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Jersey Number 3
Ariel Carlson
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Marist HS
- Hometown:
- Eugene, Ore.
Bio
CAREER NOTES
Fourth in UO career HR with 44
Sixth in UO career RBI with 159
5TH YEAR (2024)
- 2024 All-Pac-12 First Team
- 2024 NFCA All-Pacific Region Second Team
- Pac-12 Player of the Week (2/12/24)
- 2024 NFCA Leadoff Classic All-Tournament Team
- NFCA Top Performances of the Week (2/13/24)
- NFCA Top Performances of the Week (2/27/24)
- NFCA Top Performances of the Week (3/12/24)
Combined her power and speed to put together one of the most extraordinary seasons in program history ... Became the first Duck to post a 15 home run/15 stolen base season ... Was one of two players in Division I with 15 doubles, 15 homers and 15 stolen bases, joining Florida All-American Skylar Wallace ... Started all 51 games and led the team in doubles, home runs, RBI, total bases, extra base hits and slugging ... Ranked third in the Pac-12 in doubles (15) and slugging percentage (.766) ... Was fourth in home runs (16) and RBI (55), and fifth in steals (18) ... The 16 homers are fourth on the UO single-season season list, while 55 RBI is fifth and the 15 doubles are eighth ... Slugging percentage of .766 is No. 6 on the UO single-season list ... Tied the program season record with 31 extra base hits ... Hit .373 in Pac-12 play (28-75) with 10 home runs and 24 RBI ... Ranked in the top 10 of the Pac-12 in eight statistical categories (doubles, home runs, RBI, runs, sacrifice flies, slugging percentage, steals and total bases) ... Ended the season on a career-best 10-game hitting streak ... Hit .484 (15-for-31) with five doubles, four home runs and 10 RBI during the streak ... Named the Pac-12 Player of the Week after driving in 10 runs with three doubles and two homers at the NFCA Leadoff Classic (Feb. 8-11). Hit .500 (8-for-16) and slugged 1.063 ... Was named to the NFCA Leadoff Classic all-tournament team ... Big weekend at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 22-24) where she hit .400 with a double, two homers and nine RI, and slugged .867 ... Went 3-for-4 with a double, home run and three RBI against Notre Dame (Feb. 23) as she tied her career high in hits ... Drove in six runs and hit a grand slam Feb. 23 versus Long Beach State ... » Hit .500 (5-for-10) against No. 15 Cal (March 8-10) with a double, two home runs and three RBI ... Had back-to-back homers versus Cal on March 8 ... Hit two homers and had six RBI in the Utah series (March 15-17) and hit .375 ... Three-run homer in the finale at Utah (March 17) put the Ducks ahead for good ... Went 4-for-9 (.444) in the March 22-24 Arizona State series ... Hit the game-winning sacrifice fly to score Paige Sinicki from third in the bottom of the seventh as the Ducks got the 3-2 walk-off win against the Sun Devils on March 22 ... Tied career high with three hits, going 3-for-3 versus ASU on March 24 ... Hit her 10th home run of the season April 6 against Washington ... Went 6-for-14 (.429) on the Arizona trip (April 10-14) with two home runs and seven RBI ... Also stole three bases on the trip ... Homered in back-to-back games in Arizona (Grand Canyon, Arizona), her third time homering in back-to-back games in 2024 ... Tied her career high with three hits April 13 at Arizona ... Posted the fourth two-homer game of her career on Senior Day against Oregon State (April 21), where she went 3-for-4 with five RBI ... Hit .375 (3-fpr-8) in the May 3-5 Stanford series with a home run ... Went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles and scored twice against Utah (May 9) in the Pac-12 Tournament ... Hit .385 (5-for-13) in the NCAA Norman Regional (May 17-19) with two doubles, a home run and three RBI ... Had a pair of doubles and drove in two runs in the NCAA Norman Regional opener against Boston U (May 17) ... On the second day of the Regional, homered against Oklahoma (May 18).
