2026 Softball Roster
Roster
Ella Smithson
- Position:
- First Base
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Johnston HS
- Hometown:
- Granger, Iowa
2025: MVC All-Defensive Team … MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared in 37 games making 30 starts … Batted .256 with 21 hits and 12 runs in 82 at-bats and 13 walks … Recorded a .390 slugging percentage with three home runs, including a grand slam against Drake (Apr. 15), and two doubles … Led the Panthers with 267 putouts and three assists in 273 chances for a .989 fielding percentage … Recorded a season-high 3 hits at Wofford (Feb. 25) and 14 putouts three times ... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Five-year letterwinner playing first base at Johnston High School under coach Todd Merical… Three year first team All-Conference (2021,2022,2024)... Second team All-Conference (2023)... Four year 5A All-District (2021-24)... Three year 5A All-State (2021-2023)... 5A first team All State (2023)... CIML Conference Champions (2022)... Also played Volleyball earning CIML third team All-Conference (2023), an Honorable Mention (2021), and two year State qualifier (2021,2023)... A four time track state qualifier (2021-2024) earned a 4.1 GPA… Four year Johnson Achievement (2020-2024)... Two year IGHSA Academic Achievement (2021-2022, 2023-2024)... Three year National Honor Society (2022,2023,2024)
PERSONAL: Daughter of Abby and Todd Smithson… Has one sibling Ava who currently plays Softball for UNI… Majoring in Biomedical Sciences.
