2019 Softball Roster
Roster
Jaclyn Spencer
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Waterloo West
- Hometown:
- Waterloo, Iowa
SENIOR (2020): State Farm MVC Good Neighbor Award Recipient… Honored by the Institute for Sport and Social Justice… Started in 5 games while appearing in 6 for the Panthers… Finished with 1 run… Recorded 20 innings pitching 2.10 ERA… Spencer recorded a season high 7 innings pitched with 3 strikeouts.
JUNIOR (2019): Second Team All-MVC... MVC All-Tournament Team... appeared in 32 games at the plate with 18 appearances in the circle with 17 starts... a double threat, Spencer finished with 12 hits, 11 RBIs and three home runs... in the circle Spencer pitched 104.2 innings, recoding 97 strikeouts and a 1.40 ERA... Threw at least five strikeouts in 11 games...
Spencer recorded 10 strikeouts twice in 2019, Bradley (4/10) and Iowa (4/30)... pitched a marathon 12 innings against Iowa (4/30) throwing 190 total pitches...pitched seven full innings against Southern Illinois in the MVC Semifinal game, recording seven strikeouts.
SOPHOMORE (2018): Appeared in 25 games in 2018, with 16 appearances on the mound … Batted .284 with two home runs and 20 RBI in limited offensive work … Walked 13 times on the season … Five multi-RBI games, including two three-RBI games in wins over Central Florida (2/16) and George Washington (2/17) … Recorded multiple walks in four different games … Started 14 games on the mound, pitching seven complete games and two shutouts … Had a 2.62 era in 82.2 innings of work … Struck out 65 batters, good for second on the pitching staff … Pitched five games with six or more strikeouts … Went 10 innings while allowing zero earned runs in a win over Butler (3/4) … Struck out seven in a shutout victory against Central Florida (2/16).
FRESHMAN (2017): A Second-Team All-MVC selection ... saw action in 32 games ... 29 of those appearances came on the mound ... Led the Panthers in strikeouts with 147 through 133.2 innings ... Had an ERA of 2.51 with a 14-4 record ... Batted a .267 batting average with 20 hits, 11 runs, four home runs, and 16 RBI ... Went 3-for-3 with a run and an RBI at Louisville (3/12) ... Went 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI in the opening game of a doubleheader vs. Evansville (4/1) ... Drove in three runs in a 9-7 win over Wichita State (4/29) ... Struck out 12 batters in a 4-1 win over Grambling State (2/24) ... Tossed a three-hit shutout with nine strikeouts in a 4-0 win over Southern Illinois (4/8) ... Pitched a five-hit shutout in a 3-0 victory at Drake (4/18) ... Struck out 10 or more batters on four occasions.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letter winner at Waterloo West High School ... Named First-team All-State and the Mississippi Valley Conference Player of the Year as a junior ... Named to the Des Moines Register Girls' Softball Elite All-State Team while batting .538 and tallying 50 RBI ... Named first-team All-Conference in three seasons, first-team All-Metro four times, and was named to an All-State team three times ... Lettered in basketball and track, where she has qualified for the state track meet three times ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Named the Waterloo West Student Body Vice President as a junior.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Marvin and Joni ... Has one sibling (Jadyn) ... Majoring in elementary education.
