2026 Softball Roster
Roster
Carson Shaw
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Summerville HS
- Hometown:
- Summerville, S.C.
HONORS: 1x 2025 Big South Player of the Week, 2025 Big South First Team All-Conference, 2025 Big South All-Tournament Team, 2025 Big South Presidential Honor Roll, one of seven 4.0 students for Upstate Softball (Spring ‘25), 2026 Big South Preseason All-Conference Team, 2026 Big South First Team-Conference, 2026 Big South All-Tournament Team, 3x Big South Conference Champion, 2026 CSC Academic All-District
2026 (Senior): Appeared and started in all 61 games played (60 at First Base, one at DP).....had 170 at bats and 60 hits earning herself a new career-high .353 batting average....added nine doubles, five HRs, 15 runs scored, 37 RBI, went 2-for-3 on stolen bases, and finished with 84 total bases....added a season-high with three hits against Winthrop (4/10/26), tied her career high with a five-RBI game against Winthrop where she also added a career high of two HR’s vs. Winthrop to push the Spartans to the Championship (5/8/26).....added 402 putouts at first base with a .993 fielding percentage and 10 double plays turned....became a three-time conference champion aiding the Spartans in the three-peat winning against Winthrop (5/9/26)... started in all four games at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional where contributed to the Spartans winning against SE Louisiana & Belmont advancing to the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional for the first time in program history.
2025 (Junior): Appeared and started in all 55 games played at first base.....had 175 at bats and 57 hits earning herself a career-high .326 batting average....added nine doubles, seven HRs, 22 runs scored, 51 RBI, went 2-for-2 on stolen bases, and finished with 87 total bases....added a new game career-high with four hits against Gardner-Webb (4/19/25), also added a new career high with a five-RBI game against Radford March 29, 2025.....added 427 putouts at first base with a .998 fielding percentage and 16 double plays turned....was part of the 2025 Big South Conference Championship followed by traveling to the 2025 NCAA Clemson Regionals... started in both games against Clemson and Kentucky helping Upstate score their second run against the Tigers with a sacrifice fly.
2024 (Sophomore): Appeared in 46 games, making 42 starts ... Had 110 at-bats and 26 hits earning herself a .236 batting average ... Had three doubles and five homeruns ... Had 19 RBI and 44 total bases ... Recorded a season-high three hits against North Texas (3/2/24) ... Recorded a season-high three RBI against Kentucky (2/25/24)
2023 (Freshman): Appeared in 24 games, making seven starts … Had 26 at-bats and five hits earning herself a .192 batting average … Had two RBI and five total bases … Made her career debut against UMES (2/18/23) where Upstate won 11-0
