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2025 (Senior)
Appeared in 37 games and made 23 starts in the circle…Posted a 12-12 record with a team-best 3.75 ERA….Threw 10 complete games and tallied 170.0 innings pitched…Had a season-high 10 strikeouts in 8 innings of work at Buffalo (April 20)…Struck out nine batters in 6.0 innings pitched versus Bowling Green (April 26)…Threw a career-high nine innings against Michigan State (April 4)…Earned her first save of the season and second of her career at Ohio (April 12)…Recorded 403 career strikeouts to rank fifth in Toledo program history and become just the fifth player in UT history to tallied 400-plus strikeouts…Earned a spot on the Academic All-MAC team.
2024 (Junior)
Appeared in 35 games making 21 starts in the circle...Compiled a 15-12 record with one combined perfect game and one save...Led Toledo's bullpen with a 3.18 ERA (MAC #10), 163.0 innings of work (MAC #3), adn 112 strikeouts (MAC #7)...Pitched 12 complete games...Struck out 42 batters in 53.0 innings of work...Put down all nine batters she faced in three innings, while striking out five batters at Bowling Green (March 23) to help mark UT's first perfect game on record...Pitched a season-high 7.1 innings at Long Beach State (March 6) and nine strikeouts at the CBF/ LBSU Tournament in Fullerton, Calif. vs. Fairfield (March 7)...Made three appearances with two starts, giving up 15 hits while striking out nine batters at the MAC Tournament...President's List (4.0 GPA) and Academic All-MAC
2023 (Sophomore)
Made 14 starts in 25 games played...Was 9-9 with nine complete games and a 3.82 ERA...Fanned 76 batters in 121 innings of work...Tied her season-high nine strikeouts vs. Bowling Green (March 17)...Dean's List.
2022 (Freshman)
Appeared as the primary pitcher for the Rockets in 34 games, throwing a team-high 130.1 innings, recorded 105 strikeouts, and was 6-18 with a 6.55 ERA... Collected her first career win vs. Charleston Southern (Feb.11)... Threw a season-high nine strikeouts vs. Niagara (March 10)...Tossed 10.2 innings at Michigan State (March 30), second-most in Toledo history.
High School
Lettered all four years in softball and basketball, and lettered three years in volleyball at Tuscarawas Central Catholic High School … Freshman year was named Team MVP, Second Team Eastern District, and was selected for the All-Ohio Underclass Tournament … Sophomore year earned First Team in IVC, Eastern District, and All-Ohio … Was selected for the All-Ohio Underclass Tournament and named Best of Preps Tuscarawas County … Had 427 BA, 216 strikeouts, and a 1.6 ERA … Team captain senior season … Named First-Team All-Ohio.
Personal
Full name is Sophia Katherine Knight … Daughter of Nikki and Jerry Knight … Has one brother, Sammy … Two Academic letters … National Honor Society member … Buckeye Girls State delegate … Majoring in nursing.
Why Toledo?
One reason I am choosing to attend the University of Toledo is for the great pre-medical program. Toledo also offers a great softball program that I am looking forward to being a part of. I love the campus and the academic atmosphere that surrounds it.
