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2024 Softball Roster
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Bickel, Sydney
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Jersey Number 11
Sydney Bickel
- Position:
- Infield
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Sunrise Mountain HS
- Hometown:
- Peoria, Ariz.
Bio
2024 Sun Belt Preseason All-Conference Shortstop
2024 Sun Belt All-Conference Second Team
2024 (Senior)
GP/GS: 53/53 …Backed up earning Preseason All-Conference Shortstop by earning Postseason All-Conference for second-consecutive season... Started all 53 games at shortstop, turning 22 double plays with an SBC-leading 144 assists and 111 putouts ... Led the team with 20 stolen bases while hitting a career-best three home runs ... Hit three more triples to bring MU total to 10 (T-3rd in program history) ... Finished season with .345 average with 58 hits and 23 RBI
2023 Sun Belt All-Conference First Team
2023 Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year
2023 (Junior)
GP/GS: 55/55 …Made an immediate impact as a junior transfer from Louisville in 2023 for Marshall, earning All-Conference First Team and Conference Newcomer of the Year ... Started all 55 games at shortstop, turning eight double plays with 107 assists and 71 putouts ... Led the conference with seven triples (3rd in NCAA), and finished fifth in the conference with 61 hits ... Finished the top-ten in the conference with 20 stolen bases ... In total, finished with a .363 average with one home run and 24 runs batted in.
Prior to Marshall: Played in 70 games as a Louisville Cardinal...Earned two ACC Academic Honor Roll Honors...Had 50 assists for Louisville with a 920 fielding percentage
High School: Four-year varsity starter for Sunrise Mountain High School… Member of the Beverly Bandits travel team...2x all-conference selection,3x All-region first team during each of her seasons... Also a three-year varsity starter in basketball ... Two-time all-district basketball selection... Defensive Player of the Year in basketball
Personal: Born Aug. 17, 2002 in Peoria, Ariz … Daughter of Kevin and Lauren Bickel … Has two siblings, Kevin and Lauren Bickel
2024 Sun Belt All-Conference Second Team
2024 (Senior)
GP/GS: 53/53 …Backed up earning Preseason All-Conference Shortstop by earning Postseason All-Conference for second-consecutive season... Started all 53 games at shortstop, turning 22 double plays with an SBC-leading 144 assists and 111 putouts ... Led the team with 20 stolen bases while hitting a career-best three home runs ... Hit three more triples to bring MU total to 10 (T-3rd in program history) ... Finished season with .345 average with 58 hits and 23 RBI
2023 Sun Belt All-Conference First Team
2023 Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year
2023 (Junior)
GP/GS: 55/55 …Made an immediate impact as a junior transfer from Louisville in 2023 for Marshall, earning All-Conference First Team and Conference Newcomer of the Year ... Started all 55 games at shortstop, turning eight double plays with 107 assists and 71 putouts ... Led the conference with seven triples (3rd in NCAA), and finished fifth in the conference with 61 hits ... Finished the top-ten in the conference with 20 stolen bases ... In total, finished with a .363 average with one home run and 24 runs batted in.
Prior to Marshall: Played in 70 games as a Louisville Cardinal...Earned two ACC Academic Honor Roll Honors...Had 50 assists for Louisville with a 920 fielding percentage
High School: Four-year varsity starter for Sunrise Mountain High School… Member of the Beverly Bandits travel team...2x all-conference selection,3x All-region first team during each of her seasons... Also a three-year varsity starter in basketball ... Two-time all-district basketball selection... Defensive Player of the Year in basketball
Personal: Born Aug. 17, 2002 in Peoria, Ariz … Daughter of Kevin and Lauren Bickel … Has two siblings, Kevin and Lauren Bickel
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
Hype and Harmony: the Team Personality Fuels Success #softball
Thursday, April 17
