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Bradley University Athletics

2021 Softball Roster

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  • P/U
    Position
  • Junior
    Class
  • Oxnard, Calif.
    Hometown
  • 5'3
    Height
  • Rio Mesa
    High School
Madison Schwindenhammer
Madison Schwindenhammer
Thompson
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Taise Thompson
P/U
Position
Junior
Class
Oxnard, Calif.
Hometown

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Career Stats

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Summary

Biography

Honors & Awards
MVC All-Tournament Team:
2021 & 2019
NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete: 2018-19
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2019
MVC Honor Roll: 2021, 2019
Bradley AD Honor Roll: Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2021

2021 (SENIOR)
One of two players to start all 42 contests … Earned a spot on the MVC All-Tournament team after going 2-for-5 with four RBI a double and 2.1 scoreless innings out of the bullpen in the two games … Led the team with 23 RBI, while hitting .261 … Posted a 3.74 ERA in 22 relief outings, limiting opponents to a .183 average … Also earned two saves … Had five doubles and four homers on the year, pushing her career home run total to 15 (tied for ninth in Bradley history) … Has 84 career RBI, which is 13 from ranking among the top 10 in school history … Tied for fifth in Bradley history with four career saves … Had a stretch of 8.2 innings over seven appearances midway through the season without giving up an earned run … Came out of the bullpen to hold DePaul hitless in 4.2 innings of work … Earned her lone victory of the year with 2.2 hitless innings against Indiana State … Smacked a grand slam in the series opener at Evansville … Owned a team-best 13 two-out RBI … Had six multi-hit games and drove in two or more runs five times … Hit .286 in MVC play with 16 RBI. 

2020 (JUNIOR)

Led the team with 15 runs and was fourth on the squad with 11 RBI … Hit .360 on the year, with her team-best .492 on base percentage sixth in the MVC … Also made four relief appearances in the circle, going 1-0 on the year … Ended the year on an eight-game hit streak, collecting multiple hits in each of the last two outings … Tossed 2.1 innings of scoreless relief at UC Santa Barbara to earn her lone victory of the year … Gave up just one run in her final three pitching appearances (6.2 innings) … Homered in two of the final three games of the games … Went 7-for-18 (.389) with six runs, eight RBI, two doubles and two homers at the Governors Classic to wrap up the year.

2019 (SOPHOMORE)
Named to the MVC All-Tournament team after driving in two runs in the MVC Tournament victory against Indiana State ... Took over at third base, appearing in the starting lineup in 40 of her 44 outings … Hit .316 on the year and was fourth on the team with 18 extra-base hits … Paced the team with 11 doubles to tie for the 10th-best season total in Bradley history … Drove in 41 runs to rank second on the team, with her total tied for the sixth most in school history … Ranked 86th in the nation in RBI per game … Also slugged seven homers … Tallied a team-best 12 multi-RBI games … Hit .367 with runners in scoring position and had 24 two-out RBI … Hit .300 in MVC play … Hit four homers in conference action, while driving in 21 runs … Also made 14 appearances in the circle out of the bullpen, posting a 1-2 record while earning the team’s only save of the year in 28.1 innings of work … Had multiple hits in nine games … Started a season-best seven-game hit streak with a 2-for-4 performance in the series finale against Drake and was 11-for-24 (.458) with 11 RBI and four runs … Had multiple runs in three of the final eight games of the season … Was 2-for-2 with a pair of homers and three RBI in the series opener against Indiana State … Drove in four runs in a win against South Alabama and did so again later in the win at SIU Edwardsville … Picked up her only victory of the season against Savannah State, not allowing a base runner in 1.1 innings in relief … Earned her only save of the season with 2.0 scoreless relief work at Illinois State, giving up just one hit to the Redbirds. 

2018 (FRESHMAN)
Started 19 contests and appeared in 34 games … Was the team’s top pinch hitter, going 3-for-9 in pinch hitting situations … Ten of her 17 hits went for extra bases … Collected eight doubles and two homers … Had one double and one home run as a pinch hitter … Hit .262 with six doubles and five RBI in Valley play … Made her first career start against Purdue … Ripped a double against 24th-ranked South Carolina for her first career hit … Went 2-for-3 with a double, homer and three RBI in a win against UMKC … Made four appearances in the circle, coming out of the bullpen for the first time against SIU Edwardsville … Owned a 1.17 ERA in 6.0 innings of work … Earned her first career save against Illinois State, tossing 0.2 innings of scoreless relief … Hit a pinch hit solo homer at Louisville.   

High School: Two-time team MVP, she was selected as the Pacific View League Player of the Year as a senior … Owned a .520 batting average at the plate in her final prep season to go with a perfect 7-0 record and 0.57 ERA as a senior … Helped the Spartans to a conference title in her final prep season … Hit .439 with 24 runs, eight homers and 18 RBI during her junior campaign, which also included an 8-4 record with 111 strikeouts over 84 innings of work in the circle

Personal: The daughter of Teresa and David Thompson, Taise was born in Oxnard, Calif. … Has two older siblings: Rosa Moore (27) and David Thompson (24) … Majoring in sports communication