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1 S A L U K I S O F T B A L L GAME NOTES RAFTER MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT Feb. 6-7 Charleston, S.C. Buccaneer Field (250) FAST FIVE»» The Salukis will face No. 5 Kentucky on Friday, the first ranked opponent SIU has faced since beating No. 14 South Florida 5-4 on Feb. 22, Southern Illinois is all-time against top-25 teams.»» SIU is 1-12 all-time against teams ranked in the top-five nationally. Southern s lone win came on Feb. 18, 2007, in an 8-5 win over No. 5 Louisiana State. The last time SIU played a team ranked in the top-five nationally was Feb. 17, 2013, against No. 1 Alabama. SIU lost that game 10-1.»» Due to projected bad weather, the tournament format has been adjusted from its originally scheduled format. SIU will play Kentucky (11 a.m. CT) and Morehead State (3 p.m. CT) on Friday and IUPUI (10 a.m. CT) on Saturday. There will be no game on Sunday, and SIU will not face Kennesaw State.»» Despite losing five starters, SIU returns four of its top five hitters from last year s team. Spivey was the team s top hitter in 2014 at.337, but Shaye Harre (.329), Kelsey Gonzalez (.328), Kalyn Harker (.313) and Merri Anne Patterson (.292) had the next four highest averages on the team.»» Shaye Harre had one of the best freshman seasons in school history. She hit.329 overall, which was second on the team, and she hit even better in MVC play at.368. She led the team with 43 RBIs, which is second among freshmen in program history.»» Shaye Harre nearly single-handedly beat UMBC last weekend. Harre got the pitching win after throwing 5.2 innings and allowing only two earned runs. She gave herself the win with a game-winning walkoff RBI single in the bottom of the seventh. MEDIA SERVICES RAFTER MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT Kentucky Morehead State IUPUI 2015 Record Head Coach Rachel Lawsom David Williams Amanda Rivera Overall Record (Yr) (11th) (10th) (3rd) School Record (Yr) (8th) (4th) (3rd) Record vs. SIU 1-1 First Meeting 0-1 Series Streak UK W1 First Meeting SIU W1 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 2015 Record: 1-3 Coach: Kerri Blaylock MVC Record: -- Record: (16th) SID John Lock jtlock2@siu.edu Cell Phone Office Phone Twitter / Team Website SIUSalukis.com Team Team Team Facebook /SalukiSoftball Charleston Southern Tournament Feb. 6 vs. Ohio State Charleston, S.C. L, 4-7 (8) vs. UMBC Charleston, S.C. W, 4-3 Feb. 7 vs. Ohio State Charleston, S.C. L, 2-7 at Charleston Southern Charleston, S.C. L, 1-11 Rafter Memorial Tournament Feb. 13 vs. No. 5 Kentucky Kennesaw, Ga. 11 a.m. vs. Morehead State Kennesaw, Ga. 3 p.m. Feb. 14 vs. IUPUI Kennesaw, Ga. 10 a.m. Red/Blue Classic Feb. 20 vs. Omaha Oxford, Miss. 1:30 p.m. vs. UT Martin Oxford, Miss. 3:45 p.m. Feb. 21 vs. Middle Tennessee State Oxford, Miss. 9 a.m. at Ole Miss Oxford, Miss. 3:45 p.m. Feb. 22 vs. Omaha Oxford, Miss. 9 a.m. Triple Crown Invitational Feb. 26 vs. Northern Colorado Puerta Vallarta, Mexico 4:30 p.m. Feb. 27 vs. BYU Puerta Vallarta, Mexico 2 p.m. vs. Nevada Puerta Vallarta, Mexico 4:30 p.m. Feb. 28 vs. BYU Puerta Vallarta, Mexico 11 a.m. vs. Nevada Puerta Vallarta, Mexico 1:30 p.m. Coach B Classic March 7 vs. Northern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. 10 a.m. vs. DePaul Carbondale, Ill. 12 p.m. March 8 vs. Northern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. 