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2026 Softball Roster

16 Laila Carpenter

  • Position OF
  • B/T L/R
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Snohomish, WA
  • High School Glacier Peak
  • Club Washington Ladthawks Gold

Biography

2026 (Junior):
  • All-GNAC Honorable Mention.
  • GNAC Championship All-Tournament Team.
  • CSC Academic All-District.
  • GNAC All-Academic Team.
  • Started 56 games.
  • Batted .335 (Career High), with a .400 on-base percentage (Career High), and a .481 slugging percentage (Career High).
  • Tallied 3 doubles, 4 triples (Career High, 1st in GNAC), and 4 home runs (Career High). 
  • Recorded 37 runs and 28 RBIs (Career High).
  • Stole 14 bases on 16 attempts (Career High).
  • Recorded a 98.0% Fielding percentage on 148 chances.
  • In a four game series vs Saint Martin's (4/25 & 4/26) batted 7 for 15 with 5 RBIs, a triple, and a home run.
2025 (Sophomore):
  • Academic All-District Team.
  • GNAC All-Academic Team.
  • Started 55 games for the Vikings.
  • Batted .333, with a .399 on-base percentage, and a .462 slugging percentage.
  • Recorded 15 RBIs and 38 runs.
  • Tallied 11 doubles, 2 triples, and a home run.
  • Had stolen 9 bases on 12 attempts.
  • Had first collegiate home run, a 3 run homer, to help the Vikings win 8-0 over Simon Fraser (4/25).
2024 (Freshman):
  • Made 38 appearances and 17 starts during Freshman season.
  • Her 14 runs scored were the most among players to start in less than 40 games.
  • Consistent bench option for the Vikings, pinch running 16 times and pinch hitting five times.
  • Recorded a .250 batting average (13-for-52) with three doubles, a triple and five RBI.
  • Recorded a perfect fielding percentage in left field with 31 putouts.
  • Recorded first collegiate appearance, start, and hit while also scoring the walk-off run in a 6-5 win against San Francisco State (2/2).
  • First career RBI was off a 12th-inning triple against #14 Concordia University Irvine in a 3-2 win (2/4).

Prior to WWU: left-handed hitting outfielder out of Glacier Peak High School ... 2023 First Team 4A All WESCO Outfielder while leading the Grizzlies to a 2nd place finish at the WIAA 4A State Championship ... also WESCO 4A All-League First Team as sophomore and junior ... as a sophomore in 2021 selected to the Everett Herald First Team All-Area ... listed as a top 10 outfielder in Washington by SBLive…PGF All-American 2023 Futures Regional Finalist…batted .429 as a sophomore and .369 as a junior…member of the National Honor Society…older sister, Harlee, plays softball at Central Washington and will be a senior in 2023.

Statistics

Season:
2026

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2024Freshman

    OF
    5'5"
    20
  • 16

    2025Sophomore

    OF
    5'5"
    16
  • 16

    2026Junior

    OF
    5'5"
    16
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