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
2018 Softball Roster
Andersen, Julia
Jersey Number 3
Julia Andersen
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Papillion-LaVista H.S.
- Hometown:
- Papillion, Neb.
Bio
Honors and Awards
2019: Started all 52 of her appearances, splitting time between center (23 starts) and right (29 starts) fields … led team with 15 doubles, hitting .293 for the season (53 for 181) … added six home runs (third-most among Jacks) and three triples, driving in 35 to go with 15 walks … third on team with a .508 slugging percentage … did not commit an error in the outfield, converting all 54 of her chances (with two assists) … had 12 multi-hit games, including three-hit showings against Penn State (3/8) and South Dakota (5/3) … tied for team-lead for multi-RBI games (11), with three, three-RBI affairs against Detroit Mercy (3/6), Colgate (3/9) and South Dakota (5/3) … broke school’s career doubles record at Kansas City (3/16) and finished her career with 44 … left school with the seventh-most hits in a career (193) as well.
2018: Started all 55 games, splitting time between center (44 starts) and right (11 starts) … second on team with a .397 average, tying the school’s single-season hits (77) and doubles (19) records … added three triples and four home runs … drove in 38 and scored 51 runs, passing the previous single-season runs mark to sit second behind teammate Abbey Murphy … worked 19 walks to finish with .588 slugging and .453 on-base percentages … tallied 23 multi-hit games, including nine three-hit performances … had 10 multi-RBI games, including a pair of four-RBI contests against Green Bay (2/11) and Dakota State (4/24) … committed only two errors on the season for a .978 fielding percentage, converting 88 putouts and two assists … threw a runner out at the plate from center against Penn (3/6), and started an 8-6-2 putout at home against Loyola Marymount in the first NISC regional title game (5/18).
2017: Appeared in and started all 54 games, splitting time between center (37 starts) and right (17 starts) fields … hit .261 (46 for 176) at the plate with nine doubles, two home runs and two triples … racked up 18 RBI and 68 total bases putting together .369 slugging and .307 on-base percentages … worked eight walks and was hit by four pitches … scored 21 runs … led the team in sacrifice hits (11) while sitting second in total hits and doubles (tied) … led all outfielders in putouts (78) and assists (six) while committing just four errors for a .955 fielding mark … second on the team with 13 multi-hit games … tied for third with four multi-RBI performances, including a pair of three-RBI games (3/11 vs Central Connecticut State; 4/15 vs Fort Wayne) … reached base safely in the final five games of the year and will carry the streak into 2018 … hit home runs at IUPUI (3/24) and against Western Illinois (5/10).
2016: Appeared in 35 games with 28 starts, splitting time between right field (24 starts), designated hitter (four starts) and pitcher … hit .189 (17 for 90) at the plate and posted a 5.48 ERA with a 1-0 record … had one double and one triple for the season with eight RBI … scored 13 runs while working eight walks on the year … posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with 27 putouts and three assists … for conference play only, hit .222 (8 for 35) in the circle, made five appearances and threw 7.2 innings, allowing 11 hits, 12 runs (six earned) and six walks … struck out four and held opponents to a .324 batting average against ... had four multi-hit games and two-multi-RBI games … recorded a season-high three putouts at Omaha (4/9) and against South Dakota (5/6).
Before SDSU: Four-time varsity letterwinner ... posted a 1.76 ERA as a junior with 108 strikeouts and a 2.32 ERA with 116 strikeouts as a senior captain ... hit .534 as a junior with a .670 slugging percentage and no strikeouts and .477 with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage as a senior ... earned a pair of First Team All-State nods to go along with Second Team and Honorable Mention All-State selections in her career ... also earned First Team All-Region and First Team High School All-American in 2013 ... earned Class ‘A’ First Team All-State and Second Team Super State from the Lincoln Journal Star and Class ‘A’ First Team and All-Metro Conference from the Omaha World Herald, all for her efforts in the pitching circle in 2014 ... named an All-American Scholar Athlete as a four-year honor roll student and two-year member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Born May 31, 1996 in Omaha, Neb. … daughter of Todd and Jennifer Andersen … has three sisters, Bailey, Maggie and Chase … majoring in advertising with a minor in marketing.