1 p.m. vs. Murray State Carbondale, Ill. 3 p.m. March 10 at Austin Peay Clarksville, Tenn. 2 p.m. March 11 at Lipscomb Nashville, Tenn. 3 p.m. March 14 vs. Bradley (DH) * Carbondale, Ill. 12 p.m. March 15 vs. Bradley * Carbondale, Ill. 12 p.m. March 18 vs. Saint Louis Carbondale, Ill. 4 p.m. March 21 vs. Wichita State (DH) * Carbondale, Ill. 12 p.m. March 22 vs. Wichita State * Carbondale, Ill. 12 p.m. March 24 at Murray State Murray, Ky. 4 p.m. March 28 at Northern Iowa (DH) * Cedar Falls, Iowa 12 p.m. March 29 at Northern Iowa * Cedar Falls, Iowa 12 p.m. April 1 vs. SIUE Carbondale, Ill. 4 p.m. April 4 at Illinois State * Normal, Ill. 4 p.m. April 5 at Illinois State (DH) * Normal, Ill. 12 p.m. April 8 at SEMO Cape Girardeau, Mo. 4 p.m. April 11 vs. Drake (DH) * Carbondale, Ill. 12 p.m. April 12 vs. Drake * Carbondale, Ill. 12 p.m. April 14 at Evansville (DH)* Evansville, Ind. 3 p.m. April 18 at Loyola (DH)* Chicago, Ill. 12 p.m. April 19 at Loyola * Chicago, Ill. 12 p.m. April 22 vs. Evansville * Carbondale, Ill. 5 p.m. April 25 at Indiana State (DH)* Terre Haute, Ind. 12 p.m. April 26 at Indiana State * Terre Haute, Ind. 12 p.m. April 29 at Eastern Illinois Charleston, Ill. 4 p.m. May 2 vs. Missouri State (DH)* Carbondale, Ill. 12 p.m. May 3 vs. Missouri State * Carbondale, Ill. 12 p.m. MVC Tournament May 7-9 MVC Tournament Wichita, Kan. TBA NCAA Regionals May NCAA Regionals TBA TBA * = Conference game All times Central and subject to change All home games played at Dr. Charlotte West Stadium

2 ROSTER No. Name Ht. Pos. B/T Yr. Hometown (High School) 27 Katie Bertelsen 5-1 P L/R Sr. Alexis, Ill. (United) 10 Caylee Cook 5-7 UTIL R/R Jr. Afton, Okla. (Vinita) 59 Savanna Dover 5-8 P R/R Fr. Canton, Ga. (Cherokee) 6 Savannah Fisher 5-7 UTIL R/R Fr. Orlando, Fla. (Lake Nona) 7 Kelsey Gonzalez 5-6 INF R/R Jr. Bolingbrook, Ill. (Naperville Central) 12 Kalyn Harker 5-6 OF L/R Sr. Lebanon, Ind. (Lebanon) 25 Shaye Harre 5-10 P L/L So. Nashville, Ill. (Nashville) 28 Taylor Harris 5-6 INF/OF R/R Jr. Chattanooga, Tenn. (East Hamilton) 23 Jessica Heese 5-4 UTIL R/R Fr. Platte City, Mo. (North Platte) 00 Sydney Jones 5-4 C/INF R/R Fr. Royal Palm Beach, Fla. (Palm Beach Gardens) 17 Kara Kimball 5-6 INF/OF R/R Sr. St. Louis, Mo. (Rockwood Summit) 5 Lacey Newbold 5-5 INF L/R Jr. Crab Orchard, Ill. (Crab Orchard) 1 Merri Anne Patterson 5-6 OF R/R So. Lynville, Tenn. (Richland) 32 Jessa Thomas 5-7 C R/R So. Johnston City, Ill. (Johnston City) 33 Meredith Wilson 5-6 OF L/R Sr. Granite City, Ill. (St. Joseph s Academy) 2 Brook Womack 5-5 INF R/R So. Chattanooga, Tenn. (Central) 24 Alyssa Wunderlich 6-1 P R/R Sr. Naperville, Ill. (Naperville Central) No. Name Ht. Pos. B/T Yr. Hometown (High School) 00 Sydney Jones 5-4 C/INF R/R Fr. Royal Palm Beach, Fla. (Palm Beach Gardens) 1 Merri Anne Patterson 5-6 OF R/R So. Lynville, Tenn. (Richland) 2 Brook Womack 5-5 INF R/R So. Chattanooga, Tenn. (Central) 5 Lacey Newbold 5-5 INF L/R Jr. Crab Orchard, Ill. (Crab Orchard) 6 Savannah Fisher 5-7 UTIL R/R Fr. Orlando, Fla. (Lake Nona) 7 Kelsey Gonzalez 5-6 INF R/R Jr. Bolingbrook, Ill. (Naperville Central) 10 Caylee Cook 5-7 UTIL R/R Jr. Afton, Okla. (Vinita) 12 Kalyn Harker 5-6 OF L/R Sr. Lebanon, Ind. (Lebanon) 17 Kara Kimball 5-6 INF/OF R/R Sr. St. Louis, Mo. (Rockwood Summit) 23 Jessica Heese 5-4 UTIL R/R Fr. Platte City, Mo. (North Platte) 24 Alyssa Wunderlich 6-1 P R/R Sr. Naperville, Ill. (Naperville Central) 25 Shaye Harre 5-10 P L/L So. Nashville, Ill. (Nashville) 27 Katie Bertelsen 5-1 P L/R Sr. Alexis, Ill. (United) 28 Taylor Harris 5-6 INF/OF R/R Jr. Chattanooga, Tenn. (East Hamilton) 32 Jessa Thomas 5-7 C R/R So. Johnston City, Ill. (Johnston City) 33 Meredith Wilson 5-6 OF L/R Sr. Granite City, Ill. (St. Joseph s Academy) 59 Savanna Dover 5-8 P R/R Fr. Canton, Ga. (Cherokee) Katie Bertelsen Kalyn Harker PRONUNCIATIONS BURDLE-senn Shaye Harre KAY-lin Alyssa Wunderlich HARR-eee WUNDER-lick 2 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances // 1,200 Program Wins // Four Conference Titles

