2026 Softball Roster

Jon Pearl
Kristin Shaffer

2 Julia Girk

  • Position Outfield
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Bradenton, Fla.
  • High School Parrish Community

Biography

2025: Appeared and started in all 50 games in her rookie season … Batted .295 with 39 hits in 132 at-bats … Totaled 16 extra-base hits, with 11 of them being doubles … Her 11 doubles led the team and were the 11th-most in the Sun Belt Conference … Tallied a .392 on-base percentage in 2025, the second-best on the team … Stole 17 bases on 18 attempts, which was the fifth-most in the Sun Belt … Her 17 steals were also the most by a Mountaineer since at least 2017 … Scored 31 runs in her freshman season, the third-most on the team … Hit two home runs and recorded 24 RBIs … Slapped her first career home run on Feb. 8 against Auburn in the fourth inning … Committed just four errors in center field in 2025 … Recorded nin multi-hit games, which included two three-hit games … Hit the go-ahead two-RBI single against Georgia State on April 17 … Hit three triples her freshman year, tied for the second-most triples in a season in program history

HIGH SCHOOL
A Bradenton, Fla., product, Girk has shined on the softball diamond in her four years at Parrish Community High School, posting an incredible .493 career batting average, which included a .573 mark her junior year. Because of her impressive year in 2023, Girk was named the Bay Made Fast-Pitch Player of the Year her junior year and was listed as one of the top utility players in Florida for the class of 2024 by FLVarsity. She compiled 100 career hits in high school and stole 65 bases, helping her garner an All-State team selection in 2023. Girk also played for Richard Torres on Tampa Mustangs Torres, which was ranked No. 11 in the country at one point. Her team took home two top-2 finishes at the Show Me the Money Tournament while she was a member.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2025Freshman

    Outfield
    5'4"
    2
  • 2

    2026Sophomore

    Outfield
    5'4"
    2