Biography
2022: Earned USA South second team All-East division honors … Started 22 of the 27 games appeared in from the pitching circle … led the team in wins (13), complete games (14), shutouts (4), strikeouts (143), innings pitched (141), ERA (2.33), and WHIP (1.16) … finished with an overall record of 13-11 record … 15 games with at least five strikeouts, including a career-high 12 against Mary Baldwin … allowed three or less earned runs in 20 games … became the third all-time leader in program history for strikeouts in a single season … recorded her 300th career strikeout at Meredith during the fourth strikeout of the game, becoming the second all-time leader in program history with 351 total strikeouts … became the fourth all-time leader in single season shutouts … added 13 assists and one error for a fielding percentage of .929.
2021: started 18 of the 20 games she appeared in as a pitcher ... led the team in wins (seven), complete games (11), shutouts (2), strikeouts (91), innings pitched (108.1), ERA (4.49), and WHIP (1.41) ... finished with an overall record of 7-12 ... earned shutouts against Mississippi University for Women and Mary Baldwin ... 10 games with at least five strikeouts, including 10 against Mary Baldwin and Southern Virginia ... ... allowed three or less hits in three starts ... USA South Pitcher of the Week (4/5/21).
2020: Voted team's Pitcher of the Year … nine starts in the pitcher's circle, finishing with an overall record of 4-5 ... led the team in starts, wins, complete games (eight), ERA (2.85), WHIP (1.42), strikeouts (41), innings pitched (59), and walks allowed (seven) ... two hits, three runs scored, and one RBI as a batter ... first career shutout in a 2-0 win against FDU-Florham, allowing seven hits and striking out seven ... six games with at least five strikeouts, including 11 K's against Messiah ... five games allowing two or less earned runs ... went eight innings, striking out six without giving up an earned run against Piedmont Int'l.
2019: made 20 appearances with 14 starts in the pitcher's circle... awarded "Pitcher of the Year" by Head Coach Ron Simpson ... finished with a record of 6-12 and an ERA of 4.36 ... led the team in wins, complete games (six), innings pitched (94.2), strikeouts (45), and in WHIP (1.71) ... nine games with at least three strikeouts, including a season-high six against Berea ... allowed one run (zero earned) in six innings against Piedmont International ... allowed two runs (zero earned) in four innings against Brevard ... allowed one run in seven innings against Meredith ... allowed no runs in five innings against Salem ... allowed two runs (one earned) versus Greensboro in eight innings ... tallied two hits in 21 at-bats.
2018: started 11 of the 15 games she appeared in as a pitcher ... finished with a record of 1-9 and an ERA of 6.04 ... also pitched two complete games ... struck out 31 batters in 53.1 innings ... allowed no earned runs in a complete game against St. Andrews ... season-high seven strikeouts in four innings against Mary Baldwin ... earned two hits and scored one run in 11 at-bats.
High School: started all four years of varsity softball at Southwest ... won Coaches Award junior year ... three-time Academic Scholar ... member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of April Phalen ... majoring in healthcare administration.
