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Otis, Korbe
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Jersey Number 33
Korbe Otis
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Littleton, Colo.
- High School:
- Columbine
Bio
MAJOR: Graduated cum laude in May 2025 with a bachelor's degree in Biology
Career Honors:
Career Honors:
- 2025 NCAA Softball's Elite 90 winner
- 2025 SEC Scholar Athlete
- 2025 NFCA All-Gulf Region Third Team
- 2025 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2024 NFCA All-American First Team
- 2024 CSC Academic All-America First Team
- 2024 Softball America All-American First Team
- 2024 D1Softball All-American Second Team
- 2024 USA Softball Top 10 Finalist
- 2024 USA Softball Top 25 Finalist
- 2024 NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team
- 2024 All-SEC First Team
- 2024 SEC All-Tournament Team
- 2024 USA Softball Top 50 "Watch List"
- 2024 SEC Player of the Week (March 4, May 6)
- 2024 CSC Academic All-District
- 2024 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2023 D1Softball All-America Second Team
- 2023 Softball America First Team All-American
- 2023 NFCA All-Southeast Region Third Team
- 2023 All-ACC First Team
- 2022 ACC All-Freshmen Team
- Honors:
- 2025 NCAA Softball's Elite 90 winner
- 2025 SEC Scholar Athlete
- 2025 NFCA All-Gulf Region Third Team
- 2025 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- National Ranks:
- Walks: 50 (9th)
- SEC Ranks:
- Walks: 50 (4th)
- UF Single-Season Ranks:
- Walks: 50 (T-8th)
- Statistics:
- Appeared in all 65 games, making 63 starts in left field
- Batted .318 (56-for-176) with a team-high 50 walks, 42 RBI, nine doubles, six home runs, 41 runs and six stolen bases
- Recorded 15 multi-hit and 12 multi-RBI games on the season
- Notables:
- Earned the NCAA Elite 90 award for having the highest GPA at the championship site (4.0), Florida’s fifth all-time honoree and first for softball
- First Gator in program history to be named SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year
- Received one of the AUSL's (Athletes United Softball League) 12 "Golden Tickets" following Florida's win over Alabama (April 19)
- Drafted No. 6 overall by the Blaze and signed professional contract on June 2
- Matched a career-high of five RBI vs. Arkansas (April 4)
- Had a pair of walk-off hits in SEC play: a ninth-inning grand slam vs. Arkansas (April 4) and an RBI single vs. Alabama (April 19)
- Hit her sixth home run of the season in her final collegiate at-bat vs. Tennessee in the Women's College World Series (May 30)
- Honors:
- 2024 NFCA All-American First Team
- 2024 Softball America All-American First Team
- 2024 D1Softball All-American Second Team
- 2024 USA Softball Top 10 Finalist
- 2024 USA Softball Top 25 Finalist
- 2024 NFCA All-Southeast Region First Team
- 2024 All-SEC First Team
- 2024 SEC All-Tournament Team
- 2024 USA Softball Top 50 "Watch List"
- 2024 SEC Player of the Week (March 4, May 6)
- 2024 CSC Academic All-America First Team
- 2024 CSC Academic All-District
- 2024 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
- National Ranks:
- Triples: 5 (T-28th)
- Batting Average: .434 (13th)
- Hits: 79 (T-12th)
- Walks Per Game: .86 (7th)
- Runs Per Game: 1.19 (3rd)
- On-Base Percentage: .568 (3rd)
- Walks: 59 (1st)
- SEC Ranks:
- Batting Average: .434 (1st)
- Walks: 59 (1st)
- Triples: 5 (T-1st)
- Hits: 79 (2nd)
- On-Base Percentage" .568 (2nd)
- Runs Scored: 82 (2nd)
- Sacrifice Flies: 5 (3rd)
- Total Plate Appearances: 253 (3rd)
- Slugging Percentage: .703 (6th)
- Total Bases: 128 (6th)
- RBI: 53 (7th)
- Stolen Bases: 14 (10th)
- UF Single-Season Ranks:
- Batting Average: .434 (2nd)
- Runs Scored: 82 (2nd)
- On-Base Percentage: .568 (3rd)
- Walks: 59 (4th)
- Triples: 5 (T-6th)
- Hits: 79 (10th)
- Sacrifice Flies: 5 (T-10th)
- Statistics:
- Started all 69 games for Florida in her first season in Orange & Blue
- Batted .434 (79-for-182) with 82 runs scored, 53 RBI, 12 doubles, nine home runs and 59 walks
- Registered a .703 slugging percentage with a .568 on-base percentage and a .968 fielding percentage
- Notables:
- Only player in the country with 70-plus hits and runs scored in addition to 50-plus RBI and walks in 2024
- Led the nation in walks (59)
- Recorded 20 multi-hit and 13 multi-RBI performances
- Held a team-best 18-game hitting streak (April 4-May 11)
- Batted 5-for-7 (.714) with 6 runs, three walks and two triples at the SEC Tournament, earning All-Tournament honors
- Named to the D1Softball All-America second team and was a Softball America second team All-American
- Earned NFCA All-Southeast Region third team honors
- Selected to the All-ACC first team
- Three-time ACC Player of the Week (Feb. 28, March 28, April 11)
- Started all 56 games in the outfield
- Led the team with a .414 batting average, 63 runs and a .502 on-base percentage
- Stood second on the team with 23 stolen bases in 24 attempts
- Belted out eight doubles and 10 home runs
- Third on the team with 43 RBIs
- Posted a 1.204 OPS
- Finished her season ranked first in the ACC and fifth in the NCAA with seven triples
- At the end of her season, led the conference and stood seventh in the NCAA in runs per game (1.12)
- Ranked 18th in the NCAA and third in the ACC with 75 hits
- Ranked 20th nationally and third in the ACC with 127 total bases
- Stood 22nd in the nation and fourth in the ACC with a .414 batting average
- Led the team with 22 multi-hit games and stood third with 11 multi-RBI games.
