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This Is Illinois Softball Table of Contents Fighting Illini Softball Quick Facts Athletics Communication THIS IS ILLINOIS SOFTBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS This is Illinois Softball . 2-6 Season-by-Season Highlights 2-3 World’s Largest Softball Tailgate �������������������������������������������� 4 Eichelberger Field // Martin Softball Complex 5-6 The Illinois Coaching Staff ����������������������������������������� 7-13 Head Coach Tyra Perry ���������������������������������������������������������8-9 Assistant Coach Laura Trout 10 Assistant Coach Lance McMahon 11 Volunteer Assistant Tess Soefje // Support Staff ������������������ 12 Director of Athletics Josh Whitman 13 The 2019 Illinois Fighting Illini ��������������������������������� 14-46 2019 Roster �������������������������������������������������������������������������� 15 2019 Roster Breakdown 16 Returning Players �������������������������������������������������������������17-41 Annie Fleming 17-18 Carly Thomas. .19-20 Stephanie Abello 21-22 FIGHTING ILLINI SOFTBALL QUICK FACTS Danielle Brochu 23-24 Alexis Carrillo. .25-26 Location Champaign-Urbana, Ill Head Coach Tyra Perry Taylor Edwards 27-28 Enrollment 49,702 Alma Mater LSU, 1997 Emily Oestreich 29-30 Nickname ���������������������������������������������������������Fighting Illini Years at Illinois ��������������������������������������� Fourth Season Kiana Sherlund 31-32 Colors ��������������������������������������������������������� Orange and Blue Years Overall ����������������������������������������������18th Season Veronica Ruelius 33-34 Conference Big Ten Record at Illinois 112-61 (647) Akilah Mouzon 35 ����������������������������������������������������Timothy L Killeen 521-449-1 (537) President Overall Record Maddison Demers 36 Chancellor Robert J Jones Assistant Coach/Year Laura Trout / Fourth Bella Loya 37-38 Athletic Director Josh Whitman Alma Mater Georgia, 2012 Shelby Stauffenberg 39 Home Field ������������������������������������������������Eichelberger Field Assistant Coach/Year Lance McMahon / Third Serenity Stewart 40 Seating Capacity ���������������������������������������������������������1,500 Alma MaterMissouri, 2013 Rhein Trochim 41 Volunteer Assistant Coach/Year Tess Soefje / First Newcomers 42-46 2018 Record 37-18 Alma Mater UTSA, 2016 Maddy Adams / Katie Wingerter 42 2018 Big Ten Record (Finish) 13-8 (Sixth) Danielle Davis / Danielle Dennis 43 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 15/9 First Year of Softball 2000 Zaria Dunlap / Kailee Powell 44 Position Starters Returning/Lost 5/4 Softball Seasons All-Time 20th Season Abby Sagert / Hannah Sasaki 45 Pitchers Returning/Lost ������������������������������������������������ 4/2 All-Time Record ����������������������������������������599-429-2 (583) Sydney Sickels / Avrey Steiner 46 Newcomers 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last �������������������� 6/2017 NCAA Tournament Record 10-12 (455) 2018 Season-In-Review. 47-55 Season Recap 48-50 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATION Season Statistics ������������������������������������������������������������������ 51 Primary Softball Contact Libby Knight Game-By-Game Detailed Results ������������������������������������������ 52 Email Address ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� eknight2@illinoisedu Line Scores �����������������������������������������������������������������������53-54 Office Phone �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������217-265-8171 Big Ten Conference Recap ���������������������������������������������������� 55 Cell Phone �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������217-714-1218 Associate Athletics Director for Athletics Communication ������������������������ Kent Brown Records & History ����������������������������������������������������� 56-82 Assistant Athletics Director for Athletics Communication Derrick Burson Career Records �����������������������������������������������������������������57-58 Associate Directors of Athletics Communication Derek Neal, Jenny Dewar Season Records 59-60 Assistant Directors ���������������������������������������������������������������� Libby Knight, Brett Moore Single-Game Records �������������������������������������������������������61-62 Interns ���������������������������������������������������������������������Kevin