On March 11, 2022, Oklahoma’s Jocelyn Alo turned 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.
Let’s take a better take a look at among the finest sluggers in NCAA Division I historical past.
The entire checklist of faculty softball dwelling run leaders
| PLAYER | TEAM | YEARS | GAMES | HOME RUNS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jocelyn Alo | Oklahoma | 2018-22 | 267 | 122 |
| Karli Spaid | Miami (OH) | 2021-24 | 225 | 103 |
| Tiare Jennings | Oklahoma | 2021-24 (energetic) | 246* | 96* |
| Lauren Chamberlain | Oklahoma | 2012-15 | 220 | 95 |
| Addison Barnard | Wichita State | 2021-24 | 206 | 93 |
| 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 |
*Jennings’ energetic whole, as of June 1, 2024
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Faculty softball’s all-time leaders in dwelling runs
Jocelyn Alo stands on high of the NCAA because the all-time chief in dwelling runs (122), slugging share (.987) and whole bases (761), second all-time in RBIs (323) and fifth in runs (281). After tying the NCAA Division I softball document for profession dwelling runs (95) on Feb. 20 towards Texas State, groups tiptoed across the slugger, strolling her 16 occasions over the subsequent eight video games. However Alo lastly blasted the record-breaking homer in essentially the most acceptable place — her dwelling state, Hawaii. She in the end hit 26 extra dwelling runs to standalone on the high as the house run queen. Her senior season additionally broke the document for slugging share, as she handed Chamberlain once more with a .987 clip. She received back-to-back 2021 and 2022 USA Softball Collegiate Participant of the 12 months awards.
Chamberlain achieved her whole within the fewer video games. She hit 95 homers in 220 video games, as she was restricted to simply 39 appearances her junior season on account of again and PCL accidents. Contemplating she hit almost one dwelling run each two video games, there have been not less than one other eight or so dwelling runs for the taking. They got here anyplace and in every single place, within the common season, the NCAA match, or in a memorable two-home run sport within the Ladies’s Faculty World Sequence finals.
In 2024, each Miami (Ohio)’s Karli Spaid and Oklahoma’s Tiare Jennings jumped Chamberlain to take over spots Nos. 2-3 on the all-time checklist.
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 actually left her mark within the NCAA, convention and college document 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 essentially the most dwelling runs in Arizona’s program historical past, which can appear apparent, however can also be value mentioning. Mauga is considered one of six Arizona sluggers within the high 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 had a protracted tenure with UCLA, redshirting in 1998 with damage, earlier than being granted a second redshirt to assist the 2000 US Olympic workforce earn the gold medal in 2000 (after which enjoying the next summer time for the USA softball workforce as properly). 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 document 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 checklist with 82, she has the distinction of topping school softball’s all-time leaders in profession grand slams. 13 % of her dwelling runs got here as grand slams, her 11 one of the best in school softball lore, as are her 302 runs scored. And whereas she could also be within the backside of our high 10 right here, she is within the all-time high 5 for slugging share, ending with a .882 profession mark.
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Harper and Alo are the latest entries to the highest 10, breaking by means of in 2021.
Earlier than that, Jessie Warren was the most recent entry. She cranked 21 dwelling runs in her 2018 senior marketing campaign giving her 83 all time. She was additionally named the 2018 Ladies’s Faculty World Sequence Most Excellent Participant in main Florida State to its first nationwide championship in program historical past.