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2019 Softball

28 Savannah Yale

  • Height 5-9
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Yadkinville, N.C.
  • High School Forbush
  • Major Criminal Justice
  • Position IF/UT

Biography

2019

  • appeared in 37 games with 36 starts. She had a .297 batting average, 30 hits, 24 RBI, four home runs and nine doubles during the season
  • Her best game was against Pfeiffer University where she had three hits, two doubles, and five RBI. One of her doubles scored the winning run in the Quakers’ 12-11 win.
  • She also had a game-winning double in Guilford’s 7-4 win over Ferrum College
  • Yale finished with 10 multi-hit games and was fourth on the team with 24 RBI.

2018

  • Third Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) selection
  • recorded a .316 overall batting average
  • in conference games, hit .324 with 11 hits, one home run, three doubles, and four RBIs
  • on the season, she tallied 2 Her best game was against Pfeiffer University where she had three hits, two doubles and five RBI 5 hits, three home runs, five doubles, and 11 RBIs
  • compiled a .365 on-base percentage and .494 slugging percentage
  • had only four errors in 31 games for a .959 fielding percentage
  • collected three hits and a home run versus both Pfeiffer (4/18) and Randolph-Macon (4/22)

2017

  • appeared in 26 games and started 18 for the Quakers, mostly at first base
  • hit .302 with 16 hits, nine RBIs, and three doubles
  • best performance was against non-conference William Peace where she was 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBIs

2016

  • made 22 appearances with 17 starts for the Quakers
  • hit .326 with 15 hits, 10 runs scored and seven RBIs
  • hit her first home collegiate home run, a solo shot, April 6 versus nearby Greensboro College
  • a top performance was a 2-for-3 outing March 2 with a run scored, a double and three RBIs to help Guilford over Mary Baldwin College, 11-0

Personal

  • won Guilford's 2019 award for excellence in criminal justice
  • slated to attend Elon Law School in the fall
  • named ODAC's 2017-18 Sportsmanship Team
  • presented research on DNA evidence and its accuracy at the 2019 Guilford Undergraduate Symposium
  • presented research at Guilford's 2017 Undergraduate Symposium as part of the Principled Problem Solving program 
  • named to the 2016 Easton / National Fastpitch Coaches' Association's Division III Scholar-Athlete Team
  • four time to be named to the Academic All-ODAC Team
  • named a Center for Principled Problem Solving Scholar
  • eight-time member of Guilford's Student-Athlete Honor Roll
  • seven-time dean's list student
  • member of Guilford's Pre-Law Club
  • lettered four years at Forbush High School for coach Jeremy Helton
  • received All-Western Piedmont Conference recognition
  • earned all-district two times from the N.C. Softball Coaches Association
  • played on Forbush’s state runner-up team in 2015
  • served as team captain
  • recognized by the state for excellence in sportsmanship
  • member of the Beta Club and National Honor Society
  • accepted into Guilford’s Honor Program
  • played for Charlotte Magic club softball team for four years
  • daughter of Scott and Sharon Yale

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2016Freshman

    IF/UT
    5'9"
    28
  • 28

    2017Sophomore

    IF/UT
    5'9"
    28
  • 28

    2018Junior

    IF/UT
    5'9"
    28
  • 28

    2019Senior

    IF/UT
    5'9"
    28