Biography
2024 (SOPHOMORE): Sydnee played in and started all 50 games for the Falcons in 2024. Reaves set career-high's in batting average, OPS, at bats, runs scored, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, RBI, total bases, slugging percentage, walks and on base percentage. She was one of the top hitters in the Gulf South as she was seventh in the GSC with a 1.312 OPS, tied for ninth with 63 hits, tied for 10th with 13 doubles, tied for second with six triples, tied for sixth with 15 homers, seventh with 58 RBI, third with 133 total bases and seventh with a .842 slugging percentage. Reaves is found all over the program record book as she tied the program record with four runs scored against West Georgia. In the same game, Reaves hit a walk-off grand slam to lift the Falcons over the Wolves. Against Valdosta State, she hit for the third cycle in program history while she also set the record for most RBI in a game with eight. The week before, Reaves set a program record of three home runs against Christian Brothers and she had 12 total bases for another UM record. Reaves tied a program record as she was on base five times against West Georgia. This season, she had the sixth highest batting average, the fourth most plate appearances, the seventh most at bats, the fourth most runs scored, the fourth most base hits, the fourth most doubles, was tied for first in triples, third most home runs, second most RBI, second most total bases, sixth highest on base percentage and the second highest slugging percentage in Montevallo single-season history. Reaves had the third most multi-RBI games in a season with 14 and had the fifth most multi-hit games in a season with 17. She earned GSC Player of the Week on Mar. 4 and was named to the Tucci/NFCA Player of the Year Watchlist on Mar. 28. Reaves was named First Team All-GSC and to the NFCA All South Region Second Team as an outfielder.
2023 (FRESHMAN): Sydnee played in all 44 games for the Falcons this year while she started 43 of them. She had the fourth best batting average on the team with a mark of .319 and she had the third highest OPS with 1.150. Sydnee was second on the team with 13 home runs and was perfect in stolen base as she swiped 8 out of 8 bags. Reeves had the 8th highest slugging percentage in the Gulf South at .741. She also drove in 38 RBI's on the season.
ACCOLADES:
NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete Award 2024
CSC Academic All-America Third-Team 2024
D2CCA All-America Third-Team 2024
D2CCA South Region First-Team 2024
NFCA All-South Region Second-Team 2024
All-GSC First-Team 2024
Third Cycle in Program History 3/29/24
Tucci/NFCA Watchlist 2024
GSC Player of the Week 3/12/24
NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete Award 2023
GSC Spring Honor Roll 2023
GSC Freshman of the Week 3/7/23
HIGH SCHOOL:
Attended Central High School of Clay County where she lettered both years under coaches Joe and Terri Grogan. Sydnee also attended Clay Central for four years. She earned Offensive MVP in 2021 and 2022. Reaves racked up numerous awards including: 2017 and 2018 AHSAA 5A Honorable Mention, 2018 GHSCA 1A First-Team, 2019 GHSCA 1A First-Team, 2021 AHSAA 5A First-Team and 2022 AHSAA 5A Honorable Mention. In her senior year, Sydnee batted .592 with nine homers and 35 RBI as she scored 55 runs and swiped 29 bags. Over her high school career she batted .504, hit 25 home runs, drove in 186 RBI, scored 208 runs and stolen 78 bases. She graduated as an honor student with a 3.875 GPA.
PERSONAL:
Parents: Frankie and Jamie Upchurch
Siblings: Kirk and Clay Upchurch and Taylor and Ragan Reaves
