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2026 Softball Roster

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32 Gracee Hess

  • Position Infield/Outfield
  • Height 5-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Belle Chasse, La.
  • Highschool Belle Chasse

Biography

Career Accolades: SLC All-Tournament Team (2026)

2026 (SENIOR): Appeared in 55 games with 50 starts at third base…Batted .310 with a .426 on base percentage and a .490 slugging percentage…Recorded 48 hits, including four vs. Houston (3/24/26) and at Baylor (4/6/26)…Scored 47 runs…Drove in 34 RBI, including four vs. Houston (3/24/26) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (4/3/26; G2)…Recorded 12 doubles, two triples, and four homers…Had two walk-off hits in a single day against Austin Peay (HR) and UIC (1B)…Delivered game-winning two-RBI against Baylor (4/6/26)…Stole five bases…Had a fielding percentage of .909…Recorded 48 putouts, 92 assists and 14 errors in 154 chances…Was part of seven double plays...Named SLC All-Tournament Team.

2025 (JUNIOR): Appeared in 52 games with 51 starts…Recorded 26 hits, 33 runs scored, eight doubles, one triple, two homers, and 13 RBI…Hit game-tying two-run homer at UIW (4/26/25)...Homered at Houston (3/18/25)…Stole 10 bases, including three vs. Texas Southern (3/5/25), which she also drove in a season-high three RBI…Recorded season-high three doubles vs. Sam Houston (4/22/25), which also tied a program record…Recorded 103 putouts, two assists in 110 chances…Had a fielding percentage of .947.

2024 (Redshirt Soph. at LSU-Eunice): Batted .427 with 70 hits, 20 doubles, three triples, five homers, and 35 runs batted in while also stealing 27 bags.

2023 (Soph. at LA Tech): Did not appear in any games ... Redshirted.

2022 (Freshman at LA Tech): Saw action in three games, making two starts at catcher ... Had one hit in six at bats ... Walked once ... was 1-for-1 in stolen bases ... Recorded her first collegiate hit against C-USA foe Florida Atlantic ... Had a stolen base against ULM ...

High School: Lettered four years at Belle Chasse High School for coaches Tasha Hess, Lauren Babin and Shelly Beniot … Helped lead the Cardinals to the district championships in 2018 and the state quarterfinals … Led the program to the district runner-up finish in 2019 … Batted .543 as a junior … Hit .412 with five home runs as a senior ... Named the District 10-4A MVP in 2021 ... Named all-district and all-metro in 2019 and 2021 … Named the New Orleans Quarterback Club Outstanding Athlete in 2019 … Named all-district honorable mention in 2018 … Lettered for the Belle Chasse HS soccer team in 2020 … Served as Class President in 2020 and 2021 … Served as the No Place for Hate Chapter President in 2020 and 2021 … Named to the Academic Honor Roll in 2018, 2019 and 2020 … Played for the Marucci Patriots travel ball organization …

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Historical Player Information

  • 32

    2025Junior

    Infield
    5'1"
    32
  • 32

    2026Senior

    Infield/Outfield
    5'1"
    32
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