2022 Softball Roster
Roster
Mya Dodge
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Cedar Rapids Kennedy
- Hometown:
- Hiawatha, Iowa
SOPHOMORE (2023): MVC Player of the Year ... First Team All-MVC ... NFCA First Team All-Region ... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Awards and Honor Roll ... Two-time MVC Player of the Week (April 4 & 18) ... Preseason All-MVC ... Ranked No. 75 on D1Softball.com's Top-100 players of 2023 ... Recorded a .388 batting average (second in the MVC) on 57 hits, including the third-most RBIs in the nation and a single-season school record (68) ... Hit a team-high 17 home runs (tied for the MVC lead and ranked 18th in the NCAA), tied for third-most in a single UNI season, while also recording a team-high five triples ... Hit ten doubles while scoring 48 runs with 23 walks drawn, six stolen bases and four sacrifice flies (MVC-high) ... .906 slugging percentage on the season, second-best single-season mark in program history ... Hit three home runs and notched eight RBIs in 17-5 win over Southern Illinois (April 14) ... Posted three games with four runs scored, and six games with four or more RBIs driven in ... Recorded 47 putouts on the season, including a season-best five at Iowa (May 3) for a .979 fielding percentage.
FRESHMAN (2022): Appeared in and started 46 games as a designated hitter/left fielder... MVC Freshman of the Year... All-MVC First Team... MVC All-Tournament Selection... NFCA/Schutte Sports Freshman of the Year Top 25 candidate... NFCA Third Team All-Region... MVC Newcomer of the Week (3/8 & 3/20)... led the Panthers in batting average (.373), at bats (153), runs (43), hits (57), stolen bases (21), and sacrifice flies (4)... 13 appearances in the outfield, making 11 putouts and 2 assists for a team-best 1.000 fielding percentage... recorded a season high three hits, three doubles, and four runs scored against Southern Illinois (3/19/22)... recorded season high RBIs against UNO (2/12/22)... recorded a season high bases stolen against Illinois State (3/11/22).Â
HIGH SCHOOL:Â A 2021 graduate of Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School, Participated in softball and track, All-Conference 2020, All-State 2020, All-Tournament 2020, State Champion 2020, All-Conference 2021, All-State 2021, Conference Champion 2021, Tied home run record in 2021 (14), Honor roll from 2017-2021.Â
PERSONAL: Daughter of Shane and Aubury Dodge... Has one brother... Majoring in criminology and criminal justice with an emphasis in law enforcement... Hobbies include working out and volunteering with the Cougar food pantry.
