The University of Akron Athletics
2010 Softball

Sarah Earley
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Peters Township
- Hometown:
- Venetia, Pa.
as a Junior (2010): Started 50 games for theZips ... Hit .268 at the plate with 33 hits and 10 RBI in 123at-bats ... Scored 17 runs and stole 16 bases in 23 attempts ...Led the team with two triples ... Recorded 71 putouts and 36assists in the field ... Went 3-for-4 with 3 RBI, including atriple, against Buffalo (April 23) ... Finished 2-for-2 with 2 RBIand a triple against Bowling Green (April 30).
as a Sophomore (2009): Started all 59 games atshortstop … posted a .250 batting average grabbing 35 hitswhile scoring 22 runs … hit a .324 with runners in scoringposition … boasted 17 stolen bases on 21 attempts, the mostof any returning player … tied fellow teammate Krista Hansen for a team-high 16 sacrificehits … posted six two-hit contests … on the fieldposted 105 putouts and 68 assists ... grabbed a base hit and stolenbase in the season opener against University of Tennessee-Martin(Feb. 7) … went 2-for-3 with a run and RBI and two stolenbags in Akron’s 9-2 win over Alabama State (Feb. 8) …best offensive performance came against Youngstown State (April 21)with a 2-for-3 performance, two RBI and two runs while adding astolen bag … had two hits with two RBI against St. Francis(April 28) … defensively had a season-high five putouts andone assist versus James Madison (Feb. 14) ... a standout in theclassroom named to the CoSIDA ESPN Academic All-District IV teamand All-MAC academic squad.
as a Freshman (2008): Started all 58 games, themajority at shortstop ... had 19 stolen bases, the most of anyfreshmen ... had 31 hits while driving in seven runs ... scored 21runs ... on the field finished the year with 108 assists and 77putouts ... recorded her first collegiate hit against Alabama State(Feb. 9) ... was 2-3 while scoring one run against UNC Wilmington(Feb. 29) ... went 1-1 with a double and a run scored vs. EasternKentucky (Feb. 22) ... came through with two hits, two runs scoredand three stolen bases vs. Buffalo (April 5-6) ... went 2-3 andscored a run and stole a base vs. Eastern Michigan (April 18) ...went 2-3 with a run scored against Central Michigan (April 20) ...was 1-2 with two RBI and a stolen base vs. Toledo (May 2).
at Peters Township High School: Was a dynamicathlete and four-year softball letterwinner ... as a freshman wasThe Almanac Newspaper’s softball “Rookie of theYear” ... her sophomore, junior and senior year she was apart of the newspaper’s “Diamond Dozen” ... alsoparticipated in track and field, diving and field hockey ... wasvoted captain of both the softball and field hockey teams as asenior ... set the school’s pole vault record in 2004 ...received the prestigious US army scholar athlete award.
Personal: Daughter of Nelson and Susan Earley ... hasthree siblings, Nelson (25), Liz (23) and Cambrea (11) ... ismajoring in applied mathematics ... was a 2007-08 and 2008-09Scholar-Baller ... born May 17, 1988.