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Bellarmine University Athletics

2025 Softball Roster

John Sommers II
Jim Killian
John Sommers II
John Sommers II
John Sommers II
John Sommers II
John Sommers II
John Sommers II
John Sommers II
Brian Stone

21 Reni Shemwell

  • Position Infield
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Major Psychology
  • Hometown Hopkinsville, KY
  • High School Christian County
  • Parents Cindy and Tracy Shemwell
  • Prev School Lake Land College

Biography

2025 – SENIOR
ASUN Honor Roll recipient...ASUN Honors Graduate recipient...played in 28 games while making 27 starts…missed 13 games due to injury from 3/2 to 3/26…led the Knights with eight doubles and three home runs…ranked second on the team with 25 hits and fourth with eight RBI…hit .325 on the season with a .545 SLG and .395 OBP…tallied 52 assists and 23 putouts at the hot corner…recorded a team best six multi-hit games…hit her first home run, a two-run bomb, of the season on 2/8 against Siena…turned in back-to-back two hit games on 3/28 and 3/29 adding a double on 3/28 and an RBI on 3/29…went 2-for-3 with a double and RBI against Central Arkansas on 4/12…went 1-for-2 with an RBI double on 4/13 against Central Arkansas…went 1-for-2 with an RBI single on 4/16 against Northern Kentucky…tallied two hits at North Alabama on 4/19…in her final home game, went 3-for-4 with two doubles on 4/27 against Lipscomb…turned in a perfect 3-for-3 day at the plate with a double, two home runs, two RBI and two runs in her final game of the season…was the Knights best hitter in ASUN Conference games with a .400 batting average in 17 games…led the team in hits (18), doubles (6) and home runs (2) in conference play…turned in a five-game hit streak from 3/28 to 4/5…registered a 10-game on-base streak from 3/28 to 4/16

2024 - JUNIOR
Named Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete...ASUN Honor Roll recipient…played and started 44 games in her first season with Bellarmine…turned in a .216 batting average with 25 hits, a double, 12 runs and a stolen base…tied for the team lead with six home runs…ranked second on the team with 20 RBI and 98 assists at 3B…launched her first home run and the first of the season for the Knights and record­ed her first multi-hit game on 2/10 vs Siena... hit her team-leading fifth home run of the season on March 24 at Stetson...launched her team-leading sixth homer of the season on April 14 at Kennesaw State
 
BEFORE BELLARMINE: played two seasons at Lake Land College... was Lake Land’s starting third baseman for the last two years. Reni was a two-year NJCAA Academic All-American, All-Region, and All-Grac team selection. In 2022, Reni was selected to the NFCA All-Midwest Region team. This past season, Reni added NJCAA Region 24 All-Tournament and All-Great Rivers Conference Team honors to her resume.
 
PERSONAL: Daughter to Cindy and Tracy…sister to Nile and Quentin…in addition to softball, played basketball at Christian County High School in Hopkinsville, KY…was top 10 in her high school class…her brother, Quentin, is a Grammy Award winning producer/songwriter…favorite music genre is R&B…favorite TV show is Grey’s Anatomy…favorite movie is The Temptations…favorite meal is steak and baked potato…favorite hobby is painting…favorite athlete is Serena Williams…favorite professional sports team is the Oakland Athletics

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2024Junior

    Infield
    5'7"
    21
  • 21

    2025Senior

    Infield
    5'7"
    21