On March 11, 2022, Oklahoma’s Jocelyn Alo grew to become school softball’s all-time dwelling run chief, hitting her 96th bomb to surpass fellow Sooner Lauren Chamberlain. She in the end completed with 122 in her profession at Oklahoma.
Fourteen gamers have surpassed the 80-home run mark within the historical past of school softball. Let’s take a better take a look at a number of the greatest sluggers in NCAA Division I historical past.
The whole listing of school softball dwelling run leaders
| PLAYER | TEAM | YEARS | GAMES | HOME RUNS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jocelyn Alo | Oklahoma | 2018-22 | 267 | 122 |
| Karli Spaid | Miami (OH) | 2021-24 (energetic) | 211* | 96* |
| Lauren Chamberlain | Oklahoma | 2012-15 | 220 | 95 |
| Mia Davidson | Mississippi State | 2018-22 | 270 | 92 |
| Jessie Harper | Arizona | 2017-21 | 239 | 92 |
| Katiyana Mauga | Arizona | 2014-17 | 239 | 92 |
| Stacey Nuveman | UCLA | 1997, 99, 2001-02 | 264 | 90 |
| Stacie Chambers | Arizona | 2008-11 | 250 | 87 |
| Leah Braatz | Arizona | 1994-95, 97-98 | 271 | 85 |
| Laura Espinoza | Arizona | 1992-95 | 251 | 85 |
| Shelby Pendley | Arizona/Oklahoma | 2012, 13-15 | 236 | 84 |
| Jessie Warren | Florida State | 2015-18 | 253 | 83 |
| Danyele Gomez | Louisiana | 2003-06 | 249 | 83 |
| Sierra Romero | Michigan | 2012-15 | 253 | 82 |
*Spaid’s energetic complete, as of April 25, 2024
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Faculty softball’s all-time leaders in dwelling runs
Jocelyn Alo stands on prime of the NCAA because the all-time chief in dwelling runs (122), slugging proportion (.987) and complete bases (761), second all-time in RBIs (323) and fifth in runs (281). After tying the NCAA Division I softball report for profession dwelling runs (95) on Feb. 20 in opposition to Texas State, groups tiptoed across the slugger, strolling her 16 instances over the subsequent eight video games. However Alo lastly blasted the record-breaking homer in probably the most acceptable place — her dwelling state, Hawaii. She in the end hit 26 extra dwelling runs to standalone on the prime as the house run queen. Her senior season additionally broke the report for slugging proportion, as she handed Chamberlain once more with a .987 clip. She received back-to-back 2021 and 2022 USA Softball Collegiate Participant of the Yr awards.
Chamberlain achieved her complete within the fewer video games. She hit 95 homers in 220 video games, as she was restricted to only 39 appearances her junior season attributable to again and PCL accidents. Contemplating she hit almost one dwelling run each two video games, there have been at the very least one other eight or so dwelling runs for the taking. They got here wherever and all over the place, within the common season, the NCAA event, or in a memorable two-home run sport within the Girls’s Faculty World Collection finals.
Arizona’s Katiyana Mauga made a historic run at Chamberlain’s title however nonetheless fell three quick, as did fellow Wildcat Jessie Harper and 2022 Mississippi State graduate Mia Davidson. That stated, Mauga definitely left her mark within the NCAA, convention and faculty report books. She is the one school softball participant with 4 20-home run seasons in her profession, hitting 20, 26, 21, and 25 from her freshman to senior season. Mauga completed her illustrious profession the all-time Pac-12 chief in dwelling runs with 92.
She is tied for probably the most dwelling runs in Arizona’s program historical past, which can appear apparent, however can be price mentioning. Mauga is considered one of six Arizona sluggers within the prime 13 dwelling run hitters of all-time. Stacie Chambers, Leah Braatz, Lauren Espinoza and Harper be part of her as 5 of the eight gamers to hit 85 or extra dwelling runs of their careers.
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Stacey Nuveman joins Chamberlain, Mauga, Harper, Davidson and Alo as the one different participant to hit 90 dwelling runs over their school softball profession. Nuveman had an extended tenure with UCLA, redshirting in 1998 with damage, earlier than being granted a second redshirt to assist the 2000 US Olympic group earn the gold medal in 2000 (after which taking part in the next summer season for the USA softball group as nicely). Nuveman led the nation in dwelling runs with 31 in 1999 serving to UCLA to one more nationwide championship, the eighth of 12 WCWS titles for the Bruins. To have the varsity report in dwelling runs for DI softball’s winningest program is sort of a lofty accomplishment.
Now whereas Michigan’s Sierra Romero could occupy the final spot on our dwelling run leaders listing with 82, she has the respect of topping school softball’s all-time leaders in profession grand slams. 13 p.c of her dwelling runs got here as grand slams, her 11 the very best in school softball lore, as are her 302 runs scored. And whereas she could also be within the backside of our prime 10 right here, she is within the all-time prime 5 for slugging proportion, ending with a .882 profession mark.
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Harper and Alo are the newest entries to the highest 10, breaking by in 2021.
Earlier than that, Jessie Warren was the latest entry. She cranked 21 dwelling runs in her 2018 senior marketing campaign giving her 83 all time. She was additionally named the 2018 Girls’s Faculty World Collection Most Excellent Participant in main Florida State to its first nationwide championship in program historical past.