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2019 Cowgirl Softball Roster
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Jersey Number 21
Sydney Pennington
- Position:
- Infield
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Charles Page
- Hometown:
- Sand Springs, Okla.
Bio
2018 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
2019 Team Captain
2019 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2020 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2020 SoftballAmerica Second Team All-America
2021 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2021 (Senior): Earned first team Academic All-Big 12 honors for the third consecutive year ... Became Oklahoma State’s career home run leader when she hit the 36th of her career against Mississippi State in the NCAA Stillwater Regional final ... Played an important role in Oklahoma State advancing to the Women’s College World Series and setting single-season program records for runs scored, home runs, runs batted in, total bases, total bases per game and slugging percentage ... Season totals included a .270 batting average with 13 home runs, 36 runs batted in and a .546 slugging percentage ... Hit her first home run of the season in the Best on the Bayou Classic vs. Louisiana Tech... Went 3-for-6 with two RBI in the doubleheader vs. Lamar on Feb. 22... Hit the game-winning two-run home run in the ninth inning at No. 9 Louisiana... Went 6-for 14 with a home run and two RBI in the OSU/Tulsa Invitational... Went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI against Wichita State on March 20... Hit two home runs and drove in four during the Kansas series... Went 1-for-2 with a double and two RBI in the second game of the series against Iowa State.... Went 3-for-5 with a home run and four runs scored in the last two games of the Texas Tech series... Picked up two home runs and five RBI in the Texas series... Went 3-for-4 with a home run against Iowa State in the Big 12 Tournament to help seal a win... Went 5-for-9 with two home runs and eight RBI in the Stillwater Regional... Led the Cowgirl offense in the NCAA Stillwater Super Regional, going 3-for-8, including a home run in the second game of the series against Texas.
2020 (Junior): Started at third base in all 24 games for the Cowgirls in her junior season ... Led the team in hits with 30, while posting a .375 batting average and hitting seven home runs ... Ranked second in the Big 12 in runs per game and fifth in the conference in hits ... Recorded a team-high nine multiple-hit games, as well as four mulitple-RBI games ... Tallied six hits at the Tiger Classic in Baton Rouge, Louisiana ... Went 7-for-17 with four RBI in the OSU/Tulsa Invitational ... Hit a season-high two home runs against Missouri State on March 6 ... Posted a .529 batting average with three home runs and five RBI during the Mizuno Classic in Stillwater.Â
2019 (Sophomore): An everyday fixture of the OSU lineup, starting in all 62 games as the Cowgirls’ third baseman … Served as one of the three team captains along with seniors Elise LeBeouf and Samantha Show … Slugged .448, blasted a career-high 10 home runs and drove in 33 runs … Partnered with Samantha Show (20) and Michaela Richbourg (14) to become the first trio in OSU history to all hit at least 10 home runs in a season … Previously the 2002, 2011 and 2016 teams were the only Cowgirl squads to have two players record double-digit home runs in a single season … Her 10 home runs tied for the fourth most by a sophomore in school history and would have been the most by a second-year Cowgirl since 2010, had it not been for Richbourg’s 14-homer season … Snapped a 31-game homerless streak with a solo shot to left field against Sam Houston State on Feb. 9 … Followed it up with another blast against Illinois in the second half of the Saturday doubleheader … Posted a 2-for-4 line at the plate, scored twice, drove in three and recorded her first career triple against Hofstra on Feb. 16 … Hit her 10th career home run and third of the season with a solo shot to left center against Northern Iowa on March 2 … Posted four hits, including a pair of home runs, during the Cowgirls’ doubleheader sweep of No. 24 Oregon on March 9 in Eugene … Notched her first career multi-homer game against Central Arkansas on March 14 and also logged an opposite-field double … It was her first career three-hit game … Concluded a stretch of four-straight multi-hit games with a 2-for-3 showing against Samford on March 16 … Tallied a fourth-inning single at Memphis on March 18 to post her 11th hit in a seven-game stretch … Went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run, an RBI double, three runs scored and a career-high five runs batted in during OSU’s record-tying 21-run day against Baylor on March 22 … Was one of two Cowgirls to record a hit off Texas’ All-American ace Miranda Elish during a 1-0 walk-off win at Cowgirl Stadium on March 29 … Went 2-for-3 off Elish in OSU’s series finale against the Longhorns on March 31 … Hit a three-run home run against Kansas on April 5 that was caught barehanded by her father in left-center field … Logged her second three-hit game of the season against the Jayhawks on April 6 and the fifth of her career … Her three-hit outing was the sophomore’s eighth multi-hit game in her previous 19 appearances … Drove in two runs with a base hit to left field during OSU’s 6-0 shutout of North Texas on April 24 … Hit her 10th home run of the season with a towering shot to left field during the Cowgirls’ 13-10 win over Tulsa in the winner’s bracket game of the Stillwater Regional on May 16 … Went 2-for-4 against the Golden Hurricane in a game that wound up as the third-highest scoring game in NCAA Tournament history … Oklahoma State went 19-6 when she batted anywhere from 4-6 in the Cowgirl lineup, including 6-0 with the right-hander in the cleanup role … Was named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team for the first time in her career.
