Lexi Winters
- position Catcher
- height 5-5
- class Junior
- B/T R/R
- Hometown Lexington, S.C.
- High school White Knoll
- Previous School Charlotte
- position Catcher
- height 5-5
- class Junior
- B/T R/R
- Hometown Lexington, S.C.
- High school White Knoll
- Previous School Charlotte
Lexi Winters Bio
Awards:
- 2024 American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year
- 2023 Conference USA All-Freshman Team Selection
- 2023 Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal Honoree
- 2023 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll Selection
Prior to SC:
2024 (Charlotte, Sophomore)
Played and started in 50 games at catcher … Posted a .230 batting average with five home runs and 25 RBI … Added 27 runs, eight doubles, 21 walks, and four steals … Defensively, allowed just 18 stolen bases all season and only one in conference play … Helped Charlotte finish 13th in Division I in fewest stolen bases allowed … Did not surrender a passed ball all season … Struck out only five times in 139 at-bats, ranking 24th in the nation in AB/K (27.8) … Hit a two-run homer in a shutout win over Texas Tech (Feb. 10) … Went 2-for-3 with two runs and a home run vs. Canisius (Feb. 16) … Posted a career-high six-game hitting streak from Feb. 11-21 … Drew two walks, scored two runs and stole her first career base at South Carolina (Feb. 25) … Had a multi-hit game at South Florida, going 2-for-4 (March 8) … Scored three runs in a series-clinching win over South Florida (March 9) … Belted a solo homer vs. Wichita State (March 30) … Had a bases-clearing triple, the first of her career, and stole a bag in a win vs. Florida Atlantic (April 5) … Went 2-for-2 with four RBI and a roundtripper at UTSA (April 12) … Scored a pair of runs in CLT’s victory against Tulsa (April 20) … Named AAC Defensive Player of the Year, the first such honoree in program history.
2023 (Charlotte, Freshman)
Started and played in 50 games … Finished the season with a .170 batting average (19-for-112) with two doubles, a triple, six home runs, and 20 RBI … Set the Charlotte single-game record with seven RBI against Middle Tennessee (Apr. 6) … Also became the first Charlotte player since 2014 to hit three home runs in a single game … Winters’ three home runs and seven RBI led C-USA for the most by a player in a single game during the season … Went 1-for-1 with a home run and scored twice against Kent State (Feb. 25) … Went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI against FIU (Mar. 10) … Went 1-for-1 with two RBI against Louisville (Mar. 14) … Went 2-for-4 with a triple and a run driven in against Western Kentucky (Apr. 1) … Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI against North Texas (Apr. 16) … Went 1-for-3 and drove in two runs against Middle Tennessee in the C-USA Tournament (May 12) … Named to the 2023 C-USA All-Freshman Team … 2023 C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal honoree and named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL:
2018 5A State Champion at White Knoll High School … Three-time Region Champion and two-time Lower State Champion … Two-time All-Region selection … Two-time All-State selection … 2018 Rookie of the Year … Team Captain for three years at White Knoll High School … Tied for the most home runs in a season … Team MVP for two years.
PERSONAL:
Born July 15, 2004 … Parents are Rebekah and Jeremy Winters … Mother, Rebekah, played collegiate softball at Brookdale Community College.