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
McQuistan, Mallory
Jersey Number 17
Mallory McQuistan
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Fremont H.S.
- Hometown:
- Fremont, Neb.
Bio
Honors and Awards
2019: Started 47 games behind the plate and appeared in 51 contests … fourth on team with a .289 average, going 41 for 142 on the year … tallied second-most doubles (nine) and third-most home runs (six) … drove in 31 and drew 18 walks … caught 14 runners stealing … had 10 multi-hit games, including four, three-hit contests against Western Illinois (4/8), Purdue Fort Wayne (4/20), South Dakota (5/4) and Eastern Kentucky (5/16) … drove in four runs against Purdue Fort Wayne (4/20 and 5/9), blasting her first-career grand-slam against the Mastodons in the Summit League Tournament …finished the year with seven multi-RBI games … closed her career with 17 home runs (seventh-most as SDSU) and a .986 fielding percentage, the third-best mark at State.
2018: Started 34 games and appeared in 43, splitting starts between catcher (26) and designated player (eight) … hit .255 on the year (24 for 94) with two doubles and six home runs … drove in 22 and worked 14 walks … posted .468 slugging and .372 on-base percentages … recorded 103 putouts and had 17 assists for a .984 fielding percentage … tallied five multi-hit games, including a three-hit performance against Delaware State (3/11) … had six game with multi RBIs, with a four-RBI showing February 11 against Green Bay as she went 2 for 2 with a three-run home run … had three assists from behind the plate at Kansas (2/27) and UMKC (3/24).
2017: Started 42 games and appeared in 47, splitting starts between catcher (37 games) and designated hitter (five games) … hit .283 (32 for 113) and had 19 runs with 18 RBI … racked up six doubles and five home runs, adding a triple and 10 walks … hit by seven pitches … recorded 157 putouts and 26 assists, committing four errors for a .979 fielding percentage … slugged .487 and posted a .371 on-base mark … put together six multi-hit games and four multi-RBI performances, including a three-RBI game at South Dakota (4/1) … hit home runs against Canisius (3/11), at South Dakota (4/1), at North Dakota (4/5), against Omaha (4/22) and Western Illinois (5/6).
2016: Started eight games and appeared in 21 at catcher … hit .250 (7 for 28) and had one run with five RBI … drew five walks and was hit by two pitches … recorded 36 putouts and had two assists … had six putouts against North Dakota State (4/15) and Dakota Wesleyan (4/12) … had two RBI against NDSU (4/15) where she had one of her two-hit games.
Before SDSU: Four-time varsity letterwinner ... set Fremont High School single-season records with a .500 batting average, 16 doubles and 31 RBI as a senior ... also holds the school single-season records with 20 stolen bases and 11 home runs, and set a school record with 23 career home runs ... First Team all-conference and All-State Honorable Mention selection in her sophomore through junior seasons ... First Team All-State selection as a senior ... named Class ‘A’ Honorable Mention from both the Lincoln Journal Star and Omaha World Herald as a senior ... five-time academic all-conference selection in three sports ... honor roll student ... three-time academic letterwinner ... also earned two varsity letters in track and field and one in basketball ... played club ball on the Echoes Elite Gold.
Personal: Born November 12, 1996 in Fremont, Neb. … daughter of Eric and Jennifer McQuistan … has two brothers, Dillon and Brock … majoring in sociology with a minor in criminal justice.
- 2019 Summit League All-Tournament Team
- 2019 NISC Ames Regional All-Tournament Team
2019: Started 47 games behind the plate and appeared in 51 contests … fourth on team with a .289 average, going 41 for 142 on the year … tallied second-most doubles (nine) and third-most home runs (six) … drove in 31 and drew 18 walks … caught 14 runners stealing … had 10 multi-hit games, including four, three-hit contests against Western Illinois (4/8), Purdue Fort Wayne (4/20), South Dakota (5/4) and Eastern Kentucky (5/16) … drove in four runs against Purdue Fort Wayne (4/20 and 5/9), blasting her first-career grand-slam against the Mastodons in the Summit League Tournament …finished the year with seven multi-RBI games … closed her career with 17 home runs (seventh-most as SDSU) and a .986 fielding percentage, the third-best mark at State.
2018: Started 34 games and appeared in 43, splitting starts between catcher (26) and designated player (eight) … hit .255 on the year (24 for 94) with two doubles and six home runs … drove in 22 and worked 14 walks … posted .468 slugging and .372 on-base percentages … recorded 103 putouts and had 17 assists for a .984 fielding percentage … tallied five multi-hit games, including a three-hit performance against Delaware State (3/11) … had six game with multi RBIs, with a four-RBI showing February 11 against Green Bay as she went 2 for 2 with a three-run home run … had three assists from behind the plate at Kansas (2/27) and UMKC (3/24).
2017: Started 42 games and appeared in 47, splitting starts between catcher (37 games) and designated hitter (five games) … hit .283 (32 for 113) and had 19 runs with 18 RBI … racked up six doubles and five home runs, adding a triple and 10 walks … hit by seven pitches … recorded 157 putouts and 26 assists, committing four errors for a .979 fielding percentage … slugged .487 and posted a .371 on-base mark … put together six multi-hit games and four multi-RBI performances, including a three-RBI game at South Dakota (4/1) … hit home runs against Canisius (3/11), at South Dakota (4/1), at North Dakota (4/5), against Omaha (4/22) and Western Illinois (5/6).
2016: Started eight games and appeared in 21 at catcher … hit .250 (7 for 28) and had one run with five RBI … drew five walks and was hit by two pitches … recorded 36 putouts and had two assists … had six putouts against North Dakota State (4/15) and Dakota Wesleyan (4/12) … had two RBI against NDSU (4/15) where she had one of her two-hit games.
Before SDSU: Four-time varsity letterwinner ... set Fremont High School single-season records with a .500 batting average, 16 doubles and 31 RBI as a senior ... also holds the school single-season records with 20 stolen bases and 11 home runs, and set a school record with 23 career home runs ... First Team all-conference and All-State Honorable Mention selection in her sophomore through junior seasons ... First Team All-State selection as a senior ... named Class ‘A’ Honorable Mention from both the Lincoln Journal Star and Omaha World Herald as a senior ... five-time academic all-conference selection in three sports ... honor roll student ... three-time academic letterwinner ... also earned two varsity letters in track and field and one in basketball ... played club ball on the Echoes Elite Gold.
Personal: Born November 12, 1996 in Fremont, Neb. … daughter of Eric and Jennifer McQuistan … has two brothers, Dillon and Brock … majoring in sociology with a minor in criminal justice.
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