- Registered a school-record 35 reached-base streak- setting the new school record with a walk in the game against top-ranked Oklahoma.
- Put together a 15-game hitting streak - one shy of the school record
- Went 2-for-4 with a home run in the NCAA Knoxville Regional opening loss to Indiana (5/19)
- For the second straight day, led off the game with a home run to help the Cardinals’ sweep the series at Virginia (4/23)
- Led off the game with a home run in the Cardinals’ series-clinching 6-4 win at Virginia (4/22)
- Connected on her first career grand slam to lift the Cards to a 5-3 win over Virginia (4/21)
- Went 2-for-4 with with a home run, a stolen base and two runs in the 9-1 win vs. Oakland (4/16)
- Tied a school record for hits in a game with back-to-back 4-for-4 performances against Notre Dame (4/7 and 4/8)
- Registered an RBI double and scored two runs in the 7-4 loss at No. 16/16 Kentucky (3/29)
- Hit a walk-off RBI single in the ninth inning in Louisville’s 3-2 win over NC State to complete the series sweep (3/26)
- Tied a school record with four runs in the 13-0 win over NC State (3/25)
- Tied a school record for doubles in a game when she notched three in the 15-5 win at No. 23/25 UCF (2/26)
- Connected on a two-run homer to tie the game at 3-3 after the Cardinals fell behind 3-0 to Purdue. UofL would go on to win 4-3 (Feb. 26)
- Registered a triple in the 2-1 loss to Illinois (2/18)
- Went 2-for-2 with an inside-the-park home run in the 4-0 win against RV/No. 23 Missouri (2/11)
- Scored two runs in the 4-1 win over South Alabama (2/10)
- CSC Academic All-District
- Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll
- Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
- Named to the ACC All-Freshmen Team
- Started all 52 games in the outfield - the only freshman on the team to start every game in 2022
- Stood third on the team with a .289 batting average, 48 hits, 31 runs and six stolen bases
- Fourth on the team with 30 RBIs
- Belted out 10 doubles, good for third on the team
- Tied for fourth on the team with five home runs
- Hit a three-run homer to help the Cards clinch the series in the 9-4 win against Virginia (May 1)
- Scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh in the Cards' 5-4 victory over Virginia (4/29)
- Went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and scored a run in the series-clinching game against North Carolina (4/10)
- Hit a three-run homer to start a rally after Louisville was down 6-0 against Georgia Tech - her shot cut the lead in half
- Blasted a home run in the 15-0 win over Western Illinois (3/16)
- Went 3-for-3 with a double and a triple and a career high five RBIs against Western Michigan (3/11)
- Her RBI single in the bottom of the seventh against Illinois tied the game at 8-8 - Louisville would go on to win 9-8 (3/5)
- Went 2-for-3 with a triple, a home run and four RBIs in the 8-0 win against Western Michigan (3/5)
- Hit her first collegiate home run, a two-run shot to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead against No. 10/8 Arkansas - the Razorbacks would go on to win 8-5 (2/27)
- Connected on her first career triple to drive in the tying run against Villanova in the bottom of the eighth inning and went on the score the game-winning run in the 3-2 victory (2/20)
- Delivered two hits in the 9-5 win against Indiana
- Went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs in the 14-0 win against Bethune-Cookman (2/11)
- Went 2-for-4 with a double, a run and two RBIs in the 10-7 win at FAU (2/10)
- Recorded her first collegiate hit and scored her first run in the 2-0 win at FAU (2/10)
- Named to the ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll
- NFCA Scholar Athlete
- Played for Columbine High School, where she was a three-time school Athlete of the Year and helped lead the Rebels to their first-ever state title in 2019
- Named the 2020 Columbine High School Junior Athlete of the Year as well as MVP by BLAST Softball Virtual Hitting Madness
- Tabbed the 2019 Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) 5A Player of the Year
- MaxPreps Player of the Game 16 times
- During her time at Columbine, the two-time all-state selection has helped the Rebels to a pair of league championships (2018, 2019) and the 2019 regional and state titles
- All-conference honoree in each of her seasons
- First team academic all-state selection
- While playing for the Corona Angels Tyson, Otis was named to the Extra Inning 18U All-Summer Team and lead her team to a third-place finish in the 2020 Gold Nationals
- Also named to the 2019 PGF 16U all-tournament team and earned MVP honors at the 2018 Louisville Slugger Independence Day Tournament
- In addition, Otis was a member of the Columbine track and field team and owns the school records for the 100m and 200m dash
Tim Walton, Korbe Otis, Reagan Walsh, Kendra Falby Postgame Press Conference 5-30-25
Saturday, May 31
Tim Walton, Korbe Otis, Keagan Rothrock Postgame Press Conference 5-29-25
Thursday, May 29
Kendra Falby, Jocelyn Erickson Rawlings Gold Glove Press Conference 5-28-25
Wednesday, May 28
Tim Walton, Kendra Falby, Taylor Shumaker Pre-WCWS Press Conference 5-28-25
Wednesday, May 28