SENIOR (2023)
Played in 51 games, starting 46 ... Second on the club in batting average (.333), doubles (10) and slugging percentage (.604) ... Third in RBI (37), home runs (9) and stolen bases (10) ... Breakout star of the NCAA Fayetteville Regional where she hit .636 with 2 home runs and 10 RBI ... Hit .333 (4-of-12) during the opening weekend at the Puerto Vallarta Challenge (Feb. 9-12) ... Hit .375 with a home run, a double, a triple and 5 RBI at the Campbell/Cartier Classic (Feb. 17-20) ... Had a season-best 7-game hitting streak the first two weeks of the season ... Went 2-4 with a homer versus LMU (2/18) ... Matched career best with 2 stolen bases against UC Riverside (2/17) ... Was 7-of-13 (.364) with a home run and scored 5 runs at the Judi Garman Classic (Mar. 2-4) ... Tied career highs with 3 hits and 2 doubles at Seattle (Mar. 13) ... Was 2-for-5 (.400) in the Stanford series (Mar. 17-19) ... Pinch-hit, 2-out 2 RBI double April 15 at Arizona State ... Had a pair of home runs and 6 RBI and hit .333 vs. Arizona (Apr. 21-23) ... Homered in three straight games (Apr. 22-27) ... Hit .463 (6-of-13) on the Pacific/California trip (Apr. 27-30) ... Went 3-for-4 with 2 runs in the finale at Cal (Apr. 30) ... MVP-level weekend at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional (May 19-21) where she hit .636 (7-of-11) with 2 homers and 10 RBI ... Was 3-for-4 with 3 RBI in the Ducks’ 10-4 win over Arkansas (May 20) ... Career game in the NCAA Regional Final versus Arkansas (May 21), going 3-for-4 with two home runs and 7 RBI; Both homers - including a grand slam - came in the 5th inning as the Ducks run-ruled the Razorbacks ... 7 RBI tied the school record for an NCAA Tournament game and was tied for the second-most RBI in an Oregon game overall.
JUNIOR (2022)
Made one of the biggest jumps in the nation in home run production, going from one home run as a sophomore to belting 15 round trippers as a junior ... Led the team in home runs, RBI (42) and slugging percentage (.636) ... Played in 51 games with 38 starts ... Hit .271 (38-of-140) with four doubles ... Stole nine bases in 11 attempts ... Her 15 home runs were tied for eighth in the Pac-12 ... First home run of the season was a two-run shot at Cal State Northridge (Feb. 11), where she went 3-for-4 ... Followed that with two RBI versus UC San Diego (Feb. 12) ... Homered twice at the Mary Nutter Classic (Feb. 25-27) ... Smashed four home runs on the trip to North Carolina (March 3-6), including her first two-home run game against Penn State (March 4) ... Tallied eight RBI on the trip, including three each against Penn State and North Carolina (March 5) ... at the Oregon/Oregon State Tournament (March 11-12): Was 4-of-9 (.444) with four runs and three RBI ... vs. California (March 25-27): Went 3-for-7 (.429) with a homer and four RBI ... at Arizona (April 14-16): Hit .556 (5-of-9) with a pair of home runs and five RBI ... Scored a run in eight of the last 10 games of the season including five in the Oregon State series (April 29-May 1) ... Had a hit in three straight games at Stanford (May 6-7) ... Drove in eight runs at the Fayetteville Regional (May 20-22) ... Hit a three-run home run in the Regional opener against Wichita State (May 20) and drove in a career-high four runs in the second game versus the Shockers (May 21) ... Went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI in the Regional Final versus Arkansas (May 22).
SOPHOMORE (2021)
Played in 40 games, making 21 starts with 20 coming in right field and one at DP … Scored 13 runs while hitting a homer and driving in five runs … Hit .161 while drawing 10 walks in 68 plate appearances … vs. Weber State (Feb. 12): Went 1-for-3 with an RBI in the season opener … at Fresno State (Feb. 20): Had best game of the year offensively, going 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI double … vs. Sacramento State (Mar. 14): Matched a career-high with three walks while coming around to score a run in an 8-0 win … at Arizona State (May 2): Gave Oregon an early lead with a two-run homer in the second inning for her first long-ball of the year.
FRESHMAN (2020)
Hit .294 with three home runs and 20 RBIs, along with six doubles and 16 runs scored … Sixth in the conference among freshmen and second on the team overall in RBIs … Second on the team with seven multi-RBI games, including a team-high tying three games with three runs driven in … Finished with a .407 on-base percentage and 10 walks while going a perfect 6-for-6 in stolen bases … Played in all 24 games, starting 23 at four different spots (12 RF, 8 DP, 2 1B, 1 CF) … Hit safely in 12 of 14 games from Feb. 16-March 8, hitting .421 over that stretch (16-for-38) … vs. George Washington (Feb. 7): First two career hits were doubles, finishing 2-for-5 with three RBIs and a run scored … at Houston (Feb. 14): Drove in a key insurance run with an RBI double in the sixth inning of a 4-2 win … vs. Dayton (Feb. 15): Blasted first career home run – a first inning two-run shot – finishing the game with three RBIs and three runs scored while going 1-for-2 … vs. Dayton (Feb. 16): Hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning for second long ball of the weekend … vs. Notre Dame (Feb. 21): Broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning with a run-scoring single to help the Ducks to a 5-1 win … vs. Idaho State (Feb. 21): Went 2-for-2 with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored … vs. Drake (Feb. 28): Delivered first career three-hit performance, going 3-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored … at Oklahoma State (Feb. 29): Worked three walks while also coming up with a base knock … vs. UIC (March 1): Drove in the only two runs of the game with a two-run single in the sixth inning of a 2-0 win … vs. Seattle (March 7): Crushed an absolute mammoth three-run shot out to left center in the fourth inning of a 10-2 win, going 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored.
CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 3, 11x, last vs. Oregon State (Apr. 21, 2024)
Runs: 3, 7x, last vs. Oregon State (Apr. 21, 2024)
RBIs: 7, at Arkansas (May 21, 2023)
Doubles: 3, vs. Army (Feb. 11, 2024)
Triples: 1, 2x, last vs. UC Riverside (Feb. 19, 2023)
Home Runs: 2, 4x, last vs. Oregon State (Apr. 21, 2024)
Stolen Bases: 2, 5x, vs. Northern Colorado (Apr. 28, 2024)
Hitting Streak: 10 games, Apr. 28-May 19, 2024
HIGH SCHOOL
A two-time Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year, receiving the honor as both a junior and senior at Marist High School in Eugene ... Named the Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior after hitting .708 with 20 home runs, 56 RBIs and a .808 on-base percentage ... Scored 56 runs while stealing 11 bases and drawing 35 walks, helping lead Marist to a state 4A quarterfinal apeearance ... Also dominated in the circle, going 11-2 with a 1.23 ERA and 123 strikeouts ... Selected Prep Softball Player of the Year at the 2019 Oregon Sports Awards ... Earned Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year recognition after hitting .682 with 19 home runs and a .737 on-base percentage as a junior ... Posted a 22-2 record with a 1.09 ERA while striking out 204 over 134.2 innings ... Ended her career at Marist with 72 home runs and 252 RBIs, while going 33-4 with 327 strikeouts ... Finished as the highest-ranked Oregon recruit at No. 21 in the FloSoftball hot 100 rankings.
PERSONAL
Parents are Misty and Jerromy Carlson ... Major is psychology.
Fourth in UO career HR with 44
Sixth in UO career RBI with 159
5TH YEAR (2024)
- 2024 All-Pac-12 First Team
- 2024 NFCA All-Pacific Region Second Team
- Pac-12 Player of the Week (2/12/24)
- 2024 NFCA Leadoff Classic All-Tournament Team
- NFCA Top Performances of the Week (2/13/24)
- NFCA Top Performances of the Week (2/27/24)
- NFCA Top Performances of the Week (3/12/24)
Combined her power and speed to put together one of the most extraordinary seasons in program history ... Became the first Duck to post a 15 home run/15 stolen base season ... Was one of two players in Division I with 15 doubles, 15 homers and 15 stolen bases, joining Florida All-American Skylar Wallace ... Started all 51 games and led the team in doubles, home runs, RBI, total bases, extra base hits and slugging ... Ranked third in the Pac-12 in doubles (15) and slugging percentage (.766) ... Was fourth in home runs (16) and RBI (55), and fifth in steals (18) ... The 16 homers are fourth on the UO single-season season list, while 55 RBI is fifth and the 15 doubles are eighth ... Slugging percentage of .766 is No. 6 on the UO single-season list ... Tied the program season record with 31 extra base hits ... Hit .373 in Pac-12 play (28-75) with 10 home runs and 24 RBI ... Ranked in the top 10 of the Pac-12 in eight statistical categories (doubles, home runs, RBI, runs, sacrifice flies, slugging percentage, steals and total bases) ... Ended the season on a career-best 10-game hitting streak ... Hit .484 (15-for-31) with five doubles, four home runs and 10 RBI during the streak ... Named the Pac-12 Player of the Week after driving in 10 runs with three doubles and two homers at the NFCA Leadoff Classic (Feb. 8-11). Hit .500 (8-for-16) and slugged 1.063 ... Was named to the NFCA Leadoff Classic all-tournament team ... Big weekend at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 22-24) where she hit .400 with a double, two homers and nine RI, and slugged .867 ... Went 3-for-4 with a double, home run and three RBI against Notre Dame (Feb. 23) as she tied her career high in hits ... Drove in six runs and hit a grand slam Feb. 23 versus Long Beach State ... » Hit .500 (5-for-10) against No. 15 Cal (March 8-10) with a double, two home runs and three RBI ... Had back-to-back homers versus Cal on March 8 ... Hit two homers and had six RBI in the Utah series (March 15-17) and hit .375 ... Three-run homer in the finale at Utah (March 17) put the Ducks ahead for good ... Went 4-for-9 (.444) in the March 22-24 Arizona State series ... Hit the game-winning sacrifice fly to score Paige Sinicki from third in the bottom of the seventh as the Ducks got the 3-2 walk-off win against the Sun Devils on March 22 ... Tied career high with three hits, going 3-for-3 versus ASU on March 24 ... Hit her 10th home run of the season April 6 against Washington ... Went 6-for-14 (.429) on the Arizona trip (April 10-14) with two home runs and seven RBI ... Also stole three bases on the trip ... Homered in back-to-back games in Arizona (Grand Canyon, Arizona), her third time homering in back-to-back games in 2024 ... Tied her career high with three hits April 13 at Arizona ... Posted the fourth two-homer game of her career on Senior Day against Oregon State (April 21), where she went 3-for-4 with five RBI ... Hit .375 (3-fpr-8) in the May 3-5 Stanford series with a home run ... Went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles and scored twice against Utah (May 9) in the Pac-12 Tournament ... Hit .385 (5-for-13) in the NCAA Norman Regional (May 17-19) with two doubles, a home run and three RBI ... Had a pair of doubles and drove in two runs in the NCAA Norman Regional opener against Boston U (May 17) ... On the second day of the Regional, homered against Oklahoma (May 18).
SENIOR (2023)
Played in 51 games, starting 46 ... Second on the club in batting average (.333), doubles (10) and slugging percentage (.604) ... Third in RBI (37), home runs (9) and stolen bases (10) ... Breakout star of the NCAA Fayetteville Regional where she hit .636 with 2 home runs and 10 RBI ... Hit .333 (4-of-12) during the opening weekend at the Puerto Vallarta Challenge (Feb. 9-12) ... Hit .375 with a home run, a double, a triple and 5 RBI at the Campbell/Cartier Classic (Feb. 17-20) ... Had a season-best 7-game hitting streak the first two weeks of the season ... Went 2-4 with a homer versus LMU (2/18) ... Matched career best with 2 stolen bases against UC Riverside (2/17) ... Was 7-of-13 (.364) with a home run and scored 5 runs at the Judi Garman Classic (Mar. 2-4) ... Tied career highs with 3 hits and 2 doubles at Seattle (Mar. 13) ... Was 2-for-5 (.400) in the Stanford series (Mar. 17-19) ... Pinch-hit, 2-out 2 RBI double April 15 at Arizona State ... Had a pair of home runs and 6 RBI and hit .333 vs. Arizona (Apr. 21-23) ... Homered in three straight games (Apr. 22-27) ... Hit .463 (6-of-13) on the Pacific/California trip (Apr. 27-30) ... Went 3-for-4 with 2 runs in the finale at Cal (Apr. 30) ... MVP-level weekend at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional (May 19-21) where she hit .636 (7-of-11) with 2 homers and 10 RBI ... Was 3-for-4 with 3 RBI in the Ducks’ 10-4 win over Arkansas (May 20) ... Career game in the NCAA Regional Final versus Arkansas (May 21), going 3-for-4 with two home runs and 7 RBI; Both homers - including a grand slam - came in the 5th inning as the Ducks run-ruled the Razorbacks ... 7 RBI tied the school record for an NCAA Tournament game and was tied for the second-most RBI in an Oregon game overall.
JUNIOR (2022)
Made one of the biggest jumps in the nation in home run production, going from one home run as a sophomore to belting 15 round trippers as a junior ... Led the team in home runs, RBI (42) and slugging percentage (.636) ... Played in 51 games with 38 starts ... Hit .271 (38-of-140) with four doubles ... Stole nine bases in 11 attempts ... Her 15 home runs were tied for eighth in the Pac-12 ... First home run of the season was a two-run shot at Cal State Northridge (Feb. 11), where she went 3-for-4 ... Followed that with two RBI versus UC San Diego (Feb. 12) ... Homered twice at the Mary Nutter Classic (Feb. 25-27) ... Smashed four home runs on the trip to North Carolina (March 3-6), including her first two-home run game against Penn State (March 4) ... Tallied eight RBI on the trip, including three each against Penn State and North Carolina (March 5) ... at the Oregon/Oregon State Tournament (March 11-12): Was 4-of-9 (.444) with four runs and three RBI ... vs. California (March 25-27): Went 3-for-7 (.429) with a homer and four RBI ... at Arizona (April 14-16): Hit .556 (5-of-9) with a pair of home runs and five RBI ... Scored a run in eight of the last 10 games of the season including five in the Oregon State series (April 29-May 1) ... Had a hit in three straight games at Stanford (May 6-7) ... Drove in eight runs at the Fayetteville Regional (May 20-22) ... Hit a three-run home run in the Regional opener against Wichita State (May 20) and drove in a career-high four runs in the second game versus the Shockers (May 21) ... Went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI in the Regional Final versus Arkansas (May 22).
