2024 Softball Roster
Sierra Kersten
- Class:
- Senior
- Bats/Throws:
- L/R
- Height:
- 5-8
- Hometown:
- Clarkston, Mich.
- Position:
- INF/C
- Prev School:
- Clarkston HS (Michigan)
2023 (Jr.)
• Appeared in 37 games, starting 28 times (23 – DP, 5 – 1B)
• ASUN Presidential Honor Roll
• Batted .233 with three doubles, three homers, 13 RBI and seven runs scored
• Went 14-for-36 (.389) in ASUN play
• Doubled and drove in three runs against Northern Illinois (Feb. 24)
• Posted back-to-back two-hit, two-RBI games at North Florida (April 7) and did the same against Austin Peay (April 28-29)
• Hit game-tying home run against No. 13 Alabama (April 18)
• Got Liberty on the board with solo home run in second inning of ASUN quarterfinal win over Jacksonville State (May 11)
Previous School
• Transferred to Liberty after playing two years at Michigan, where she was a teammate of former Lady Flame Lou Allan in 2021
• Appeared in 83 games over two seasons, starting 29 games in left field, 24 at second base and 12 at designated player
• Batted .260 with four doubles, five homers and 17 RBI as a sophomore, posting a .357 on base percentage and .521 slugging percentage
• Homered in back-to-back games against Duke and Northern Kentucky in 2022
• Recorded a career-high four RBI at Elon on Feb. 28, 2022
Prep
• Graduated from Clarkston High School
• 2019 Gatorade Player of the Year nominee
• 2019 Michigan All-State first team shortstop
• 2018 All-District and All-Region honoree
• Batted .557 with 13 homers and 77 RBI as a senior
• Three-time All-State Academic honoree (2017-19)
• Also played varsity volleyball
• Played club softball for Finesse and Chicago Bandits
Personal
• Daughter of Lenny and Sheryl Kersten
• Brother, Jarrett Kersten, played soccer at Western Michigan (2011-12) and Cedarville (2013-14), winning a conference title at Cedarville
• Brother, Jacob Kersten, bowled at Wichita State for four years on the varsity team (2016-20)
• Majoring in applied mathematics and statistics, would like to be a project or research analyst in a hospital or military base
• Birthday is Jan. 9
