2014 Softball Roster
Roster
Erika Gaul
- Position:
- INF
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-11
- Hometown:
- Clermont, FL
- High School:
- South Lake HS
CAREER STATISTICS
2015: Started in 47 games on the season and appeared in a total of 51 … The 47 starts all came at first base … Three of the remaining four appearances came from being used as defensive substitution with the final appearance coming in the pinch hitter role … Was part of 13 double plays … Hit .213 on the season with 12 of her 26 hits having gone for extra bases (seven home runs and five doubles) … Drove in 16 runs and scored 16 runs … Posted an on-base percentage of .411 courtesy of 13 walks and six hit by pitches … Recorded seven multiple-hit games and six multiple-RBI games … Went 2-for-4 with two runs and two doubles in her first start of the season against Middle Tennessee (Feb. 6) … Recorded her first homerun of the season going 1-for-3 with one run and two RBI against Louisiana Tech (Feb. 11) … Stole the first and only base of her career against Lamar (Feb. 14) … Went 3-for-4 with one run, three RBI and a homerun against Penn State (Feb. 21) for the first three-hit game and only three-RBI game of her career … Drew three walks in the second game of a doubleheader at Southern Miss (March 25) … Went 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBI, a homerun and a walk at No. 21 Missouri (April 11) … Tied a season and career best with 13 putouts against No. 22 South Alabama (April 15).
2014: Experienced action in 15 games and tallied two starts ... Started once at first base and once as the designated player with the Bulldogs winning both contests ... Earned a personal-best 19 at-bats and registered initial hit of career ... Appeared in four Southeastern Conference tilts ... Made season debut at FAU in the second game of the doubleheader (Feb. 13) and delivered the insurance run with a two-run single as a pinch hitter ... Hit was the first of career and two runs batted in were a personal best ... Earned third career start, and first as the designated player, against LIU-Brooklyn (Feb. 14) ... Recorded first putout of the season as a reserve first baseman against Nicholls State (March 1) ... Entered against No. 8 Kentucky (March 8) and put down a sacrifice bunt that moved Ashley Phillips into scoring position ... Drew first walk of the campaign against Southeastern Louisiana (March 25) after entering as the designated player for Mackenzie Toler ... Started at first base in the second game against Marshall (March 29) and tallied a season-high five putouts in the contest.
2013: Played in 15 games for the Bulldogs, earning first two career starts ... Took a then career-high 14 at bats and recorded first career run batted in and walk ... Started at first base against Western Kentucky (Feb. 16) and South Carolina (April 27) ... Entered three SEC games and was hit by a pitch against Ole Miss (April 14) ... Drove in first career run versus the Rebels with a groundout to the shortstop that scored Logan Foulks ... Drew initial walk of career at Jacksonville State (March 12).
2012: Totaled one at-bat in one game during freshman campaign ... Pinch-hit in the bottom of the sixth in the 11-5 win against Samford March 4, grounding out to shortstop on a 1-1 count.
PRE-COLLEGE: Hit near the .300 mark as a senior at South Lake High School, driving in six runs while scoring 15 times behind two doubles, a triple and three home runs ... Played on the Eagles’ 2008 and 2009 squads that finished as the district runner-up, helping SLHS to the 4A Regional Quarterfinals as a junior ... Played on the Eagles’ 2008 squad that eclipsed the 20-win plateau en route to advancing to the 4A Region Final Four ... Competed for the Lady Gators Gold travel team after playing with Tropic Wave, and hit .427 with five home runs and 19 RBIs as the Lady Gators finished fourth at the ASA 18U National Tournament in Las Vegas and fifth at the prestigious Colorado fireworks tournament ... An outstanding prep volleyball player for South Lake, earning four letters and serving as team captain last two seasons ... Named MVP of the Eagles’ volleyball team after junior and senior seasons ... Helped South Lake to the region semifinal in 2008 after advancing to the quarterfinal her rookie season.
PERSONAL: Born Erika Lee Gaul on March 8, 1993, in Pembroke Pines, Fla. ... Daughter of Ken and Emily Gaul ... Has two sisters, Nikki and Kristin ... Majoring in special education ... Served as a volunteer at Operation Military Kids (camp counselor) and the Clermont Girls Softball League (umpire and camp instructor).
