Upcoming Event: Softball versus SMSU on September 14, 2025 at 1 p.m.
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1 p.m.
Softball
vs SMSU
South Dakota State University Athletics
2019 Softball Roster
Herdliska, Ali
Jersey Number 5
Ali Herdliska
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Solon H.S.
- Hometown:
- Solon, Iowa
Bio
Honors and Awards
2019: Started all 56 games at first base and played all available innings for the year … led the Jackrabbit offense all season with a .338/.483/.700 slash line … racked up 54 hits, 45 walks and 46 runs batted in … broke school’s single-season walks record and tied her own home run mark (16) … added eight doubles as part of 25 extras base hits … did not commit an error in the regular season, finishing with a .994 fielding percentage (including 451 putouts and 14 assists) … left school as career record holder in home runs (48), walks (125), runs batted in (168), total bases (404), runs scored (144), putouts (1,547) and chances (1,643) … owns Summit League career records in walks and home runs (tied) … second on team in multi-hit (15) games and tied for first with 11 multi-RBI showings … drove in four with her first-ever grand slam at North Florida (2/15) and had three RBIs against Southeast Missouri State (2/8), Drake (2/9), Central Arkansas (2/24), South Dakota (5/3) and Eastern Kentucky (5/16) … blasted two home runs against Western Illinois (4/8) … hit walk-off home run against Creighton (4/23) … launched go-ahead home run in NISC win over Eastern Kentucky (5/16) and had a three-run blast against Iowa State (5/17) … reached safely in the first 18 games of the season and failed to reach base only six times for the year.
2018: Started all 55 games at first base and played all but three available innings on the year … hit .320 (54 for 169) … tied for team-lead in home runs (10) and added six doubles … drove in 41 and worked team-high 28 walks for .533 slugging and .421 on-base percentages … fourth on team with 17 multi-hit games, picking up three-hit performances against Penn (3/6), Delaware State (3/11) and Western Illinois (4/29) … broke school’s career walks mark on April 7 and closed the season with 80 free passes … went 3 for 4 with two home runs against Western Illinois (4/29) to help team clinch top-two seed in Summit League Championships … reached safely in 13 consecutive games (4/5 – 5/1) after putting together an 11-game streak earlier in the year (2/26 – 3/10) … put together a .995 fielding percentage and did not commit an error in final 50 games of the season, including the entire Summit League portion of the schedule ... converted 358 putouts on the season with 11 assists, committing only two errors for the year … had four double-digit putout games.
2017: Started all 54 games, splitting time between first (44 games), third (nine games) and second (one game) bases … led team in nearly every offensive category, hitting .338 (54 for 160) with 18 doubles, two triples, six home runs, 36 runs batted in and 18 walks … led conference and ranked among the national leaders in doubles … sits second on SDSU’s single season record list for doubles, sixth at SDSU in RBI and slugging percentage (.588) and seventh in total bases (94) … posted a .413 on-base mark ... in the field, record 303 putouts with 30 assists and 11 errors in 343 chances for a .968 fielding mark … put together a team-best 14 multi-hit games and had RBIs on 11 different occasions … racked up three hits on three different occasions, reaching the mark against South Carolina State (2/17), St. Bonaventure (3/7) and Fort Wayne (4/16) … drove in a career-high five (also the No. 2 mark in SDSU’s Division I history) against Alabama A&M (2/26) and pushed four runs across against Holy Cross (3/10) ... reached base safely in 11 consecutive games from 3/18 to 4/5 and hit safely during that streak in seven straight contests.
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2016: Started 55 of 56 games as the Jacks first baseman … lead team by hitting .322, slugging .725 and posting a .461 on-base percentage … went 48 for 149 at the plate, leading the team in hits and runs scored (38) … matched the school record for home runs in a season with 16 while adding six doubles, three triples and a team-leading 45 RBI … walked 34 times … went 2 for 2 on stolen base attempts and was also hit by six pitches … recorded 435 putouts on the season and had 17 assists to go with just eight errors for a .983 fielding percentage … in conference play, hit .395 and slugged nine home runs with 16 RBI … hit two home runs at Creighton (3/30) and Omaha (4/10) … racked up 10 total bases at Creighton (3/30) where she also had five RBI … led the team with 13 multi-RBI games, including a five-RBI performance at Creighton (3/30) … worked four walks against South Dakota (5/6) …  matched school’s single-season home run record with a round-tripper in game two of a doubleheader with South Dakota (5/6) … had four three-hit performances … ended the season on a five-game hitting streak and a 10-game reaching safely streak.
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Before SDSU: Five-time varsity letterwinner ... Â posted a .402 batting average, with 16 doubles as an eighth grader ... entered her senior season with 55 doubles, a triple and 15 home runs to her credit ... earned all-conference Honorable Mention as an eighth grader, adding both First Team all-conference and Second Team All-State following her sophomore and junior seasons ... played club ball with the Eastern Iowa Barracudas ... also earned four varsity letters in soccer and three in basketball, earning Second Team all-conference honors in both during her junior year.
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Personal: Born January 19, 1997 in Solon, Iowa … daughter of Mike and Kelly Herdliska … has two siblings, Payton (brother) and Danielle (sister) … majoring in early childhood education.
