2021 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 9
Carley Barjaktarovich
- Position:
- IF
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Marketing
- Hometown:
- Richmond, Mich.
- High School:
- Richmond
Bio
Why Lehigh? “I chose Lehigh because the campus is gorgeous and has a great atmosphere. The university has outstanding academics coupled with highly competitive athletics.”
As a fifth-year: Third team NFCA All-Region… first team All-Patriot League… Academic All-Patriot League… CSC Academic All-District… started all 54 games at shortstop… established school records with 79 hits in a season and 265 career hits… had school-record 35-game hitting streak from March 15 through May 11… led Mountain Hawks in runs, hits and stolen bases… batted .500 during Patriot League regular season… matched career high with four hits at Colgate (4/16)… named Patriot League Player of the Week after going 8-for-15 with four runs scored in series at Colgate… broke career hits record against Army in opening round of Patriot League Tournament… broke single season hits record the following day against the Black Knights… had two doubles against Iona over spring break (3/12)… named Lehigh’s Graduating Scholar-Athlete of the Year at year-end Athletics Convocation… named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
As a senior: Second team NFCA All-Region… Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive year… first team All-Patriot League at-large… CoSIDA Academic All-District… Academic All-Patriot League… Senior CLASS Award Candidate… team captain… led Lehigh in batting average (.366), runs (36), hits (60) and stolen bases (23)… hit in 16 consecutive games from March 16 to April 13… went 9-for-11 with two of her four RBIs in Colgate series (4/30-5/1)… had three stolen bases at Penn… career-high four hits at Bucknell (4/23)… had a hit in five of final six games of season… named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
As a junior: First team NFCA All-Region… Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year… Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year… second team All-Patriot League… Academic All-Patriot League… CoSIDA Academic All-District… team captain… started all 34 games at shortstop… led Patriot League with .471 batting average, second-highest single season average in school history… also led league with 57 hits and 19 stolen bases… ranked second in league with 36 runs scored… led Lehigh with 21 multi-hit games… closed season on 11-game hitting streak… named to Patriot League All-Tournament Team after going 9-for-12 with three runs scored… went 4-for-4 in season finale against Boston U. (5/15)… had three consecutive three-hit games against Army (4/4) and Holy Cross (4/9)… had three stolen bases and three runs scored at Seton Hall (3/7)… … named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
As a sophomore: Started all 17 games at shortstop… led Lehigh with .352 batting average, 19 hits and two stolen bases… perfect 2-for-2 on stolen base attempts… had team-best 10-game reached base streak between Feb. 15 and Mar. 8… led Mountain Hawks with seven multi-hit games… went 6-for-10 with six runs, two RBI, a triple and a stolen base in three game stretch vs. North Carolina A&T and James Madison (2/28-2/29)… had five hits over first three games of ASU Invitational against Nebraska (3/7), Arizona State (3/7) and New Mexico State (3/8)… went 3-for-7 on final day of season with three runs scored against South Dakota and Grand Canyon (3/11)… named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
As a first-year: One of three Mountain Hawks to start all 55 games... tied for third on team with 21 runs scored... has team-best 75 assists... ranked second on team with 13 stolen bases... had 12 multi-hit games... had key two-run doubles in wins over South Dakota (3/8) and Colgate (5/4)... also had two hits and two RBIs vs. New Mexico State (3/10)... 3-for-8 this season with the bases loaded... batted .411 with runners in scoring position... hit safely in 15-of-17 games between April 10 and May 4… named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
In high school: Four year starter at shortstop… 2018 Division 2 Miss Michigan position player for softball… three-time Division 2 first team All-State, All-Region and All-District… Ranked No. 1 on State Champs Network’s top 25 Michigan high school softball players as a senior… ranked No. 12 on same list as a junior… Michigan Live’s top 25 high school players list as a junior… batted .593 as a senior with 53 runs scored, 35 stolen bases and .979 fielding percentage… batted .538 with 58 runs scored, 13 extra base hits and 42 stolen bases as a junior… Richmond High School Valedictorian… Blue Water Area Conference All-Academic Team all four years… National Honor Society member… played travel softball for Michigan Finesse… played three years of varsity basketball, earning all-conference and all-county honors.
Personal: Daughter of Mike and Julie… older siblings Jessica and Hunter… sister Jessica played softball at Concordia University Ann Arbor.
