2024 Softball Roster
Mary Claire Wilson
- Class:
- Senior
- Bats/Throws:
- L/R
- Height:
- 5-5
- Hometown:
- Vestavia Hills, Ala.
- Position:
- OF
- Prev School:
- Vestavia Hills HS
2023 (Jr.)
• Played in and started all 62 games in center field
• CSC Academic All-District
• Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• ASUN Presidential Honor Roll
• Batted .272 (47-for-173) with 10 doubles, three triples, five homers, 28 RBI, 29 runs scored, a .332 on base percentage and .451 slugging percentage
• Recorded 13 multiple-hit games and added seven multiple-RBI contests
• Registered her second career two-homer game, driving in three runs and scoring twice against Iona (March 4)
• Went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBI versus Radford (March 5)
• On March 9 against Sacred Heart (March 11), batted 4-for-4 and became the first Lady Flame to record four hits and three stolen bases in the same game
• Homered in back-to-back games for the first time in her career, April 7-8 at North Florida
• Batted 2-for-4 with a double, homer, four RBI and two runs scored against Austin Peay (April 29)
• Had 2-for-4 game in win over Grand Canyon at NCAA Los Angeles Regional, hitting a double and a triple
2022 (So.)
• Played in 60 games, starting 54 times in center field after playing strictly infield as a freshman
• VaSID All-State 2nd Team
• ASUN All-Conference 2nd Team
• ASUN All-Tournament Team
• ASUN Presidential Honor Roll
• Led Liberty outfielders with 88 putouts and five assists
• Showed excellent range in center field, making several impressive running catches
• Batted .313 (47-for-150) with seven doubles, three triples, three homers, 30 RBI, 36 runs, a team-leading 12 steals, a .388 on base percentage and .460 slugging percentage
• Came into her own during ASUN play, hitting .379 and a .468 on base percentage with four doubles, three triples, one homer and 14 RBI
• Recorded 15 multiple-hit games, including three three-hit contests and added seven multiple-RBI contests
• Went 3-for-3 with a double, two stolen bases and four RBI against Rutgers on March 3
• Hit 2-for-4 with a double and three runs scored at EKU, followed by 3-for-3 performance in game two and a two-run homer in game three
• Posted four straight two-hit games on Louisville trip, including game at Louisville and three games at Bellarmine
• Batted 3-for-3 with one RBI and two runs scored on April 20 against Duke
• Went 2-for-3 with two homers (including a grand slam), two runs scored and a program-record-tying seven RBI in weather-shortened game at No. 2 Virginia Tech on May 3
• Her seven RBI were the most ever by a Lady Flame against an NCAA Division I opponent
• Hit .375 (3-for-8) with four runs scored and two RBI at ASUN Softball Championship
2021 (Fr.)
• Played in 41 games, starting 27 times at third base
• Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• ASUN Presidential Honor Roll
• Batted .237 (18-for-76) with one homer, six RBI, 20 runs scored and nine stolen bases
• Played in 41 games, starting 27 times at third base
• Opened her career with hits in each of her first five career games, totaling five stolen bases during that span
• First Liberty player in program history to steal at least one base in each of her first four career games (Madison Via stole a base in each of her first three career games in 2018)
• Her five-game hitting streak was the longest by a Lady Flame to begin her career since 2017, when Amber Bishop-Riley had at least one hit in each of her first eight career games
• Had career-high two stolen bases against New Mexico State (Feb. 15)
• Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBI against Each Carolina (March 5), becoming first Lady Flame since Madison Via against Stetson (April 6, 2019) to hit an inside-the-park home run
• First Lady Flame since Mickey Loveridge (Feb. 14, 2015 vs. South Dakota State) whose first career homer was inside the park
• Scored nine total runs as a pinch runner, including a stretch of seven straight pinch-running appearances with a run scored (May 7-22)
• Scored the winning run from second on a sacrifice fly in the ASUN Championship final game
• Also scored a key insurance run against Tennessee in NCAA Knoxville Regional elimination game (May 22)
Prep
• Graduated from Vestavia Hills High School, where she was a four-year varsity letterwinner
• Four-time all-district selection
• 2020 AL.com Birmingham Region Terrific 20
• All Over the Mountain Team as a freshman, when she batted .342
• Hit .409 with 32 RBI in 2018, earning All-Region and All-State honorable mention
• Named to the Alabama North/South All-Star Team as a junior when she hit .481 with 27 RBI
• 2019 VHHS Offensive Player of the Year
• In shortened 2020 season (12 games) hit .417 with three homers, 11 RBI and nine stolen bases
• Played for Germantown Red Devils, Tennessee Fury and Fury Platinum in club softball
Personal
• Daughter of Jeff and Sonya Wilson
• Father, Jeff, played golf at Louisville
• Intends to major in exercise science, with the goal of becoming a physician’s assistant
• Birthday is March 13
