University of Southern Indiana Softball announced that incoming freshman catcher/first baseman Riley Regnier (Twin Lakes, Wisconsin) has signed a national letter of intent to compete for Head Coach Sue Kunkle’s Screaming Eagles in 2017-18.
Regnier is completing her senior season at Wilmot Union High School in Wilmot, Wisconsin, where she has competed in basketball and softball during her prep career. She is currently hitting .416 with six doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 27 RBIs; leading WUHS to a spot in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division I sectional title game.
An All-State, All-District and All-Conference honoree as a junior in 2016, Regnier is a career-.453 hitter after posting a .489 batting average with 14 doubles, two triples, six home runs, and 34 RBIs a year ago.
WUHS’s Silver Slugger Award Most Valuable Player in 2015, Regnier is a member of the White Sox Academy Travel Ball team. In 2015, Regnier helped her travel ball team to a 32nd-place finish at nationals.
“Riley is a strong athletic kid that is going to bring added power to our offensive lineup,†Kunkle said. “She has good defensive skills and will work primarily as a catcher and first baseman.â€
Regnier joins a freshman recruiting class that consists of first baseman/outfielder Haley Shouse (Borden, Indiana), second baseman/outfielder Jessica Tucker (Georgetown, Kentucky) and infielder/outfielder Alicia Webb (Elberfeld, Indiana). Shouse, Tucker and Webb signed national letters of intent during the early signing period.
USI (46-14) advanced to the NCAA II Softball Championship Series for the first time in program history after capturing its first-ever NCAA II Midwest Region title earlier this month.
