … Reached base in all five games at the NISC Lynchburg Regional … Had two hits in each of the first three games of NISC and finished weekend with seven hits, two doubles, two runs and five walks after being moved into the leadoff spot.
2018 (Freshman)
2018 NFCA Mideast All-Region Third Team
2018 Conference USA Freshman of the Year
2018 All-Conference USA First Team
2018 Conference USA All-Freshman Team
GP/GS: 48/43 … Seventh Herd player named conference Freshman of the Year … Record setting freshman for the Herd in 2018 … Set program record for most home runs by a freshman with 11, breaking the old mark of 10 by Jazmine Valle (2010) and current teammate Briana Daiss (2016) … Set a Herd record drawing a walk in eight-straight games (March 24-April 7), breaking the old mark of seven set by Rachel Folden in 2008 … Tied for the team lead with a .350 batting average … Led Marshall with a .708 slugging percentage, a .480 on base percentage and 23 walks … Topped team with 41 RBI and second with 10 doubles … Finished season with 11 games of two or more hits … Recorded 10 games with two or more RBI … Season-high six-game hitting streak (April 14-21) … 22 starts at designated player and 21 at first base … Did not become a regular starter until 12th game of the season against Presbyterian (Feb. 24), finished the game 1-of-2 with a double and a walk ... Drew a walk in first career plate appearance as a pinch hitter against Tennessee Tech (Feb. 10) … Recorded first hit with a double off the top of the wall at USC Upstate (Feb. 23) … Drove in first career run with a pinch hit single versus Furman (Feb. 23) … First multi-hit game came against Kent State (Feb. 28) with two doubles and drove in three runs … Belted first homer in the top of the seventh against Liberty (March 4) … Hit three-run home run in game one win at Florida Atlantic (March 24) … Hit a home run in three-straight games: game three versus FIU (March 31) and then doubleheader against Saint Francis (April 3) … During a 16-game span from March 31-April 25, Harrell hit .435, slugged 1.022 with 11-of-20 hits going for extra bases including eight home runs … Career-high three hits at UTSA (April 7) in 3-of-4 performance with three RBI and drove in the two go-ahead runs with a double in the top of the seventh … Tied career-best with 3-of-4 outing in game one at WKU (April 21) including first career grand slam … Drilled a three-run home run to right-field off a car in Herd’s win over No. 28. James Madison (April 18) … Stole first career base at Ohio (April 25) … Drove in 20 runs and hit four home runs in 23 Conference USA games … Bat .333 in 13 games against Top-75 RPI teams including 12 hits, 13 RBI, three doubles, four home runs and eight walks … Hit by a pitch seven times including four over the final four games, hit twice at Louisville (May 2) … Ended season going 2-of-3 with a double, one walk and a solo home run in the top of the seventh against WKU in the Conference USA Tournament.
High School: Attended Gahanna Lincoln High School … Honored as a First and Second Team All-State selection … Two-time First Team All-District … Second Team All-Metro honoree … Team won four district championships and one regional championship … Holds the record for most doubles in a season … Two-time Silver Bat Award winner … Two-time Scholar Athlete … 29 career home runs … .520 career batting average … Former teammates playing collegiately at Penn State, Wright State, Tiffin, Otterbein University and Adrian College … Member of Link Crew, Girl Scouts, Interact Club and a Peer Mentor.
Personal: Born July 31, 1999 … Daughter of DeWitt and Linda Harrell … Has three older siblings Daven (32), Nathan (30) and Ashton (28) who attended Ohio State … Chose Marshall because, “the community and atmosphere as well as the softball program.” … plans to major in biology and minor in chemistry.
