2025 Softball Roster
Cece Thorington
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 5-7
- B/T:
- L/L
- Hometown:
- Pinckney, Mich.
- High School:
- Pinckney
Freshman (2025)
• Appeared in 37 games, starting three in the outfielder and one at designated player
• Primarily a pinch runner, scored 19 runs, including four in Big Ten play
• Posted a .368 batting average with seven hits and two RBI
• Scored runs against Wisconsin (May 7) and #4 Oregon (May 8) in the Big Ten Tournament
• Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a second-inning solo homer vs. Oakland (April 22)
• Tallied a pinch-hit leadoff single and scored a run in the fifth inning of U-M's home opener vs. Western Michigan (March 25)
• Scored the tying run in both wins against Wisconsin (March 22-23) -- on a fifth-inning infield single in the first game and third-inning wild pitch in the second
• Posted a hit, a run scored, RBI and stolen base vs. North Carolina Central (March 7)
• Scored Michigan’s lone run, on a fifth-inning groundout, in a 1-0 win at USF (Feb. 7)
• Also scored on a third-inning groundout in a 2-1 win vs. UNC Wilmington (March 1)
• Made collegiate debut in the season opener vs. Delaware at the USF-Rawling Invitational (Feb. 7)
Prep
• Graduated from Pinckney High School (2024)
• Named MHSAA All-State first team (2023, '24) and honorable mention (2022); first ever all-state softball player at Pinckney HS
• Named 2024 Livingston County Female Athlete Of The Year
• Four-time all-county, All-South Easter Conference and all-district; three-time all-region honoree
• Posted a .589 batting average as a junior (2023) with a .895 slugging percentage and.630 on-base percentage; also batted .558 as a senior (2024) with a .867 slugging percentage and .630 on-base percentage
• Registered Pinckney school records for single-season hits (73), on-base percentage (.630) and stolen bases (60); also earned the MHSAA state record for most consecutive stolen bases (130)
• Played travel ball with the Tennessee Mojo organization
• Also ran track, earning all-state honors in the 4x200m and posting school records in the 200m and 4x200m
• Four-time Academic Varsity Letter recipient
• Rated as the No. 29 prospect by Extra Innings Softball
Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts; undeclared major
• Born on January 28, 2006
• Daughter of Joey and Jean Thorington
• Has an older brother, Allan, who currently plays baseball at Grand Valley State
