2024 Softball Roster
Lorenz, Char
Jersey Number 42
Char Lorenz
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Munster
- Hometown:
- Munster, Ind.
Bio
As a Redshirt-Freshman (2025):
As a Freshman (2024):
High School/Travel:
Personal:
- Led team in batting average (.368), slugging (.677), and RBIs (53)
- Broke the single-season freshman record with 53 RBIs on the year
- Tallied 15 multi-hit games and 15 multi-RBI games (team-high)
- Hit 9 home runs, 11 doubles, and 5 triples
- Played in 50 games, all starts, primarily in left field and No. 2–4 in the lineup
- Stole 13 bases and committed just 3 errors for a .967 fielding %
- Went 4-for-4 with four runs and six RBIs against Cleveland St. (Feb. 9), tying for the most single-game runs and hits and tying for sixth in single-game RBI in program history
- 2025 All-ACC Second Team
- 2025 Softball America Freshman All-American
- 2025 D1 Softball Freshman All-American
- 2025 CSC Academic All-District
- Named to All-ACC Academic Team
- Named NFCA Scholar Athlete
As a Freshman (2024):
- Sidelined by injury incurred in the preseason
- Named one of Softball America's Freshmen to Watch (2024)
- Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll
High School/Travel:
- Played for Munster High School and Indiana Magic Gold Bay travel team
- NWI Times 2023 Softball All-Area Team
- Hockomock League All-Star (2023)
- 2023 Alliance All-Star
- As a senior, registered a 422 average, 8 triples, 21 RBIs, 28 stolen bases
- Her junior year, posted a .437 batting average along with a .451 on-base percentage, a .954 fielding percentage, and five home runs
- Team MVP (2022)
- Earned IHSAA first-team all-state honors (2022) third team all-state (2021)
- Two-time all-Northwest Crossroads selection (2021, 2022)
Personal:
- Full name is Charlize Lorenz
- Birthday is October 21
- Parents are Pat and Fred Lorenz
- Has two older siblings: Chase and Michaella
- Her dad played baseball at Upper Iowa
- Her brother, Chase, played baseball at Belmont
- Major is exercise science
- Enjoys cleaning, listening to music and playing Fortnite in her free time
Highlights: Louisville SB vs. No. 18 Florida State (Gm. 1)
Thursday, July 11
Highlights: Louisville SB at Boston College
Sunday, May 05
SB: Daisy Hess and Sam Booe Postgame vs. #22/21 Clemson
Saturday, April 27
Highlights: Louisville SB vs. No. 22/21 Clemson (Gm. 2)
Saturday, April 27
