Grand Canyon University 2014 Softball Quick Facts
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Grand Canyon University 2014 Softball Quick Facts GCU Softball Numerical Roster 2014 SCHEDULE & RESULTS # Antelopes YR POS HT B/T Hometown/High School (Previous School) 2 Taylor Nowlin Fr. P 5-6 R/L Peoria, AZ/Sunrise Mountain February Time/Result 3 Lauren Regester Jr. 1B/3B 5-8 R/R Chandler, AZ/Basha 7 !vs. East Carolina 11 a.m. 4 Kylie Shull Fr. C/3B 5-7 R/R Queen Creek, AZ/Basha 7 !vs. Utah State 5 p.m. 5 Camree Wartman Fr. IF 5-4 L/R Riverton, UT/Riverton 8 !vs. Weber State 3 p.m. 8 !vs. Idaho State 12 p.m. 6 Stephanie Smith Sr. 3B 5-4 S/R Phoenix, AZ/Sandra Day O’Connor 9 !vs. Southern Utah 1:30 p.m. 7 Jenna Coates Fr. C 5-8 R/R Gilbert, AZ/Higley 13 at Arizona 6 p.m. 9 Nicole Newbury So. 2B/OF 5-8 L/R Scottsdale, AZ/Horizon 14 $vs. Georgia Tech 11 a.m. 10 McKensey Madsen Fr. OF 5-7 L/R Gilbert, AZ/Mesquite 14 $vs. Alabama 1 p.m. 11 Stephanie Pesqueira Sr. P 5-4 R/R Tempe, AZ/Tempe (CSU Monterey Bay) 15 $vs. New Mexico 9 a.m. 12 Janelle Christman Sr. P 5-11 R/R Tucson, AZ/Canyon del Oro 15 $vs. Tennessee State 11 a.m. 14 Kayla Henry Jr. OF 5-5 L/L Tucson, AZ/Canyon del Oro 16 $vs. Arizona 1 p.m. 15 Haley Walker Jr. OF 5-4 L/R Phoenix, AZ/Pinnacle 21 %Southern Utah 12:30 p.m. 17 Annie Jordan So. C 5-4 R/R Peoria, AZ/Sunrise Mountain 21 %Nevada 3 p.m. 18 Kiki Sepulveda Sr. P/UT 5-7 R/R Corona, CA/Roosevelt (Santa Ana College) 22 %Southern Utah 10 a.m. 19 Claire Zampini Sr. OF 5-6 L/R Phoenix, AZ/Deer Valley 22 %Nevada 12:30 p.m. 20 Danielle Legee Sr. P 5-7 R/R Lebanon, OR/Lebanon 23 %Southern Utah 12:30 p.m. 21 Kelsey Barak Jr. SS 5-5 R/R Fontana, CA/Etiwanda 27 #at San Diego 7 p.m. 22 Kailey Regester So. P/OF 5-5 R/R Chandler, AZ/Basha 28 #vs. Illinois-Chicago 12:30 p.m. 28 #vs. Utah State 8 p.m. 23 Bailey Bergman Fr. P/OF 5-5 L/L Gilbert, AZ/Campo Verde 25 Rhyeca Riley Fr. C 5-4 R/R Phoenix, AZ/Mountain Ridge March 1 #vs. Colorado State 12:30 p.m. Coaching Staff 5 #vs. San Jose State 5 p.m. 5 #at Cal State Fullerton 7 p.m. Name Position Year Alma Mater 7 ^vs. Georgetown 10 a.m. Ann Pierson Head Coach 11th Arizona State 7 ^vs. Cal State Northridge 1 p.m. Bryanne Norris Assistant Coach 6th Notre Dame de Namur 8 ^vs. Oregon State 1 p.m. Kara Holtorf Assistant Coach 2nd Grand Canyon 8 ^vs. Cal State Northridge 4 p.m. st 9 ^vs. Oregon State 9 a.m. Chelsey Broermann Volunteer Assistant 1 Arizona State nd 21 @vs. Princeton 3:30 p.m. Joe Perez Dir. of Baseball Ops 2 Grand Canyon 21 @vs. California 6 p.m. Pronunciation Guide 22 @vs. Santa Clara 12 p.m. Kailey Regester (Kailey REGIS-ter) Lauren Regester (Lauren REGIS-ter) 22 @vs. Princeton 5 p.m. Claire Zampini (Claire Zam-pee-knee) Stephanie Pesqueira (Stephanie Pes-care-uh) 23 @at Santa Clara 12:30 p.m. 28 *Kansas City (DH) 5 p.m. Kiki Sepulveda (Kee-kee Su-pul-va-da) Taylor Nowlin (Taylor NOW-lin) Rhyeca Riley (Ree-Sa Riley) Danielle Legee (Danielle Le-gee) 29 *Kansas City 1 p.m. Antelopes By Class April 4 *Bakersfield 2 p.m. Seniors (6)-Christman, Legee, Pesqueira, Smith, Sepulveda, Zampini 5 *Bakersfield (DH) 1 p.m. Juniors (4)-Barak, Henry, Regester, Walker 11 *Utah Valley 1 p.m. Sophomores (3)-Jordan, Newbury, Regester 12 *Utah Valley (DH) 11 a.m. Freshman (7)-Bergman, Coates, Madsen, Nowlin, Riley, Shull, Wartman 18 *New Mexico State (DH) 5 p.m. 19 *New Mexico State 1 p.m. Antelopes By State 25 *Seattle U (DH) 4 p.m. 26 *Seattle U 2 p.m. Arizona (16)-Bergman, Christman, Coates, Henry, Jordan, Madsen, Newbury, Nowlin, Pesqueira, Regester, Regester, Riley, Shull, Smith, Walker, Zampini May California (2)-Barak, Sepulveda 9 Utah (DH) 4 p.m. Oregon (1)-Legee 10 Utah 11 a.m. Utah (1)-Wartman Home games in BOLD – * Denotes WAC game !