The University of Akron Athletics
2023 Akron Softball Roster

Jersey Number 14
Molly McChesney
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- High School:
- Verona Area
- Hometown:
- Verona, Wisc.
High School: Earned four varsity letters at Verona Area High School … as a senior posted a .594 batting average while turning in a .645 on-base percentage and 1.302 OPS … on the base path, stole 34 bases in 36 attempts (.944) … as a team, won two Big 8 Conference Championships (2016, 19), three Regional championships (2016, 18-19), Sectional championship (2018), and were State Qualifiers (2018) … two-time Big 8 All-Conference First-Team Outfield (2018-19), two-time All-Area outfielder, named the Big Co-Player of the Year (2019), First-Team All-Wisconsin outfielder, and earned Wisconsin’s Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association Outfielder of the Year … competed in the 2019 Senior All-Star game and the Team Wisconsin contest.
Personal:Daughter of Staci and Cleven McChesney… has one brother, Charlie (16) … her dad played football for the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, her uncle (Bret Brainard) played baseball at University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire and her uncle, Andrew Brainard, played football at St. Norbert College … majoring in exercise science-physiological sciences.
High School: Earned four varsity letters at Verona Area High School … as a senior posted a .594 batting average while turning in a .645 on-base percentage and 1.302 OPS … on the base path, stole 34 bases in 36 attempts (.944) … as a team, won two Big 8 Conference Championships (2016, 19), three Regional championships (2016, 18-19), Sectional championship (2018), and were State Qualifiers (2018) … two-time Big 8 All-Conference First-Team Outfield (2018-19), two-time All-Area outfielder, named the Big Co-Player of the Year (2019), First-Team All-Wisconsin outfielder, and earned Wisconsin’s Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association Outfielder of the Year … competed in the 2019 Senior All-Star game and the Team Wisconsin contest.
Personal:Daughter of Staci and Cleven McChesney… has one brother, Charlie (16) … her dad played football for the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, her uncle (Bret Brainard) played baseball at University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire and her uncle, Andrew Brainard, played football at St. Norbert College … majoring in exercise science-physiological sciences.
Personal:Daughter of Staci and Cleven McChesney… has one brother, Charlie (16) … her dad played football for the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, her uncle (Bret Brainard) played baseball at University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire and her uncle, Andrew Brainard, played football at St. Norbert College … majoring in exercise science-physiological sciences.
High School: Earned four varsity letters at Verona Area High School … as a senior posted a .594 batting average while turning in a .645 on-base percentage and 1.302 OPS … on the base path, stole 34 bases in 36 attempts (.944) … as a team, won two Big 8 Conference Championships (2016, 19), three Regional championships (2016, 18-19), Sectional championship (2018), and were State Qualifiers (2018) … two-time Big 8 All-Conference First-Team Outfield (2018-19), two-time All-Area outfielder, named the Big Co-Player of the Year (2019), First-Team All-Wisconsin outfielder, and earned Wisconsin’s Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association Outfielder of the Year … competed in the 2019 Senior All-Star game and the Team Wisconsin contest.
Personal:Daughter of Staci and Cleven McChesney… has one brother, Charlie (16) … her dad played football for the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, her uncle (Bret Brainard) played baseball at University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire and her uncle, Andrew Brainard, played football at St. Norbert College … majoring in exercise science-physiological sciences.
2026 Akron Zips Softball vs. Miami (Doubleheader)
Saturday, March 21
2026 Akron Zips Softball vs. Miami (Game 1)
Friday, March 20
2026 Akron Zips Softball Preseason Preview with Coach Craig Nicholson - 2/2/26
Monday, February 02
2026 Akron Zips Softball Preseason Preview with Student-Athletes - 2/2/26
Monday, February 02






