2017 Softball Roster
Funke, Celene
Jersey Number 33
Celene Funke
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Carmel
- Hometown:
- Carmel, Ind.
Bio
• Three-time Google Cloud Academic All-America (2020, 2019, First Team; 2018, Third Team)
• President of UofL’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
As a super senior (2021): ACC All-Tournament selection... Started all 49 games in centerfield... Led the team with 12 stolen bases and four triples... Tied for third on the team with 19 runs... Finished her career ranked second on Louisville’s list for career triples (22) and stolen bases (74)... Her 121 career runs scored place her 10th on UofL’s all-time list... Owns the school single season record for triples with 13 in the 2019 campaign and stands second in stolen bases after swiping 29 that same year... Tied a career high with three stolen bases at Boston College (5/1)... Made an outstanding assist to throw out a runner at the plate in the top of the 11th for an inning-ending double play to keep Florida State off the scoreboard in a 0-0 tie with the Seminoles (4/25)... Doubled, scored a run and delivered an RBI along with a stolen base in tht 5-1 win against No. 7/7 Florida State (4/23)... Scored two runs and has a pair of stolen bases in the 9-5 win at Pittsburgh (4/5)... Went 3-for-4 with a home run, a triple, two runs and two RBIs in the 5-4 win against NC State (2/20)... Earned All-ACC Academic Team honors... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
As a senior (2020): Finished the shortened season on a 10-game hitting streak... Posted a .289 batting average, standing fourth on the team... Went 13-for-13 in stolen bases to lead the team... Paced the team with three triples, tied for second in the ACC and 21st in the NCAA in that category... Stood second on the team with 12 runs... Went 2-for-2 with a walk and tied a career high with three stolen bases in the 9-1 win against Evansville (3/8)... Went 2-for-4 with a triple, a home run, a career-high three RBIs and two runs - including the winning run in the 4-3 win against No. 10/10 Oregon... Went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and a stolen base in the 8- win against Wichita State (2/22)... Went 2-for-4 with a run, RBI and stolen base in the 9-0 win over Penn State (2/21)... Connected on a triple against Baylor (2/7) and Texas State (2/8)... Currently stands second on Louisville’s career list for triples (18)... Ranks third on UofL’s list with 62 stolen bases... CoSIDA Academic All-America first team selection... Preseason All-ACC selection... Senior CLASS Award candidate... Pursuing her MBA... Member of UofL's Student-Athlete Advisory C
As a junior (2019): Named to Google Cloud Academic All-America first team, becoming the first two-time Academic All-American in program history... Selected to the Google Cloud Academic All-District first team... All-ACC Academic Team member... Led the nation in triples with 13... Holds the school record for single season triples and is tied for second on Louisville’s career list with 15... Scored a team-best 48 runs, placing seventh on UofL’s all-time list for runs in a season... Second on the team with a .324 batting average and 29 stolen bases... Stands second on the school’s list for stolen bases in a season... Started every game in centerfield... Led the team in games with multiple stolen bases (seven games)... Belted out a triple and scored a run in the 4-3 NCAA Regional final loss to No. 17/16 Northwestern... Went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI in the 9-5 NCAA Regional opening win over Southern Illinois... Started a two-out, two run rally with a double in the 5-4 win at Marshall (4/23)... Went 3-for-3 with a home run, three runs and three RBIs in the 10-2 win at Boston College (4/14)... Had a hit and scored a run in the series-opening 2-0 win over No. 3/3 Florida State (4/6)... Her two-run triple broke open a 5-5 tie and lifted the Cards to 7-5 win over No. 24/19 Virginia Tech (3/29)... Hit a leadoff home run in the 5-2 win over Indiana (3/26)... Registered a career high with three stolen bases in the 4-2 loss to Syracuse (3/17)... Tied a school record with two triples in the 4-2 win over Syracuse (3/15) also went 2-for-2 with two runs and two stolen bases in that game... Hit her first career home run, a solo shot to lead off the sixth in the 8-0 win over Morehead State - also had a triple in that game (3/12)... Had a triple and a double in the 21-1 win over Morehead State (3/12)... Went 3-for-4 with three runs and two stolen bases in the 14-0 win over Mercer (3/10)... Tied a school record with four runs in the 14-1 win over Michigan State - also went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases in that game... Went 3-for-4 with a trips and a run in the 7-1 win over Indiana State (3/1)... Drove in a career-high two RBIs in the 5-3 win over Kansas (2/24)... Delivered a career-high two doubles in the 5-3 win against Bradley (2/25)... Scored the game-winning run in the 2-1 win over No. 15/17 Michigan (2/16)... Connected on a triple in the 9-8, nine inning loss to Northwestern (2/15)... Went 2-for-3 with two runs and a triple in the 10-0 win against Buffalo (2/9)... Went 2-for-3 and accounted for Louisville’s only hits in the 1-0 loss to Northwestern.
