Carah Sweet

The University of Montana Grizzly softball team faces University of Northern Colorado at a home game on April 3, 2026 in Missoula, MT.

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The University of Montana Grizzly softball team faces University of Northern Colorado at a home game on April 4, 2026 in Missoula, MT.

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The University of Montana Grizzly softball team takes on Portland State at a home game on Saturday, March 28, 2026 in Missoula, Montana.

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Montana player Seattle on in Missoula, Mont.,March 23, 2026.

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Women’s softball team poses in the Adams Center on September, 29, 2025, in Missoula, Montana.

Year:
Junior
Hometown:
Pasco, Wash.
Prev School:
Sacred Heart

2026 (sophomore season):

Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Academic All-Big Sky Conference
Big Sky Conference co-Newcomer of the Year
Second-team All-Big Sky Conference
One-time Big Sky Conference Pitcher of the Week
Appeared in 31 of 54 games, made 15 starts
Went 9-7 with a 4.13 ERA over 100 innings
Led team in wins and ERA
Posted program’s best full-season ERA since 2019
Had program’s most wins since 2022
Threw three complete games, two shutouts
Went 4-1 with a 3.89 ERA in league games
Struck out team-high 50 batters
Opened season 0-5, won nine of last 11 decisions
Had complete-game shutout of Portland State on 89 pitches
Had complete-game shutout of Northern Colorado on 80 pitches
Twice struck out five batters

Career Highs (entering the 2027 season)
Innings: 7.0, two times
Strikeouts: 5, two times

Games with five or more strikeouts: 2
Games with 10 or more strikeouts: n/a
Complete games: 3
Shutouts: 2/1

Prior to UM: Pitched one season at Sacred Heart … Went 4-3 with a 4.27 ERA over 60 2/3 innings … Made 18 appearances for the Pioneers, nine starts … Threw one complete game, had one save … Allowed two earned runs over 13 2/3 innings in final five appearances of the season.

Prep: A 2024 graduate of Hanford High … The Mid-Columbia Conference Pitcher of the Year as a senior and first-team All-Mid-Columbia Conference selection … Named an NFCA All-Region first-team pitcher in 2024 … An NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete 2023 and ’24.

Personal: The daughter of Brent and Denise Sweet … Has a younger sister, Heidi … An integrative physiology major.