- 2018 NFCA All-Midwest Region Second Team
- 2018 All-Summit League First Team
- Two-time Summit League All-Tournament Team (2018, 2019)
- Summit League Player of the Week (3/11/19)
- 2018 NISC Greeley Regional All-Tournament Team
- 2019 NISC Ames Regional All-Tournament Team
2019: Started all 52 of her appearances, splitting time between center (23 starts) and right (29 starts) fields … led team with 15 doubles, hitting .293 for the season (53 for 181) … added six home runs (third-most among Jacks) and three triples, driving in 35 to go with 15 walks … third on team with a .508 slugging percentage … did not commit an error in the outfield, converting all 54 of her chances (with two assists) … had 12 multi-hit games, including three-hit showings against Penn State (3/8) and South Dakota (5/3) … tied for team-lead for multi-RBI games (11), with three, three-RBI affairs against Detroit Mercy (3/6), Colgate (3/9) and South Dakota (5/3) … broke school’s career doubles record at Kansas City (3/16) and finished her career with 44 … left school with the seventh-most hits in a career (193) as well.
2018: Started all 55 games, splitting time between center (44 starts) and right (11 starts) … second on team with a .397 average, tying the school’s single-season hits (77) and doubles (19) records … added three triples and four home runs … drove in 38 and scored 51 runs, passing the previous single-season runs mark to sit second behind teammate Abbey Murphy … worked 19 walks to finish with .588 slugging and .453 on-base percentages … tallied 23 multi-hit games, including nine three-hit performances … had 10 multi-RBI games, including a pair of four-RBI contests against Green Bay (2/11) and Dakota State (4/24) … committed only two errors on the season for a .978 fielding percentage, converting 88 putouts and two assists … threw a runner out at the plate from center against Penn (3/6), and started an 8-6-2 putout at home against Loyola Marymount in the first NISC regional title game (5/18).
2017: Appeared in and started all 54 games, splitting time between center (37 starts) and right (17 starts) fields … hit .261 (46 for 176) at the plate with nine doubles, two home runs and two triples … racked up 18 RBI and 68 total bases putting together .369 slugging and .307 on-base percentages … worked eight walks and was hit by four pitches … scored 21 runs … led the team in sacrifice hits (11) while sitting second in total hits and doubles (tied) … led all outfielders in putouts (78) and assists (six) while committing just four errors for a .955 fielding mark … second on the team with 13 multi-hit games … tied for third with four multi-RBI performances, including a pair of three-RBI games (3/11 vs Central Connecticut State; 4/15 vs Fort Wayne) … reached base safely in the final five games of the year and will carry the streak into 2018 … hit home runs at IUPUI (3/24) and against Western Illinois (5/10).
2016: Appeared in 35 games with 28 starts, splitting time between right field (24 starts), designated hitter (four starts) and pitcher … hit .189 (17 for 90) at the plate and posted a 5.48 ERA with a 1-0 record … had one double and one triple for the season with eight RBI … scored 13 runs while working eight walks on the year … posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with 27 putouts and three assists … for conference play only, hit .222 (8 for 35) in the circle, made five appearances and threw 7.2 innings, allowing 11 hits, 12 runs (six earned) and six walks … struck out four and held opponents to a .324 batting average against ... had four multi-hit games and two-multi-RBI games … recorded a season-high three putouts at Omaha (4/9) and against South Dakota (5/6).
Before SDSU: Four-time varsity letterwinner ... posted a 1.76 ERA as a junior with 108 strikeouts and a 2.32 ERA with 116 strikeouts as a senior captain ... hit .534 as a junior with a .670 slugging percentage and no strikeouts and .477 with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage as a senior ... earned a pair of First Team All-State nods to go along with Second Team and Honorable Mention All-State selections in her career ... also earned First Team All-Region and First Team High School All-American in 2013 ... earned Class ‘A’ First Team All-State and Second Team Super State from the Lincoln Journal Star and Class ‘A’ First Team and All-Metro Conference from the Omaha World Herald, all for her efforts in the pitching circle in 2014 ... named an All-American Scholar Athlete as a four-year honor roll student and two-year member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Born May 31, 1996 in Omaha, Neb. … daughter of Todd and Jennifer Andersen … has three sisters, Bailey, Maggie and Chase … majoring in advertising with a minor in marketing.
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