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2026 Softball Roster

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Kyrin Mayfield
Ryan Mosher

22 Leah Oberkehr

  • Position Utility
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ponte Vedra, Fla.
  • High School Nease
  • B/T L/R
  • Major Civil Engineering

Biography

• National Fastpitch Coaches Association Golden Shoe Award (2025)
• All-Sunshine State Conference Second Team [Outfield] (2025)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-American Third-Team (2025)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2025)
• Division 2 Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Award (2024, 2025)
• Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)
• National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Scholar-Athlete (2023, 2024, 2025)
 
2025 (Junior): Became the first in program and conference history to be awarded the NFCA Golden Shoe Award, which is presented to the NCAA II’s top baserunner…named to the All-SSC Second Team as an outfielder…was the third Eagle ever to earn CSC Academic All-American honors on the Third Team…also included on the CSC Academic All-District team…earned the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award…named to the SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…tabbed an NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete…ended the season with the most a program-record 50 stolen bases along with the 4th-most runs (42) and T-5th-most hits (56)…led the NCAA II in stolen bases per game (1.06) and ranked second in total stolen bases…had the 3rd-most runs (42) in the SSC and the 6th-highest stolen base percentage (.980) in the South Region…it also was the 6th-highest stolen base percentage and 7th-most stolen bases in a season in SSC history…played in all 47 games with 45 starts in the outfield…posted a .335 average with 18 RBI…smashed ERAU’s hitting streak record with a hit in 30-straight games…broke the program’s single game stolen base record with five against Saint Leo (March 29), which also tied for the second-most in SSC history…produced two game-winning hits, both with two outs…the first was a single in the 11th against USC Beaufort (March 12)...the second was the lone RBI of the game in a 12-inning win over Florida Tech (April 4)…scored what would be the winning run in the top of the 11th to help the Eagles upset No. 17 Nova Southeastern in the series opener (April 17).

2024 (Sophomore): Received the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award…included on the SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…named an NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete…competed in 44 games with six starts…tallied 17 runs on top of 12 stolen bases…scored from second on a bunt in the eighth inning for the game-winning run against Lynn (April 5).

2023 (Freshman): Named an NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete…included on the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll…played in 41 games…started 21 contests, 17 of which were as an outfielder…hit .288 with 17 runs…helped the Eagles break the team single-season stolen base program record (87) with 10 swiped bags…strung together a five-game hitting streak between Feb. 24-28…scored what would be the game-winning run in ERAU’s 1-0 win over Carson-Newman (Feb. 25)…recorded a season-best two runs and two stolen bases in a 2-for-3 outing versus Barry (May 5)…scored the go-ahead run in the sixth that made the difference in the 3-2 victory.

Prep: 2022 graduate of Nease High School…ranked the 19th-best shortstop in Florida according to SBLive…received All-State and All-Academic honors in 2022…tabbed as Team MVP during senior season…won Defensive MVP the year prior…team captain for 2021 and 2022…hit .519 at the plate in 2022 with 26 runs…also stole 20 bases.
 
Personal: Born in Red Bank, New Jersey…daughter of Sharon and Fredrik Oberkehr…majoring in Civil Engineering…desires to earn a master’s degree in Structural Engineering and design residential structures…volunteered as a tutor for various subjects pertaining to math and science…also donated her time to counsel at local softball summer camps.

Statistics

Season:
2026

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2023Freshman

    Second Base/Shortstop/Outfield
    5'6"
    22
  • 22

    2024Sophomore

    Utility
    5'6"
    22
  • 22

    2025Junior

    Utility
    5'6"
    22
  • 22

    2026Senior

    Utility
    5'6"
    22