- 2019 NFCA All-Midwest Region Second Team
- 2018 NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team
- Three-time All-Summit League Second Team (2017, 2018, 2019)
- 2016 All-Summit League First Team
- 2016 Summit League Freshman of the Year
- Two-time Summit League Player of the Week (3/14/17, 4/17/17)
- Three-time Summit League All-Academic Team (2017, 2018, 2019)
- 2018 Summit League All-Tournament Team
- 2018 NISC Greeley Regional All-Tournament Team
- 2019 NISC Ames Regional All-Tournament Team
2019: Started all 56 games at first base and played all available innings for the year … led the Jackrabbit offense all season with a .338/.483/.700 slash line … racked up 54 hits, 45 walks and 46 runs batted in … broke school’s single-season walks record and tied her own home run mark (16) … added eight doubles as part of 25 extras base hits … did not commit an error in the regular season, finishing with a .994 fielding percentage (including 451 putouts and 14 assists) … left school as career record holder in home runs (48), walks (125), runs batted in (168), total bases (404), runs scored (144), putouts (1,547) and chances (1,643) … owns Summit League career records in walks and home runs (tied) … second on team in multi-hit (15) games and tied for first with 11 multi-RBI showings … drove in four with her first-ever grand slam at North Florida (2/15) and had three RBIs against Southeast Missouri State (2/8), Drake (2/9), Central Arkansas (2/24), South Dakota (5/3) and Eastern Kentucky (5/16) … blasted two home runs against Western Illinois (4/8) … hit walk-off home run against Creighton (4/23) … launched go-ahead home run in NISC win over Eastern Kentucky (5/16) and had a three-run blast against Iowa State (5/17) … reached safely in the first 18 games of the season and failed to reach base only six times for the year.
2018: Started all 55 games at first base and played all but three available innings on the year … hit .320 (54 for 169) … tied for team-lead in home runs (10) and added six doubles … drove in 41 and worked team-high 28 walks for .533 slugging and .421 on-base percentages … fourth on team with 17 multi-hit games, picking up three-hit performances against Penn (3/6), Delaware State (3/11) and Western Illinois (4/29) … broke school’s career walks mark on April 7 and closed the season with 80 free passes … went 3 for 4 with two home runs against Western Illinois (4/29) to help team clinch top-two seed in Summit League Championships … reached safely in 13 consecutive games (4/5 – 5/1) after putting together an 11-game streak earlier in the year (2/26 – 3/10) … put together a .995 fielding percentage and did not commit an error in final 50 games of the season, including the entire Summit League portion of the schedule ... converted 358 putouts on the season with 11 assists, committing only two errors for the year … had four double-digit putout games.
2017: Started all 54 games, splitting time between first (44 games), third (nine games) and second (one game) bases … led team in nearly every offensive category, hitting .338 (54 for 160) with 18 doubles, two triples, six home runs, 36 runs batted in and 18 walks … led conference and ranked among the national leaders in doubles … sits second on SDSU’s single season record list for doubles, sixth at SDSU in RBI and slugging percentage (.588) and seventh in total bases (94) … posted a .413 on-base mark ... in the field, record 303 putouts with 30 assists and 11 errors in 343 chances for a .968 fielding mark … put together a team-best 14 multi-hit games and had RBIs on 11 different occasions … racked up three hits on three different occasions, reaching the mark against South Carolina State (2/17), St. Bonaventure (3/7) and Fort Wayne (4/16) … drove in a career-high five (also the No. 2 mark in SDSU’s Division I history) against Alabama A&M (2/26) and pushed four runs across against Holy Cross (3/10) ... reached base safely in 11 consecutive games from 3/18 to 4/5 and hit safely during that streak in seven straight contests.
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2016: Started 55 of 56 games as the Jacks first baseman … lead team by hitting .322, slugging .725 and posting a .461 on-base percentage … went 48 for 149 at the plate, leading the team in hits and runs scored (38) … matched the school record for home runs in a season with 16 while adding six doubles, three triples and a team-leading 45 RBI … walked 34 times … went 2 for 2 on stolen base attempts and was also hit by six pitches … recorded 435 putouts on the season and had 17 assists to go with just eight errors for a .983 fielding percentage … in conference play, hit .395 and slugged nine home runs with 16 RBI … hit two home runs at Creighton (3/30) and Omaha (4/10) … racked up 10 total bases at Creighton (3/30) where she also had five RBI … led the team with 13 multi-RBI games, including a five-RBI performance at Creighton (3/30) … worked four walks against South Dakota (5/6) …  matched school’s single-season home run record with a round-tripper in game two of a doubleheader with South Dakota (5/6) … had four three-hit performances … ended the season on a five-game hitting streak and a 10-game reaching safely streak.
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Before SDSU: Five-time varsity letterwinner ... Â posted a .402 batting average, with 16 doubles as an eighth grader ... entered her senior season with 55 doubles, a triple and 15 home runs to her credit ... earned all-conference Honorable Mention as an eighth grader, adding both First Team all-conference and Second Team All-State following her sophomore and junior seasons ... played club ball with the Eastern Iowa Barracudas ... also earned four varsity letters in soccer and three in basketball, earning Second Team all-conference honors in both during her junior year.
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Personal: Born January 19, 1997 in Solon, Iowa … daughter of Mike and Kelly Herdliska … has two siblings, Payton (brother) and Danielle (sister) … majoring in early childhood education.
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