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2021 Softball Roster

Clara Larson

14 Clara Larson

  • Position
    INF
  • Height
    5-6
  • Class
    Senior
  • Highschool
    Douglas County
  • Hometown
    Castle Rock, Colo.
  • Major
    Computer Science

Biography

2020: CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-America ... CoSIDA Academic All-District … RMAC First-Team All-Academic … D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award recipient ... Received her B.S. in computer science in May … Played in 20 games in the shortened 2020 season, splitting time between shortstop and DP … Once again led Mines at the plate hitting .392 and slugging .676, both team bests … Drove in 24 RBI with four home runs, two triples, five doubles, and 15 runs scored … Primarily hit out of the third spot but also led off five times … Became the Mines career recordholder in career RBI (182) and slugging (.718) … After an injury-hampered start to the season, caught fire in RMAC play to hit .400 and slug .850 with 18 RBI in 11 conference games … Led the team with 10 multi-hit and 7 multi-RBI games … Also had the team’s longest hitting streak of the season at 10 games.

2019: RMAC Preseason Player of the Year ... Named to the Schutt/NFCA D-II Player of the Year Watch List … First-Team All-RMAC … RMAC First-Team All-Academic … Named the team’s Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year … Led Mines in most offensive categories including average (.380), slugging (.723), RBI (50), home runs (10), triples (5), and hits (63) … Also scored 41 runs with 17 doubles and 21 walks … Set the Mines career home run record with a three-run shot against MSU Denver in the RMAC Tournament, surpassing Kaleigh Starr with the 35th of her career … Recorded 13 multi-RBI and 20 multi-hit games … Had a 14-game hitting streak early in the season that ranks as the seventh-longest in Mines history … One of 2 players to start every game at her position as she had a .952 fielding percentage at shortstop.

2018: NFCA First-Team All-America ... D2CCA Second-Team All-America ... Fastpitch News Honorable Mention All-America ... Google Cloud CoSIDA Second-Team Academic All-America ... Google Cloud CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-District ... NFCA First-Team All-South Central ... D2CCA First-Team All-South Central ... First-Team All-RMAC at shortstop … RMAC Player of the Week (April 10) … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Named the team’s Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year … Had a record-setting sophomore season hitting .425 and slugging .839 with 15 home runs, 64 RBI, 21 doubles, and 59 runs scored … Had 74 hits in 174 at-bats … Also walked 23 times for a .493 OBP … Stole 11 bases … Her 64 RBI set the program single-season record, and she tied the single-season home run mark … Became only the second Oredigger and first since 1994 to slug over .800 … Had 20 multi-hit and 19 multi-RBI games … Ended a 16-game hitting streak that carried over from 2017, marking the fifth-longest streak in program history.

2017: Second-Team All-RMAC … Two-time RMAC Player of the Week (Feb. 28, March 14) … Mines SAAC Athlete of the Month (February) … Started all 47 games as a true freshman at shortstop … Hit .331 and slugged a Mines-best .601 … Hit 10 home runs, 10 doubles, and two triples … Drove in 44 RBI and scored 32 runs, both Mines bests … Walked seven times … Was 10-for-10 on stolen bases … Homered twice in extra innings, with the go-ahead bomb in the top of the ninth at Concordia Irvine, and the game-winner in the eighth against MSU Denver at home … Hit safely in her first 11 career games … Her 10 home runs are second-most ever by a Mines freshman in a season … Helped turn nine double plays.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-sport star at Douglas County in Castle Rock … Was the 2015 Denver South Metro Player of the Year and Continental League Player of the Year … First-Team All-State selection … Team captain … Three-time First-Team All-Continental Conference … Compiled 163 hits, 142 RBI, 25 home runs, and 120 runs in her career, all school records … Also holds single-season records in hits (52), RBI (44), home runs (9), and average (.619) … Hit .524 for her career … Was also a regional champion and three-year state qualifier in tennis, and the team's leading scorer and an all-conference selection in basketball … Played club ball for Elite Sports Prospects 18UA, Colorado Springs Thunder 16UA, and Colorado Next Level Gold 18U … CHSAA Academic All-State First-Team honoree … Earned 12 academic letters and was a 12-time DCHS Scholar-Athlete.

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

    INF
    5'6"
    14
  • 14

    2018Sophomore

    INF
    5'6"
    14
  • 14

    2019Junior

    INF
    5'6"
    14
  • 14

    2020Senior

    INF
    5'6"
    14
  • 14

    2021Senior

    INF
    5'6"
    14