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18 Sophie Sun

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Austin, Texas
  • High School Liberal Arts and Science Academy
  • Position INF

Biography

Junior Year (2026)

NFCA Northeast All-Region First Team selection … All-Ivy League First Team honoree … Ivy League Player of the Week (Apr. 6) … Set career-bests in hits (60), home runs (13) and RBIs (51) … 13 home runs is tied for second all-time in school history for home runs in a single season … Only the third Crimson in school history to record 50 or more RBIs in a single season … One of eight student-athletes in program history to record 100 or more career RBIs … Logged four hits, three runs and one RBI in a win against Columbia in the regular season finale … Hit two home runs, one of them a go-ahead grand slam in the 13th inning, to go along with three hits, three runs and 5 RBIs in the series opening win against the Lions … Hit a home run and a triple to go along with a run in the series finale against Princeton … Logged a home run and two doubles in the second game of the series against the Tigers … Hit a home run and scored two runs in a midweek victory against Stonehill … Recorded a pair of hits and a pair of runs in the series finale against Penn … Drove in two runs against Penn in the second game of the series … Hit a two-run home run in the series opener against Penn … Recorded two hits in a midweek contest against Boston University … Logged a pair of hits in the series finale against Brown … Matched her career-best in RBIs with seven in a four-hit outing in a victory against Cornell … Recorded two hits, one of them a home run, in the series opener against the Big Red on the road … Logged two hits, hit a home run and drove in three runs against Dartmouth … Hit a pair of doubles in the second game of the Yale series … Hit a home run in back-to-back games against Sacred Heart and Army … Recorded three runs, scored a run and drove in a run against St. John’s … Produced a multi-hit effort with two hits against FIU … Scored two runs and produced two hits against Morgan State … Drove in two runs with one hit against Holy Cross … Hit a home run in a win against USC Upstate … Hit her first home run of the 2026 season against Holy Cross to go along with four home runs … Drove in two runs with a hit against Northern Colorado … Also logged two hits and two RBIs in a win against Northern Colorado … Made her season debut with a hit against Sacramento State on opening day … NFCA Scholar Athlete … CSC Academic All-District honoree.

Sophomore Year (2025)

NFCA Northeast All-Region Third Team selection … All-Ivy League honorable mention … Ivy League All-Tournament Team honoree … Two-time Ivy League Player of the Week (Mar. 3 & Mar. 17) … Ranked in the top-five in the Ivy League in batting average (.411), on-base percentage (.469), runs scored (33), hits (53) and total bases (81) … Only one of two student-athletes in the Ivy League to bat above .400 … Started all 39 contests of the 2025 season … Logged two hits and one RBI in the season finale against Princeton at the Ivy League Tournament … Ended the regular season with two runs and two hits against Cornell … Opened the series against Dartmouth with three runs, two hits and two RBIs … Recorded four hits and two RBIs in the Brown series … Smashed a home run and drove in three runs against Yale … Logged a home run, two hits and two runs in the series finale against Penn … Opened the Penn series with a home run as well … Drove in a season-high four runs with three hits and a home run in the series finale against Columbia … Produced a hit in a win against Georgetown … Recorded six hits and three runs in back-to-back games against Weber State and Saint Mary’s … Logged two hits and a RBI against Santa Clara … Manufactured two hits, two runs and two RBIs in a victory against Portland State … Produced two hits against North Carolina … Recorded a season-high three hits, one hit and one RBI in a win against Kent State … Picked up two hits against Furman … Scored a pair of runs and logged a pair of hits against Georgia Southern … Homered and scored a season-high three runs in a season-opening win against Furman.

First-Year (2024)

First student-athlete in the history of the Ivy League to win Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year in the same season … Named to the TUCCI/NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 10 List … NFCA Northeast All-Region Second Team selection … Unanimous first team All-Ivy League honoree … Earned a spot on the Ivy League All-Tournament Team … Led all first-years in the nation in slugging percentage (.797) and ranked third among all first-years in the country in batting average (.421) … Ranked first in the Ivy League in batting average (.421), OPS (1.271), hits (56), doubles (14), RBIs (44), total bases (106), and was tied for the Ivy League lead in home runs with 10 … Garnered Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors five times … Her .421 batting average is ninth all-time in program history … Sun’s .797 slugging percentage sits in third in the school’s all-time single-season rankings … Ranks in the top five in program history in RBIs (44), home runs (10), and total bases (106) in a single season … Recorded three hits and two RBIs in a 6-1 victory against Princeton at the Ivy League Tournament … Cleared the bases with a three-run RBI double in a pivotal Ivy League Tournament victory against Dartmouth … Drove in two runs on two hits against Yale at the 2024 Ivy League Tournament … Smashed a career-high three home runs in a 19-1 win against Cornell … Also tied her career-high in RBIs with seven against the Big Red … Brought home three runs on two hits against Penn … Collected a pair of hits and scored a run against No. 23 Boston University … Produced a three-hit performance in a win against Cornell … Became the first Crimson since 2011 to drive in seven runs in game when she did so against Columbia in the series opener … Aided the Crimson to a regular season win against Princeton with three hits and one RBI … Homered in back-to-back contests against Brown … Scored three runs and logged three hits in a regular season victory against Dartmouth at Soldiers Field … Recorded multiple home runs in a game for the first time against San Diego … Logged the first hits of her career against Iowa … Made her Crimson debut in the season opener against Manhattan.

Before Harvard

Four-year letterwinner at and three-year varsity captain of her high school team… also played for Prolific Fastpitch (2021-23), Texas Bombers (2020-21) and Texas Blaze (2014-2020)… High School district record holder for highest batting average, most home runs, most RBI, highest OBP, most runs and highest fielding percentage… Defensive Player of the Year Texas District 24-5A... Austin KVUE Athlete of the week May 3, 2023… MVP Texas District 17-5A… Team was district champions… National Merit Scholar Finalist in 2023… Japan Science and Technology Agency and Sakura Science Program Scholarship for Researching abroad in 2023

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2024First-Year

    INF
    18
  • 18

    2025Sophomore

    INF
    18
  • 18

    2026Junior

    INF
    18