University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2024 Softball Roster
Roster
Pupillo, Alexis
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Jersey Number 10
Alexis Pupillo
- Position:
- Catcher/Utility
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Crystal Lake South HS
- Hometown:
- Crystal Lake, IL
Bio
2024: MVC Honor Roll ... NFCA Second Team All-Region ... First Team All-MVC ... MVC All-Tournament Team ... Plainsman Invite All-Tournament Team ... MVC Player of the Week (Feb. 27, Apr. 2) ... Ranked No. 45 nationally in Softball America's Preseason Top 100 Player Rankings... Ranked the No. 3 catcher by Softball America and the No. 13 catcher by D1Softball ... Preseason All-MVC … Started all 50 games in the outfield or at catcher … Posted a .324 batting average with a team-high 46 hits, seven doubles, a league-leading 19 home runs, 54 RBIs, five sacrifice flies and .775 slugging percentage, plus 14 stolen bases, 40 runs scored and 32 walks drawn … 13 multi-hit games, including a season-high three hits against Longwood (2/23/24) and Illinois State (4/27/24) … Launched two home runs with a career-high eight RBIs in win over Longwood (2/23/24) … Stole two bases against Western Illinois (2/11/24), Arizona (3/2/24) and Illinois (3/26/24) … Recorded 173 putouts with eight assists defensively for a .958 fielding percentage … Finished the year tied for the second-most home runs (19) and sacrifice flies (5) in a single season in school history, fourth in single-season RBIs (54) … Ended the season as UNI’s all-time leader in career slugging percentage (.811) and on-base percentage (.486), and second in batting average (.371) and home runs (36).
2023: D1Softball All-America All-Freshman Team ... NFCA First Team All-Region ... MVC Freshman of the Year ... MVC All-Tournament Team ... First Team All-MVC ... Ranked No. 53 on D1Softball.com's Top-100 players of 2023 ... MVC Honor Roll ... Four-time MVC Newcomer of the Week (March 7 / April 11, 18, 25) ... Started behind the plate for all 51 games ... Batted an MVC-best .412 average (12th in the NCAA) in her first collegiate season with a team and conference-leading 66 hits , 49 RBIs, 17 home runs (tied for third most in a single-season and for the MVC lead), a team-best 14 doubles and two triples ... Drew 26 walks, scored 50 runs (fourth most in single-season) and stole 11 bases ... Recorded a .844 slugging percentage and a .505 on-base percentage (both fourth best in a single-season in school history) ... 14 games with multiple runs batted in, including a pair of four RBI performance against Drake (April 11) and Southern Illinois (April 14) ... 19 multi-hit games on the season, including a four-hit game at Indiana State (April 9) ... Four multi-home run games (April 9 at Indiana State, April 11 vs. Drake, April 14 vs. Southern Illinois, May 11 vs. Drake) ... 443 putouts and 18 assists for a .998 fielding percentage.
HIGH SCHOOL: Pupillo spent four years at Crystal Lake South High School in the Fox Valley Conference in Illinois... with the Gators Pupillo played throughout the infield and helped them to two regional championships (2019, 2022) and one conference championship (2019)... individually Pupillo was named to the Fox Valley All-Conference Team in 2019, 2021, and 2022 while being named to the Illinois 3A All-State team in 2019, 2021, and 2022... Pupillo was a team captain in her final two years with the Gators and broke school records for most intentional walks (14), home runs (16), and batting average (.560)... Pupillo was also ranked eighth in the state for intentional walks... off the field Pupillo was a High Honor Roll student all four years.
PERSONAL: Pupillo is the daughter of Phil and Linda Pupillo... she has one younger sibling, Anthony... Pupillo is majoring in criminology with a minor in political science... also recruited by Michigan State, Purdue, Winona State, Evansville, and the University of Indianapolis... volunteers with Feed My Starving Children... spends time off the field lifting, drawing, reading and writing.
2023: D1Softball All-America All-Freshman Team ... NFCA First Team All-Region ... MVC Freshman of the Year ... MVC All-Tournament Team ... First Team All-MVC ... Ranked No. 53 on D1Softball.com's Top-100 players of 2023 ... MVC Honor Roll ... Four-time MVC Newcomer of the Week (March 7 / April 11, 18, 25) ... Started behind the plate for all 51 games ... Batted an MVC-best .412 average (12th in the NCAA) in her first collegiate season with a team and conference-leading 66 hits , 49 RBIs, 17 home runs (tied for third most in a single-season and for the MVC lead), a team-best 14 doubles and two triples ... Drew 26 walks, scored 50 runs (fourth most in single-season) and stole 11 bases ... Recorded a .844 slugging percentage and a .505 on-base percentage (both fourth best in a single-season in school history) ... 14 games with multiple runs batted in, including a pair of four RBI performance against Drake (April 11) and Southern Illinois (April 14) ... 19 multi-hit games on the season, including a four-hit game at Indiana State (April 9) ... Four multi-home run games (April 9 at Indiana State, April 11 vs. Drake, April 14 vs. Southern Illinois, May 11 vs. Drake) ... 443 putouts and 18 assists for a .998 fielding percentage.
HIGH SCHOOL: Pupillo spent four years at Crystal Lake South High School in the Fox Valley Conference in Illinois... with the Gators Pupillo played throughout the infield and helped them to two regional championships (2019, 2022) and one conference championship (2019)... individually Pupillo was named to the Fox Valley All-Conference Team in 2019, 2021, and 2022 while being named to the Illinois 3A All-State team in 2019, 2021, and 2022... Pupillo was a team captain in her final two years with the Gators and broke school records for most intentional walks (14), home runs (16), and batting average (.560)... Pupillo was also ranked eighth in the state for intentional walks... off the field Pupillo was a High Honor Roll student all four years.
PERSONAL: Pupillo is the daughter of Phil and Linda Pupillo... she has one younger sibling, Anthony... Pupillo is majoring in criminology with a minor in political science... also recruited by Michigan State, Purdue, Winona State, Evansville, and the University of Indianapolis... volunteers with Feed My Starving Children... spends time off the field lifting, drawing, reading and writing.
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