Meredith Slaw Season 2022

2023 All-ACC Academic Team
2023 Preseason All-ACC

2022 All-ACC First Team
2022 All-ACC Academic Team
2022 VaSID First Team
2022 ACC Player of the Week (4/12)
2018-19 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2023: Appeared in 29 games for the Hokies, making seven starts primarily as the designated player… Recorded four hits, including one double and one home run… Posted three RBI… Posted a double and an RBI in the win over Mount St. Mary’s (3/7)… Hit first home run of the season against No. 13 Duke in a pinch-hit at bat (4/2)… Had a hit and an RBI in the win over Longwood (4/4).

2022: Appeared in 46 games this season, starting in 34 of them, primarily as the DP… Finished with a .353 batting average and 1.005 OPS… Led the team in RBI with 41… Appeared as a pinch hitter against No. 19 Kentucky where she went 1-for-1 with a grand slam (2/13)... Went 2-for-3 with two RBI against Miami (OH) (2/26)... Recorded a three-run home run against ETSU (3/9)...  Went 2-for-4 against Longwood with a home run and two RBI (3/22)… Led the way against No. 2 Florida State, going 3-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI in the game one extra-inning win (4/8), proceeded to go 6-for-7 through the first two games, totaling three home runs and seven RBI (4/9)... Recorded a single and two RBI against Liberty (4/12)… Went 3-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI in the game three win over Virginia (4/16)... Went 1-for-3 with two RBI against Louisville (4/22)... Recorded two hits including a double and three RBI against Liberty (5/3)... Hit a grand slam in the Blacksburg Regional against No. 15 Kentucky (5/21). 

2021: Appeared in 20 games, starting 10 at first base and one as the designated player… Started Game 3 of the Los Angeles Super Regional as the designated player and recorded a single in the first inning… Appeared in all four games vs. Notre Dame, starting three, for her first game action since March 13… Had a pinch-hit two-run single in Game 2 vs. No. 13/14 Florida State (2/20)… Knocked in four runs for the third time in her career in Game 2 at Clemson, three of which coming on her first home run of the season (2/19)… Drew a career-high three walks in the first game of the season at Kennesaw State (2/13) and also had an RBI single in the game.
 
2020: Played in 19 games, started 10 games … Led the team with a .409 batting average on the season … Tied for the team lead in doubles with five … Knocked in 21 runs in just 44 at-bats … Sent a 3-run shot to right in the run-rule victory over George Mason (3/11) … Had a 3-run homer and four RBI in the series finale win over Virginia (3/8) … Hit .636 in four games at the Spring Break Challenge … Had back-to-back three-hit games at Jacksonville (2/29) and against Stony Brook (3/1) … Had eight RBI in seven at-bats at the Charleston Invitational … Went 2 for 3 with two doubles, four RBI and two runs scored versus North Carolina A&T (2/22) … Had her first career steal against Dartmouth (2/21) … Smacked a double at Coastal Carolina (2/7) … Posted a single versus Iowa (2/9).

2019: Played in 37 games, drawing 13 starts as the designated player and three at first base … Had a base knock versus No. 23/20 Kentucky (5/18) in the Lexington Regional … Tied her career high in runs scored with one and walks with one against Boston College (4/27) … Earned one walk in the win against North Carolina (4/21) … Posted a two-run home run versus Virginia (4/13) … Collected one run and a two-run double against Louisville (3/30) … Came in off the bench as a pinch hitter versus Binghamton (3/19) … Came in as a pinch hitter against Georgia Tech (3/9) and NC State (3/16) … Collected her first multi-hit game of her career versus UAB (3/2), owning a single and a home run … Turned in an RBI at Radford (2/27) as a pinch hitter … Homered and drove in two runs versus [RV] Texas State (2/23) … Hit her first home run at the college level at Charleston Southern (2/17), a three-run shot to right center … Tallied an RBI single at Charleston Southern (2/16) … Posted her first-ever double versus Detroit Mercy (2/16), driving in a run … Reached base safely in seven of her first eight games of the season … Notched a base hit, RBI and scored a run at College of Charleston (2/9) … Recorded a base hit in her only plate appearance in the season-opening win versus [RV] Wichita State (2/8).

High School: Three-sport athlete in high school, playing softball, basketball and volleyball … Four-year letterwinner in softball and basketball for coach Ellen Gaines in both sports … Four-time all-conference player in softball … Four-time all-region … Two-time all-state selection … Three-time conference Player of the Year … Two-time region Player of the Year … VHSL Player of the Year … All-American her junior year … Earned first-team all-conference all four years in basketball … Two-time second-team all-region … Scored more than 1,000 points … Played outside hitter on the volleyball team for four years, earning four letters for coach Kristin Patterson … Earned all-conference honors her senior season and All-Academic.
 
Personal: Meredith Allen Slaw … Feb. 2, 2000 … Daughter of Mike and Regis Slaw … Has a sister, Candace … Uncle played for the Los Angeles Dodgers’ AAA team … Has a cousin currently playing catcher for Wake Forest … Had two cousins run track for Virginia and William & Mary … Majoring in accounting.