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Lewis & Clark College

2025 Softball Roster

Ella Ruark
Seth Orensky
Steve Gibbons
Colin Blume
Steve Gibbons
Steve Gibbons
Ella Ruark
Ella Ruark

18 McKenna Zehnder

  • Height 5-7
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Huntington Beach, Calif.
  • High School Huntington Beach
  • Position C/INF
  • Major Psychology

Biography

2024 AWARDS

Northwest Conference All Conference: Second Team  
College Sports Communicators: Academic All-District 

2024 SEASON HIGHS (Single Game Highs)

Games Played/Games Started: 40/39
Average/On-base Percentage/Slugging Percentage: .264/.301/.425
Hits: 23 (3 at Pacific University March 23 GM2)        
Runs: 14 (2 two times) 
Runs Batted In: 16 (3 at Puget Sound April 27 GM1)   
Total Bases: 37 (5 at Pacific University March 23 GM2)
    
NOTABLES
  • Took over the starting catching job and enjoyed a breakout season in the plate during her sophomore season 
  • Racked up six doubles, one triple and two home runs 
  • Added three walks, two hit by pitches and a team-high six sacrifice bunts 
  • Threw out nine of 35 (25.7 percent) base stealers 
  • Posted a .971 fielding percentage with 155 putouts and 47 assists 
  • Notched a hit in 18 contests including four multi-hit games 
  • Opened the season with two hits in three at-bats and an RBI in the season-opening win over Bushnell on February 10
  • Finished 3-3 with two runs, one RBI and a home run on March 23 in a road win over Pacific 
  • Recorded hits and RBI in all four games during the Pioneers four-game set at Puget Sound as she racked up five hits, four runs, eight RBI, a double and a home run in the four-game sweep from April 27-28 
  • Delivered a two-run double against Pacific Lutheran in the opening game of the Northwest Conference Tournament to help Lewis & Clark earn their first-ever NWC Tournament victory  
2023 SEASON HIGHS (Single Game Highs)

Games Played/Games Started: 38/38
Average/On-base Percentage/Slugging Percentage: .215/.291/.280
Hits: 20 (2 two times)    
Runs: 6 (1 six times)  
Runs Batted In: 15 (2 five times)   
Stolen Bases: 2-3 (1 two times) 
Total Bases: 26 (4 vs. George Fox April 13 GM2)    

NOTABLES
  • Proved to be an essential every-game starter with her time split between third base and catcher during her freshman season 
  • Led the team with 63 assists and finished fifth on the team in putouts (56) to post a .975 fielding percentage (3 errors)
  • Recorded three doubles and one home run 
  • Finished the season fourth on the team in RBI 
  • Posted multiple hits two times and multiple RBI five times 
  • Started both games of the Pioneers season-opening doubleheader and recorded her first career hit, run scored and RBI
  • Notched her first collegiate multiple hit game (2-4) with a run scored, two RBI and a double 
  • Hit her first collegiate home run and drove in two runs on April 13 in game two against George Fox 
At Lewis & Clark: Minoring in Health Studies. 

Prior to Lewis & Clark: Attended Huntington Beach High School ... Played club for California Cruisers Sievers ... Led her team to back-to-back Sunset League Titles as a junior and senior ... Won the Coaches' Award in 2019 and 2021 ... Named to the All-Academic Team and a Scholar-Athlete in 2021. 

Why Lewis & Clark?: Coach Cyrus and the softball team created a very welcoming environment when I came to visit back in October and the campus felt like a place I could call home. Plus, after living in Southern California my whole life I wanted a change of scenery. I also wanted to take part in the school's amazing academics, specifically their environmental studies program.

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2023First Year

    C/INF
    5'7"
    18
  • 18

    2024Sophomore

    C/INF
    5'7"
    18
  • 18

    2025Junior

    C/INF
    5'7"
    18