3 NOTES / QUICK FACTS FOR STARTERS The Salukis head to Kennesaw, Ga., for the Rafter Memorial Tournament on Feb , SIU leads off the tournament against No. 5 Kentucky at 11 a.m. CT on Friday, Feb. 13. At 3 p.m. CT, the Salukis will take on Morehead State. On Saturday, SIU closes the tournament with a 10 a.m. CT game against IUPUI. The tournament was originally scheduled for each team to play five games over three days, but projected bad weather canceled Sunday s games. All five teams will now play three games over two days on Feb Southern Illinois... is all-time against top-25 teams and 1-12 against top-five teams. started the season 1-3 for just the second time in head coach Kerri Blaylock s 16 seasons, with the other being That team rebounded to finish beat the last ranked team its faced, a 5-4 win over No. 14 South Florida in Returns 2014 All-Conference selections Katie Bertelsen and Shaye Harre. Was picked fourth in the preseason MVC poll. SCOUTING THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS Kentucky is coming off a 50-win season and an appearance in the 2014 Women s College World Series. Kentucky finished the 2014 season ranked sixth in the nation and came into this season ranked No. 6 in the preseason poll after returning 13 letter winners, six starters and three pitchers from last year s squad. UK is off to a 4-1 start, including a win over fifth-ranked Florida State. Junior pitcher Kelsey Nunley went 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 13 innings, earning SEC co-pitcher of the Week. SCOUTING THE MOREHEAD STATE EAGLES Morehead State started the season 2-2 after the opening weekend. The Eagles started the season with a thrilling 8-7 win over Akron. MSU got behind 7-0 after the first two innings and scored seven runs in the sixth to pull out a seasonopening win. The Eagles other win came over Rhode Island, and they lost to Stetson and Michigan State. Kayla McGuffey is hitting.417 to lead the team, and Mackenzie Grossman leads the squad from the circle with a 1-1 record and a 3.00 ERA. Morehead State has been outscored 15-1 in the first inning in General Location Carbondale, Ill. Founded Enrollment ,989 (Fall 2014) Nickname Salukis Colors Maroon and White Affiliation NCAA Division I (FCS) Conference Missouri Valley President Dr. Randy Dunn Interim Athletics Director Dr. Harold Bardo Alma Mater Southern Illinois ( 62) Ticket Office Phone Web site SIUSalukis.com Home Venue Stadium Charlotte West Stadium (502) Dimensions L-190; C-220; R-190 Opened Record (11 seasons) Softball History First Year of Softball All-Time Record , Conference Titles (Last) (2010) NCAA Tournament Appearances (Last) (2007) Team Information 2014 Overall Record Conference Record (finish) (t-3rd) Letterwinners Returning/Lost /5 Starters Returning/Lost / Captains #7 Kelsey Gonzalez #12 Kalyn Harker #33 Meredith Wilson Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Total 17 Coaching Staff Head Coach (Alma Mater) Kerri Blaylock (Evansville, 88) Season th Season Record (MVC) ( ) mook@siu.edu Associate Head Coach Jen Sewell (Ohio, 00) Season Seventh Season jsewell@siu.edu Assistant Coach Buddy Foster (Southeast Missouri, 91) Season Eighth Season bfoster@siu.edu Media Services SID John Lock jtlock2@siu.edu Office (618) Cell (309) Web site SIUSalukis.com Twitter / Instagram @SIU_Softball Facebook Facebook.com/SalukiSoftball 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances // 1,200 Program Wins // Four Conference Titles 3