2022 (Fifth Year Senior)
2022 Senior Class Award Winner
2022 NFCA Mideast All-Region First Team
2022 All-Conference USA First Team
2022 Warrior Award Winner
2022 Senior CLASS Award Finalist
2022 Senior CLASS Award Candidate
2022 Conference USA Preseason All-Conference
2022 NCAA Top 10 On Base Percentage (2nd – .606)
2022 NCAA Top 10 Walks Per Game (6th – 0.83)
2022 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete: GPA 3.50 or better
2021-22 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GPGS: 53/53 … Came back for her fifth year after being granted the additional year of eligibility due to the 2020 COVID season … Leader for the Herd who shined on and off the field who will be remembered as not just one of the greatest in Marshall softball history, but Marshall Athletics history as well … Became the first student-athlete at Marshall University to be named the Senior CLASS Award winner … Harrell was the sixth-ever finalist for the Senior CLASS Award joining fellow softball players Rachel Folden (2008) and Morgan Zerkle (2017), along with Jon Elmore (men’s basketball 2019), Pedro Dolabella and Vitor Dias (men’s soccer 2021) … Fifth honoree of the Marshall softball Warrior Award named in memory of Emileigh Cooper, Harrell displayed her love of the game, her teammates, program, Marshall University and the Huntington community since she stepped on campus as a freshman in the fall of 2017 … Named All-Region for the fourth time (no postseason awards in 2020) … Named First Team All-Conference USA for the fourth time (no postseason awards in 2020) … First player in team history to finish a full season with an on base percentage over .600, Harrell had a .602 OB in 2020 through 25 games and 68 at bats … Sits in the top 10 at Marshall in 18 different offensive and defensive categories … Leaves the Herd first all-time in career walks (175), first on base percentage (.562), second total bases (428), second hit-by-pitches (52), second games with an RBI (102), second double plays turned (34), tied for second RBI (171), third home runs (53), third doubles (47), third toughest to strikeout (.069 – 39 Ks/569 AB), third intentional walks (six), third games reached base (200), third fielding percentage (.986), third putouts (1,262) fourth slugging percentage (.752), fifth batting average (.390), sixth runs scored (141), and eighth hits (222) … In 2022 became just the second player in team history with 100 or more career games driving in a run, third player reaching base in 200 or more games and third member of the 50 Home Runs Club … Is one of just two players to finish Herd career with a slugging percentage over .700 and an on base percentage over .500 (Folden is the other) … Became Herd’s all-time walks leader with number 148 on March 26 in the first inning against Middle Tennessee, surpassing Folden (2005-08), Harrell broke the record in her 194th career game, 31 fewer games than Folden … Finished 2022 season leading team in batting average (.437), hits (62) walks (44), hit-by-pitches (17), on base percentage (.606) and tied with 41 runs scored … Tied for second with 11 doubles, third with 13 home runs and 38 RBI … Teamed with Saige Pye (20) and Mya Stevenson (19) to become the first trio in team history with 10 or more home runs in a season … Reached base in 50-of-53 games including final 20-straight, longest streak of the season by a Herd player … Reached base two or more times in 43 contests … Recorded a hit in 41 games with two or more 19 times, finished career with 59 multi-hit games … Scored a run in 27 games and two or more 11 times, finished career with 28 multi-runs scored games … Drove in a run in 23 contests and two or more 10 times, finished career with 44 multi-RBI games … Drew two or more walks in 13 games and 48 total contests in career … Had season-best 10-game hitting streak March 5-25, bat .625 (20-of-32) during stretch … Hit first home run of 2022 in season-opener versus Saint Joseph’s (Feb. 11), part of team record-tying five homers in the win … Went deep at Coastal Carolina (Feb. 23) going 2-of-3 with two runs and a walk … Two hits and one run versus South Carolina (Feb. 19) … Walked three times versus Kent State (Feb. 25) … Drew three walks and scored two runs against Howard (Feb. 26) … Two hits and three RBI in win over Purdue Fort Wayne (March 4) … 3-for-3, three RBI and two runs against Maryland Eastern Shore (March 5) … Third homer of the year vs. Fairfield (March 11) … 3-of-4 with two runs in comeback win over Norfolk State (March 11) … Two hits and two hit-by-pitches at Ohio (March 16) … 6-of-10 with two doubles in three-game series at UAB (March 