Biography
AT SOUTH ALABAMA
JUNIOR SEASON (2024)
• Started all 53 games she competed in only missing two games throughout the season due to injury
• Ranked second on the club with a .307 batting average and led the team with 15 home runs and 46 RBI and a .706 slugging percentage
• Of her 50 hits – second-most on the roster – over half (32) went for extra bases as she had a team-best 14 doubles and three triples to go along with the 15 home runs
• The 15 home runs also set a new single-season mark in the category and the 46 RBI were seventh most in a season
• Her .706 slugging percentage was the second-highest in a season at South Alabama
• The 14 doubles were the second-most by a junior in program history and the 46 RBI were a new class best
• Ranked among the Sun Belt leaders in slugging percentage (sixth), RBI (eighth), doubles (t-fifth), triples (t-third) and home runs (t-second)
• Recorded 10 multi-hit and a team-high 12 multi-RBI games
• Began the season with a 13-game hit streak – which included seven multi-hit outings – and an 18-game reached base safely streak
• After going 2-for-3 with a double in the season-opener versus N.C. Central (2/9) at the NFCA Leadoff Classic, went 3-for-3 with a home run, a double, two runs scored and two RBI in a win over Notre Dame later that same day
• Was 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI versus Eastern Kentucky (2/17)
• Followed that outing with back-to-back two-hit performances against UAB (2/18) and at Southeastern Louisiana (2/20), scoring three runs against the Lions
• Recorded her fourth-career grand slam versus Northern Iowa (3/2) and also homered versus Arizona (3/3) at the T-Mobile Crimson Classic
• Homered, scored twice and drove in a pair of runs in game two of the series at ULM (3/23)
• Hit a two-run shot in the series opener at App State (4/6), and had a pair of hits and drove in two in the series finale versus the Mountaineers (4/8)
• Hit walk-off home run in 2-1 win over Georgia Southern (4/14)
• Homered the next game in South’s 2-0 road victory at Mississippi State (4/17)
• Drove in three runs and homered in the series finale at Georgia State (4/20)
• Was 2-for-3 at the plate with a home run, scored twice and drove in two in the regular-season finale versus Southern Miss (5/4), her second home run of the series versus the Golden Eagles
• Homered in back-to-back games three times during the season
• Ended the season with her second 18-game reached base safely streak
18-straight games – her second such streak this spring – and in 47 games of her 52 contests
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2023)
• Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List selection
• One of four players on the roster to start all 53 games, all coming at first base
• Batted .286 with a .371 on-base percentage and a .517 slugging percentage
• Recorded 42 hits with 22 of those going for extra bases for 76 total bases
• Scored 29 runs and drove in a team-best 36 runs
• Her 16 doubles were tied for the most in the Sun Belt Conference
• Had 13 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games
• Posted a six-game hit streak and reached base in 11 straight as well
• Was even better in SBC play as her .357 batting average versus the league was the second-best on the Jaguar roster
• 10 of her 16 doubles, four home runs and 24 RBI also came in conference play
• Had two doubles, scored a run and drove in a run against Mississippi Valley State (2/17)
• Had multi-hits in three-straight games (2/19-23)
• Walked three times and scored three times versus Bowling Green (3/4)
• Was 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and four RBI in the series finale versus Georgia State (3/19)
• Went 2-for-3 with a double, a run scored and two runs driven in versus Nicholls (4/11)
• Reached base all three of her plate appearances - double and two walks - in game one of the SBC series versus App State (4/14)
• Best stretch of the season came in a four-game span where she was a combined 9-for-14 with four doubles, two home runs, scored five times and drove in 15 runs
• Of those 15 runs, 12 came in the three-game series at Southern Miss (4/28-30)
• Became the first player in program history to record three grand slams in a career in the series opener against the Golden Eagles, and is just one of four players in program history to have multiple grand slams in her career
• Had three hits with a pair of doubles and drove in a career-high six runs (4/30)
• Had a pair of hits - a double and a home run - in the series opener against Troy and drove in three
FRESHMAN SEASON (2022)
• Athletic department’s Aurelia Crowell Award for the top freshman at its Annual Night of Champions ceremony
• Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll selection
• Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (3/15)
• Started 37 of the 33 games she played, seeing time at first, third, short and designated player
• Batted .214 with 21 hits - three doubles and six home run - while also scoring 11 times and driving in 25
• Both her home run (sixth) and RBI (10th) totals ranked among the top 10 by a freshman at South
• Five of her six home runs, 15 of her 21 hits and 20 of her RBI came in league play
• Had five multi-hit and five multi-RBI games, with the latter ranking third-most on the club
• Was 4-for-9 (.444) with the bases loaded and 6-for-13 (.462) with a runner at third and less than two out
• Of her 25 RBI, 12 came with two outs, which were most on the Jaguar roster
• Went 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs driven in and a run scored versus Belmont (2/25)
• Opened up SBC play with a .444 average and a 1.111 slugging percentage with a pair of grand slams in a three-game series at UTA (3/12-13)
• Drove in nine and recorded 10 total bases versus the Mavericks
• Capped off six-run first inning in game two of the series with a grand slam and then had a seventh-inning grand slam in the series finale that highlighted off a 10-0 victory
• The grand slam in game two of the series was the first for the program since 2019, and she became just the fourth player in program history to record two for her career and the first to do so in back-to-back games
• Drew an eighth-inning, bases-loaded walk versus Texas State (3/18) for a walk-off win in the series opener versus the Bobcats
• Recorded five hits, including a double and a pair of home runs, while driving in nine and scoring three times in the first two games of the series versusLouisiana
• Had two of South’s four home runs in the series opener versus the Ragin’ Cajuns (4/14) and became just the 12th player in program history to hit two or more home runs in a game
• The two home runs also tied a Jaguar Field record and marked the first two home run performance by a South Alabama player on their home field since Katelyn Gruich vs. Southern (4/11/18).
AT FAITH ACADEMY
• Lettered six seasons at Faith Academy in Mobile, Ala.
• Compiled a .432 career batting average and a .747 slugging percentage, in addition recording 44 home runs and 176 RBI
• Scored 116 runs and recorded 32 doubles and eight triples during her career
• Ranked No. 98 on Extra Innings Softball’s 2021 Extra Elite 100 list
• Selected to play in the North/South All-Star team prior to the start of her senior season
• Earned all-state honorable mention honors from the Alabama Sports Writers Association as well as all-region honors in 2018 and 2019
• Named region’s offensive player of the year as a sophomore
• Recorded 13 home runs, 15 doubles and drove in 44 runs as a senior, earning all-region and all-state honors
• Named Faith Academy Athlete of the Year (2021) and her team’s offensive player of the year
• Led the Rams to a state tournament appearance as a senior
• Named to the 2020 Al.com Coastal High School Terrific 20 and the publication’s Class 5A All-State Terrific 20 teams at both shortstop and catcher after hitting .522 with 13 RBI, four home runs and a 1.654 OPS during her junior COVID-19-shortened season
• Led the Rams to three regional appearances where Faith finished as runner up during her freshman season
• Posted 12 home runs for Faith as a freshman
• Played club ball for Impact Gold Premier where they finished as runner up at the TCS Fireworks where they were ranked 62nd nationally by Extra Innings
• Also played for Mississippi Bolts
PERSONAL
• Full name is Gabriella McKay Stagner
• Born in Mobile, Ala.
• Daughter of James and Larissa Stagner
• Oldest of three children in her family
• Has two younger sisters, Lillie and Mylee
• List one hobby as showing cows
• Wants to become a nurse
• Majoring in exercise science