4 NOTES SCOUTING THE IUPUI JAGUARS IUPUI is also off to a 2-2 start to the season. The Jags played in Nashville, Tenn., over the weekend at a tournament hosted by Belmont. IUPUI topped the hosts 3-2 in the opener before dropping its next two to Ball State (5-4) and Lipscomb (8-0). They closed the tournament with a 5-3 win over Georgetown. Brooke Boetjer threw 21.2 of the 28 innings over the weekend and had a 1.94 ERA while striking out 16. She pitched complete games in both IUPUI wins, and she also leads the team with a.333 batting average. HARRE S WALKOFF ALSO GIVES HER PITCHING W SIU super sophomore Shaye Harre showcased her two-way ability in Southern Illinois 4-3 win over UMBC on the opening day of the season. Harre pitched 5.2 innings, allowing only two earned runs, in relief to help SIU stay within striking distance. After the Salukis tied the game at three, Harre came up in the bottom of the seventh with a runner on second; and she hit a walkoff RBI single to complete her 3-for-4 day at the plate. FRESHMEN CONTRIBUTING RIGHT AWAY SIU has four freshmen in 2015, and all four showed they are ready to contribute right away. In the opening weekend of their careers, all four got extended playing time. Savannah DID YOU KNOW? Head coach Kerri Blaylock said Shaye Harre is the first pitcher in her tenure to get a pitching win and the walkoff RBI in the same game, which she did in SIU s 4-3 win over UMBC on the opening day of the season. Fisher flashed big-time potential immediately, going 3-for-5 from the plate, including her first collegiate home run. Sydney Jones also picked up three hits and an RBI. Savanna Dover threw five strikeouts in her 6.1 innings, and Jessica Heese played error-free ball while scoring a run on the basepaths. HARRE FLASHES PITCHING PROWESS EARLY Shaye Harre had a great year from the plate as a freshman in 2014, hitting.329 with 43 RBIs, but she was up and down as a pitcher, posting a 6.05 ERA in 44 innings. In her first weekend as a sophomore, Harre led the team with a 3.65 ERA and had only one walk in 7.2 innings. She earned the team s first win of the season, a 4-3 win over UMBC. SALUKIS LOOK TO REBOUND FROM 1-3 START SIU started the season 1-3 for just the second time in head coach Kerri Blaylock s 16 seasons as the head coach. The only other time one of Blaylock s teams started 1-3 was in her second season in That team rebounded from a 1-4 start to finish overall. WILSON COMES THROUGH WITH TWO OUTS Senior captain Meredith Wilson came up more than anyone with two outs in the opening weekend of the season, and she came through. The two-time All-MVC senior went 3-for-6 with a pair of two-out RBIs--both coming against Ohio State. One of Wilson s two-out RBIs was a double, the 25th of her career. PLAYING FROM BEHIND Through four games, SIU hasn t batted with a lead yet this season. Southern has had three leads, and all were surrendered in the next half inning. SIU battled back from a 3-0 deficit against Ohio State to take a 4-3 lead in the top of the eighth inning, but the Buckeyes walked off with a 7-4 win on the bottom half. SIU jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second game against Ohio State, but the Buckeyes responded for three runs in the next half inning for a lead it wouldn t surrender. SIU s lone win was a walkoff win. SIU climbed out of a 3-0 hole against UMBC with three runs in the sixth and a walkoff game winner in the bottom of the seventh. SALUKIS DRAW WALKS SIU has consistenty been one of the most patient hitting lineups in the MVC since associate head coach and hitting coach Jen Sewell joined the staff in The Salukis have led the league in walks every season since. This year, three Salukis have early on-base percentages above.500--savannah Fisher (.600), Jessa Thomas (.571) and Shaye Harre (.571). Harre has drawn half of the team s 10 walks this year, posting an OBP that s nearly 250 points higher than her batting average (.333). OFFENSIVE PRODUCTION SPREAD OUT The offensive production from Southern s lineup has been spread out over the first four games of the season. All 14 positional players got at least one start over the first weekend. Nine came through with at least one RBI, and Meredith Wilson is the only player on the team with more than one RBI. Nine players picked up hits on the first weekend, including freshmen Savannah Fisher and Sydney Jones getting their 4 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances // 1,200 Program Wins // Four Conference Titles