19-20) … 2-of-3, two runs and fourth home run of the season in game one against Middle Tennessee (March 25) … Walked six times over the next two games versus Blue Raiders including the career record-breaker … Drew three walks and hit two-run home run in game two comeback victory over Charlotte (April 2), was walked in the bottom of the seventh and eighth innings to load the bases, Marshall received clutch hits from Grace Chelemen after each walk with the winner in the eighth … Had unassisted double play in game two at Florida Atlantic (April 9) … Began 20-straight game streak of reaching base with fifth home run of the season, and 45th of career, in game three at Florida Atlantic (April 10) … Drew four walks and two hit-by-pitches in three-game series versus FIU (April 14-16), honored with Warrior Award prior to game three … Walked twice, including once with the bases loaded in win over Morehead State (April 20) … Second unassisted double play at first base in game one of series against UTEP (April 29) … Hit two homers and walked three times in final two games at home versus UTEP (April 30-May 1) … Went on a tear to end career during the Conference USA Tournament batting .600 (6-of-10) over four games, reached base 11-of-14 times with four home runs, six RBI, four runs scored and four walks … Tied career-high with two home runs and four RBI in C-USA Tournament win over Florida Atlantic (May 11), first homer was 10th of the year, 50th of career, second home run was a 3-run shot in the fourth that gave the Herd a 5-4 lead … Solo home run in first inning against No. 1 seed Louisiana Tech (May 12) … Solo homer against Charlotte (May 12) for the 13th of the season and 53rd of career, final career home run … Drew a walk and had a base hit in final career game versus No. 3 seed WKU (May 13) … Played in 220 total games with 215 starts in Marshall career … Reached base in 200 games, 90.9-percent ... Ended career ranked third among active players in career walks, seventh in hit-by-pitches, tied for 15th home runs, 19th in total bases, 20th in slugging percentage, and 27th in RBI … Signed with Athletes Unlimited for the inaugural AUX season played in San Diego, California, (June 13-25) and was invited to sign next contract to return for Athletes Unlimited Championship season in July29, Aug. 28, 2022, played in Rosemont, Illinois.
2021 (Senior)
2021 NFCA Mideast All-Region First Team
2021 All-Conference USA First Team
2021 Conference USA Preseason Player of the Year
GP/GS: 30/30 … Only missed three games in abbreviated 2021 season due to COVID-19 … Continued assault on team record book … Ranked in the top 10 all-time at Marshall in 11 offensive categories and three defensive … First all-time in on base percentage (.547), tied for second in home runs (40), second in walks (131), third in slugging percentage (.740), third-toughest to strike out (0.66 – 28 Ks in 427 at bats), third in intentional walks (6), fourth in batting average (.375), tied for fourth in hit-by-pitches (35) sixth in RBI (133), seventh in total bases (316) and 10th in doubles (36) … Third all-time in career fielding percentage (.986), tied for fourth in double plays turned (27) and sixth in putouts (923) … In 2021 led team in batting average (.415), hits (39), home runs (10), RBI (29), total bases (77), slugging percentage (.819) and on base percentage (.526) … Finished second with 25 runs scored, eight doubles and 17 walks … Led Conference USA in batting average and was second in on base percentage … Tied program record for best strikeout rate of 0.32 with just three strikeouts in 94 at bats, tying mark set by Caitlyn Jackson in 2009 (five Ks in 157 at bats) … Recorded a hit in 22 games and two or more 11 times including the first four games of the year … Tallied at least one RBI in 17 games and two or more nine times … Reached base safely in 28 games including 19-straight to end the season … Drew a free pass in 16 contests … Opened year with two hits, including a double, in each game of doubleheader against Akron (March 3) … Recorded two hits and first home run of the year in win over Bowling Green (March 5) … Went 3-of-4 with two runs and another homer versus Valparaiso (March 6) … Hit third home run of the year in next game against Valparaiso (March 7) … Smacked a homer in game one at Longwood (March 10) and finished 2-for-2 with two walks … Missed Chattanooga series (March 20-21) due to COVID-19 contact tracing … Hit two home runs during four-game series at Middle Tennessee (April 9-11) … Second home run at MTSU was 36th of career and moved her ahead of Shaelynn Braxton for second all-time in career home runs … Was 3-of-4 with a double in series finale at MTSU (April 11) … Season-best performance in third game of Florida Atlantic series (April 17) going 4-of-5 at the plate with a home run that shattered the back windshield of a car, two doubles, four RBI and hit the walkoff double in the ninth inning … Scored two runs, drove in two and hit another home run in the series finale with Florida Atlantic (April 18) … Belted ninth home run of the season at FIU (April 24) … Began Charlotte series (May 7) going 3-for-3 with three runs and a double, was walked three times in game two at Charlotte (May 8) … 10th homer of the year, and 40th of career was a two-run blast to right field in the fifth inning of game three at Charlotte (May 8) … Was 3-of-5 with two RBI and one run in win over Louisiana Tech (May 12) at the Conference USA Tournament … Recorded two hits in season-finale against Charlotte (May 12) at C-USA Tournament … In Herd career has appeared in 167 games with 162 starts, has 160 hits and 100 runs scored.
2020 (Junior)
2020 Conference USA Preseason All-Conference
2020 Conference USA Player of the Week: Feb. 17
2020 NCAA Top 10 On Base Percentage (4th - .602)
2020 NCAA Top 10 Walks Per Game (10th – 0.92)
GP/GS: 25/25 … Continues to be an imposing presence at the plate with a great eye for the strike zone … Led team with .602 on base percentage and was on pace to break her own single-season team record set last year before remainder of season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic … Reached base safely in 24-of-25 games, including first 23-straight … Has now started 116-straight games, last game did not start March 21, 2018 at Florida Gulf Coast, came in as a pinch hitter … Finished season batting .441 (second on the team), 30 hits (tied for second), 22 runs (fourth), eight doubles (tied for first), five home runs (fifth), 23 RBI (fourth), slugged .779 (fourth), 23 walks (first) and six hit-by-pitches (tied for first) … Was once again among the nation’s leaders in free passes and on base percentage … Nine games with two or more hits … Nine games with two or more combined free passes (walks and HBPs) … Six games with two or more RBI … Six games scoring two runs … Contributed to five double plays on defense … Started season with a double, two walks, one hit-by-pitch and one RBI in opener against Saint Francis (Feb. 7) … Walked twice in the nightcap versus Bucknell (Feb. 7) and scored a run … Was 2-of-3 with a run and two hit-by-pitches in win at USC Upstate (Feb. 9) … Hit first home run of the season with a three-run blast against Lipscomb (Feb. 14), was also walked twice and scored two runs … Exploded on day two of the Chattanooga Challenge (Feb. 15) versus Ohio and Tennessee Tech going a combined 6-of-7 at the plate, driving in eight runs, hitting two doubles and two home runs including a grand slam in the sixth against Tech … Recorded her 100th career hit during 4-for-4 performance against Tennessee Tech … Finished Chattanooga weekend with two more hits versus Indiana State (Feb. 16) … Was named Conference USA Player of the Week following Chattanooga Challenge (Feb. 17) as she totaled a .714 batting average, slugged 1.500, a .778 on base percentage, 10 hits, 11 RBI and three home runs … Combined for five walks in two games versus East Tennessee State (Feb. 21-22) including her 100th career walk, just the second player in team history to reach 100 … Had two hits and drove in two runs at Kennesaw State (Feb. 22) … Belted fourth homer of the year versus Rhode Island (Feb. 23) finished game with two hits, four RBI and sac fly that scored eighth run and ended the game in the fifth for run-rule win … Drove in 100th career RBI at Hampton (Feb. 28) was also walked twice … Walked three times, was hit by a pitch and scored once versus Howard (Feb. 29) … Hit two doubles, walked once and drove in a run at Norfolk State (Feb. 29) … Delivered two more hits and scored two runs in Pirate Classic finale at Norfolk State (March 1) … Was 2-for-2 with two RBI, a home run, one walk and one hit-by-pitch in game two against Akron (March 4) … Scored two runs against Rutgers (March 7) … Walked once, reached on an error and scored two runs at No. 11 Kentucky (March 11) … Currently ranks first all-time at Marshall in on base percentage (.552), second in walks (114), third in slugging percentage (.718), third in intentional walks (6), third in fielding percentage (.986), fourth toughest to strikeout (25 in 333 at bats), fifth in batting average (.363), fifth in home runs (30), fifth in hit-by-pitches (30), eighth in putouts (737), eighth in double plays (21) and tied for 10th in RBI (104).
