Laurel Moody

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Class:
Senior
Position:
Catcher/Utility
Height:
5-8
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Carlsbad, Calif.
High School:
Carlsbad

2025: Unanimously selected Ivy League Player of the Year and First Team All-Ivy ... Selected to the Ivy League All-Tournament Team ... Named First Team NFCA All-Northeast Region ... Named Ivy League Player of the Week on March 10 and March 31 ... Set the Brown single season home run record with her 14th home run of the year against Bryant (April 16) ... Hit walk-off home runs against Boston University (Feb. 28) and Stonehill (March 19) ... Appeared in and started all 50 games ... Set the Brown single season records in hits (62), home runs (15), RBI (42) and walks (31) ... Led Brown with a .425 batting average, .522 on base percentage, .801 slugging percentage and 34 runs scored ... Hit .462 during Ivy League play with nine home runs and 23 RBI ... Won the Ivy League triple crown ... Led the Bears with 17 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games ... Had an 11-game hitting streak, the second longest by a Bear this season ... Went 2-for-3 with two home runs and four RBI in a win at Wintrhop (Feb. 21) ... Was 5-for-8 with two doubles, a home run and four RBI at Lipscomb (March 8) ... Was 3-for-3 with a run scored at Holy Cross (March 16) ... Went 8-for-11 with two home runs and five RBI in a three-game series at Penn (March 29-30) ... Went 2-for-3 with two home runs and three RBI against Cornell (April 4) ... Went 2-for-3 with two doubles, five walks and four RBI in a doubleheader against Rhode Island (April 9) ... Had five hits with two home runs and five RBI in a three-game series at Columbia (April 13-14) ... Was 3-for-4 with a triple and home run with two RBI against Bryant (April 16) ... Was 3-for-3 with an RBI against Harvard (April 19) ... Had three hits with a double, two RBI, three walks and four runs scored in a doubleheader against Yale (April 27) ... Had two hits with a home run and two RBI against Princeton (May 3) ... Was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in the Ivy League Championship game against Princeton (May 10) ... Collected a hit against Washington in the NCAA Regionals (May 17).

2024: Named Second Team All-Ivy ... Appeared in and started all 42 games ... Was third on the team with a .299 average and led the team with three home runs ... Finished the year second on the team in hits (38), doubles (11), RBI (25) and runs scored (18) ... Struck out just four times in 127 at bats and only once during Ivy League play ... Led Brown during league play with a .369 batting average, 24 hits and .538 slugging percentage ... Had the most multi hit games on the roster (10) with seven two-hit games and three three-hit games ... Was second on the team with six multi RBI games and the only player with five rBI in a game on Brown ... Started the season with a hit, two walks, an RBI and two runs scored against Le Moyne (Feb. 23) ... Had two hits, a double, a home run and five RBI against Bellarmine ... Went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored against Holy Cross (March 13) ... Was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI against Merrimack (March 16) ... Was 6-for-13 with a double, home run, four RBI and two runs scored in a three-game series at Yale (March 22-24) ... Had three hits with a double and run scored against Princeton (April 27) ... Went 3-for-4 with a triple, four RBI and a run scored against Penn (May 3).

2023: Named Honorable Mention All-Ivy ... Finished the season hitting .292 and was tied for the team-lead with 31 hits ... Added six doubles, a home run, seven RBI, six runs scored and eight walks ... Was second on the team with eight multi-hit games ... Started the season going 1-for-3 with a double, RBI and two runs scored against Merrimack (Feb. 24) ... Went 2-for-3 with a home run against Merrimack (Feb. 26) ... Had a double and an RBI against Southern Miss (March 5) ... Was 2-for-4 with two RBI at Columbia (March 19) ... Went 2-for-3 with a run scored against Bryant (March 28) ... Drove in a run on two hits at Rhode Island (March 30) ... Collected four hits in the three-game series against Dartmouth (April 15 & 16) ... Went 2-for-4 with a double at Providence (April 26) ... Was 3-for-4 with a double and run scored in a doubleheader against Yale (April 28).

2022: Appeared in 32 games, making 26 starts as Brown's primary catcher ... Led the team with five home runs and hit .205 on the season ... Finished the year with a .462 slugging percentage, adding three doubles and a triple ... Had 16 hits with 17 runs scored and 10 RBI ... Posted an on base percentage of .319 with 12 walks ... Collected her first-career hit with a double against Stony Brook (Feb. 26) ... Hit her first home run with a solo home run at Florida International (Feb. 27) ... Hit a three-run home run at Houston Baptist (March 6) ... Hit a solo home run against Providence (March 8) ... Collected a triple with two RBI and two runs scored against Holy Cross (March 22) ... Collected a hit in eight-straight games from April 10 - April 27 that included home runs against Harvard and Rhode Island.

Before Brown: Earned First Team All-League in 2019 and Second Team All-League in 2018 … Started for four years … Won team’s Defensive Player of the Year award as a sophomore … Won conference titles in 2018 and 2019 … Hit .339 in 2018 and .370 in 2019 at the high school level; led team with 24 RBIs in 2019 … Competed on the club level for Breakers/Labs; hit .460 with 44 RBIs and eight home runs in 2020 and hit .400 with 32 RBIs and seven homers in 2019 … Played for head coach Jared Miller … Also competed in soccer … Earned Scholar-Athlete honors all four years.

Personal: Laurel is the daughter of Tamara and Marc Moody … Has one younger sibling, Calli … Plans to concentrate in Neuroscience.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown because of the opportunity to both receive a prestigious education and play Division I college softball. The open curriculum also appealed to me as it will give me the opportunity to pursue subjects, and eventually a career, where I can excel and enjoy my work.”