University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2026 Softball Roster
Roster
Skylar Benesh
- Position:
- Infield
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- North Linn HS
- Hometown:
- Walker, Iowa
2026: MVC Player of the Year ... MVC Player of the Week (2/24 and 3/10) ... Softball America No. 13 May Second Baseman Rankings (4/29) ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Team ... All-MVC First Team ... NFCA All-Region First Team ... CSC Academic All-District … Appeared and started in all 53 games at second base for the Panthers … Led UNI with a .440 batting average, 184 at-bats, 67 runs, 81 hits, and 15 stolen bases … Set a UNI and MVC record with 67 runs … Led the MVC in batting average, hits, runs, and runs per game … Recorded a .956 fielding percentage, with 91 putouts and 104 assists in 204 chances … Turned 16 double plays, leading the Panthers … Scored a season-high four runs twice, and batted in four runs against Evansville (4/3).
2025: MVC Freshman of the Week (3/18) ... All-MVC First Team Second Base … MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared and started in all 50 games at second base … Batted .284 with 48 hits and 40 runs in 169 at-bats and 32 walks … Recorded a .450 slugging percentage with seven home runs and seven doubles … Stole a team-high 20 bases, the second-best mark in the MVC with a Valley-leading 0.4 stolen bases per game … Finished the season with 68 putouts and 104 assists for a .940 fielding percentage ... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Five-year letterwinner playing at North Linn High School under coach Chad Spore … Team captain (2022-24 )... Second team All-Conference (2020), Four-year first team All-Conference (2021-24) ... Second team All-State (2022) ... First team All-State (2021, 2023, 2024) ... School record of home runs and runs scored … Three conference titles (2020-2023) ... Two state titles (2021, 2023) ... National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Tad and Jenni Benesh … Has two siblings: Jaden and Cael … Majoring in Kinesiology.