5 first collegiate hits. SALUKIS PICKED FOURTH IN PRESEASON POLL SIU was picked fourth in the MVC preseason coaches poll for a second-straight year. Last season, Southern went on to a MVC season and a third-place finish, the 12th top-three finish in head coach Kerri Blaylock s 15 seasons. SIU lost five starters from that team but returns four of its top five hitters and No. 1 starter Katie Bertelsen. None of Southern s players were listed on the preseason All-MVC team, but Shaye Harre hit.368 in MVC games last year on her way to second-team All-MVC honors, and Bertelsen won nine games in MVC play and had just a 3.19 ERA in league play. Last year s regular season champion, Wichita State, earned the preseason nod as the favorite in the conference. Illinois State and Northern Iowa were the other schools ahead of SIU. GONZALEZ, HARKER, WILSON NAMED TEAM CAPTAINS Junior Kelsey Gonzalez, senior Kalyn Harker and senior Meredith Wilson were named the 2015 team captains, head NOTES coach Kerri Blaylock announced in August. Gonzalez hit.328 last year, second in the MVC among shortstops. Harker, in addition to being one of the best outfielders in the MVC (only one career error and.995 career fielding percentage), hit.313 as a junior last year and showcased an impressive combination of power (10 doubles) and speed (14 stolen bases). Wilson is a two-time All-MVC hitter with 131 career starts for the Salukis under her belt. She has a.449 career slugging percentage and hit a walk-off single to beat MVC Pitcher of the Year Brittany Gardner and Loyola. BERTELSEN LEADS PITCHERS IN 2014 SIU senior Katie Bertelsen will lead the pitching staff in Bertelsen threw more than twice as many innings as any other pitcher on the staff in 2014, logging innings. Bertie won 14 games, including nine in MVC play. Fellow senior Alyssa Wunderlich and sophomore Shaye Harre also return after seeing time at pitcher in Wunderlich led the team in ERA in 2012 and got three wins in 33 innings last year. Harre also won three games and pitched 44 innings for the Salukis last season. Freshman Savanna Dover is expected to be a heavy contributer right away. The newcomer threw four C/INF 00 Sydney Jones 5-4/Fr. True freshman...had three hits in her opening weekend...hs team won Fla. 8A title in 2011 & reached #1 ranking by ESPN in 2012 OF 1 Merri Anne Patterson 5-6/So MVC All-Tournament team...team went 11-6 after MAP became regular starter...hit.324 in 2014 stretch as regular starter INF 2 Brook Womack 5-5/So. Started all four games in 2015 at SS...Singled in first official collegiate at-bat...multi-hit games against MIA(OH) & ILS in 2014 INF 5 Lacey Newbold 5-5/Jr. 89 career games & 14 career starts...7 stolen bases last year...9 career stolen bases...scored 28 career runs OF 6 Savannah Fisher 5-7/OF True freshman...went 3-for-5 on opening weekend w/ team s only HR...11 home runs in All-Metro honoree in 2013 and 2014 INF 7 Kelsey Gonzalez 5-6/Jr. Improved BA by.118 from Fr. to So. yr (.210 to.328)...first-team MVC Scholar-Athlete in MVC Player of the Week (4/28/14) UTIL 10 Caylee Cook 5-7/Jr. 54 career games & 28 career starts...3 doubles and 2 HRs, both in for-3 with 2 runs scored vs. Savannah State OF 12 Kalyn Harker 5-6/Sr. Second-team All-MVC in Two-time first-team MVC Scholar-Athlete career fielding % career starts B in 2014 OF 17 Kara Kimball 5-6/Sr. Played in 142 career games...7 career stolen bases...56 career runs scored...1-for-6 in career...started twice at 3B last weekend UTIL 23 Jessica Heese 5-4/Fr. True freshman...two-time first-team All-State honoree in