CAREER STATISTICS
As a fifth-year: Third team NFCA All-Region… first team All-Patriot League… Academic All-Patriot League… CSC Academic All-District… started all 54 games at shortstop… established school records with 79 hits in a season and 265 career hits… had school-record 35-game hitting streak from March 15 through May 11… led Mountain Hawks in runs, hits and stolen bases… batted .500 during Patriot League regular season… matched career high with four hits at Colgate (4/16)… named Patriot League Player of the Week after going 8-for-15 with four runs scored in series at Colgate… broke career hits record against Army in opening round of Patriot League Tournament… broke single season hits record the following day against the Black Knights… had two doubles against Iona over spring break (3/12)… named Lehigh’s Graduating Scholar-Athlete of the Year at year-end Athletics Convocation… named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
As a senior: Second team NFCA All-Region… Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive year… first team All-Patriot League at-large… CoSIDA Academic All-District… Academic All-Patriot League… Senior CLASS Award Candidate… team captain… led Lehigh in batting average (.366), runs (36), hits (60) and stolen bases (23)… hit in 16 consecutive games from March 16 to April 13… went 9-for-11 with two of her four RBIs in Colgate series (4/30-5/1)… had three stolen bases at Penn… career-high four hits at Bucknell (4/23)… had a hit in five of final six games of season… named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
As a junior: First team NFCA All-Region… Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year… Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year… second team All-Patriot League… Academic All-Patriot League… CoSIDA Academic All-District… team captain… started all 34 games at shortstop… led Patriot League with .471 batting average, second-highest single season average in school history… also led league with 57 hits and 19 stolen bases… ranked second in league with 36 runs scored… led Lehigh with 21 multi-hit games… closed season on 11-game hitting streak… named to Patriot League All-Tournament Team after going 9-for-12 with three runs scored… went 4-for-4 in season finale against Boston U. (5/15)… had three consecutive three-hit games against Army (4/4) and Holy Cross (4/9)… had three stolen bases and three runs scored at Seton Hall (3/7)… … named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
As a sophomore: Started all 17 games at shortstop… led Lehigh with .352 batting average, 19 hits and two stolen bases… perfect 2-for-2 on stolen base attempts… had team-best 10-game reached base streak between Feb. 15 and Mar. 8… led Mountain Hawks with seven multi-hit games… went 6-for-10 with six runs, two RBI, a triple and a stolen base in three game stretch vs. North Carolina A&T and James Madison (2/28-2/29)… had five hits over first three games of ASU Invitational against Nebraska (3/7), Arizona State (3/7) and New Mexico State (3/8)… went 3-for-7 on final day of season with three runs scored against South Dakota and Grand Canyon (3/11)… named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
As a first-year: One of three Mountain Hawks to start all 55 games... tied for third on team with 21 runs scored... has team-best 75 assists... ranked second on team with 13 stolen bases... had 12 multi-hit games... had key two-run doubles in wins over South Dakota (3/8) and Colgate (5/4)... also had two hits and two RBIs vs. New Mexico State (3/10)... 3-for-8 this season with the bases loaded... batted .411 with runners in scoring position... hit safely in 15-of-17 games between April 10 and May 4… named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
In high school: Four year starter at shortstop… 2018 Division 2 Miss Michigan position player for softball… three-time Division 2 first team All-State, All-Region and All-District… Ranked No. 1 on State Champs Network’s top 25 Michigan high school softball players as a senior… ranked No. 12 on same list as a junior… Michigan Live’s top 25 high school players list as a junior… batted .593 as a senior with 53 runs scored, 35 stolen bases and .979 fielding percentage… batted .538 with 58 runs scored, 13 extra base hits and 42 stolen bases as a junior… Richmond High School Valedictorian… Blue Water Area Conference All-Academic Team all four years… National Honor Society member… played travel softball for Michigan Finesse… played three years of varsity basketball, earning all-conference and all-county honors.
Personal: Daughter of Mike and Julie… older siblings Jessica and Hunter… sister Jessica played softball at Concordia University Ann Arbor.
CAREER STATISTICS
| Season | Avg. | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB-ATT |
| 2019 | .307 | 55-55 | 163 | 21 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 21 | 13-16 |
| 2020 | .352 | 17-17 | 54 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | .471 | 34-34 | 121 | 36 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 19-23 |
| 2022 | .366 | 50-50 | 164 | 36 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 23-27 |
| 2023 | .391 | 54-54 | 202 | 42 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 19-25 |
| Total: | .376 | 210-210 | 704 | 147 | 265 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 50 | 68 | 76-93 |
Undergraduate Commencement
Sunday, May 18
Graduate Commencement & Doctoral Hooding
Saturday, May 17
Commencement - Undergraduate Degrees
Sunday, May 19
Commencement - Graduate Degrees
Saturday, May 18