SOPHOMORE (2021)
Played in 40 games, making 21 starts with 20 coming in right field and one at DP … Scored 13 runs while hitting a homer and driving in five runs … Hit .161 while drawing 10 walks in 68 plate appearances … vs. Weber State (Feb. 12): Went 1-for-3 with an RBI in the season opener … at Fresno State (Feb. 20): Had best game of the year offensively, going 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI double … vs. Sacramento State (Mar. 14): Matched a career-high with three walks while coming around to score a run in an 8-0 win … at Arizona State (May 2): Gave Oregon an early lead with a two-run homer in the second inning for her first long-ball of the year.
FRESHMAN (2020)
Hit .294 with three home runs and 20 RBIs, along with six doubles and 16 runs scored … Sixth in the conference among freshmen and second on the team overall in RBIs … Second on the team with seven multi-RBI games, including a team-high tying three games with three runs driven in … Finished with a .407 on-base percentage and 10 walks while going a perfect 6-for-6 in stolen bases … Played in all 24 games, starting 23 at four different spots (12 RF, 8 DP, 2 1B, 1 CF) … Hit safely in 12 of 14 games from Feb. 16-March 8, hitting .421 over that stretch (16-for-38) … vs. George Washington (Feb. 7): First two career hits were doubles, finishing 2-for-5 with three RBIs and a run scored … at Houston (Feb. 14): Drove in a key insurance run with an RBI double in the sixth inning of a 4-2 win … vs. Dayton (Feb. 15): Blasted first career home run – a first inning two-run shot – finishing the game with three RBIs and three runs scored while going 1-for-2 … vs. Dayton (Feb. 16): Hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning for second long ball of the weekend … vs. Notre Dame (Feb. 21): Broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning with a run-scoring single to help the Ducks to a 5-1 win … vs. Idaho State (Feb. 21): Went 2-for-2 with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored … vs. Drake (Feb. 28): Delivered first career three-hit performance, going 3-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored … at Oklahoma State (Feb. 29): Worked three walks while also coming up with a base knock … vs. UIC (March 1): Drove in the only two runs of the game with a two-run single in the sixth inning of a 2-0 win … vs. Seattle (March 7): Crushed an absolute mammoth three-run shot out to left center in the fourth inning of a 10-2 win, going 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored.
CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 3, 11x, last vs. Oregon State (Apr. 21, 2024)
Runs: 3, 7x, last vs. Oregon State (Apr. 21, 2024)
RBIs: 7, at Arkansas (May 21, 2023)
Doubles: 3, vs. Army (Feb. 11, 2024)
Triples: 1, 2x, last vs. UC Riverside (Feb. 19, 2023)
Home Runs: 2, 4x, last vs. Oregon State (Apr. 21, 2024)
Stolen Bases: 2, 5x, vs. Northern Colorado (Apr. 28, 2024)
Hitting Streak: 10 games, Apr. 28-May 19, 2024
HIGH SCHOOL
A two-time Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year, receiving the honor as both a junior and senior at Marist High School in Eugene ... Named the Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior after hitting .708 with 20 home runs, 56 RBIs and a .808 on-base percentage ... Scored 56 runs while stealing 11 bases and drawing 35 walks, helping lead Marist to a state 4A quarterfinal apeearance ... Also dominated in the circle, going 11-2 with a 1.23 ERA and 123 strikeouts ... Selected Prep Softball Player of the Year at the 2019 Oregon Sports Awards ... Earned Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year recognition after hitting .682 with 19 home runs and a .737 on-base percentage as a junior ... Posted a 22-2 record with a 1.09 ERA while striking out 204 over 134.2 innings ... Ended her career at Marist with 72 home runs and 252 RBIs, while going 33-4 with 327 strikeouts ... Finished as the highest-ranked Oregon recruit at No. 21 in the FloSoftball hot 100 rankings.
PERSONAL
Parents are Misty and Jerromy Carlson ... Major is psychology.
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