HS...Hit.648 as a senior...top 10 in state in seven hitting categories as Sr P 24 Alyssa Wunderlich 6-1/Sr. Two-time honorable mention MVC Scholar-Athlete...23 career wins career ERA career innings P/INF 25 Shaye Harre 5-10/So. Second-team All-MVC in MVC Newcomer of the Week (4/28/14)...Pitching W & walkoff RBI vs. UMBC...Hit.329 as a freshman P 27 Katie Bertelsen 5-1/Sr. Second-team All-MVC in career wins...31 career complete games, including 20 in Allowed 2 or fewer R in 8G in 2014 INF/OF 28 Taylor Harris 5-6/Jr. 52 career games and 16 career starts...went 3-for-4 with 3 RBIs against Texas A&M Corpus Christi in career OBP C 32 Jessa Thomas 5-7/So. Started twice at C in Played in 9G as frosh in 2014, starting FLD%...2-out double started three-run rally vs. UMBC OF 33 Meredith Wilson 5-6/Jr. Two-time second-team All-MVC (2012, 2013) career starts...25 career doubles...two 2-out RBIs vs. Ohio State P 59 Savanna Dover 5-8/Fr. True freshman... All-Region and All-State honoree in Region 5 AAAAAA Pitcher of the Year in career HS no-hitters 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances // 1,200 Program Wins // Four Conference Titles 5

6 career no-hitters in high school and pitched a five-inning nono in the fall season. GONZALEZ HAS BREAKOUT SOPHOMORE SEASON SIU junior captain Kelsey Gonzalez is coming off a breakout sophomore season. Gonzalez started all 52 games in her freshman year and hit.210. Last season, Gonzalez hit.328 in 47 starts and 51 total games. She hit at nearly every spot in the lineup and ended the year in the middle of the lineup. She earned MVC Player of the Week honors after she slugged.933 against Wichita State. She had two doubles, two home runs, six RBIs and 14 total bases in leading Southern to a series win over the eventual MVC champion Shockers. on the team. A pair of freshmen, Savannah Fisher and Jessica Heese, both started games in the outfield on the season s opening weekend, and Fisher blasted a home run to lead off the third inning against Charleston Southern. TEAM OVERVIEW SIU is replacing five starting positional players this year. Last year s starters included four spots around the infield (C, 1B, 2B, 3B) and one outfielder. Jayna Spivey, last year s second baseman, was a four-time All-MVC player and led the team in hitting last year with a.337 average. HARRE HAS MONSTER FRESHMAN SEASON Shaye Harre was immediately a force in the middle of the lineup for SIU as a freshman. She was second on the team in 2014 with a.329 average and hit an even better.368 in MVC play. She led the team with 43 RBIs, second in program history among freshman. Her on-base percentage, RBIs, doubles and walks all ranked among the top 10 in the MVC. Harre joined Bertelsen as a second-team All-MVC honoree after the season. DEPTH IN THE OUTFIELD Head coach Kerri Blaylock has said this has a chance to be one of the deepest outfields she has had at SIU. Team captain Kalyn Harker will anchor the unit in center field. The senior is a force both offensively and defensively, holding a career.995 fielding percentage and.288 hitter from the plate. She hit.313 with 10 doubles last year. Fellow captain Meredith Wilson has also played right field for the Salukis. Wilson is a two-time All-MVC hitter who can also help as a designated player. She has a.293 career average with 24 career doubles and 10 home runs. She has a.449 career slugging percentage and hit a walkoff single last year against Loyola to give the Salukis a win over eventual MVC Player of the Year Brittany Gardner. Merri Anne Patterson worked herself into the rotation late in the year last year and provided an instant spark to the club. Patterson entered the starting lineup against Bradley and the team quickly went on a seven-game MVC winning streak. Patterson ended up hitting.292 on the