St. John's University Athletics
2023 Softball Roster
Sydney Totarsky
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Cooper City
- Hometown:
- Cooper City, Fla.
As a Junior in 2025: Did not see game action due to injury.
As a Sophomore in 2024: Appeared in 54 games with 52 starts primarily in left field … logged a .284 batting average in 148 at-bats … totaled 42 hits, 21 runs scored and 14 RBIs … drilled three homers for the second consecutive season and swiped a career-high 10 bags … tallied a career-best three hits at Sacred Heart (May 5) … selected to the 2024 All-BIG EAST Tournament Team after going 6-for-13 (.462) with four runs scored and a double across four contests.
As a Freshman in 2023: Only Johnnie to start all 52 games; exclusively in center field ... hit .278, knocked 37 hits with 10 of the extra-base variety ... scored 24 runs and drove in 25, the second most by a Johnnie freshman in 2023 ... registered a .406 slugging percentage and was on-base in 34.2 percent of her plate appearances ... led the Johnnies outfield with five assists ... slugged first career collegiate home run against LIU (Mar. 29) ... tied for second-most multi-hit games (10) ... drove in multiple Johnnies in six games including a four-RBI performance against UMES (Feb. 26).
Before St. John’s: Played varsity softball at Cooper City High School for four years … went two consecutive seasons without registering an error in center field … three-year member of the Miami Stingrays … led the squad in outfield assists her junior season … hit seven homers during summer 2021.
Personal: Born and raised in Cooper City, Fla. … Born April 20, 2004 … Daughter of Liz and Ron Totarsky … mom was a softball player at University of Tampa … dad played football at University of Kansas … siblings are Alex and Jake Totarsky … four-year member of Cooper City’s Principal’s Honor Roll … intended major is speech pathology and audiology.
Totarsky up close...
Age you started playing softball: 6 years old
Favorite TV Show: All-American
Favorite Pregame Song: Mostly any Lil Baby song
Favorite Food: Chicken
Most Memorable Softball Moment: My first World Series Championship
Best piece of softball advice you ever received: Always a rear view mirror mindset and keep moving forward