Zoie Bernard

Class:
Freshman
Position:
OF
Height:
5-3
B/T:
L/L
Hometown:
Cordova, Tenn.
High School:
St. Benedict
Prev School:
St. Benedict
Club:
Athletics Gold

2026 (Freshman)
Wrapped her first collegiate season with team bests in batting average (.307), slugging (.485), OPB (.421), hits (50), doubles (13), triples (5, fifth, B1G) stolen bases (8) and walks (31) ... Started all 51 games in the outfield, (primarily in left) and batted leadoff in every one as well ... Also led the team in plate appearances (196) and at-bats (163) ... Preseason D1 Softball D100 Freshman Watch List ... Big Ten Freshman to Watch by Softball America ... Named to the NFCA Leadoff Classic (2/6-8) All-Tournament team, with seven hits (including two triples and three doubles), five stolen bases and five walks ... Was 4-for-14 with two doubles, one RBI, and a stolen base in four games at the Queen City Classic (2/13-14) ... Delivered a 8-for-18 (.444) performance at the plate at the Purple and Gold Classic at LSU (2/20-22), with two RBI, a walk, and a stolen base ... Hit .412 (7-for-17, double, triple) at Kentucky's John Cropp Classic (2/27-3/1) ... Produced her first two homers of the season and a double at the Marucci Classic (3/5-7) ... Had three base hits - all for extra bases - in her B1G debut at UCLA (3/13-15). with a pair of RBI ... Smacked a pair of doubles in the series against Nebraska (3/20-21) ... Had a team-best three base hits in the Ohio State series (3/27-29) ... Walked three times, had a stolen base, and a run scored against Detoit Mercy (4/1) ... Had four hits, two RBI and a walk in a home doubleheader vs. Illinois (4/3) ... Had a pair of base hits and walked four times in the Rutgers series (4/10-12) ...Pushed her stretch of games with a walk to five straight with a free pass in each of the games vs. Maryland (4/24-26) ... Went 3-for-10 with a walk and a stolen base in the Michigan series (5/1-3).

Club:
Played for John Legere and Stacey Tamborra for Athletics Gold (Atlanta, Georgia) … Ranked as the #26 Overall Player in the Country and #11 Outfielder by Line Drive Media … 2025 Line Drive Media First Team All-American … Led team in homers, runs, and stolen bases in her final season … Earned her team Lioness Award in 2025 … PGF Top 16 in 2025 and 2022, and Top 16 in 2023 … Led the squad in batting average, stolen bases, and OBP in 2022 and 2023 … 2023 and 2024 Minority Softball Prospects All-American … 2024 PGF All-American Junior Finalist.

High School: 2025 Max Preps Second Team All-American … Attended St.Benedict at Auburndale High School … 2025 Commercial Appeal and Daily Memphian Softball Player of the Year, All-Metro, All-Region Team, and MVP … Also earned All-State Honors as a senior, helping her team to a runner-up finish at the state championship … Graduated as her school’s career leader in batting average, homers, and triples … 2024 Top 25 Athlete to Watch in the Memphis Area and Daily Memphian All-Metro pick … 2023 and 2022 Daily Memphian and Commercial Appeal All-Metro and All-Region selection.

Personal
Daughter of Kimbra and Marsean Bernard … Father was a baseball letterwinner and team captain at Lemoyne-Owen College … Kinesiology major.