2018 Softball Roster
Roster
Gwen Svekis
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- St. Thomas Aquinas HS
- Hometown:
- Davie, Fla.
AS A SENIOR | 2018
- NFCA First Team All-American
- NFCA National Catcher of the Year
- First Team All-Pac-12
- First Team All-Pacific Region
AS A JUNIOR | 2017
- Third Team All-Pac-12
- Third Team All-Pacific Region
Played in all 62 games for the Ducks while making 60 starts overall, 56 coming at catcher...Tied for the team lead with 10 home runs while hitting .311 with 39 runs, four doubles and 42 RBIs...Homered twice and drove in a season-high five runs at No. 3 Arizona on April 22...Had three hits in the WCWS, including a two-run homer in a win over LSU...Had a hit in eight of UO's nine postseason games...Hit .346 overall in the postseason...Drew a season-high three walks against Kentucky on May 27 in super regionals...Helped the Ducks open the season with 35 straight wins, matching the NCAA record.
AS A SOPHOMORE | 2016
- Second Team All-Pacific Region
Started in 54 games and recorded a .336 batting average in her second season with the Ducks...Had 50 hits and 30 runs in 149 at-bats with nine doubles and was fourth on the team with 12 home runs...Posted a .638 slugging percentage...Named Pac-12 Player of the Week after a three-game sweep of No. 10 Washington, where she hit three home runs, a double and drove in nine runs and scored five times while also recording a 2.000 slugging percentage and a .700 on-base percentage in the series.
AS A FRESHMAN | 2015
- Honorable Mention All-Pac-12
- Pac-12 All-Freshman
Posted a .427 batting average in 75 at-bats as a freshman...Appeared in 38 games with 20 starts..Tallied 32 total hits with 21 runs, seven doubles, three triples and six home runs...Recorded a team-best .840 slugging percentage, second-best in the Pac-12...In a record-breaking 23-12 run-rule win against Oregon State on March 15, hit a three-run homer followed by a two-run triple and a grand slam, breaking the Oregon single-game record with nine RBIs...In just her third collegiate game, Feb. 8 against Nevada, went 3-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and one RBI...Hit her first collegiate home run was a three-run shot on Feb. 18 against Sam Houston State...Had a grand slam at Arizona on May 9...Saw time in Oregon's regional and super regional games.
CAREER HIGHS (Through 2018 regular season)
Hits: 3, Seven Times (Last vs. UCLA, March 17, 2018)
Runs: 3, Three Times (Last vs. CSUN, Feb. 9, 2018)
RBIs: 9 vs. Oregon State - March 15, 2015 (UO Record)
Doubles: 2, Twice (Last vs. Arizona, April 8, 2018)
Triples: 1, Three Times (Last vs. Oregon State - March 15, 2015)
Home Runs: 2,Six Times (Last at Arizona State, April 14, 2018)
Stolen Bases: 1, Eight Times (Last at California, May 10, 2018)
USA NATIONAL TEAM
Named to USA women's Elite Team in the summer of 2016.
NPF
Drafted No. 3 overall by the Chicago Bandits in the 2018 NPF draft.
HIGH SCHOOL
Rated the No. 16 recruit in the nation by StudentSports.com...Named Miami Herald Player of the Year as a senior after batting .479 with 35 RBIs and 12 home runs...Also named Miami Herald and Sun Sentinel 7A Player of the Year as a junior after batting .407 with 34 RBIs and nine home runs, posting a 1.351 OPS...Went 10-for-23 with three doubles, four home runs and 13 RBIs in the playoffs...Helped St. Thomas Aquinas to the 7A state title game where she tagged out a runner at home in the eighth to preserve a 1-0 win over Harmony HS...Caught 170 of the team’s 173 innings in 2013...Finished second in the voting for Florida 7A player of the year...A first-team all-county choice as a freshman and sophomore...A first team Max Preps Freshman All-America pick in 2011 and 2014.
CLUB
Played for the GC Hurricanes.
PERSONAL
Parents are Steve and Holly Svekis...Raised over $3,000 herself as the softball team brought in more than $11,000 total for the 2018 UO St. Baldrick's event.