Cole, Michael Girot, Diana Ly Year-by-Year Team Statistics 63 Office Manager / Phone Jen Fisher/217-333-1391 Yearly Leaders 64 Web Designer����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Adam Marantz Wins over Ranked Opponents 65 Website wwwFightingIllinicom Year-By-Year Results �������������������������������������������������������65-71 Twitter / Instagram ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� @IlliniSB Record by Conference 71 Facebook wwwFacebookcom/IlliniSoftball Year-By-Year Records // All-Time Series Records 72 Mailing Address ���������������������������������������������Bielfeldt Athletic Administration Building All-Time Series Results 73-76 1700 South Fourth St, Champaign, IL 61820 Big Ten Tournament History 77 NCAA Tournament History 78 The 2019 Illinois Softball Record Book was written by Libby Knight Cover design by Adam Marantz Photos Honor Roll �����������������������������������������������������������������������79-81 by Cary Frye, Mark Jones and Craig Pessman Letterwinners 82 2019 ILLINOIS SOFTBALL // 1 THIS IS ILLINOIS SOFTBALL ILLINOIS SOFTBALL SEASON BY SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 2018 Annie Fleming was selected as UI’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient ILLINOIS BY THE NUMBERS • The Illinois softball team wrapped up the third season 1 Runs Team USA defeated Illinois by in 2004 under head coach Tyra Perry with a 37-18 overall record in • On April 1, Illinois defeated then-No 6 Minnesota, 4-3, for 1 USA Softball Collegiate Players of the Week 2018 and a sixth-place finish with a 13-8 mark in the Big just the eighth top-10 win in program history and tied for 2 Highest Illinois finish in the Big Ten (2004 & 2010) Ten Conference It is the first time in program history the Illini the third-highest ranked opponent that UI has defeated The 5All-America honors awarded in program history have registered 36 wins or more for three-straight seasons victory also marked the lone win over a ranked opponent of 3Academic All-America honors awarded in program history after notching 36 wins in 2016 and 39 victories in 2017 the season and the first top-10 win since defeating No 10 6NCAA Tournament appearances • It is just the second time in program history that the Florida State a season ago 10NCAA Tournament victories Illini have posted 30+ wins per season in a three-year span 15CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District recipients after notching wins of 49, 34, 39 and 45, respectively, from 2016 35NFCA All-Region laurels earned 2001-04 • The Illinois softball team wrapped the first season under 38Big Ten weekly awards • The Illini tallied one of their best home seasons in program head coach Tyra Perry in historic fashion, earning a berth 54 All-Big Ten selections history with a 15-2 record at Eichelberger Field in 2018, into the 2016 NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in program 45Wins over ranked opponents including posting the secondhighest win percentage and history and the first time since 2010 The Illini finished the 82NFCA Scholar-Athletes most victories in program history year with the fifth-most wins in program history with a 36-23 84 Home runs Illinois hit to lead the nation in 2007 • A quartet of Illini earned National Fastpitch Coaches overall record and registered a seventh place finish in the Big 152Academic All-Big Ten honorees Association (NFCA) All-Midwest Region honors as redshirt- Ten Conference with a 12-11 record in the standings 1,445Fans at 2007 World’s Largest Softball Tailgate junior Carly Thomas and juniors Kiana Sherlund and • The Illini’s 36 wins is the most wins the team has notched 1,000,000Dollars donated by the Rex & Alice Martin Foundation Stephanie Abello were each selected to the First-Team, while since posting 45 victories during the 2010 campaign and the average, stolen bases and on base percentage freshman Bella Loya nabbed Second-Team accolades 36-23 mark is also the best start ever by any first year Illinois • For the second-straight season Illinois softball junior softball or baseball head coach 2013 catcher Stephanie Abello was named to the Google Cloud • Senior Allie Bauch was named to the 2016 Academic • Won 11 of the final 12 games of the regular season, posting Academic All-District First Team All-America Second-Team, earning her second-straight the third-longest winning
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