Central Michigan University Athletics
2026 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 2
Cierra Laska
- Hometown:
- Byron Center, Mich.
- Class:
- Senior
- Bats/Throws:
- L/L
- High School:
- Byron Center
- Instagram:
- @cierra.laska3
- Major:
- Special Education: Cognitive Impaired & Elementary Education (PK-3)
- Previous Team:
- Top Prospects
2026
2025
2024
2023
High School
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Personal
- Set the single season saves record (7) at Ohio on March 28th, 2026
- Served as the DP for a majority of the season as well as a relieving pitcher
- Threw 42.0 innings
- Struck out a career high 33 batters in her senior season
- Posted a .322 opponent average
- Hit .323 at the plate
- Had 22 hits with five doubles
- Recorded her first career home run at Margo Jonker Stadium against Ball State (3/21/26)
- Had the game tying double against Miami (OH) in the MAC Tournament (5/6/26)
- Stole six bases
- Recorded 22 RBI
- Named Academic All-MAC
- Earned CSC Academic All-District honors
- Graduated with a double major: special education – teaching students with cognitive impairments and teaching grades PK-3
2025
- Threw a career high 44.1 innings
- Appeared in 22 games
- Struck out 23 batters
- Posted a 4.74 ERA
- Took the victory against Kent State after facing the final seven batters (4/12/25)
- Threw 4.2 innings against Northern Colorado allowing just three hits with five strikeouts
- Scored four runs as a pinch runner in 27 games on the base paths
- Named 2025 Academic All-MAC
- Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
2024
- Appeared in 19 games in the circle, 26 as a pinch runner
- Threw 25.2 innings
- Had 12 strikeouts
- Had her first career save against Manhattan (3/8/24) at The Spring Games
- Matched a career high two strikeouts in three games
- Recorded her first career at-bat against Oakland (3/27/24)
- Named CSC Academic All-District
- Earned Academic All-MAC honors
- Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
2023
- Appeared in 26 games as a pinch runner
- Scored 10 runs
- Made five appearances in the circle throwing 3.2 innings
- Struck out five of 21 batters faced
- Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
High School
- Graduated from Byron Center
- Had an outstanding volleyball and basketball career with the Bulldogs in the OK White
- Was named Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) Academic All-State for all three sports in 2022
- Served as her class president and class officer of NHS in her senior year
- Earned 12 varsity letters
- Three-time OK White All-Conference honoree (no 2020 season)
- Named MHSAA All-District and All-Region in the 2021 and 2022 seasons
- Was named to the Grand Rapids Press Dream Team in softball for all three seasons
- In 2021, earned the USA Today West Michigan Softball Player of the Year title
- All-State honoree in 2022
- Charted 2,600+ assists in her volleyball career
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- Played for Top Prospects out of Muskegon, Mich.
Personal
- Daughter to Chris and Crystal Laska
- Has two younger siblings, Evie and Luke
- Was the flower girl in Head Coach McCall Salmon’s wedding
- Salmon coached her mother at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids
- Got engaged to fiancé, Jace, in November of 2025
- Mother and Father played softball and baseball at Aquinas
- Can do the worm both forwards and backwards
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