2021 Softball Roster
Roster
Heyer, Samantha
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Jersey Number 2
Samantha Heyer
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- High School:
- Charles City HS
- Hometown:
- Charles City, Iowa
Bio
2024: MVC Charlotte West Award winner … First Team All-MVC ... MVC Elite 17 Award winner ... Easton/NFCA Scholar All-America ... CSC Academic All-District ... MVC Board of Directors, MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVC Honor Roll ... Plainsman Invite All-Tournament Team ... Three-time MVC Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 27 / April 2, 30) ... Ranked No. 91 on D1Softball's Preseason D100 Player Rankings ... Preseason All-MVC … Appeared in 32 games with an MVC-best 30 starts inside the pitching circle … Posted an 18-6 record with two saves in a team-high 152 innings of work and a team-best 2.12 ERA … Ranked 23rd in Division I softball with 198 strikeouts and 9.1 strikeouts per seven innings, 12th most in the nation and fifth-most in a single-season in school history … Recorded six shutout victories, second-most in the MVC and 24th in the nation … Season-high 14 strikeouts against Memphis (2/21/24) and Southeast Missouri State (2/24/24) … Pitched a career-high 13 complete games with seven outings with ten or more strikeouts … Recorded six putouts with 16 assists defensively for a .957 fielding percentage … Finished her collegiate career as program’s all-time leader in lowest opponent batting average (.206), as well as second in school history in pitching appearances (123), strikeouts (688), wins (55) and saves (6).
2023: MVC Pitcher of the Year ... First Team All-MVC ... MVC All-Tournament Team ... MVC Scholar-Athlete ... NFCA Second Team All-Region ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Awards and Honor Roll ... Six-time MVC Pitcher of the Week (March 14, 21, 28 / April 4 / May 2, 9) ... Appeared in 38 games with 26 starts compiling a 23-5 record (top-20 in the NCAA in wins) with a 1.61 ERA in 170 innings pitched and three saves .. Pitched 12 complete games with 267 total strikeouts (Sixth most in the NCAA and a UNI single-season school record), while also posting the third best strikeouts per seven innings mark in the nation and new single-season school record (11.0 per game) ... Finished the season ranked eighth in the nation in strikeout-to-walk ratio (6.68) ... Set single-season school records in total wins (23) and by holding opponents to a .167 batting average on the season ... 11 games with 10+ strikeouts, with a career-high 17 strikeouts against Valparaiso (April 28) ... .846 fielding percentage.
2022: Appeared in 24 games with eight starts... All-MVC Second Team... MVC First Team Scholar-Athlete... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award... Set a new program record in strikeouts per seven innings at a 10.9 average... Led the Panthers in least walks allowed (39) and opposing batting average (.202)... Pitched a career low 2.19 ERA...Ended the season with a 10-4 record... Pitched a career high 15 strikeouts against Illinois State (4/24/22).
2021: Finished with a 1-3 record in the circle… pitched 42.2 innings with 33 strikeouts… finished with a 6.54 era…pitched 5.1 innings against Illinois State (5/1)… struck out a season high seven batters against Illinois State (5/1).
2020: Started 1 game this season while appearing in 15… Finished the season with 1 run, 1 stolen base, 2 assists, and 10 putouts… In the circle Heyer pitched 52.1 innings, recording 41 strikeouts with a 3.61 ERA… Threw a season high 8 strikeouts against South Dakota (2/9)... Threw a season high 7 innings vs Utah Valley (3/8)… Threw at least 6 strikeouts in 4 games… Recorded a .944 fielding percentage.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2019 graduate of Charles City High School...In 2017 she received first team All-Conference, third team All-State, and Globe Gazette All-Area team..in 2018 she received first team All-Conference, first team All-Region, first team All-State, and Globe Gazette All-Area team...in 2019 she received first team All-Conference, first team All-Region, first team All-State, All-Tournament team, Globe Gazette Player of the Year, Des Moines Register All-Iowa team, and IGSA senior All-Star team...In her last season she posted a 0.50 ERA with 375 strikeouts and an opponet batting average of .109...Co-Valedictorian for the class of 2019...on the honor roll all semesters and a member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Jeremy and Jodi Heyer...has two siblings (Justin and Hayden)...majoring in Biology with a minor in chemistry.
2023: MVC Pitcher of the Year ... First Team All-MVC ... MVC All-Tournament Team ... MVC Scholar-Athlete ... NFCA Second Team All-Region ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Awards and Honor Roll ... Six-time MVC Pitcher of the Week (March 14, 21, 28 / April 4 / May 2, 9) ... Appeared in 38 games with 26 starts compiling a 23-5 record (top-20 in the NCAA in wins) with a 1.61 ERA in 170 innings pitched and three saves .. Pitched 12 complete games with 267 total strikeouts (Sixth most in the NCAA and a UNI single-season school record), while also posting the third best strikeouts per seven innings mark in the nation and new single-season school record (11.0 per game) ... Finished the season ranked eighth in the nation in strikeout-to-walk ratio (6.68) ... Set single-season school records in total wins (23) and by holding opponents to a .167 batting average on the season ... 11 games with 10+ strikeouts, with a career-high 17 strikeouts against Valparaiso (April 28) ... .846 fielding percentage.
2022: Appeared in 24 games with eight starts... All-MVC Second Team... MVC First Team Scholar-Athlete... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award... Set a new program record in strikeouts per seven innings at a 10.9 average... Led the Panthers in least walks allowed (39) and opposing batting average (.202)... Pitched a career low 2.19 ERA...Ended the season with a 10-4 record... Pitched a career high 15 strikeouts against Illinois State (4/24/22).
2021: Finished with a 1-3 record in the circle… pitched 42.2 innings with 33 strikeouts… finished with a 6.54 era…pitched 5.1 innings against Illinois State (5/1)… struck out a season high seven batters against Illinois State (5/1).
2020: Started 1 game this season while appearing in 15… Finished the season with 1 run, 1 stolen base, 2 assists, and 10 putouts… In the circle Heyer pitched 52.1 innings, recording 41 strikeouts with a 3.61 ERA… Threw a season high 8 strikeouts against South Dakota (2/9)... Threw a season high 7 innings vs Utah Valley (3/8)… Threw at least 6 strikeouts in 4 games… Recorded a .944 fielding percentage.
HIGH SCHOOL: 2019 graduate of Charles City High School...In 2017 she received first team All-Conference, third team All-State, and Globe Gazette All-Area team..in 2018 she received first team All-Conference, first team All-Region, first team All-State, and Globe Gazette All-Area team...in 2019 she received first team All-Conference, first team All-Region, first team All-State, All-Tournament team, Globe Gazette Player of the Year, Des Moines Register All-Iowa team, and IGSA senior All-Star team...In her last season she posted a 0.50 ERA with 375 strikeouts and an opponet batting average of .109...Co-Valedictorian for the class of 2019...on the honor roll all semesters and a member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Jeremy and Jodi Heyer...has two siblings (Justin and Hayden)...majoring in Biology with a minor in chemistry.
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