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Lewis & Clark College

2025 Softball Roster

Seth Orensky
Ella Ruark
Charlie Bastunskiy
Ella Ruark
Emily Strand
Seth Orensky
Seth Orensky
Colin Blume
Charlie Bastunskiy, Julie Ward Jones
Julie Ward Jones

9 Sam Gildersleeve

  • Height 5-4
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Vacaville, Calif.
  • High School Vacaville
  • Position OF
  • Major Psychology

Biography

2024 AWARDS

National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Region: 2nd Team (West Region)
Northwest Conference All Conference: First Team  

2024 SEASON HIGHS (Single Game Highs)

Games Played/Games Started: 43/39
Average/On-base Percentage/Slugging Percentage: .339/.435/.696
Hits: 39 (3 three times)         
Runs: 37 (4 at Whitworth April 6 GM2) 
Runs Batted In: 42 (5 at Bushnell February 10 GM1)       
Stolen Bases: 14-16 (2 two times) 
Total Bases: 80 (6 two times)

NOTABLES

  • Put together one of the best seasons of her career as she earned her second career First Team All-Conference recognition and first career All-Region honors 
  • Became only the fourth player since 1998 to earn All-Region accolades and first player in the DIII era (1998-present) to earn Second Team All-Region accolades 
  • Led the Pioneers in home runs (10), RBI, stolen bases, slugging percentage, on-base percentage and tied for the team lead in triples (two)
  • Ranked among the team leaders in batting average (t-2nd), runs (2nd), total bases (2nd), doubles (7 – 3rd), walks (15 – 2nd), 
  • Finished the season with 19 extra-base hits: seven doubles, two triples and 10 home runs 
  • Ended the year in the top-10 of the NWC in home runs (t-6th), RBI (6th), runs scored (8th),  stolen bases (8th) and total bases (10th)
  • Ranked among the top-100 in DIII in: home runs (38th), home runs per game (0.23 – 47th), RBI (66th), RBI per game (0.98 – 87th) and slugging percentage (89th
  • Finished the season ranked among the single-season leaders in program history in: runs scored (2nd), RBI (3rd), home runs (t-3rd), stolen bases (t-4th), total bases (t-7th), 
  • Recorded five outfield assists in right field 
  • Posted 10 multi-hit games 
  • Named the NWC Position Player of the Week on March 11 
  • Opened the year with a career-high five RBI after going 3-4 with a run scored, five RBI, a double and a triple in a season-opening win over Bushnell 
  • Set the program record for career home runs on March 10 when she hit a home run and drove in four runs in game two to help Lewis & Clark complete a four-game sweep of Willamette
  • Went 8-12 with eight runs, four RBI, a homer and three steals during a series victory at Whitworth on April 6-7
  • Hit walk-offs in both ends of a doubleheader sweep of Pacific Lutheran on April 13 with a sac fly in a mercy-rule win in game one and a walk-off double in the eighth inning of game two 
  • Hit two home runs and drove in eight runs during the first three games of the Pioneers series victory over George Fox on May 3 and 7
  • Went 1-2 with a run scored, two RBI, a double and two walks to help Lewis & Clark earn their first-ever Northwest Conference Tournament victory on May 10 
  • Enters her fifth season ranked among the program’s career leaders in: home runs (36 – 1st), runs scored (90 – 2nd), RBI (98 – 2nd), slugging percentage (.668 – 2nd), on-base percentage (.392 – 8th) and stolen bases (27 – 9th), 

2023 SEASON HIGHS (Single Game Highs)

Games Played/Games Started: 31/20
Average/On-base Percentage/Slugging Percentage: .292/.352/.508
Hits: 19 (3 vs. Willamette April 16 GM1) 
Runs: 14 (3 vs. Willamette April 16 GM1) 
Runs Batted In: 10 (2 two times)  
Stolen Bases: 10-10 (1 10 times) 
Total Bases: 33 (6 vs. Willamette April 16 GM1) 

NOTABLES

  • Carved out a role as a starting right fielder and third baseman during her junior season 
  • Recorded five doubles and three home runs 
  • Finished third on the team with a .508 slugging percentage and a career-high 10 stolen bases (10-10)
  • Posted three multi-hit games, four games with multiple runs and two games with multiple RBI
  • Came off the bench to go 2-2 with two runs, one RBI, one home run and a stolen base against Pacific on March 30 in game one 
  • Went 3-4 with three runs scored, a home run and a stolen base against Willamette University on March 16 against Willamette 
  • Enters her senior season two home runs shy of Olivia Brackin’s (’22) career program record for home runs (26) 

2022 Awards

All Conference: Honorable Mention Team 

2022 SEASON HIGHS

Games Played/Games Started: 33/29 
Average/On-base Percentage/Slugging Percentage: .261/.353/.545
Hits: 23 (3 vs. Warner Pacific GM1 February 12) 
Runs: 17 (3 two times) 
Runs Batted In: 18 (4 vs. Warner Pacific GM1 February 12) 
Total Bases: 48 (8 vs Whitworth GM2 April 10) 

NOTABLES

  • Appeared in 33 games and made 29 starts, with the majority of her time coming at third base
  • Finished tied for second on the team in home runs (8), second in slugging percentage (.545) and hit by pitches (four) and fourth in RBI (18)  
  • Opened the season with a huge game in the opener against Warner Pacific by finishing 3-5 with two runs, four RBI and a game-tying three-run home run in the seventh that forced extra-innings in a 10-9 Pioneers win 
  • Posted the first two-homer game of her career with a pair of solo home runs against Whitworth in a 6-3 game 3 win on April 10
  • Enters her junior year with 21 career home runs and needs five home runs to tie former teammate Olivia Brackin (’22) for the program record 
  • Finished the year tied for seventh in program history in home runs in a single-season (seven) 

As a Freshman (2020-21): Named to the All Northwest Conference First Team after breaking the NCAA Division III record for consecutive games with a home run and also set a new single-season home run total for the Pioneers … Finished 1st in the Northwest Conference in home runs … Finished 4th in Division III in home runs … Finished 3rd in the Northwest Conference in slugging percentage … Played in all 32 games … Ended the season with a .909 fielding percentage with 40 putouts … Recorded 15 home runs 28 RBI in 97 at-bats … Made her first career appearance in the season opener on Feb. 20 against Corban … Tallied a home run in six consecutive games between Apr. 17 and Apr. 23 … Had a career high two home run and three RBIs= on Apr. 24 against Puget Sound.

At Lewis & Clark: Serves as an Assistant Teacher at Mount Carmel Preschool and Daycare. 

Prior to the Pios: Team Captain (2018, 2020), All-League Honorable Mention (2018), Monticello Empire League Champion (2019), Sac-Joaquin Section Champion (2019), Graduated with Honors, Nominated Student of the Week (2018-19).

Why Lewis & Clark?: Lewis & Clark provides the perfect balance of high academics and competitiveness in softball I was searching for. I also knew I would be most loved and appreciated by the coaches and teammates at Lewis & Clark. Having me feel very welcome and excited to join my fellow Pios!!

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2021First Year

    OF
    5'3"
    11
  • 9

    2022Sophomore

    OF
    5'3"
    9
  • 9

    2023Junior

    INF/OF
    5'3"
    9
  • 9

    2024Senior

    INF/OF
    5'4"
    9
  • 9

    2025Senior

    OF
    5'4"
    9