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2019 Softball

6 Makayla Carver

  • Height 5-9
  • Bats/Throws L/R
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Granite Falls, N.C.
  • High School South Caldwell
  • Major Psychology/Biology/Health Sciences
  • Position OF

Biography

2018

  • NFCA Third Team All-American (second in program history)
  • NFCA All-Atlantic Region Second Team honoree
  • received First Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) honors
  • North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information College Division All-State (First Team)
  • batted a league-high .514 overall with six homers, 24 runs batted in (RBI), 13 stolen bases and 35 runs scored
  • hit .426 in conference play with 20 hits and three doubles
  • led the ODAC in hits (57), on-base percentage (.565), and slugging percentage (.793) 
  • career-high six homers ranked seventh in the league and her 13 doubles were fourth
  • posted 17 multiple-game hits on the season, including nine with three or more hits
  • captured the league's ODAC Player of the Week Award early in the season
  • With only three errors in 34 games, tallied a .955 fielding percentage
  • posted a 2-4 record with a 4.27 ERA in 11 appearances in the pitching circle

2017

  • made NFCA’s First Team All-Atlantic Region squad
  • named Second Team All-State (College Division) by the North Carolina College Sports Information Association
  • received First Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC)
  • starting left-fielder hit .444 in 42 contests with 53 runs scored, four homers, a league-best 18 doubles and 36 RBI
  • her 67 hits led the conference and rank second in school history
  • ranked among the top-five ODAC leaders in at-bats (151), runs, RBI, total bases (97), batting average and on-base percentage (.500)
  • converted on 12-of-14 stolen-base attempts
  • ranks third all-time at Guilford with 36 career thefts
  • stands 1st in NCAA Division III with 18 doubles, her 67 hits rank 3rd and her 1.26 runs per game are 15th-best in the country
  • led the Quakers with 21 multiple-hit games, including three contests with four or more hits
  • one of Guilford’s top pitchers
  • placed among the ODAC’s best with a 10-3 record in 17 appearances with 53 strikeouts and a 1.95 earned run average in 86 innings

2016

  • earned Second Team All-Atlantic Region and Second Team All-ODAC honors
  • named First Team All-State (College Division) by the North Carolina College Sports Information Association
  • made 37 appearances with 29 starts
  • led the Quakers' offense in hits (46), runs (31) and stolen bases (24), a figure that set the school standard and ranked fourth league-wide
  • paced the team with a .426 batting average, fifth-best in the ODAC
  • shared the team lead with 10 doubles and placed second with 23 RBIs
  • made 12 appearances in the circle with eight starts before suffering a hand injury mid-season
  • was 5-5 with a 4.99 earned run average and 30 strikeouts in 53.1 innings pitched
  • enjoyed a club-best 18-game hitting streak
  • had 10 games with two or more hits and five games with at least two RBI
  • went 4-for-4 with three RBI in the Quakers’ 4-3 win over Eastern Mennonite University in which she delivered the game-winning hit in the final inning
  • had four hits, three RBI and two steals in an April 13 victory over Methodist University
  • threw a five-inning complete-game shutout of North Carolina Wesleyan College March 16 in which she scattered four hits and fanned a career-high seven

Personal

  • named 2018-19 ODAC All-Academic Team
  • earned spring 2018 Student Athlete Honor Roll honors 
  • part of Guilford's swimming team and cheerleading team
  • won Guilford's 2017 Best Female Athlete Award
  • three-time  Guilford's Student-Athlete Honor Roll
  • named Spring 2019 dean list student 
  • works as a staff member of Guilford's PE Center
  • worked as a resident advisor and student assistant in Guilford's sports information office
  • lettered four years at South Caldwell High School for coach Casey Justice
  • received All-Northwestern 3A/4A Conference
  • earned All-Charlotte Observer recognition
  • received All-State and All-District 7 recognition from the North Carolina Softball Coaches Association in 2014
  • member of the Beta Club and Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honors Society
  • graduated magna cum laude
  • played on Carolina Cobras travel team
  • presented research on cystic fibrosis and spina bifida at the 2019 Guilford Undergraduate Symposium
  • daughter of Ben Carver

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2016Freshman

    P/IF
    5'8"
    6
  • 6

    2017Sophomore

    OF/P
    5'9"
    6
  • 6

    2018Junior

    OF/P
    5'8"
    6
  • 6

    2019Senior

    OF
    5'9"
    6