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2026 Softball Roster

8 Claire Cahalan

  • Position OF
  • Height 5-1
  • Hometown Dadeville, Ala.
  • High School Northside HS (Columbus, Ga.)

Biography

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2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District

2023-24 SEC First-Year Honor Roll

SOPHOMORE (2025)

  • Appeared in 52 games with 48 starts in left and center over her sophomore campaign in 2025.
  • Batted .266 with 33 hits, 19 runs, a team-best three triples, seven RBI and 11 stolen bases.
  • Had seven two-hit games and notched two RBI twice in 2025. 
  • Went on a team-high 15 game reached base streak this season.
  • Had a 2-for-3 day at the plate in the 10-3 win over Duke (2/8), compiling a triple, a run and an RBI.
  • Notched a pair of hits (2-for-3) with a run and an RBI against Clemson (2/13).
  • Added a two-hit performance (2-for-3) against UCLA (2/20).
  • Had two-hit games against Mississippi State (4/12) and SIEU (4/15).
  • Went 2-for-4 with a run, two RBI, and a walk versus Wichita State (2/28).
  • Knocked in a pair of runs with a hit and a stolen base in the midweek against Illinois (3/18).

FRESHMAN (2024)

  • Appeared in 53 games with 13 starts (left field). One of Mizzou’s primary pinch runners in 2024.
  • Started in the final 12 games in left.
  • Notched seven hits (.167), 12 runs, and three stolen bases.
  • Made Mizzou debut against Utah (2/9), coming on as a pinch runner.
  • Scored her first collegiate run against NC State (2/9).
  • Tallied her first career hit at Nebraska (3/2).
  • Posted her first career SEC hit with a pinch-hit single against Auburn (3/8).
  • Added hits against Indiana (5/18) and Omaha (5/19) during the 2024 NCAA Columbia Regional (5/17-19).

Prep

  • Led Northside High School to a AAAAA Region Two title and the Georgia High School Association Class AAAAA state finals
  • Three-time first team all-state
  • Three-time first team all-region 
  • Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Player of the Year (2021)
  • GADC Player of the Year (2021)
  • All Bi-City Offensive Player of the Year (2020)
  • Junior All-Star Team selection
  • Broke five program records at Northside HS while hitting .525 with 46 runs on 53 hits to go along with a .583 on-base percentage and 48 stolen bases
  • Ranked #33 overall on Extra Innings
  • Ranked #22 Outfielder on Extra Innings
  • Competed with the Birmingham Thunderbolts, which was ranked second by Extra Innings
  • Earned 2020 Extra Inning All-Summer Team honors
  • Batted .517 with a .576 on-base percentage, 15 hits, 11 runs and 12 stolen bases with the Birmingham Thunderbolts
  • Led Northside HS to a D1 Area 5 Region Flag Football title
  • Named to the 2021 First Team All-Area Flag Football

Personal

  • Born August 3, 2005
  • Daughter of Christy and Steve Cahalan
  • Grew up in Midland, Georgia
  • Has one sister, Mary Beth, who plays softball at Delaware after a four-year career at Dartmouth
  • Cousin, Kenleigh Cahalan, plays softball at Florida
  • Majoring in Parks, Recreation, Sport and Tourism: Sport Management

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2024Freshman

    OF
    5'1"
    8
  • 8

    2025Sophomore

    OF
    5'1"
    8
  • 8

    2026Junior

    OF
    5'1"
    8