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2025 Softball Roster

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5 Sidney Lee

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Lee-Scott Academy
  • Hometown Dadeville, Ala.

Biography

AT SOUTH ALABAMA
JUNIOR SEASON (2024)

• Named an Easton/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Academic All-America Scholar  
• Appeared I 26 games, making 18 starts with 17 of those coming as the designated player
• Batted .157 with two triples, one home run, seven RBI and two runs scored
• Also drew 14 walks
• Reached base safely in each of her first five games
• Made Jaguar debut versus Central Arkansas (2/11) where she had a triple and drove in a pair of runs
• Also reached base twice with a hit and a walk against Central Michigan (2/16) in her next outing where she drove in a pair of runs and scored a run
• Reached all three of her plate appearances with a single and two walks versus Eastern Kentucky (2/17)
• Hit her first home run against Arkansas (3/9)
• Went 2-for-3 versus Georgia Southern (4/14)
• Had two walks each at Georgia State (4/19) and at Troy (4/26)
• Had a hit and a walk in the series finale versus the Trojans (4/28)

AT LEE UNIVERSITY
• Lettered two seasons at Lee University where she was a two-time all-Gulf South Conference honoree
• Started all 48 games for the Flames as a sophomore, and earned second-team all-GSC honors at catcher
• Ended the year tied for 13th in the league in doubles with 11 and 11 home runs
• Batted .354 with 51 hits, 43 RBI and 26 runs scored
• Threw out nine attempted base stealers for the second-straight season, which was tied for seventh most among Gulf South catchers, and committed just one error for a .992 fielding percentage
• After going hitless in the season opener, she reached base safely in each of the next 11 games, recording 12 hits and drawing seven walks
• Drove in a season-best four runs four times throughout the season with the first coming in game two of the series versus West Georgia (2/26) where she was 3-for-5 at the plate with a home run and a pair of runs scored
• Closed out the season with back-to-back two-hit, four-RBI games versus Shorter (4/29) in a doubleheader
• Earned first-team all-GSC honors at catcher and was also named NFCA all-South Region second team as a freshman
• Appeared in 40 games, starting 37, threw out nine attempted base stealers, which was fourth most among Gulf South catchers, and reached base safely in 33 of her 40 games played
• Batted .382 with 12 doubles – tied for 10th in the conference – and five home runs and a .645 slugging percentage
• Was 11th in the league in on-base percentage (.455) and ninth in on-base + slugging percentage (OPS) at 1.100
• Of her 42 hits, 18 went for extra bases
• Drove in 38 runs and scored 16 times, while drawing 17 walks
• Finished tied for second in the league in sacrifice flies (5)
• Only committed one error and finished with 112 putouts and 16 assists for a .992 fielding percentage
• During 15-game reached base safely streak, which included a 12-game hit streak, she reached base 32 times – 21 hits and 11 walks – while driving in 20 total runs, 19 of which came during a streak of nine-straight games
• Led all GSC freshmen in batting average, slugging percentage, OBP, OBS, doubles and sacrifice flies
• A two-time GSC honor roll selection and a NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete

AT LEE-SCOTT ACADEMY
• Lettered six seasons in softball at Lee-Scott Academy in Auburn, Ala.
• Was a four-time ASWA all-state selection (2017-2019, ’21)
• Played shortstop as a senior at Lee-Scott where she batted .474 with 11 doubles, seven home runs and 19 RBI
• Also posted an .895 slugging percentage and a 1.423 OPS
• Hit .419 with eight doubles, four home runs and 15 RBI as a sophomore
• Also lettered two seasons each in track & field/cross country where she helped the Warriors capture the 2021 track & field state championship
• Played three years of travel ball for the East Cob Bullets in Tallassee, Ala., where she hit over .400 each season
• Was ranked as the 85th best catcher in the nation by Extra Innings Softball, while making the organization’s All-Summer 18u team in 2021 
• Ranked second at Triple Crown Southeast Nationals Leaderboard and won Scenic City Summer Showcase title in 2021
• Her 12u East Cobb Bullet team won the ASA National Championship in 2016

PERSONAL
• Full name is Sidney Hana Lee
• Born in Montgomery, Ala.
• Daughter of Johnny and Deborah Lee
• Majoring in interdisciplinary studies

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2024Junior

    Catcher/Infielder
    5'7"
    5
  • 5

    2025Senior

    Catcher
    5'7"
    5