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THIS IS ILLINOIS SOFTBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS This is Illinois Softball . 2-5 Season-by-Season Highlights 2 World’s Largest Softball Tailgate �������������������������������������������� 3 Eichelberger Field // Martin Softball Complex 4-5 The Illinois Coaching Staff ����������������������������������������� 6-12 Head Coach Tyra Perry ���������������������������������������������������������7-8 Associate Head Coach Kassie Stanfill 9 Assistant Coach Laura Trout 10 Volunteer Assistant Olivia Watkins // Support Staff 11 Director of Athletics Josh Whitman 12 The 2016 Illinois Fighting Illini ��������������������������������� 13-41 2016 Roster �������������������������������������������������������������������������� 14 Returning Players �������������������������������������������������������������15-40 Allie Bauch. .15-16 Kylie Johnson 17-18 Remeny Perez 19-20 Nicole Tobon 21 FIGHTING ILLINI SOFTBALL QUICK FACTS Danielle Trezzo. 22-23 Nicole Evans 24-25 Location Champaign-Urbana, Ill Head Coach Tyra Perry Alyssa Gunther 26-27 Enrollment 44,942 Alma Mater LSU, 1997 Ruby Rivera 28-29 Nickname ���������������������������������������������������������Fighting Illini Years at Illinois �������������������������������������������� 1st Season Jade Vecvanags 30-31 Colors ��������������������������������������������������������� Orange and Blue Years Overall ����������������������������������������������16th Season Breanna Wonderly 32 Conference Big Ten Record at Illinois 1st Season Sam Acosta 33 ����������������������������������������������������Timothy L Killeen 409-388-1 (513) President Overall Record Leigh Farina. 34 Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilscon Associate Head Coach/Year Kassie Stanfill/1st Annie Fleming 35 Interim Athletic Director Paul Kowalczyk Alma MaterLouisville, 2009 Katie Gallagher 36 Home Field ������������������������������������������������Eichelberger Field Assistant Coach/Year Laura Trout/1st Kate Giddens 37 Seating Capacity ���������������������������������������������������������1,500 Alma Mater Georgia, 2012 Jill Nicklas 38 Volunteer Assistant Coach/YearOlivia Watkins/1st Carly Thomas. 39 2015 Record 26-27 Alma MaterWestern Kentucky, 2015 Hailey Pieruccini 40 2015 Big Ten Record (Finish) 14-9 (Fifth) Emily Brodner 40 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 18/4 First Year of Softball 2000 Newcomers Position Starters Returning/Lost 8/2 All-Time Record ����������������������������������������488-369-2 (569) Stephanie Abello 41 Pitchers Returning/Lost ������������������������������������������������ 3/1 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last �������������������� 4/2010 Alexis Carrillo. 41 Newcomers 4 NCAA Tournament Record 7-8 Taylor Edwards 41 Veronica Ruelius 41 2015 Season-In-Review. 42-49 Season Recap 43-44 Season Statistics ������������������������������������������������������������������ 45 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATION Game-By-Game Detailed Results ������������������������������������������ 46 Primary Softball Contact Libby Knight Line Scores �����������������������������������������������������������������������47-48 Email Address ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� eknight2@illinoisedu Big Ten Conference Recap ���������������������������������������������������� 49 Office Phone �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������217-265-8171 Cell Phone �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������217-714-1218 Records & History ����������������������������������������������������� 50-72 Associate Athletics Director for Athletics Communication ������������������������ Kent Brown Career Records �����������������������������������������������������������������51-52 Assistant Athletics Director for Athletics Communication Derrick Burson Season Records 53-54 Associate Director of Athletics Communication Derek Neal Single-Game Records �������������������������������������������������������55-56 Assistant Directors �������������������������������������������Jenny Dewar, Brett Moore, Libby Knight Year-by-Year Team Statistics 57 Graduate Assistant��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Dan Longo Yearly Leaders // Record by Conference 58 Interns �������������������������������������������������������������������������������Jessica Leifheit, Chad Beyler Wins over Ranked Opponents 59 Office Manager/Phone Jen Fisher/217-333-1391 Year-By-Year Results �������������������������������������������������������59-64 Web Designer����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Adam Marantz Year-By-Year Records // All-Time Series Records 65 Website wwwFightingIllinicom All-Time Series Results 66-68 Twitter ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� @IlliniSoftball Big Ten Tournament History 69 Facebook wwwFacebookcom/IlliniSoftball NCAA Tournament History 70 Mailing Address ���������������������������������������������Bielfeldt Athletic Administration Building Honor Roll �����������������������������������������������������������������������71-72 1700 South Fourth St, Champaign, IL 61820 Letterwinners 72 2015 ILLINOIS SOFTBALL // 1 THIS IS ILLINOIS SOFTBALL ILLINOIS SOFTBALL SEASON BY SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 2015 • Redshirt-sophomore Jessica Davis returned from injury to have a breakout season as a utility player - earning First Team All-Big Ten ILLINOIS BY THE NUMBERS • After a rough start to the season, the Fighting Illini went 18-6 over and Second Team NFCA All-Region as a result Davis spent time as 1 Runs Team USA defeated Illinois by in 2004 the final 24 games of the regular season to finish fifth in the Big the Illini left fielder and shortstop, hitting 336 with the third-most 1 USA Softball Collegiate Players of the Week Ten standings home runs in the Big Ten (14) to go with eight doubles 2 Highest Illinois finish in the Big Ten (2004 & 2010) • Illinois captured the No 5 seed for the Big Ten Tournament, marking • Sophomore Pepper Gay became the eighth Illini pitcher in team 4All-America honors awarded in program history the Illini’s highest seed since 2004 history to win at least 20 games in a single season 1Academic All-America honors awarded in program history • Junior Allie Bauch and freshman Carly Thomas were named to the 4NCAA Tournament appearances All-Big Ten First-Team, while sophomore Alyssa Gunther garnered 2010 7NCAA Tournament victories All-Big Ten Second-Team • Illinois ranked 21st in the season-ending ESPNcom/USA Softball 9CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District recipients • Bauch became the first Illini softball player in program history to Division-I Top-25 and 25th in the final NFCA National Poll, reaching 23NFCA All-Region laurels earned earn Academic All-America First-Team honors as high as 17th in the nation during the season 33Big Ten weekly awards • Thomas notched 71 total bases in Big Ten play to set a new all-time • The Orange and Blue finished with the second-highest winning 43 All-Big Ten selections conference record percentage in the country, earning a 45-8 overall record (849) 41Wins over ranked opponents • The Illini hit 68 home runs on the season, ranking fifth in the Big The Illini also finished tied for second in Big Ten play with a 16-2 48 NFCA Scholar Athletes Ten and 26th in the nation, as well as third among singleseason totals conference record 84 Home runs Illinois hit to lead the nation in 2007 in Illinois history • Illinois earned a berth in its fourth overall and second consecutive 110Academic All-Big Ten honorees • The Illini posted a program-high 324 batting average and 536 NCAA Tournament in program history, reaching the regional final 1,445Fans at 2007 World’s Largest Softball Tailgate slugging percentage, while ranking second all-time with an on base • A program-best six Illini earned All-Big Ten honors while head coach 1,000,000Dollars donated by the Rex & Alice Martin Foundation percentage of 396 Terri Sullivan was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year while Lana Armstrong had 15 and Makenzie Smith had 11 2014 • Illinois earned tournament crowns by going undefeated in the UNLV Sportco Kick-Off Classic and NFCA Leadoff Classic 2006 • Posted the best season start in program history at 8-0 • Sophomore first baseman Meredith Hackett earned NFCA All- • Jenna Hall became Illinois’ first All-American Hall led the nation in • Captured their highest ranked victory ever, topping No 4 Michigan, America honors after recording a 418 batting average to go with 16 walks (60), ranked second in batting average (481) and finished 10-2, in six innings on April