2025 Softball Roster

17 Laura Leigh Wheeler

  • Position Utility
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Sulligent HS
  • Hometown Sulligent, Ala.

Biography

UNA 2025: Third Team All-ASUN ... Started all 51 games ... Toggled between right field and designated player ... Batted .376 with 59 hits, ranking second on the team in both categories ... Had the longest hitting streak of any Lion at 16 games from Feb. 28 to March 21 ... Ended the season on a five-game hit streak ... Hit safely in 31 of the final 37 games ... Had 17 multi-hit games, including four games with three hits ... Ranked second on the team with 11 multi-RBI games, including a pair of games with three RBIs ... Led the Lions with six sacrifice flies, which also tied for the most in the ASUN and ranked 11th nationally ... Added 10 doubles, two triples and seven homers for a .599 slugging percentage ... Went 3-for-5 with a homer and two RBIs against Nicholls State on opening weekend ... Batted a perfect 3-for-3 with a homer and double against Detroit Mercy on March 7 ... Went 3-for-3 with two doubles against Samford on March 8 ... Was perfect in the field with zero errors on 64 chances. 

PREVIOUS: Played two seasons at Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Alabama ... Coached by Carson Owens in 2023 and Lauren Stewart in 2024 ... Two-time conference champion ... Earned All-American honors and first team all-conference honors in 2024 ... Batted .389 with an .892 slugging percentage as a sophomore ... Ranked second in the conference with 22 doubles and fifth with 17 homers in 2024 ... Ranked fourth in the conference with 17 doubles and led the conference with seven sacrifice hits in 2023.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Sulligent High School in Sulligent, Alabama ... Coached by her father, Chad Wheeler ... Was a utility player for the Devils ... Made state playoff appearances in 2021 and 2022 ... Was a first team all-state selection as a senior in 2022 ... Earned all-region and all-county in both 2021 and 2022 ... Set the Sulligent school record for home runs in 2022 ... Also lettered in basketball and participated in cheer ... Earned top four in her class for GPA ... Citizenship award ... Graduated in 2022.

PERSONAL: Birthday is February 13 ... Born in Amory, Mississippi ... From Sulligent, Alabama ... Daughter of Chad and Molly Wheeler ... Has one sister, Ella ... Enjoys hunting and time on the lake ... Majoring in kinesiology.

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