year, which was fifth on the team, and she hit.314 in MVC games, good for third Southern returns four of its top five hitters and the team s No. 1 pitcher, Katie Bertelsen. Shaye Harre (.329), Kelsey Gonzalez (.328) and Kalyn Harker (.313) all return after hitting better than.300 last year. Freshman Sydney Jones and sophomore Jessa Thomas are splitting time at the catcher spot, while Jones and Kara Kimball have been splitting time at third base. CONTINUING TRADITION OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE Saluki Softball posted a team GPA of in the fall 2014 semester. All 17 players in the program earned at least a 3.2 GPA during the semester. SIU has a history as one of the best academic and athletic softball programs in the country under head coach Kerri Blaylock. Southern Illinois has posted a team GPA among the top-20 nationally in 13 of the past 14 academic years, including ten top-10 finishes. Since the NCAA began publicly recognizing softball programs that finish in the top 10 percent of their sport academically, Saluki Softball has been recognized six times and is the only program in the MVC to earn the honor even once. FOLLOW US The official Twitter and Instagram of Saluki softball SIU_Softball. This account features team news as well as live in-game updates. Fans can also follow Saluki SIUSalukis for news on all SIU sports. Saluki Softball is also on Facebook at Facebook.com/SalukiSoftball NCAA Tournament Appearances // 1,200 Program Wins // Four Conference Titles

7 OVERALL STATS Record: 1-3 Home: 0-0 Away: 0-1 Neutral: 1-2 MVC: 0-0 Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 6 Savannah Fisher Jessa Thomas Shaye Harre Sydney Jones Meredith Wilson Kalyn Harker Kelsey Gonzalez Brook Womack Merri Ann Patterson Caylee Cook Taylor Harris Lacey Newbold Kara Kimball Jessica Heese Totals Opponents LOB - Team (25), Opp (26). DPs turned - Team (2), Opp (3). (All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 24 Alyssa Wunderlich / Shaye Harre / Savanna Dover / Katie Bertelsen / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (1), Jones,Sydne 1, Opp (1). SBA/ATT - Thomas (1-2), Bertelsen (0-1), Dover,Savan (1-1). 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances // 1,200 Program Wins // Four Conference Titles 7

8 MISC. STATS Multiple Hit Games Total 25 Shaye Harre Meredith Wilson Savannah Fisher Sydney Jones TEAM Multiple RBI Games Total 33 Meredith Wilson TEAM Hitting Streaks Longest Current 6 Savannah Fisher Kalyn Harker Kelsey Gonzalez 2-2 Brook Womack 2-0 Sydney Jones Shaye Harre 1-32 Jessa Thomas Merri Ann Patterson 1-33 Meredith Wilson 1 - Reached Base Streaks Longest Current 25 Shaye Harre 3-33 Meredith Wilson 3-32 Jessa Thomas Brook Womack 2-7 Kelsey Gonzalez 2-12 Kalyn Harker Savannah Fisher Sydney Jones Merri Ann Patterson 1-10 Caylee Cook 1 - FIELDING STATS Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 7 Kelsey Gonzalez Sydney Jones Jessa Thomas Kalyn Harker Merri Ann Patterson Katie Bertelsen Savannah Fisher Meredith Wilson Jessica Heese Savanna Dover Brook Womack Shaye Harre Taylor Harris Kara Kimball Lacey Newbold Alyssa Wunderlich Caylee Cook Totals Opponents NCAA Tournament Appearances // 1,200 Program Wins // Four Conference Titles

9 TEAM GAME-BY-GAME 2015 Saluki Softball Team Game-by-Game for Southern Illinois (as of Feb 12, 2015) Batting (All games) Date Opponent ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr tb bb ibb sb cs hbp sac sf gdp k po a e lob avg Feb 06 vs Ohio State Feb 06 vs UMBC Feb 07 vs Ohio State Feb 07 at Charleston So Totals Saluki Softball Team Game-by-Game for Southern Illinois (as of Feb 12, 2015) Pitching (All games) Date Opponent ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr wp bk hbp dp ibb score w-l sv era Feb 06 vs Ohio State Feb 06 vs UMBC Feb 07 vs Ohio State Feb 07 at Charleston So Totals SUMMARY GAME BY GAME Date Opponent Score Inns Overall MVC Pitcher of record Attend Time Feb 06, 2015 vs Ohio State L 4-7 (8) Bertelsen (L 0-1) :5 Feb 06, 2015 vs UMBC W Harre (W 1-0) 123 3:35 Feb 07, 2015 vs Ohio State L Dover,Savan (L 0-1) 133 2:25 Feb 07, 2015 at Charleston So. L Bertelsen (L 0-2) 168 1:20 () extra inning game 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances // 1,200 Program Wins // Four Conference Titles 9

