Chaumont, Laird Earn Inaugural Rawlings Gold Glove Awards

COLUMBIA, Mo. – In the inaugural year of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, presented by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association, University of Missouri softball’s Jenna Laird and Casidy Chaumont earned the award at shortstop and left field, respectively.

The Rawlings Gold Glove Award has celebrated defensive excellence since 1957 and it is given to nine players, one at each position. The 2022 season marks the first year that the award has been used to recognize collegiate softball athletes.

Mizzou is the only program to have multiple gold glove winners. Laird and Chaumont make up two of the SEC’s four selections.

Sophomore shortstop Jenna Laird has started all 119 games since arriving on campus. She finished the year with a .975 fielding percentage while turning 10 double plays. Laird did not make an error during SEC play.

Chaumont is known for making spectacular plays in left field. The All-SEC Defensive Team selection has appeared on SportsCenter’s Top Ten Plays four times over her career at Mizzou. After beginning her career as an infielder at Louisiana, she converted to the outfield at the start of the 2021 season and finished with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage. In addition to her spectacular diving catches, Chaumont also is known to have a dangerous arm. She has thrown out five runners on the basepaths from left field over her two seasons.

2022 Rawlings Gold Glove Award Winners

Pitcher – Courtney Wallace, Nebraska

Catcher – Jordan Rudd, Northwestern

First Base – Victoria Sebastian, Villanova

Second Base – Hannah Adams, Florida

Third Base – Sydney Sherrill, Florida State

Shortstop – Jenna Laird, Missouri

Left Field – Casidy Chaumont, Missouri

Center Field, Ciara Briggs, LSU

Right Field, Kristian Burkhardt, Michigan

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