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2023 Softball Roster

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  • OF
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Spring, Texas
    Hometown
  • 5'7
    Height
  • Northland Christian
    High School
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Josie Bower
#44
Josie Bower
OF
Position
Senior
Class
Spring, Texas
Hometown

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Biography

2023 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2023 Big 12 Player fo the Week (May 9)
2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
2022Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team

2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2020 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall & Spring)
2020 Baylor Dean's List (Fall & Spring)
2019 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall & Spring)
2019 Baylor Dean’s List (Fall & Spring)
2019 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

2023
Appeared in 45 games, starting 31... Recorded 25 hits, with seven doubles and one home run … She moved to No. 2 all-time in career hit by pitches, with six on the season for a career total of 27 … Won Big 12 Player of the Week honors on 5/9 for helping the Bears to a sweep over No. 5 Texas … She went 5-for-8 at the plate against Texas, hitting .625 with a team-leading five RBIs … She hit a double for the Bears in game three against the Longhorns to get the rally going that lead to the bears win … Named to the 2023 Academic All-Big 12 First Team.  

2022
Appeared in 53 of 56 games, started 49 ... Recorded 41 hits, five doubles and three home runs ... Led the team with 30 RBIs … Tallied a career-high four RBIs against Texas (5/7) … Went 3-for-5 against North Alabama (5/24) with a home run … Hit a walk-off single against Kansas (5/25) to advance the team to the championship game of the NISC tournament … CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team … Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2021 
Started 43 of 46 games … Split time between DP and right field … Hit .289 with eight doubles and 15 RBI … Went a career-best 3-for-3 at the plate at BYU (4/2) … Finished with 10 multi-hit games … Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2020 
Hit her second HR of the season against Illinois … Hit her first career triple vs. Prairie View A&M and followed that up with her second career home run vs. Grand Canyon … Started the season with a hit in seven of the first eight games … Set a career high with a 10-game streak where she reached base safely … Recorded three RBI in back-to-back games on Feb. 14.

2019 
Appeared in 40 games on the season with 29 starts, mostly used in the outfield or as designated player ... Hit .194 on the year with seven RBIs ... Recorded a .292 slugging percentage and .326 on base percentage ... Recorded her first career hit in her first collegiate game against BYU ... Hit her first career home run vs. LSU (4/27) ... named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall & Spring) ... Named to the Baylor Dean's List (Fall & Spring) ... Recorded a 4.0 GPA on the year and was selected to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team.

HIGH SCHOOL:
Played high school ball Northland Christian Cougars in Houston, Texas, for head coach DaQueta Johnson ... Selected to the PGF Southwest All-America team for the national all-star game ... Top 200 Extra Elite Class of 2018 by Extra Inning Softball ... Holds her high school’s records in batting average (.718), on base percentage (.778), slugging percentage (1.154) and home runs ... Four-sport letterwinner in high school, starring in softball, basketball, volleyball and soccer ... Became the first female in school history to play baseball ... Three-time all-district selection in softball, two-time in basketball, and once each in soccer and volleyball ... Four-time Academic All-State selection ... Softball MVP and two-time basketball MVP ... Northland Christian Female Athlete of the Year in 2018 ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Volunteered with Special Olympics and Operation Christmas Child ... Played club ball for the Impact Gold (Houston) organization for coach Kelli Jacoby.

PERSONAL:
Parents are Greg and Rhonda Bower ... Has two siblings, Aaron and Brandon ... Majoring in Accounting.