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Molly Likins

Molly Likins

  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Saint Clair, Mich.
  • High School:
    Saint Clair
  • Major:
    Mathematics
  • Events:
    Breast/IM/Sprint Free

2022 Softball: Became the program's first three-time first-team All-NCAC honoree … Hit .333 (44-for-132) on the year with a team-leading 32 RBI and seven home runs … Scored 25 runs and had eight doubles and three triples … Finished career as program's all-time leader with 18 home runs and 85 RBI … Had three home runs in a stretch of four games spanning April 20-22 … Finished 7-for-12 with seven RBI, five runs, a double during four-game, three-homer stretch … Logged 14 multi-hit games on the year … Went 4-for-5 with five RBI during opening game of Muskingum doubleheader (March 30) … Hit a three-run homer in the first inning and delivered a game-tying two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning in opening game of Muskingum doubleheader … Logged a nine-game hitting streak from April 3-22. 

2021-22 Swimming: Now an eight-time All-NCAC performer in swimming after helping Scots to third-place finishes in the 200 (1:47.03) and 400 medley relays (3:54.70) at the NCAC Championships … Swam on Wooster’s fourth-place 400 freestyle relay that went 3:37.38 at conference … Opened NCAC meet on Wooster’s fifth-place 200 free relay (1:38.15) … Individually, placed fifth in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.58), seventh in the 100 individual medley (1:01.28), and eighth in the 200 breast (2:25.67) at conference … 100 IM conference time is the second-fastest in program history.

2021 Wooster Softball: Now a two-time all-conference selection after earning a spot on the All-NCAC East Division Team … Key reason Wooster set new single-season records for average (.357 - also a NCAC record), on-base percentage (.409), slugging percentage (.518), runs (242), RBI (206), and homers (30) … Ranked third in the NCAC with a .418 average (46-for-110), led the league in slugging (.718) and homers (8), and was in the top-five in hits, runs (36), RBI (29), walks (14), and on-base percentage (.473) … Set the program's single-season records for runs and slugging percentage … Tied the single-season home run record and had the sixth-highest single-season average in program history … Also had the fifth-highest single-season on-base percentage in program history … Opened year with 4-for-4 outing versus Denison (March 20) and finished the four-game set with the Big Red (March 20-21) 9-for-15 with 10 RBI, five runs, three homers, and two doubles … Homered in three straight games against Kenyon (April 17-18) and went 8-for-17 with seven RBI, seven runs, three homers, and a double in that four-game set … Strung together a 14-game hitting streak from April 4-May 1, going 28-for-52 (.538) with 21 runs, 15 RBI, and four homers during that stretch … Tied the single-season homer record with a solo blast versus Hiram (April 25).

2020-21 Wooster Swimming: Seven-time winner at the Wooster End of Season meet and was subsequently named NCAC Athlete of the Week … Opened the Wooster End of Season meet on Wooster’s first-place 200 free relay (1:40.92) and also helped the 400 free relay (3:47.76) and 200 (1:50.16) and 400 medley relays (4:05.84) to first-place finishes … Individually, won the 50 free (25.08), the 50 breast (30.73), and the 100 breast (1:06.86) at the Wooster End of Season Meet … Added a third-place time of 1:03.08 in the 100 IM at the Wooster End of Season Meet.

2020 Wooster Softball: Was planning to return to the team upon the conclusion of the NCAA Div. III Swimming & Diving Championships.

2019-20 Wooster Swimming: Named an All-American in the 100 breast by the CSCAA, which awarded All-American honors to all Div. III swimmers in the event(s) in which they had invited times to the Div. III Championships … Wooster’s first All-American since 2013 … Was set to compete in the 100 and 200 breasts and 50 free at the Div. III Championships, which were canceled due to COVID-19 … One of two national qualifiers, marking the first time Wooster was set to send multiple swimmers to nationals since 2012 … Had the seventh-fastest 100 breast time in Div. III at 1:02.58, which is Wooster’s school record … Earned four All-NCAC certificates at the NCAC Championships and is now a six-time All-NCAC performer … Four All-NCAC certificates in a year are the most by a Scot since Kate Hunt collected five at the 2012 NCAC Championships … Placed third in the 100 and 200 breasts with times of 1:02.61 and 2:20.88, respectively … One of two Scots to earn All-NCAC honors in the 200 breast, with that marking the first time Wooster teammates earned All-NCAC honors in the same event since Caitlin McNulty and Julie Pinzur on the three-meter diving board at the 2007 NCAC Championships … Swam the breaststroke leg of Wooster’s third-place 200 (1:46.47) and 400 medley relays (3:55.70) at NCACs … School-record time of 1:02.58 was logged during the 100 breast prelims of NCACs and marked second time that record was lowered during the 2019-20 season … Lowered 100 breast record to 1:04.00 during the prelims of the Wooster Invitational … Time of 2:20.88 in the 200 breast is the second-fastest in program history … Part of Wooster’s fifth-place 200 free relay (1:39.15) and sixth-place 400 free relay (3:37.31) at the NCAC Championships and won the consolation final of the 50 free with time of 24.15.

2019 World Deaf Swimming Championships: Won two of USA’s nine medals at the World Deaf Swimming Championships in Brazil … Finished second in the 50-meter breast and the 100-meter breast … Broke four USA LCM deaf records at the meet – the 50 breast (33.55), 100 breast (1:14.36), 200 breast (2:43.69), and 4x100 medley relay (4:33.98) … Part of USA’s fourth-place 4x100 medley relay and was fifth in the 200 breast.

2019 Wooster Softball: Started at third base and earned first-team All-NCAC honors after hitting .429 in conference play … Overall, hit .321 (44-for-137) with a co-team-high 24 RBI … Clubbed three homers and had seven doubles … Went 4-for-4 with three runs and two RBI in win over Rutgers-Newark (March 17) … 4-for-7 with three runs in a key NCAC doubleheader sweep over Wittenberg (April 3).

2018-19 Wooster Swimming: Earned a pair of all-conference honors and broke three school records at the NCAC Championships … Part of Wooster’s second-place 200 medley relay that finished in a school-record 1:45.86, and was the Scots’ first second-place relay at NCACs since 2003 … Swam on Wooster’s all-conference and school-record 400 medley relay, which took third at NCACs at 3:53.34 … Time of 1:04.64 in the 100 breast was good for fifth-place and was a NCAA Div. III “B” cut and school record … Qualified for the championship final in the 200 breast and was seventh at 2:24.84 … Debuted in finals at the NCAC meet on Wooster’s fourth-place 200 freestyle relay (1:37.60) … Time of 24.91 was good for 20th-place at the league championships in the 50 free.

Prior to Wooster: 100 breast state champion as a senior while prepping for Gerald Roberts at St. Clair High School … Earned all-state, all-region, and all-league honors all four years in swimming … Two-time all-area and all-league honoree in softball while playing for Kevin Mahn … Two-time all-state powerlifter.

Personal: Born Oct. 17, 2000 … Parents are Bret and Sue Likins … Sister, Heidi ’21, was a member of softball and swimming & team teams, while brother, Max ’25, is a member of swimming & diving team … Mathematics major.