Cylie Halvorson - Softball - Arkansas Razorbacks

#12 Cylie Halvorson

INF | R-Sr. | 5-8 | R/R | Sioux Falls, S.D. | Roosevelt HS / South Dakota State

Career Highlights
NFCA All-South Region First Team (2023)
All-SEC Second Team (2023)
Summit League All-Tournament Team (2022)
All-Summit League First Team (2022)
Summit League Player of the Year (2021)
All-Summit League First Team (2021)
NFCA All-Region Second Team (2021)

2023 | Redshirt Junior
Started all 59 games at first base … One of five Razorbacks to start all 59 games … Slashed .283/.520/.360 with 49 hits, 51 RBI, 10 home runs, 38 runs scored and 22 walks … Has recorded at least 10 home runs in each of her last three seasons … Ranked second on the team in fielding percentage (.993) on 416 total chances (min. 15 total chances) … Ranked second on the team in home runs (10), RBI (51) … Paced Arkansas in sacrifice flies with six … During conference play, slashed .319/.625/.373 with 23 hits, 19 RBI, 18 runs scored and six home runs … Filed 10 multi-hit games … Compiled 15 multi-RBI games, including seven games with three or more RBI … Launched first career home run as a Razorback in win against UNLV (Feb. 10) … Smoked a three-run home run in win vs. Baylor (Feb. 12) … Powered Arkansas offensively in win vs. Nebraska (Feb. 19) at the Clearwater Invitational, finishing 2-for-3 with a double and four RBI … Her four RBI against Nebraska were a season-high … Had another multi-hit performance in win against Arizona (Feb. 23), going 2-for-3 and scoring a run … In her SEC debut vs. Texas A&M (March 10), went 2-for-2 at the plate with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored … Finished 2-for-2 with two RBI vs. Florida (March 25) … Went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a run scored vs. Mississippi State (April 1) … Launched walk-off, solo home run in series finale vs. Georgia (April 8) … Went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run in game two win vs. Tennessee (April 30) … Finished 2-for-3 with two doubles and two runs scored in series opener at Missouri (May 5) … Registered back-to-back games with home runs vs. Missouri (May 6-7) … Went 1-for-2 with a three-run home run vs. Oregon (May 20) in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional.

At South Dakota State
2022 | Redshirt Sophomore
Played and started in 54 games … Hit .311 and recorded 19 home runs, 55 hits, 46 RBIs and 40 runs scored … Had four three-hit games and three multi-home run performances … Sliced two hits including a home run with two RBIs in SDSU’s Summit League championship victory over Omaha on May 15 … Also hit two home runs in two games versus Michigan in the NCAA Tournament … Recorded two five RBI contests … Her back-to-back 19 home run seasons were program records … 46 RBIs were a top five single-season mark ever at SDSU … In two seasons, as well a COVID shortened season, her 40 career home runs rank second in program history … Ended career with the top slugging percentage in school history (.704), fifth in on-base percentage (.396) and third in RBIs (124) … Named a Summit League All-Tournament Team choice in 2022 … Tabbed a Summit League Commissioner’s List and Academic Honor Roll selection.

2021 | Redshirt Freshman
One of three Jackrabbits to start all 51 games … named Summit League Player of the Year and was selected to the All-Summit League First Team and NFCA All-Region Second Team … averaged .352 at the plate, the fifth-best mark in the conference … shattered the school record, ranked 15th nationally and led the league with 19 home runs … batted in 59 runs which was the second-most in a season in school history, led the Summit League and ranked seventh in the country … led the Summit League and ranked 22nd nationally with 127 total bases … slugged .770 which ranks second all-time in program history and would have broken the school record had teammate Jocelyn Carrillo not slugged .813 … ranked third in the league with 58 hits and tied for fifth with 10 doubles … scored 33 runs, stole one base, walked 16 times and reached base at a clip of .419 …  posted a team-best 18 multi-hit games and 18 multi-RBI games … had a streak of six consecutive multi-hit games … hit safely in 38 of 51 games … recorded a season-best four hits in as many at-bats with a double and a home run against Omaha (4/11) … closed the season on a six-game hit streak, including a knock in all three of SDSU’s NCAA Regional games.

2020 | Freshman
Started 21 of 22 appearances … led team with .406 batting average, going 25-for-64 at the plate with a  team-high seven doubles … second on squad with 19 runs batted in while slugging .641 with a .451 on-base percentage … added one triple and two home runs … drew two walks and was hit by four pitches … tied for team-lead with eight multi-hit games, including  a pair of three-hit games against Montana (2/21) and Toledo (3/10) … had four multi-RBI games, driving in a season-high five against Merrimack (3/8) in a game with two doubles … home runs came against Montana (2/21) and Butler (3/11).

High School: Graduated from Roosevelt High School (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) in May 2019 … played one season of high school softball (2018) and earned All-State and All-State Tournament honors, hitting .479 with .514 on-base, 1.3 on-base plus slugging and .788 slugging percentages … helped high school win 2018 State Tournament … competed with South Dakota Renegades and won four straight state championships: 2014 (18U), 2015 (16U), 2016 (16U) and 2017 (18U) … helped Renegades finish ninth at 2017 PGF Nationals … hit .455 with a .514 on-base percentage, 1.3 on-base plus slugging mark and a .788 slugging percentage with club team in 2018 … four-year academic honor roll pick and an Athletic Scholar Athlete in 2018.