2018 (Freshman): One of two Cowgirls to be named to the Big 12’s All-Freshman team … The only freshman to start all 61 games for Oklahoma State in 2018 … Occupied the cleanup spot in the lineup on 59 occasions despite shifting positions from designated player to left field before finally settling in at shortstop prior to conference play beginning … Posted several impressive numbers during her inaugural campaign, as her seven home runs were two shy of tying Julie Ward’s OSU freshman record and her 43 RBI rank as the third-most ever recorded by a freshman in school history ... She trails only Madi Sue Montgomery and Jaime Foutch in that category … Batted .300 and tallied 18 extra-base hits in 200 at-bats … Opened her collegiate career with a dominant showing at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Arizona, where she racked up 10 hits and a Big 12-best nine RBI over five games … Tallied the first four multi-hit games of her career in each of Oklahoma State’s closing stretch of the Kajikawa Classic … Hit her first career home run during the Cowgirls’ record-setting 21-run outburst vs. Western Michigan on Feb. 11 … Also notched a career-best four RBI against Western Michigan ... Smoked three more home runs and drove in eight runs one week later during OSU’s visit to Clearwater, Florida … Collected the second 10-hit weekend of her Cowgirl career with a 10-for-15 showing during the Mizuno Classic in Stillwater … Posted four straight multi-hit games to open the tournament, including a 3-for-3 outing against Omaha in her collegiate debut at Cowgirl Stadium … Tallied three runs batted in during Oklahoma State’s 14-6 run-rule victory over No. 16/17 Baylor on April 13 at Cowgirl Stadium … Drove in Vanessa Shippy with a sacrifice fly to right field that helped Shippy score her 59th run of the season and establish a new Oklahoma State single-season runs scored record … Helped turn nine double plays throughout the year, including a 4-6-3 effort during her first Bedlam game on May 2 in Norman … Had a pair of RBI singles during OSU’s 3-2 Bedlam loss to No. 3/3 Oklahoma on May 4 in Stillwater … Recorded a hit and walk during her second NCAA Tournament game, a May 19 elimination affair against DePaul ... Heavily involved with the Cowgirls’ Nike N7 efforts and other activities in her community.
High School: Coached by Shelli Brown ... Lettered four years in both softball and basketball ... Nominated for the 2016-17 Tulsa World all-world softball player of the year ... Selected to the all-metro, all-region and all-conference team on four occasions ... Named the 2015-16 district defensive player of the year ... Selected as the district player of the year in the 2014-15 and 2016-17 seasons ... Honored as a 6A large (east) all-state competitor in 2017 ... Selected as an all-conference competitor in basketball all four years ... Named the Tulsa World’s Ms. Inside in both 2015-16 and 2016-17 ... Tabbed as the Frontier Valley conference player of the year in 2017 ... Selected as a 6A large (east) all-state player in basketball in 2017.
Personal: Born September 23, 1998 ... Daughter of Amy and Brett Pennington ... Has two brothers, Caden and Ty ... Her aunt, Angie Short, previously attended Oklahoma State ... Father, Brett, played baseball at Oklahoma for two years ... Mother, Amy, played basketball at ECU for four years ... Relative, Jamie Pennington, played softball at Oklahoma for one season ... Majoring in hotel and restaurant administration.
