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2020 Softball Roster

Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
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Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

17 Sommer Grzybek

  • Position Outfielder
  • B/T R/R
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • School CC
  • Hometown Cooper City, Fla.
  • Highschool Cooper City

Biography

Honors & Awards:
- 2019 NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Second Team
- 2019 First Team All-Ivy League
- 2019 Second Team All-ECAC
- 2018 Second Team All-Ivy League
- 2017 Second Team All-Ivy League
- Finalist - 2016-17 Columbia University Female Rookie of the Year
- Four-time Ivy League Player of teh Week
- Three-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week (2017)

2019: NFCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Second Team … First Team All-Ivy League … Second Team All-ECAC … Twice named Ivy League Player of the Week … Played and started 37 of the 45 games, missing eight games due to injury … Started the first 16 games of the season in the outfield and started her final 21 as the DP after returning from injury … Led the Ivy League in home runs (9), ranked No. 2 in slugging (.689), No. 5 in RBI (28), No. 8 in on-base percentage (.460), No. 6 in total bases (71), No. 9 in batting average (.359) and No. 10 in walks (17) … Slugging percentage ranked among the top 100 in the NCAA and was the third-highest in Columbia single-season history … Hit .400 in Ivy League play with a .667 slugging percentage and .481 OBP … Tallied 12 RBI in 15 of the 21 games, missing six due to injury … Homered four times on opening weekend at the FIU Panther Invitational, including a two-homer game against the Panthers, and was honored on the NFCA’s Top Performances of the Week … Went 6-for-10 with two home runs, 10 RBI and two runs scored in a series sweep over Cornell (April 13-14) … Homered and drove in two runs in a crucial 5-4 victory over Penn to win the rubber game of the series … Went 2-for-4 with a run, a double and an RBI in her Ivy League Playoff Series debut (May 10).

2018: Second Team All-Ivy league … Played and started all 40 games in the outfield … Completed the year among the Ivy League’s Top 10 in runs scored (27), RBIs (27), at-bats (129) and walks (17) … Hit .318 with a .399 on-base percentage and .504 slugging percentage … Had a career-best 11-game hitting streak (Feb. 24 – March 13) in which she hit .417 with four runs, six RBIs, four walks and two stolen bases … Posted three straight multi-hit games over Columbia’s spring break trip to California, finishing the week 8-for-18 (.444) with two runs and three RBIs … Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll (March 12) … Went 2-for-4 with a career-high four RBIs, including a game-tying two-run home run in the seventh inning, as part of Columbia, 8-6, extra-inning victory at Penn (March 17) … One of six Lions to homer in an 11-10, eight-inning victory over Fairfield (March 28) … Homered in games 1 and 2 of Columbia’s three-game sweep at Brown (April 13-14) … Went a combined 4-for-5 with four runs, four RBIs and a home run as Columbia outscored defending Ivy League champion Princeton, 18-1, to win the first two games of the series (April 21) … Named Ivy League Player of the Week for the second time in her career after posting a .500 batting average (5-for-10), .583 OBP and .900 slugging percentage in four games (April 23).

2017: Second Team All-Ivy League … Finalist for Columbia University Female Rookie of the Year ... Name Ivy League Player of the Week once and Rookie of the Week three times … One of three Lions to start all 48 games … Broke Columbia’s single-season record in slugging (.690) and tied the record in home runs (10) … Led the Ivy League in home runs, while ranking No. 2 in doubles (13), RBIs (35) and total bases (100) … Hit .366 with a .440 on-base percentage, 53 hits and 100 total bases, all of which ranked among the top-five in the Ivy League … Registered a team-leading 13 doubles and two triples, while placing second in runs scored (28) … 14 multi-hit games, including three three-hit games and one four-hit game … Made her collegiate debut on opening day at the EMU Madeira Beach Invitational, coming up with two RBIs including a solo home run to center against Albany for her first career hit (Feb. 24) … Hit .320 during her first of two seven-game hitting streaks (Feb. 25 – March 11) … Hit .455 with a home run, two doubles, six runs and six RBIs during her second seven-game hitting streak (March 14 – March 19) … Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored, including her first triple to plate the go-ahead runs in the sixth in a 9-8 victory over George Mason (March 17) … Went 3-for-4 the next day with her second triple and two runs in a 6-5 extra-inning victory over the Patriots (March 18) … Had a three-RBI game later that day against Jacksonville (March 18) … Stole her first base the next day against the Dolphins (March 19) … Named Ivy League Player and Rookie of the Week (March 20) … Had two walk-off hits to begin her Ivy League career, including a ninth-inning home run in game two to lead the Lions in a sweep over Dartmouth (April 1) … Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for a second time (April 3) … Went 4-for-5 with a double, home run, two runs and five RBIs in a doubleheader sweep over Saint Peter’s (April 13) … Had a 5-for-7 day at the plate in games three and four of a four-game series against Cornell, which included two doubles and three RBIs (April 16) … Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for a third time and an NFCA Top Selected Performer for the week of April 10-16 … Followed it up with a 4-for-8, four-run, four-RBI doubleheader that included a home run in a Columbia sweep over Rider (April 19) … Went 4-for-4 with two doubles, three runs, two RBIs and her record-tying 10th home run of the season in a 10-2 victory over Manhattan (April 26).

Personal: Played outfield and first base at Cooper City High School in Florida ... A first team all-state selection her senior season, picking up first team all-county honors her final two seasons ... Helped Cooper City to district titles during her rookie and senior campaigns ... Tallied seven home runs her junior year and added two grand slams during her senior year ... Also played for the Lady Gators Jackson 18U team ... The daughter of Nieves and Benjamin Grzybek ... Sister, Stormi Grzybek, played softball at the University of South Florida ... Enrolled in Columbia College.

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2017First Year

    Outfielder
    17
  • 17

    2018Sophomore

    Outfielder
    5'10"
    17
  • 17

    2019Junior

    Outfielder
    5'10"
    17
  • 17

    2020Senior

    Outfielder
    5'10"
    17