2019 (Sophomore)
2019 NFCA Mideast All-Region Second Team
2019 All-Conference USA First Team
2019 Conference USA All-Tournament Team
2019 Preseason All-Conference USA
2019 NISC Lynchburg Regional All-Tournament Team
2019 NCAA Top 10 Total Walks (1st – 68)
2019 NCAA Top 10 Combined Free Passes BBs & HBPs (1st – 85, 68 BBs & 17 HBPs)
2019 NCAA Top 10 Walks Per Game (3rd – 1.06)
2019 NCAA Top 10 On Base Percentage (5th - .578)
2018-19 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 64/64 … Played and started in a Herd record 64 games … Continued to add to an already impressive resume with more records … Smashed Herd single-season walks record with 68 surpassing the old mark of 51 set by Marshall Athletics Hall of Famer Rachel Folden in 2007 … 68 walks tied for 19th most in NCAA history … Led the nation in total walks, third in walks per game (1.06) and led in combined free passes with 85 as she added 17 hit-by-pitches … Drew a walk in 40 games and at least one free pass in 46 games … Drew two or more walks 21 times including six games of three or more … 17 HBPs good for second on the team and second-most in Herd history … Set Herd single-season record with 459 putouts breaking old mark of 414 by Carrie Michaelis in 1996 … Had nine games with 10 or more putouts at first base and finished with a .985 fielding percentage … Led the Herd with a .338 batting average and set another Herd single-season record with a .578 on base percentage … Second on the team with 14 home runs, 40 RBI, .697 slugging percentage and tied for second with 10 doubles … Third on the squad with 49 hits … Set Herd record driving in a run in 10-straight contests (March 2-20) … Tied Marshall single-game records drawing four walks in game three against WKU (April 7) and hit by a pitch three times at No. 20 James Madison (March 27) … Opened the season with a .773 on base percentage in five game in USD Tournament (Feb. 8-10), drew 11 walks and was hit twice while recording just nine official at-bats … Drew at least one walk in each contest and at least two free passes in each with three against UC-Riverside (1 BB & 2 HBPs), and three walks against Cal Poly and in the second matchup with UC-Riverside … Also recorded four hits and three RBI during USD weekend … Hit the first homer of the season for the Herd against EKU (Feb. 15) … Smashed two of Herd’s record-tying five home runs in win over Presbyterian (Feb. 16) … Drew six walks during three-game series at Charlotte (March 16-17) … Was 1-for-1 with a solo home run and walked three times against No. 13 Kentucky at Dot Hicks Field (March 20) … Along with three hit-by-pitches at No. 20 JMU, smashed ninth home run of the season and 20th of career in the first inning … Hit 10th homer of the year at Southern Miss (March 30) … Walked seven times in series versus WKU (April 6-7) and added 11th home run of the year in game one … Walked four times and hit by a pitch three times in series at FIU (April 13-14) … Reached base nine-straight plate appearances by free pass with four walks in game three versus WKU (April 7), two walks and one HBP in game one at FIU (April 13) and two walks in first two times at the plate in game two at FIU … 3-for-3 with one RBI in game one loss to Louisiana Tech (April 19) was then walked twice in each of the next two contests … Hit 12th homer of the year against Louisville (April 23) … Broke Marshall single-season walks record in game three win at Middle Tennessee (April 28) on second walk of the game … Recorded two hits with one double in win over UTSA (May 8) in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament … Walked twice and hit 14th home run of the year in 1-0 win over No. 1 seed North Texas (May 10) to help lead the Herd to the C-USA Championship game … Reached base in all five games at the NISC Lynchburg Regional … Had two hits in each of the first three games of NISC and finished weekend with seven hits, two doubles, two runs and five walks after being moved into the leadoff spot.