2019 Team Captain
2019 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2020 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2020 SoftballAmerica Second Team All-America
2021 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2021 (Senior): Earned first team Academic All-Big 12 honors for the third consecutive year ... Became Oklahoma State’s career home run leader when she hit the 36th of her career against Mississippi State in the NCAA Stillwater Regional final ... Played an important role in Oklahoma State advancing to the Women’s College World Series and setting single-season program records for runs scored, home runs, runs batted in, total bases, total bases per game and slugging percentage ... Season totals included a .270 batting average with 13 home runs, 36 runs batted in and a .546 slugging percentage ... Hit her first home run of the season in the Best on the Bayou Classic vs. Louisiana Tech... Went 3-for-6 with two RBI in the doubleheader vs. Lamar on Feb. 22... Hit the game-winning two-run home run in the ninth inning at No. 9 Louisiana... Went 6-for 14 with a home run and two RBI in the OSU/Tulsa Invitational... Went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI against Wichita State on March 20... Hit two home runs and drove in four during the Kansas series... Went 1-for-2 with a double and two RBI in the second game of the series against Iowa State.... Went 3-for-5 with a home run and four runs scored in the last two games of the Texas Tech series... Picked up two home runs and five RBI in the Texas series... Went 3-for-4 with a home run against Iowa State in the Big 12 Tournament to help seal a win... Went 5-for-9 with two home runs and eight RBI in the Stillwater Regional... Led the Cowgirl offense in the NCAA Stillwater Super Regional, going 3-for-8, including a home run in the second game of the series against Texas.
2020 (Junior): Started at third base in all 24 games for the Cowgirls in her junior season ... Led the team in hits with 30, while posting a .375 batting average and hitting seven home runs ... Ranked second in the Big 12 in runs per game and fifth in the conference in hits ... Recorded a team-high nine multiple-hit games, as well as four mulitple-RBI games ... Tallied six hits at the Tiger Classic in Baton Rouge, Louisiana ... Went 7-for-17 with four RBI in the OSU/Tulsa Invitational ... Hit a season-high two home runs against Missouri State on March 6 ... Posted a .529 batting average with three home runs and five RBI during the Mizuno Classic in Stillwater.Â
2019 (Sophomore): An everyday fixture of the OSU lineup, starting in all 62 games as the Cowgirls’ third baseman … Served as one of the three team captains along with seniors Elise LeBeouf and Samantha Show … Slugged .448, blasted a career-high 10 home runs and drove in 33 runs … Partnered with Samantha Show (20) and Michaela Richbourg (14) to become the first trio in OSU history to all hit at least 10 home runs in a season … Previously the 2002, 2011 and 2016 teams were the only Cowgirl squads to have two players record double-digit home runs in a single season … Her 10 home runs tied for the fourth most by a sophomore in school history and would have been the most by a second-year Cowgirl since 2010, had it not been for Richbourg’s 14-homer season … Snapped a 31-game homerless streak with a solo shot to left field against Sam Houston State on Feb. 9 … Followed it up with another blast against Illinois in the second half of the Saturday doubleheader … Posted a 2-for-4 line at the plate, scored twice, drove in three and recorded her first career triple against Hofstra on Feb. 16 … Hit her 10th career home run and third of the season with a solo shot to left center against Northern Iowa on March 2 … Posted four hits, including a pair of home runs, during the Cowgirls’ doubleheader sweep of No. 24 Oregon on March 9 in Eugene … Notched her first career multi-homer game against Central Arkansas on March 14 and also logged an opposite-field double … It was her first career three-hit game … Concluded a stretch of four-straight multi-hit games with a 2-for-3 showing against Samford on March 16 … Tallied a fourth-inning single at Memphis on March 18 to post her 11th hit in a seven-game stretch … Went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run, an RBI double, three runs scored and a career-high five runs batted in during OSU’s record-tying 21-run day against Baylor on March 22 … Was one of two Cowgirls to record a hit off Texas’ All-American ace Miranda Elish during a 1-0 walk-off win at Cowgirl Stadium on March 29 … Went 2-for-3 off Elish in OSU’s series finale against the Longhorns on March 31 … Hit a three-run home run against Kansas on April 5 that was caught barehanded by her father in left-center field … Logged her second three-hit game of the season against the Jayhawks on April 6 and the fifth of her career … Her three-hit outing was the sophomore’s eighth multi-hit game in her previous 19 appearances … Drove in two runs with a base hit to left field during OSU’s 6-0 shutout of North Texas on April 24 … Hit her 10th home run of the season with a towering shot to left field during the Cowgirls’ 13-10 win over Tulsa in the winner’s bracket game of the Stillwater Regional on May 16 … Went 2-for-4 against the Golden Hurricane in a game that wound up as the third-highest scoring game in NCAA Tournament history … Oklahoma State went 19-6 when she batted anywhere from 4-6 in the Cowgirl lineup, including 6-0 with the right-hander in the cleanup role … Was named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team for the first time in her career.