--BYU/UVU Red Dirt Classic (St. George, UT) Returning Antelope Starters (By Position) $--Hillenbrand Invitational (Tuscon, AZ) %--GCU Invitational (Phoenix, AZ) Pitcher-Stephanie Pesqueira/Kiki Sepulveda Second Base-Nicole Newbury OF-Claire Zampini #--San Diego Classic I (San Diego, CA) Catcher-Annie Jordan Shortstop-Kelsey Barak OF-Kayla Henry ^--UCLA/CSUN Invitational (Los Angeles, CA) First Base-Lauren Regester Third Base-Stephanie Smith OF-Haley Walker @--Santa Clara Marriott Round Robin (Santa Clara, CA) Designated Player-Kailey Regester All times are Arizona time and subject to change GCU SPORTS INFORMATION GCU SOFTBALL QUICK FACTS GCU QUICK FACTS Director Mike McNally Head Coach Ann Pierson Founded 1949 Softball Office (602) 639-6051 Enrollment 8,500 (Ground) All-Time Record 293-240-2 Nickname Antelopes (‘Lopes) Softball Contact Jay Hilbrands All-Time WAC Record 0-0, 1st Year WAC Regular Season/Tourn. Titles N/A Team Colors Purple, Black and White Last WAC Title N/A Affiliation NCAA Division I Office Number (602) 639-6825 2012 Record 40-19 (PacWest) Conference Western Athletic Conference (WAC) 2012 WAC Record N/A Director of Athletics Keith Baker Hilbrands’ Cell (320) 905-4602 Stadium Stapleton-Pierson Stadium (300) Stadium Record 126-56 Assistant AD/SWA Ruth Ann Gardner NCAA Appearances 3 DII (2010, 2012, 2013) Assistant AD Dan Nichols Hilbrands’ Email [email protected] NCAA Record 3-6 Faculty Athletics Representative Claude Pensis Letterwinners Returning/Lost 11/1 Compliance Coordinator Joshua Meyer Position Starters Returning/Lost 10/0 Fax Number (480) 270-3672 Overall Record 293-240-2 Head Athletic Trainer Geordie Hackett Game Notes Last Time Out California Claire Grand Canyon went 4-1 over the weekend at the Senior outfielder Claire Zampini collected 10 hits in 21 Santa Clara Marriott Round Robin. With the four at bats (.476) during Canyon’s road trip to California weekend wins, the Antelopes evened their 2014 last week. Zampini owns a .316 average at the plate record at 15-15. this spring. The Series By The Numbers The three-game series at Stapleton-Pierson Stadium Juniors Kayla Henry and Kelsey Barak lead the way marks the first-ever WAC series for the ‘Lopes. for Grand Canyon at the plate, as both have racked Kansas City is also in its first season competing in the up a batting average of .340 on the season. league after previously being a member of The Astoundingly, each has recorded 33 hits in 97 at bats Summit League. this season. Welcome Home Notable Nowlin After a month hiatus from its home venue, Grand Freshman pitcher Taylor Nowlin was tagged as the Canyon returns to the confines of Stapleton-Pierson WAC Pitcher of the Week for March 17-23. Nowlin Stadium this weekend. The Antelopes boast a 4-1 twirled a complete-game shutout, not allowing a run, record at home this season. After this weekend, GCU surrendering just two hits and striking out three in five has one remaining home series, when WAC innings of action. For the week, the Peoria native preseason favorite New Mexico State comes to town, compiled an ERA of 0.95 and gave up just one run in April 18/19. New Mexico State leads the conference 7.1 innings of work. The first-year hurler is 2-3 in the with an overall record of 17-15. circle this spring. Playing For A Purpose Bring Out The Bats In the series finale on Saturday, the ‘Lopes will Grand Canyon tallied a WAC season-best 17 hits in promote breast cancer awareness. Fans are its win over Santa Clara on Saturday afternoon. Haley encouraged to wear pink and enjoy free giveaways. Walker led the way at the dish, posting four hits. Preseason Picks Senior In The Circle The ‘Lopes were picked to finish sixth in the Western After being crowned as the PacWest Pitcher of the Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches Poll, with Year last year, Stephanie Pesqueira is tied for first in New Mexico State picked as the preseason favorite. the WAC with seven wins this year and ranks second Claire Zampini and Kelsey Barak were both selected in the conference in innings pitched (88.0) and ERA to the 12-member 2014 Preseason All-WAC team. (3.34). The senior right-hander most recently chalked Both Zampini and Barak were First Team All-PacWest up a 3-1 record last weekend in Santa Clara. selections a year ago. Look Who’s Back Camree Can Hit The Antelopes return 10 starters from a team that Freshman infielder Camree Wartman posted a WAC- finished 40-19 a year ago. Grand Canyon will rely on best 15-game hitting streak this season. During the the leadership of its six seniors, who will put on the stretch, the Utah native picked up hits against GCU uniform for one final season. nationally ranked Alabama and Arizona. Scouting The Kangaroos Home Field Advantage Kansas City travels to Phoenix with a record of 10-23. Grand Canyon enjoyed its home amenities in 2013, The ‘Roos were picked to finish fifth in loop play this as the Antelopes compiled a record of 18-2 inside season.