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Softball

2018 Softball Roster

6 Taylor Steinfeldt

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Ankeny HS
  • Hometown Ankeny, Iowa

Biography

2018
CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree … one of nine players named to the Summit League Academic All-League Team … voted Best Teammate by her team … played in 54 of 55 games and earned 44 starts including 37 in right field, five at designated player and two at first base … hit mainly in the five spot … batted .291 with nine home runs, 26 RBIs and 24 runs scored … had a team-high 12 doubles and two triples for a slugging percentage of .563 which ranked seventh in the Summit … 12 doubles ranked sixth in the Summit and the nine homers ranked fourth … hit .283 (13-for-46) with five homers in 14 Summit League games … nine total home runs led all Summit outfielders during the regular season, her 26 RBIs ranked fifth and her .299 average was sixth amongst the group … led the Coyotes with 14 multi-hit games, which started with four consecutive two-hit games to begin the season … was 2-for-3 with two home runs in a win against Alcorn State (2/24) … was 6-for-12 with three doubles and two home runs in a three-game sweep of Omaha to begin Summit play (3/22-23) … was 2-for-3 with a double, a homer and three RBIs against Fort Wayne (4/13) … made the Summit League honor roll ... named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence

2017
Competed in 51 of 54 games and earned 50 starts, all at second base … hit .333 (44-for-132) with four home runs, 25 RBIs and 31 runs scored … also had 11 doubles and was 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts … amongst Summit League leaders, ranked 11th in batting average, 10th in slugging percentage (.508) and 14th in on-base percentage (.385) … also ranked ninth in doubles and 11th in runs scored … hit .366 with a team-best 14 runs scored in 18 Summit League games … slugged .634 in conference play, tops on the team and seventh in the league … had 13 multi-hit games, including three three-hit efforts … twice scored four runs in a single game … went 5-for-6 with a walk and three doubles on day two of the Hatter Classic in Florida (3/4) … was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer in a Summit League Tournament win against Omaha (5/10) … was 3-for-3 with a walk and a home run in a win against Creighton (2/24) … was 5-for-5 and reached base six times during a doubleheader sweep at IUPUI (4/22) … made the Summit League honor roll ... named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

2016
Played in 39 of 53 games and earned 32 starts, including 19 at second base and four in right field … hit .202 (18-for-89) with three home runs, 10 RBIs and 11 runs scored … also had three doubles and one of the two triples on the team … had a fielding percentage of .977 … hit .400 (8-for-20) during the final eight games of the season, which included three Summit League Tournament games … first collegiate home run came during a 4-0 win against Western Illinois (4/2) … made the Summit League honor roll, earning distinguished scholar status ... named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

2015
Played in 41 games and earned 31 starts including 29 at second base … hit .156 (12-for-77) with a triple and three doubles … had five RBIs and scored 18 runs … drew 13 walks and had an on-base percentage of .221 … had a .957 fielding percentage … first collegiate hit came against Saint Joseph’s (3/11) in what was her first collegiate start … had two multi-hit games … had a double in a Summit League Tournament win against South Dakota State (5/8) … had a two-run double in a win against Omaha (4/17).

Prep
Earned first-teamall-conference,all-district and all-state honors as a senior when she batted .362 and led the Hawkettes with five home runs, four triples, 13 doubles and 37 RBIs ... also slugged .638 ... helped lead Ankeny and coach Dave Bingham to a 21-17 record ... hit .398 as a junior with eight home runs, 46 RBIs and 34 runs scored ... was a member of Ankeny's state championship team in 2012 ... helped lead Ankeny to a third-place finish at state in 2013 while playing at the highest level ... also played for the I-Club Blue travel team and coach Dave Streyffeler ... was 21-of-47 (.447) during the 2013 season with I-Club Blue ... also played basketball.

Personal
Daughter of Kirk and Jeanette Steinfeldt ... elementary education major.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2015Freshman

    UT
    5'9"
    6
  • 6

    2016Sophomore

    UT
    5'9"
    6
  • 6

    2017Junior

    IF
    5'9"
    6
  • 6

    2018Senior

    IF
    5'9"
    6