As a sophomore (2018): Led the team with a .356 batting average and 17 stolen bases... Tied for ninth on Louisville’s single season list for stolen bases... Belted out two doubles and two triples... Scored 29 runs, drove in seven... Played in 52 games with 50 starts in the outfield... Went 2-for-3 with a triple and scored a pair of runs in the 8-0 win over Boston College (4/29)... Went 3-for-5 with two runs in the 11-7 win over Indiana (4/18)... Went 3-for-3 with her first career triple, scored a run and drove one in to help the Cards beat NC State 7-0 (3/31)... Put together a team-best 12-game hitting streak (3/1 through 3/16)... Registered her first career hit and scored a run in the 9-7 win against Illinois (2/11)... Tallied a pair of runs in the 6-5 win over Northwestern... Registered two stolen bases against Ohio State (2/18)... Google Cloud Academic All-American (third team)... Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 team... All-ACC Academic Team selection... Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll.
As a freshman (2017): Played in 33 games with two starts at third base... Scored 12 runs... Recorded three stolen bases... Registered her first career stolen base in the 8-2 win over Pitt (3/19)... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll... Named to the Athletic Director's honor roll in the fall and spring.
High School/Travel: Played softball for four years at Carmel High School… Named team captain her senior season… Helped her team to back-to-back Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference (MIC) titles… Two-time first team all- MIC conference selection… 2016 all-state selection… 2016 Region 3 Indiana Miss Softball nominee… Named to the 2016 Indy Star Indiana Super Team… ICGSA North/South All-Star selection… Two-time all-county first team selection… 2014 Indiana Elite North/South All-Star… 2013 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete… Named 2016 Outstanding Senior for Physical Education Department and Carmel High School Distinguished Graduate.
Personal: Full name is Celene Funke… Nickname is Funke… Birthdate is May 17, 1998… Daughter of Tom and Yorika Funke… Earned her undergraduate degree in finance in May 2019, currently pursuing her MBA… Post college ambition is to work a finance job or go to physical therapy or physician assistant school… Chose Louisville because she wanted to be part of an elite athletic program and earn a worthwhile education – also she wanted her family to be able to attend her games… Wears No. 33 because 3 is her lucky number but it was taken, so she put two 3s together for double luck… Most people don’t know that she has a pet snake… Her mom is her biggest inspiration because she moved to the US from Japan on her own when she was just 18. She worked her way through college and is a successful chemical engineer – she hopes to be as courageous as her mom one day.
• President of UofL’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
As a super senior (2021): ACC All-Tournament selection... Started all 49 games in centerfield... Led the team with 12 stolen bases and four triples... Tied for third on the team with 19 runs... Finished her career ranked second on Louisville’s list for career triples (22) and stolen bases (74)... Her 121 career runs scored place her 10th on UofL’s all-time list... Owns the school single season record for triples with 13 in the 2019 campaign and stands second in stolen bases after swiping 29 that same year... Tied a career high with three stolen bases at Boston College (5/1)... Made an outstanding assist to throw out a runner at the plate in the top of the 11th for an inning-ending double play to keep Florida State off the scoreboard in a 0-0 tie with the Seminoles (4/25)... Doubled, scored a run and delivered an RBI along with a stolen base in tht 5-1 win against No. 7/7 Florida State (4/23)... Scored two runs and has a pair of stolen bases in the 9-5 win at Pittsburgh (4/5)... Went 3-for-4 with a home run, a triple, two runs and two RBIs in the 5-4 win against NC State (2/20)... Earned All-ACC Academic Team honors... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
As a senior (2020): Finished the shortened season on a 10-game hitting streak... Posted a .289 batting average, standing fourth on the team... Went 13-for-13 in stolen bases to lead the team... Paced the team with three triples, tied for second in the ACC and 21st in the NCAA in that category... Stood second on the team with 12 runs... Went 2-for-2 with a walk and tied a career high with three stolen bases in the 9-1 win against Evansville (3/8)... Went 2-for-4 with a triple, a home run, a career-high three RBIs and two runs - including the winning run in the 4-3 win against No. 10/10 Oregon... Went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and a stolen base in the 8- win against Wichita State (2/22)... Went 2-for-4 with a run, RBI and stolen base in the 9-0 win over Penn State (2/21)... Connected on a triple against Baylor (2/7) and Texas State (2/8)... Currently stands second on Louisville’s career list for triples (18)... Ranks third on UofL’s list with 62 stolen bases... CoSIDA Academic All-America first team selection... Preseason All-ACC selection... Senior CLASS Award candidate... Pursuing her MBA... Member of UofL's Student-Athlete Advisory C