2018 (Freshman): One of two Cowgirls to be named to the Big 12’s All-Freshman team … The only freshman to start all 61 games for Oklahoma State in 2018 … Occupied the cleanup spot in the lineup on 59 occasions despite shifting positions from designated player to left field before finally settling in at shortstop prior to conference play beginning … Posted several impressive numbers during her inaugural campaign, as her seven home runs were two shy of tying Julie Ward’s OSU freshman record and her 43 RBI rank as the third-most ever recorded by a freshman in school history ... She trails only Madi Sue Montgomery and Jaime Foutch in that category … Batted .300 and tallied 18 extra-base hits in 200 at-bats … Opened her collegiate career with a dominant showing at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Arizona, where she racked up 10 hits and a Big 12-best nine RBI over five games … Tallied the first four multi-hit games of her career in each of Oklahoma State’s closing stretch of the Kajikawa Classic … Hit her first career home run during the Cowgirls’ record-setting 21-run outburst vs. Western Michigan on Feb. 11 … Also notched a career-best four RBI against Western Michigan ... Smoked three more home runs and drove in eight runs one week later during OSU’s visit to Clearwater, Florida … Collected the second 10-hit weekend of her Cowgirl career with a 10-for-15 showing during the Mizuno Classic in Stillwater … Posted four straight multi-hit games to open the tournament, including a 3-for-3 outing against Omaha in her collegiate debut at Cowgirl Stadium … Tallied three runs batted in during Oklahoma State’s 14-6 run-rule victory over No. 16/17 Baylor on April 13 at Cowgirl Stadium … Drove in Vanessa Shippy with a sacrifice fly to right field that helped Shippy score her 59th run of the season and establish a new Oklahoma State single-season runs scored record … Helped turn nine double plays throughout the year, including a 4-6-3 effort during her first Bedlam game on May 2 in Norman … Had a pair of RBI singles during OSU’s 3-2 Bedlam loss to No. 3/3 Oklahoma on May 4 in Stillwater … Recorded a hit and walk during her second NCAA Tournament game, a May 19 elimination affair against DePaul ... Heavily involved with the Cowgirls’ Nike N7 efforts and other activities in her community.
High School: Coached by Shelli Brown ... Lettered four years in both softball and basketball ... Nominated for the 2016-17 Tulsa World all-world softball player of the year ... Selected to the all-metro, all-region and all-conference team on four occasions ... Named the 2015-16 district defensive player of the year ... Selected as the district player of the year in the 2014-15 and 2016-17 seasons ... Honored as a 6A large (east) all-state competitor in 2017 ... Selected as an all-conference competitor in basketball all four years ... Named the Tulsa World’s Ms. Inside in both 2015-16 and 2016-17 ... Tabbed as the Frontier Valley conference player of the year in 2017 ... Selected as a 6A large (east) all-state player in basketball in 2017.
Personal: Born September 23, 1998 ... Daughter of Amy and Brett Pennington ... Has two brothers, Caden and Ty ... Her aunt, Angie Short, previously attended Oklahoma State ... Father, Brett, played baseball at Oklahoma for two years ... Mother, Amy, played basketball at ECU for four years ... Relative, Jamie Pennington, played softball at Oklahoma for one season ... Majoring in hotel and restaurant administration.
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