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Jersey Number 18
Karley Shelton
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-5
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Lexington, S.C.
- High School:
- Lexington
HONORS
- 2026 CSC All-District
2026 - JUNIOR (SOUTH CAROLINA)
- Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team
- Named the Preseason No. 9 second baseman D1Softball
- Listed as the Preseason No. 68 overall player by Softball America
- Played and started all 60 games at second base
- Led the team with 68 hits and 16 doubles
- Second on the team in batting average, slugging percentage, RBIs, and total bases
- Led the team with 11 multi-RBI games
- Second on the team with 17 multi-hit games
- Tied a career-long with an 11-game hitting streak
- Had a 15 game on-base streak
- Drew a season-high two walks at Missouri (4/17) and North Carolina (4/22)
- Had a season-high four hits against Kennesaw State (2/14)
- Drove in a season-high four runs against Winthrop (2/8) and Kennesaw State (2/14)
- Scored a season-high three runs four times
- Had two doubles against Syracuse (2/6)
- Hit two home runs against Winthrop (2/8)
- Went 4-for-4 with a double and four RBIs against Kennesaw State (2/14)
- Added three hits and three RBIs at Coastal Carolina (3/11)
- Had the game-winning sacrifice bunt to walk off then-No. 11 Texas A&M (4/26)
- Had the game-winning hit against Saint Mary’s (2/21)
- Her 16 doubles rank tied for 13th all-time in a season.
2025 - SOPHOMORE (SOUTH CAROLINA)
- Played and started in all 61 games at second base
- Led the team with 68 hits, 58 runs, and 18 doubles
- Second on the team with a .343 batting average
- Third on the team with 41 RBIs
- Her 58 runs rank fifth all-time in program history
- Her 18 doubles tie for fifth in a single season
- Was third on the team with 13 double plays turned
- She is one of three players in program history with three doubles in a game (at Charlotte, 2/25), the first since 2010
- Her 113 assists rank fourth all-time in a season by a second baseman
- Twice had a three-hit game (Charlotte, 2/25; Ole Miss, 4/6)
- Second on the team with 18 multi-hit games
- Twice drove in three runs in a game (Duke, 2/28; Kentucky, 4/19)
- Second on the team with 13 multi-RBI games
- Scored three runs on four different occasions
- Had a 10-game hitting streak
- Had a 20-game on-base streak.
2024 - FRESHMAN (SOUTH CAROLINA)
- Named to the SEC Spring Honor Roll
- Named to the SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
- Named an NFCA All-Scholar
- Played 50 games, starting 34 times, primarily at second base
- Began her collegiate career by going 2-for-2 with three RBIs and two runs against UNCG (2/9)
- Connected on her first home run against No. 13 Utah (2/15)
- Scored a season-high three runs against UC San Diego (2/17)
- Had four multi-hit games
- Had three multi-RBI games
- Had a season-high five assists against UC Davis (2/17)
- Recorded a season-high four putouts against UMass (2/24)
- Part of the first triple play in recorded program history against Charleston Southern (3/27).
HIGH SCHOOL/TRAVEL BALL
- Graduated a year early to enroll at South Carolina
- Played at Lexington HS in Lexington, S.C.
- Was a three-year varsity player for the Wildcats
- As a junior, she was named to the All-State team and named the Region 4 Player of the Year
- Hit .456 with 35 RBIs, five home runs, 12 doubles and five triples
- As a sophomore, she was named to the Western Conference First Team
- Batted .451 with 24 RBIs, six doubles, four triples, and a home run
- As a freshman, she was named the FACA 7A District Player of the Year and was named to the Western Conference First Team
- Batted .507 with 43 RBIs, 12 doubles and 12 home runs
- Helped her team to a Regional title in 2023 and three straight District titles
- With her club team LLG Corn DPS, she was named runner-up for National Player of the Week by Extra Inning Softball for the Colorado Sparkler in 2021
- Led her squad to the 2020 16u SEFL Fall Championship, where she was named the Most Valuable Player
- Ranked as the No. 9 player by Extra Innings Softball in the class of 2024.
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