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2025 Catamount Softball Roster

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14 Mattie Mentel

  • Position Catcher / Outfield
  • Height 5-6
  • Hometown Athens, Ga.
  • High School Oconee HS
  • Class Senior
  • B/T R/R

Biography

Hits 3, 3x, last at N.C. Central (4/4/2024)
Runs 2, 8x, last vs N.C. Central (3/11/2025)
RBIs 3, 3x, last vs Presbyterian (3/1/2025)
Doubles 2, 2x, last vs Samford (4/1/2023)
Triples 1 at Mercer (4/22/2023)
Home Runs 1, 4x, last vs N.C. Central (3/11/2025)
Stolen Bases 1, 8x last vs Queens (3/26/2025)
Hitting Streak 6 games, March 10-March 13, 2024









2025 (Senior): Appeared in 32 games with 28 starts as she started as the catcher in 17 starts and the designated player for the other 11 starts in 2025… tallied 19 hits which included a pair of doubles and two homers… homers came in nonconference play against Presbyterian (March 1) and N.C. Central (March 11)… logged six multi-hit contests including three straight against Presbyterian, N.C. A&T and Rhode Island during the Catamount Classic… drove in 14 runs including a season-high three against Presbyterian… scored 13 runs… drew five walks… added a pair of sacrifice flies… posted a five-game hit streak and reached base streak throughout the 2025 season… tallied a .989 fielding percentage with just one error throughout the season… had perfect fielding percentage in SoCon action…2025 Spring Academic All-SoCon… 2024-25 SoCon Academic Honor Roll...

2024 (Junior): Played in 40 games with 35 starts as she served as the catcher in 22 starts and the DP for the other 13 games she made a start in… batted .290 with 15 runs scored, 31 hits and 13 RBI… recorded five doubles and a homer… went 4-for-6 on the bases… totaled seven multi-hit games including a season-high three hits at N.C. Central on April 4… had three straight games with two hits against Presbyterian on two separate occasions and a pair of knocks against Georgia State… adding six sacrifice hits and a pair of sacrifice flies… recorded a six-game hit streak… posted a .972 fielding percentage while also throwing out a pair of would-be base stealers…

2023 (Sophomore): Played in 39 games making 33 starts while batting .261 with seven runs scored, 24 hits and nine RBI…Posted six multi-hit games including a pair of three-hit games against Tennessee State and Gardner-Webb…Led the team with two hits including an RBI in the SoCon Tournament victory over Mercer…Laced a triple at Mercer on April 22…Posted a .980 fielding percentage and threw out a pair of would-be base stealers…2023 Academic All-SoCon…2022-23 SoCon Honor Roll.

2022 (Freshman): Played in 27 games and started 17 … Had nine hits, scored nine runs, two doubles, one home run and nine RBI … Season-high two hits in the win over Norfolk State.

High School: Played for Oconee High School … As a senior helped lead her high school to a fifth-place finish in the AAA Georgia State Championships … 2021 All Region First Team … 2021 All-State Team … 2021 Georgia Dugout Senior Team … Mentel had five multi-hit games during her senior campaign, two of which were in the state playoffs. She had six games with at least two runs batted in … Overall in her senior season she hit .344 batting average with 12 hits, eight doubles, a triple and a home run … 2019 2nd Team All Region …  8-AAAA 2018 1st Team …  All Region 8-AAAA …  2018 Athens Banner Herald All-Area Team … For her career at Oconee helped pace the team to a 80-52 record … In her 2021 travel ball season had a .424 batting average with 11 home runs.

Personal: Daughter of Wally Mentel and Carrie Scarbrough … Has three brothers – Ethan Scarbrough, Jake Scarbrough and Dylan Mentel … Mentel holds the dead lift record at Core Bend Gym in Athens, Ga. for women’s high school age at 331.5 pounds.

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2022Freshman

    Catcher / Outfield
    5'6"
    14
  • 14

    2023Sophomore

    Catcher / Outfield
    5'6"
    14
  • 14

    2024Junior

    Catcher / Outfield
    5'6"
    14
  • 14

    2025Senior

    Catcher / Outfield
    5'6"
    14