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2021 Softball Roster

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13 Ansley Gilreath

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position IF
  • Hometown Greer, SC
  • Prev School Blue Ridge H.S.

Biography

Senior Highlights (2020)
  • Led the team with a .391 batting average (22 starts, 23 games played)
  • Her .391 batting average is a career-high and ranked 6th in the Big South
  • Led the team with 12 walks and had a team-high .494 on-base percentage which ranked 4th in the Big South
  • Tied for team-high with career-best five doubles
  • Has 78 career RBI and was on pace to finish with 90-plus career RBI
  • Ranks sixth all-time in program history for slugging percentage, seventh in homeruns and 12th in on-base percentage
  • Opened the season going 2-for-3 with a run and three RBI in the win over Akron on Feb. 7
  • Batted .500 with runners in scoring position (10-for-20)
  • Led team with six multi-RBI games (6)
  • Put together a career-high 13-game hitting streak
Junior Highlights (2019)
  • Drove in a run in back-to-back wins on Feb. 9
  • Hit first home run of the season on Feb. 17 vs. Omaha, finishing with three RBI in the game
  • Drove in game-winning RBI in third game vs. Gardner-Webb on Mar. 30 to clinch the series
  • Batted .355 over the final 12 games as she had five runs and five RBI during that stretch
  • Hit game-winning two-run homerun in the top of the 8th in 3-1 win at Charleston Southern to earn a doubleheader split (May 2, 2019)
  • Her two-run homerun on May 3, 2019 in the top of the seventh inning put the Eagles up 3-2 as they went on to win 4-2 and take the series from Charleston Southern
  • Had a career-high 14 runs and set career-high in doubles with five
Sophomore Highlights (2018)
  • Named to the All-Big South Second Team at first base
  • Led the team with 10 home runs, and 27 RBI
  • 10 home runs ranked 8th in the Big South
  • Tied career-high with 2 RBI vs. Samford on Feb. 17 as her two-run single in the bottom of the first proved to be the game-winning RBI
  • Also had the game-winning hit in the next game on Feb. 17 in a 1-0 win over Evansville as she hit a solo shot in the second
  • Tied career-best four-game hitting streak
  • Drove in two runs on Mar. 16 against Charleston Southern, tying career-best (4th time with 2 RBI)
  • As of Mar. 18, has five multi-hit games
Freshman Highlights (2017)
  • Started 35 of 42 games played
  • Had first collegiate hit on Feb. 12 vs. Syracuse
  • Also scored first collegiate run against Syracuse on Feb. 12
  • Recorded first RBI in a pinch-hitting appearance vs. Monmouth on Feb. 18, which also turned out to be her first extra base hit (triple)
  • Drove in career-best two runs in back-to-back games of the Big South Conference Tournament (vs. Charleston Southern/Campbell)
  • Finished the conference tournament (6-for-15) with a run and six RBI in five games
  • Had a career-high three hits on Apr. 11 in the second game of a doubleheader with Furman (3-for-3)
Prior To Winthrop
  • Played six years of varsity softball earning All-Region honors four times and All-State honors three times
  • Named MVP for Blue Ridge in 2012, 2013, and 2014
  • Participated in the CAWS All-Star Game in 2016 an was named the MVP
  • Had 42 career home runs in high school
  • Also played one year of volleyball and three years of basketball
Personal
  • Born Mar. 4, 1998 in Taylors, SC
  • Is the daughter of Meri and Ansel Gilreath
  • Is seeking a degree in biology
Hitting Game Highs
AT-BATS 5, vs. Monmouth (3/6/20)
RUNS SCORED 2, vs. USC Upstate - game 2 (4/20/19)
HITS 3, three times
RUNS BATTED IN 4, at East Carolina (3/3/19)
DOUBLES 2, vs. USC Upstate - game 2 (4/20/19)
TRIPLES 1, vs. Monmouth (2/18/17)
HOME RUNS 1, 20 times
TOTAL BASES 5, five times
WALKS 2, 11 times
STOLEN BASES 1, at Presbyterian College - game 2 (4/6/18)
PUTOUTS 13, two times
ASSISTS 2, three times
HIT STREAK 13 games (2020)

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2017Freshman

    IF
    5
  • 13

    2018Sophomore

    IF
    5'8"
    13
  • 13

    2019Junior

    Infield
    5'8"
    13
  • 13

    2020Senior

    Infielder
    5'8"
    13
  • 13

    2021Graduate Student

    Infielder
    5'8"
    13