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2026 Softball Roster

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Tyler Rover
Tyler Rover

3 Sophia Knock

  • Position Infield
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Liberty, Ind.
  • High School Union County
  • Major Biology

Biography

2025 (Junior): Big South Preseason Player of the Year and Preseason All-Big South Team ... Batted .226 (31-for-137), playing all 53 games with 51 starts ... Hit six home runs and 10 doubles, driving in 20 runs while scoring 25 times ... Drew a team-best 19 walks and was hit by five pitches ... Posted a .773 OPS, .431 slugging percentage and .342 on-base percentage ... Had eight multiple-hit games and three multi-RBI games ... Drove in a career-high-tying six runs in a 7-5 victory over George Mason on Feb. 8 with the help of two home runs.

2024 (Sophomore): Earned All-Big South Conference First Team honors ... Claimed Co-Big South Player of the Week (Feb. 27) ... Started all 52 games at first base, hitting .326 (46-for-141) with 10 home runs and 31 RBIs ... Led the Big South in homers, was second in total bases (80) and fourth in RBIs ... Went 4-for-4 with three homers and six RBIs against Northern Iowa (Feb. 23) ... Fourth player in school history and first since Emily Murphy versus Campbell on May 11, 2013 to hit three bombs in a game ... One of just 21 players in NCAA Division I to accomplish the feat in 2024 ... Also smashed homers in the next two games against Brown and Stetson on March 2, both victories ... Led the team with eight multiple-RBI games ... Tied for second on the team with 11 multi-hit games ... Named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

2023 (Freshman): Made 24 appearances with 11 starts for the Lancers … Hit .128 on the season in 39 at-bats, scoring two runs with four RBIs … Hit go-ahead two-run single in top of seventh inning against Army on Feb. 19.

High School: Three-sport letterwinner at Union County High School … Played softball and soccer for four seasons on the varsity squad while playing three seasons of varsity basketball … Named all-state in softball while earning all-conference honors each year there was a season (sophomore season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic) … Tri-Eastern Conference Player of the Year as a junior and senior … Won conference titles and sectional titles in each of her three played seasons (2019, 2021, 2022) while winning the regional championship in 2019 and 2021 … Hit .667 as a senior with a .694 OBP and a 1.172 slugging percentage … Posted 62 hits, 57 RBIs, 23 doubles, three triples and six home runs … As a junior, hit .600 with a .698 OBP and a 1.142 slugging percentage … Had 63 hits, 49 RBIs, 12 doubles, six triples and 11 home runs … Hit .553 with a .598 OBP and a 1.011 slugging percentage as a freshman while knocking in 49 runs … Had 14 doubles, two triples and seven home runs… Team MVP in soccer.
 
Personal: Daughter of Joe and Melissa Knock … Has two siblings -- Joey and John … Volunteers at her local church, a local dog shelter and at softball camps for kids … Aspires to become a veterinarian … Hobbies include farming, fishing, playing sports and working out … Loves to be outside and be competitive … Also enjoys roller coasters and listens to music 24/7… Biology major at Longwood.

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2023Freshman

    First Base/Third Base
    6'0"
    3
  • 3

    2024Sophomore

    First Base/Third Base
    6'0"
    3
  • 3

    2025Junior

    First Base/Third Base
    6'0"
    3
  • 3

    2026Senior

    Infield
    6'0"
    3