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2024 Softball Roster

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25 Skylar Rigby

  • Position Catcher
  • B/T R/R
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Huxley, Iowa
  • Highschool Ballard

Biography

Senior Year (2024): Had a .267 batting average with 86 AB… played 32 games and started 29 for the season…had 23 hits and 8 runs… had a RBI of 12 and a .302 slugging average.

Junior Year (2023): Started 34 games and played in 38 contests for the Bulldogs ... hit .227 with 20 hits in 88 at bats ... scored nine runs and drove in 11 more ... walked 21 times ... had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage as Drake's primary catcher.

Sophomore Year (2022): Served as a versatile utility player for Drake ... started 26 games with 38 appearances ... hit for a .169 average with a .486 OPS and .239 slugging percentage ... reached base safely for a .247 on-base percentage ... recorded 12 hits including two doubles and a home run ... scored six runs and drove in 11 in 78 at bats.

Freshman Year (2021): Played in 42 games with 34 starts in her first season … played multiple positions, including catcher, third base and designated player … batted .253 with four doubles and 19 runs batted in … batted .318 in Missouri Valley Conference action … voted MVC Newcomer of the Week on April 16 after she started and played in three of the team's four games and batted .556 (5-of-9) with two doubles and eight runs batted in while drawing two walks … drove in three runs in the win over UNI on April 20 … drove in career-high four RBI in the team's final win over Valpo on April 27 … had seven multi-hit games, including a career-high three against Indiana State in second game on April 10.

High School: Three-year letterwinner for Ballard High School ... catcher/utility player ... helped Bombers earn runner-up finish at 2017 Iowa Class 4A State Tournament ... three-time first-team all-state selection ... two-time Des Moines Register Elite 4A First Team honoree ... three-time all-district and all-conference selection ... batted .566 with .646 on-base percentage and 1.182 slugging percentage her senior year ... helped team make regional final championship ... member of Iowa Premier Gold softball club.

Personal: Born Jan., 2002 ... daughter of Shawn and Jenn Rigby ... father played football at Washburn University ... mother was a swimmer at the University of Iowa ... has two sisters, Kylie and Kayci ... majoring in business studies and business with law ... chose Drake because loved the campus and school size. The administration and softball staff truly care about their student- athletes. Plus Drake has a great academic reputation and the softball program plays at a championship level.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2021Freshman

    Utility
    5'5"
    25
  • 25

    2022Sophomore

    Utility
    5'5"
    25
  • 25

    2023Junior

    Utility
    5'5"
    25
  • 25

    2024Senior

    Catcher
    5'5"
    25