Biography
HONORS & AWARDS
• 2019 Softball America All-America Second Team
• 2019 NFCA All-Pacific Region First Team
• 2019 Big West Conference Pitcher of the Year
• NFCA National Pitcher of the Week (March 19, 2019)
• 2018 NFCA All-Pacific Region Second Team
• 2018 NFCA National Freshman of the Year Initial Watch List (25 players)
• 2018 Big West Conference Freshman Pitcher of the Year
• 2018, 2019 All-Big West Conference First Team
• 2018 Big West Conference All-Freshman Team
• Big West Conference Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 12, 2018; Feb. 19, 2018; May 7, 2018; Feb. 18, 2019; Feb. 25, 2019; March 18, 2019; April 8, 2019; April 15, 2019; May 13, 2019)
2019: Appeared in 35 games in the circle, making 28 starts... Went the distance in 25 of her 28 starts, finishing with seven shutouts... Ended the year with a 25-7 overall record and a 1.03 ERA, striking out 273 against only 67 walks in 203.2 innings... Held opponents to a .179 average... Limited opponents to just 44 runs (30 earned)... Lowered her ERA to 0.96 in Big West Conference play, striking out 126 in 100.2 innings and holding opponents to a .179 average... Ended the regular season ranked among the top 30 in the NCAA in ERA (No. 6), strikeouts (No. 7), strikeouts per seven innings (No. 14), wins (No. 14), fewest hits allowed per seven innings (No. 26), and shutouts (No. 28)... Led the Big West in ERA, strikeouts, complete games, shutouts, and wins, while standing second in batting average against, innings pitched, strikeouts looking (45), fewest runs allowed (44), and fewest earned runs allowed (30)... Struck out 10 or more batters 11 times en route to establishing a new benchmark for single-season strikeouts in the program's Division I history -- a total that also ranks third on the school's all-time list and eighth in Big West history... Her 18 strikeouts in the series opener against Hawai'i on May 9 tied Jessica Hancock's Division I school single-game record (also against the Rainbow Wahine) in 2009... Threw the program's first Division I perfect game in a 4-0 shutout of Sacramento State on March 12 at La Rue Field, striking out 10... Added a no-hitter against Cal Poly on April 14, facing just one over the minimum in a 5-0 victory and striking out seven... Became the program's first 20-game winner since Justine Vela in 2012, and is only the ninth Aggie pitcher to reach 20 wins since 1982... Her 25 wins rank fifth on the program's all-time list and stand as the program's Division I single-season record... Won 14 consecutive games from Feb. 17-March 30 to set a new program single-season record... Her 1.03 ERA, her 9.38 strikeouts per seven innings, and .781 winning percentage, are all new single-season marks in the program's Division I history, while her .179 average against, 25 complete games, and seven shutouts rank second... Named the Big West Pitcher of the Week six times... At the plate, finished with 16 hits, slugging five home runs and driving in 13, while scoring eight times... Had her best day at the plate going 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI at Hawai'i on May 9... Also drove in a pair of runs twice against Nevada (March 9) and Santa Clara (March 15)... Drew three of her 10 walks on the season against Weber State on March 1.
2018: Appeared in 35 games overall, 29 of those in the circle... Made 26 starts as a pitcher, finishing 15-11 overall with a 1.75 ERA, striking out 190 in 187.2 innings... Finished with 23 complete games and three shutouts... Opponents hit just .184 against her on the year... Became only the third Aggie to earn all-region honors at the Division I level along with Alex Holmes (2010) and Justine Vela (2012), and joined Vela as the only Aggies to be named the Big West Freshman Pitcher of the Year... Set a program Division I single-season record with her 1.75 ERA (the lowest since Amy Rosson's 0.86 ERA in 2004), and ranks among the program's top 10 in its Division I history in average against (2nd), strikeouts per seven innings (7.09 - 4th), wins (t4th), complete games (2nd), innings pitched (4th), strikeouts (4th)... Became the first freshman in league history to win three Big West Pitcher of the Week awards since 2015... Her 15 strikeouts against Utah State were a career high and the most for an Aggie since Justine Vela struck out the same number against Santa Clara in 2012... Threw all 12 innings against nationally ranked Long Beach State on May 5 to break Leah Munden's Division I single-game record of 10.2 set in 2015... Tossed a pair of one-hitters in complete-game victories over Fresno State (Feb. 16) -- which was receiving votes in the national polls -- and nationally ranked Oklahoma State (Feb. 24)... Struck out double digits six times, including 11 and 10 in back-to-back starts to begin the season against South Dakota and San Diego State en route to her first Big West Pitcher of the Week honor... Added 12 strikeouts against the Cowgirls, 11 against Valparaiso (March 11), and 11 against CSUN (March 31)... Went 36 consecutive innings (seven appearances) without allowing an earned run and had a scoreless innings streak of 18.2 innings during that stretch... Ranked among the top 10 in the Big West in appearances (10th), starts (5th), wins (4th), complete games (1st), shutouts (9th), innings (3rd), strikeouts (2nd), strikeouts per game (2nd), average against (3rd), ERA (2nd)... At the plate, she hit .226 with four doubles and six RBI, collecting her first career hit against California on Feb. 14... Drove in her first career run against San Diego State with a sacrifice fly in the ninth to win the game... Added a career-high two hits against UC Riverside on April 21, driving in two runs, while also driving in a pair against Cal State Fullerton on April 28... Finished with two hits against nationally ranked Long Beach State on May 5... Her first career extra-base hit was a double against the Highlanders in the series finale on April 22.
BUENA HS '17
First-team All-Channel League selection as a freshman, striking out 100 in 88 innings pitched, while batting .267… Hit .367 as a sophomore and struck out 106 in 93 innings en route to a second first-team all-league honor… As a junior, batted .316 while striking out 163 batters in 105 innings in the circle, earning first-team all-league honors, first-team All-Ventura County laurels, and the team's "Silver Slugger" award, while helping the Bulldogs to a share of the Channel League title… As a senior, led the Bulldogs to the Channel League title, earning league MVP honors after batting .397 with 11 home runs and 33 RBI, striking out 214 in 121 innings to go with a 19-0 record and 0.58 ERA… Named the Ventura County Star's All-County Player of the Year, a CalHi Softball All-State first teamer, and the CIF Division IV Player of the Year in her final prep season, one that included an 18-strikeout perfect game against Dos Pueblos HS… Named MVP of the 2017 Susan Manlett Tournament and the Thousand Oaks Tournament while helping the Bulldogs to a pair of titles.
PERSONAL
Parents are Brian and Camille… Has an older sister, Aleesa, and a twin brother, Brian… Her grandfather, John Grove, played baseball with the Milwaukee Brewers organization… Her cousin is UFC fighter Kendall "Da Spyder" Grove.