2018 (Freshman)
2018 NFCA Mideast All-Region Third Team
2018 Conference USA Freshman of the Year
2018 All-Conference USA First Team
2018 Conference USA All-Freshman Team
GP/GS: 48/43 … Seventh Herd player named conference Freshman of the Year … Record setting freshman for the Herd in 2018 … Set program record for most home runs by a freshman with 11, breaking the old mark of 10 by Jazmine Valle (2010) and current teammate Briana Daiss (2016) … Set a Herd record drawing a walk in eight-straight games (March 24-April 7), breaking the old mark of seven set by Rachel Folden in 2008 … Tied for the team lead with a .350 batting average … Led Marshall with a .708 slugging percentage, a .480 on base percentage and 23 walks … Topped team with 41 RBI and second with 10 doubles … Finished season with 11 games of two or more hits … Recorded 10 games with two or more RBI … Season-high six-game hitting streak (April 14-21) … 22 starts at designated player and 21 at first base … Did not become a regular starter until 12th game of the season against Presbyterian (Feb. 24), finished the game 1-of-2 with a double and a walk ... Drew a walk in first career plate appearance as a pinch hitter against Tennessee Tech (Feb. 10) … Recorded first hit with a double off the top of the wall at USC Upstate (Feb. 23) … Drove in first career run with a pinch hit single versus Furman (Feb. 23) … First multi-hit game came against Kent State (Feb. 28) with two doubles and drove in three runs … Belted first homer in the top of the seventh against Liberty (March 4) … Hit three-run home run in game one win at Florida Atlantic (March 24) … Hit a home run in three-straight games: game three versus FIU (March 31) and then doubleheader against Saint Francis (April 3) … During a 16-game span from March 31-April 25, Harrell hit .435, slugged 1.022 with 11-of-20 hits going for extra bases including eight home runs … Career-high three hits at UTSA (April 7) in 3-of-4 performance with three RBI and drove in the two go-ahead runs with a double in the top of the seventh … Tied career-best with 3-of-4 outing in game one at WKU (April 21) including first career grand slam … Drilled a three-run home run to right-field off a car in Herd’s win over No. 28. James Madison (April 18) … Stole first career base at Ohio (April 25) … Drove in 20 runs and hit four home runs in 23 Conference USA games … Bat .333 in 13 games against Top-75 RPI teams including 12 hits, 13 RBI, three doubles, four home runs and eight walks … Hit by a pitch seven times including four over the final four games, hit twice at Louisville (May 2) … Ended season going 2-of-3 with a double, one walk and a solo home run in the top of the seventh against WKU in the Conference USA Tournament.
High School: Attended Gahanna Lincoln High School … Honored as a First and Second Team All-State selection … Two-time First Team All-District … Second Team All-Metro honoree … Team won four district championships and one regional championship … Holds the record for most doubles in a season … Two-time Silver Bat Award winner … Two-time Scholar Athlete … 29 career home runs … .520 career batting average … Former teammates playing collegiately at Penn State, Wright State, Tiffin, Otterbein University and Adrian College … Member of Link Crew, Girl Scouts, Interact Club and a Peer Mentor.
Personal: Born July 31, 1999 … Daughter of DeWitt and Linda Harrell … Has three older siblings Daven (32), Nathan (30) and Ashton (28) who attended Ohio State … Chose Marshall because, “the community and atmosphere as well as the softball program.” … plans to major in biology and minor in chemistry.
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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