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21 Marin Penney

  • Position Third Baseman
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lake Oswego, Oregon
  • Previous School Lake Oswego High School
  • Major Business/Marketing

Biography

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NCAA Statistics Page
Signed: November 26, 2018
**Retained extra year of eligibility due to coronavirus pandemic in 2020**

 
 
Year-By-Year Game Logs
2020 (Freshman) 2021 (Freshman) 2022 (Sophomore) 2023 (Junior) 2024 (Senior)
 
Career Single Game Bests
Category Total Date Opponent
At-Bats 5 3/8/24 at Western Oregon
Runs 3 3/27/21 Humboldt State
Hits 3 3/1/24 4 times
RBIs 4 3/1/24 4 times
2B 1 4/27/24 29 times
3B 1 3/9/23 4 times
HR 2 4/13/24 3 times
Walks 2 4/1/23 7 times
Stolen Bases 1 3/22/24 9 times
Putouts 5 4/1/23 2 times
Assists 7 3/20/22 at Western Oregon
 *Date of last occurrence if multiple
 
 
Awards
All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference Season
First Team 2023 (Junior)
Second Team 2024 (Senior)
Honorable Mention 2022 (Sophomore)
Honorable Mention 2021 (Freshman)
Academic All-GNAC 2024 (Senior)
Academic All-GNAC 2023 (Junior)
Academic All-GNAC 2022 (Sophomore)
Academic All-GNAC 2021 (Freshman)
GNAC Player of the Week Season
April 10-16 2023 (Junior)
April 5-11 2021 (Freshman)
GNAC Player of the Week Season
CSC Academic All-District 2024 (Senior)
CSC Academic All-District 2023 (Junior)
 









 
 
Year-By-Year Career Summary
2024: Started and played in each of MSUB's 48 games in her senior season... batted .283 over 145 at bats... collected 41 hits, 25 runs, ten doubles, nine home runs, 31 RBIs, and five steals... finished with a .892 fielding percentage... had 12 multi-hit games... recieved All-GNAC honors for the fourth time in her career with a Second Team All-GNAC selection... Academic All-GNAC... CSC Academic All-District.

2023: Started and played in all 45 games for the Yellowjackets at third base... batted .269 over 130 at bats, collecting 35 hits, 25 runs, three steals, four doubles, 24 RBIs, and led the GNAC with 11 home runs... had ten multi-hit games... hit two home runs in a game against Northwest Nazarene on Mar. 11 at Northwest Nazarene... unanimous First Team All-GNAC selection... Academic All-GNAC selection... CSC Academic All-District.

2022: Earned her second-straight honorable mention All-GNAC honors after batting .239 with 28 hits, 29 RBIs and six home runs (T-10th GNAC) in 117 at-bats…defensively, had a .958 fielding percentage and ranked eighth in the GNAC with 84 assists…played in 42 games and started 41 of them at third base…ranked second on the team with five multi-RBI games and had six multi-hit games...had her first multi-hit game of the season by going 2-for-3 with one RBI and a walk against Academy of Art on Feb. 11…across four games in the Bubble Invite, went 7-for-12 with two runs scored and one RBI on Feb. 19-20...went 1-for-1 with a two-run home run and drew a walk against Western Oregon on Feb. 26...hit a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning during MSUB’s comeback win over Central Washington on March 12…hit a two-run home run in game two of a doubleheader against Western Washington on March 26…went 2-for-4 with a double against Saint Martin’s on April 14…hit two home runs (one solo, one three-run home run) and finished with 4 RBIs in the win at Simon Fraser on April 23…went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run against Simon Fraser on April 24…named academic All-GNAC.

2021: Made the GNAC Honorable Mention list after ranking in the conference’s top-10 in slugging percentage (.635, 6th), home runs (seven, T-6th) and homers per game (0.22, 5th) as a sophomore…played in 32 games, started 28 of them at first base and one at designated hitter…finished the season batting .294 with 25 hits, 17 runs scored, 14 RBIs and seven home runs in 85 at-bats…earned her first-career GNAC Player of the Week honors on April 12 after going 8-for-11 at the plate with four home runs against Western Oregon…gave the Yellowjackets a walk-off win with her sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the first game of a doubleheader against Western Oregon on April 11…also had a season-high three hits in that game…led the team with six doubles and had five multi-hit games…named academic All-GNAC.

2020: Made 14 starts at third base as a freshman with 17 total appearances...Hit .341 in 44 at bats including 15 hits, eight runs scored, five doubles, three home runs, and eight runs batted in...Slugged .659 with a .420 on-base percentage...First multi-hit game against Colorado Mesa on Feb. 7...Had three runs batted in against Western New Mexico on Feb. 6.

Lake Oswego High School: Honorable mention (2016)... first-team all-league infielder (2017)... honorable mention (2018)... team captain (2017-2019)... letter winner (4x)... honor roll (4x)... led team to its first two postseason appearances in school history... In 2018 Marin hit .425, 42 H, 5 HR, 29 RBI, 35 R, .750 SLG...

Penney on choosing MSUB: "I chose MSUB because everyone was so welcoming and positive during my visit. I want to continue my softball career while studying and living at a great university. The softball team travels a lot so I can visit home and that was something I was looking for. I love Montana and I can't wait to spend the next step of my life here."

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2020Freshman

    Third Baseman/Utility
    5'6"
    21
  • 21

    2021Freshman

    Third Baseman
    5'6"
    21
  • 21

    2022Sophomore

    Third Baseman
    5'6"
    21
  • 21

    2023Junior

    Third Baseman
    5'6"
    21
  • 21

    2024Senior

    Third Baseman
    5'6"
    21