As a junior (2019): Named to Google Cloud Academic All-America first team, becoming the first two-time Academic All-American in program history... Selected to the Google Cloud Academic All-District first team... All-ACC Academic Team member... Led the nation in triples with 13... Holds the school record for single season triples and is tied for second on Louisville’s career list with 15... Scored a team-best 48 runs, placing seventh on UofL’s all-time list for runs in a season... Second on the team with a .324 batting average and 29 stolen bases... Stands second on the school’s list for stolen bases in a season... Started every game in centerfield... Led the team in games with multiple stolen bases (seven games)... Belted out a triple and scored a run in the 4-3 NCAA Regional final loss to No. 17/16 Northwestern... Went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI in the 9-5 NCAA Regional opening win over Southern Illinois... Started a two-out, two run rally with a double in the 5-4 win at Marshall (4/23)... Went 3-for-3 with a home run, three runs and three RBIs in the 10-2 win at Boston College (4/14)... Had a hit and scored a run in the series-opening 2-0 win over No. 3/3 Florida State (4/6)... Her two-run triple broke open a 5-5 tie and lifted the Cards to 7-5 win over No. 24/19 Virginia Tech (3/29)... Hit a leadoff home run in the 5-2 win over Indiana (3/26)... Registered a career high with three stolen bases in the 4-2 loss to Syracuse (3/17)... Tied a school record with two triples in the 4-2 win over Syracuse (3/15) also went 2-for-2 with two runs and two stolen bases in that game... Hit her first career home run, a solo shot to lead off the sixth in the 8-0 win over Morehead State - also had a triple in that game (3/12)... Had a triple and a double in the 21-1 win over Morehead State (3/12)... Went 3-for-4 with three runs and two stolen bases in the 14-0 win over Mercer (3/10)... Tied a school record with four runs in the 14-1 win over Michigan State - also went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases in that game... Went 3-for-4 with a trips and a run in the 7-1 win over Indiana State (3/1)... Drove in a career-high two RBIs in the 5-3 win over Kansas (2/24)... Delivered a career-high two doubles in the 5-3 win against Bradley (2/25)... Scored the game-winning run in the 2-1 win over No. 15/17 Michigan (2/16)... Connected on a triple in the 9-8, nine inning loss to Northwestern (2/15)... Went 2-for-3 with two runs and a triple in the 10-0 win against Buffalo (2/9)... Went 2-for-3 and accounted for Louisville’s only hits in the 1-0 loss to Northwestern.
As a sophomore (2018): Led the team with a .356 batting average and 17 stolen bases... Tied for ninth on Louisville’s single season list for stolen bases... Belted out two doubles and two triples... Scored 29 runs, drove in seven... Played in 52 games with 50 starts in the outfield... Went 2-for-3 with a triple and scored a pair of runs in the 8-0 win over Boston College (4/29)... Went 3-for-5 with two runs in the 11-7 win over Indiana (4/18)... Went 3-for-3 with her first career triple, scored a run and drove one in to help the Cards beat NC State 7-0 (3/31)... Put together a team-best 12-game hitting streak (3/1 through 3/16)... Registered her first career hit and scored a run in the 9-7 win against Illinois (2/11)... Tallied a pair of runs in the 6-5 win over Northwestern... Registered two stolen bases against Ohio State (2/18)... Google Cloud Academic All-American (third team)... Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 team... All-ACC Academic Team selection... Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll.
As a freshman (2017): Played in 33 games with two starts at third base... Scored 12 runs... Recorded three stolen bases... Registered her first career stolen base in the 8-2 win over Pitt (3/19)... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll... Named to the Athletic Director's honor roll in the fall and spring.
High School/Travel: Played softball for four years at Carmel High School… Named team captain her senior season… Helped her team to back-to-back Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference (MIC) titles… Two-time first team all- MIC conference selection… 2016 all-state selection… 2016 Region 3 Indiana Miss Softball nominee… Named to the 2016 Indy Star Indiana Super Team… ICGSA North/South All-Star selection… Two-time all-county first team selection… 2014 Indiana Elite North/South All-Star… 2013 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete… Named 2016 Outstanding Senior for Physical Education Department and Carmel High School Distinguished Graduate.
Personal: Full name is Celene Funke… Nickname is Funke… Birthdate is May 17, 1998… Daughter of Tom and Yorika Funke… Earned her undergraduate degree in finance in May 2019, currently pursuing her MBA… Post college ambition is to work a finance job or go to physical therapy or physician assistant school… Chose Louisville because she wanted to be part of an elite athletic program and earn a worthwhile education – also she wanted her family to be able to attend her games… Wears No. 33 because 3 is her lucky number but it was taken, so she put two 3s together for double luck… Most people don’t know that she has a pet snake… Her mom is her biggest inspiration because she moved to the US from Japan on her own when she was just 18. She worked her way through college and is a successful chemical engineer – she hopes to be as courageous as her mom one day.
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
