2026 Softball Roster
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Jersey Number 6
Ella Christopher
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Lake Brantley HS
- Hometown:
- Longwood, Fla.
HONORS: 1x Big South Player of the Week (5/4/26), 1x Big South Conference Champion (2026), Sparty Awards Female Newcomer of the Year (2026)
2026 (Senior): Made Upstate debut on Feb. 6, 2026 against St. Francis as the pinch hitter and appeared in all 61 games while starting in 60 (60 at second base, one at DP) .... had 191 at bats contributing to a .319 batting average... added a career high of 61 hits along with 15 doubles and four HRs while adding 45 RBI and 29 runs scored....named Big South Player of the Week on May 4, 2026... added 90 total bases and four stolen bases...opened her Upstate career with a three-RBI day against Saint Francis (2/6/26)...added a season high with three hits against Presbyterian (5/1/26)....added a season-high of two runs scored against Charleston Southern (4/24/26).....key contributor in the three-peat of USC Upstate Softball winning the 2026 Conference Championship over Winthrop adding a home run on a two-RBI day (5/9/26).....added 104 putouts with a .953 fielding percentage and nine double plays.....helped Upstate add their first Regional win over SE Louisiana since May 19, 2017 and added her 17th multi-hit game against Belmont pushing Upstate to the NCAA Regional Final for the first time in program history.
PRIOR TO UPSTATE: Transferred to USC Upstate after spending three seasons with Gardner-Webb, Christopher appeared in 51 games for the Runnin' Bulldogs and started in 49. The Longwood, Florida native added a .331 batting average with a team leading 53 hits along with adding 10 doubles. Christopher showed that she could fill up the stat sheet with 28 RBIs, one triple, and five home runs along with adding four stolen bases. Through her career at Gardner-Webb, Christopher finished with a .282 batting average, 31 runs scored, 109 hits, 18 doubles, eight homers, and .421 slugging percentage. Christopher added 241 putouts through three seasons along with 231 assists, and a .929 fielding percentage. Before her time at Gardner-Webb, Christopher was a standout at Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs, Florida. She batted .249 with 53 hits in her career while scoring 36 runs along with an on base percentage of .297 for her career. With Ella Christopher coming off her best collegiate season, the transfer will look to add experience along the way to a program looking to make a big splash during the 2026 season.
2026 (Senior): Made Upstate debut on Feb. 6, 2026 against St. Francis as the pinch hitter and appeared in all 61 games while starting in 60 (60 at second base, one at DP) .... had 191 at bats contributing to a .319 batting average... added a career high of 61 hits along with 15 doubles and four HRs while adding 45 RBI and 29 runs scored....named Big South Player of the Week on May 4, 2026... added 90 total bases and four stolen bases...opened her Upstate career with a three-RBI day against Saint Francis (2/6/26)...added a season high with three hits against Presbyterian (5/1/26)....added a season-high of two runs scored against Charleston Southern (4/24/26).....key contributor in the three-peat of USC Upstate Softball winning the 2026 Conference Championship over Winthrop adding a home run on a two-RBI day (5/9/26).....added 104 putouts with a .953 fielding percentage and nine double plays.....helped Upstate add their first Regional win over SE Louisiana since May 19, 2017 and added her 17th multi-hit game against Belmont pushing Upstate to the NCAA Regional Final for the first time in program history.
PRIOR TO UPSTATE: Transferred to USC Upstate after spending three seasons with Gardner-Webb, Christopher appeared in 51 games for the Runnin' Bulldogs and started in 49. The Longwood, Florida native added a .331 batting average with a team leading 53 hits along with adding 10 doubles. Christopher showed that she could fill up the stat sheet with 28 RBIs, one triple, and five home runs along with adding four stolen bases. Through her career at Gardner-Webb, Christopher finished with a .282 batting average, 31 runs scored, 109 hits, 18 doubles, eight homers, and .421 slugging percentage. Christopher added 241 putouts through three seasons along with 231 assists, and a .929 fielding percentage. Before her time at Gardner-Webb, Christopher was a standout at Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs, Florida. She batted .249 with 53 hits in her career while scoring 36 runs along with an on base percentage of .297 for her career. With Ella Christopher coming off her best collegiate season, the transfer will look to add experience along the way to a program looking to make a big splash during the 2026 season.
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