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2023 Softball Roster

Ashlee Brackett
Clare Grant
Clare Grant
Troy L. Sayles
Clare Grant
Troy L. Sayles

16 Claudia Penny

16 Claudia Penny

  • Position:
    First Base/Outfield
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Apex, N.C.
  • High School:
    Middle Creek
  • B/T:
    R/R
  • Major:
    Biology

Summary

Biography

Career Highlights
• 2023 All-CAA First Team
• 2023 CAA Player of the Week (2/21)
• 2023 CSC Academic All-District

Personal

• Born on July 2, 2001
• Daughter of Gary and Lisa Penny
• Father played lacrosse at St. John's and mother bowled at Nassau Community College and at Buffalo State College

2023 (Senior)
• Earned All-CAA First Team honors
• Named to the Academic All-District Team for the College Sports Communicators
• Selected as the CAA Player of the Week on Feb. 21
• Led the Phoenix in several offensive categories including batting average (.353), hits (49), doubles (16), RBI (41), slugging percentage (.576) and on-base percentage (.414)
• Finished 14th in the country in doubles per game (0.33)
• Had a team-best 14 multi-hit games while hitting five homers on the season
• Posted four games with three hits including going 3-of-3 versus Towson (3/26) while scoring two runs with a double and seven RBI
• Went 3-of-4 with a run scored, two doubles and two RBI at Monmouth (3/18)

2022 (Junior)
• Appeared in 27 games with four starts on the year
• Had a home run with four RBI on the season
• Hit her lone homer of the year versus Delaware State (3/13)
• Drove in a season-high two RBI versus Delaware (5/13)

2021 (Sophomore)
• Played in 28 games with 18 starts mostly at first base
• Had one home run and 10 RBI on the season along with three doubles
• Batted a season-high 3-for-4 at UNCW (5/1)
• Went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles versus Rhode Island (2/14)
• Hit a home run with two RBI versus Hofstra (5/12) at the CAA Tournament

2020 (Freshman)
• Played in 21 games with nine starts
• Had two home runs on the season and drove in eight RBI
• Posted two multi-hit games versus Morgan State (2/16) and Yale (3/1)
• Had the walk-off home run versus Yale (3-1) and drove in a season-high four RBI

Prep/Club Career
• Played at Middle Creek High School for head coach Robbie Wray
• Named first team All-Conference, All-District and All-State in 2018
• Finished in the top-10 of her conference in all offensive categories
• Member of the Firecrackers NC travel ball team under head coach Edmund Gontram and batted .436
• Helped her club team to the Top 10 in the USA Softball National Championship in 2018
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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2020Freshman

    First Base/Outfield
    5'10"
    16
  • 16

    2021Sophomore

    First Base/Outfield
    5'10"
    16
  • 16

    2022Junior

    First Base/Outfield
    5'10"
    16
  • 16

    2023Senior

    First Base/Outfield
    5'10"
    16