10 TEAM SUMMARY Score by innings Total Southern Illinois Opponents Record when... Overall 1-3 Conference 0-0 Non-Conference 1-3 Home games 0-0 Away games 0-1 Neutral site 1-2 Day games 1-3 Night games 0-0 vs Left starter 1-0 vs Right starter Run games Run games Run games 0-2 Extra innings 0-1 Shutouts 0-0 Scoring 0-2 runs runs runs runs 0-0 Opponent 0-2 runs runs runs runs 0-1 Scored in 1st inning 0-1 Opp. scored in 1st 1-1 Scores first 0-1 Opp. scores first 1-2 After 4 leading trailing tied 0-1 After 5 leading trailing tied 0-1 After 6 leading trailing tied 1-1 Hit 0 home runs home run home runs 0-0 Opponent 0 home runs home run HRs 0-2 Made 0 errors error errors 1-1 Opp. made 0 errors error errors 1-0 Out-hit opponent 0-0 Out-hit by opponent 1-3 Hits are tied 0-0 Record when team scores: Runs W-L Record when opponent scores: Runs W-L Record when leading after: Inn W-L Record when trailing after: Inn W-L Record when tied after: Inn W-L Current losing streak: 2 Longest winning streak: 1 Longest losing streak: 2 Home attendance : 0 ( 0 dates avg = 0 ) Away attendance : 537 ( 4 dates avg = 134 ) Total attendance: 537 ( 4 dates avg = 134 ) NCAA Tournament Appearances // 1,200 Program Wins // Four Conference Titles

11 KERRI BLAYLOCK 16th Season Evansville (1988) Kerri Blaylock enters her 16th year as the head coach and 25th year overall with the Saluki softball program. She has won 541 games in her 15 seasons as SIU s head coach and has the best EDUCATION winning percentage (.661) of any MVC 500-win coach. Evansville, 1988 Including her nine seasons as an assistant under her mentor, Saluki Hall of Famer Kay Bachelor s, Accounting Brechtelsbauer, and her 15 years as the team s skipper, Blaylock Southeast Missouri State, 1991 has helped Saluki softball maintain its position as one of the elite Master s, Business Administration programs in the Missouri Valley Conference while elevating the program to national prominence. All told, SIU has won four conference titles and made six NCAA Tournament COACHING EXPERIENCE appearances with Blaylock on the staff. Southern Illinois As a head coach, Blaylock has led SIU to more Head Coach, 2000-Present than 500 wins and three MVC titles with five NCAA Assistant Coach, Tournament appearances while producing 72 AllSoutheast Missouri State Conference selections. Entering the 2015 season, Blaylock Graduate Assistant, ranks first among active MVC coaches in career winning percentage (.661) with a record of That ranks her 26th nationally in winning percentage among active Division PLAYING EXPERIENCE I coaches with five years of service or more. She holds a.690 Evansville, winning percentage in MVC games ( ) and has been a MWCC Player of the Year, 1988 member of five MVC Coaching Staffs of the Year. All-MWCC, Blaylock s specialty is pitching. Her staff led the MVC in overall Academic All-American, 1987 ERA every year except one between 1997 and SIU also led the league in strikeouts for five consecutive years from 1998 to All-NSC, , setting an MVC record with 500 strikeouts in Two Academic All-NSC, of the three All-Americans in SIU history were pitchers under Blaylock, including Jamie Schuttek (Third-Team, 1997) and CAREER HONORS Erin Stremsterfer (Third-Team, 2001). Southern has MVC Coaching Staff of the Year had the MVC Pitcher of the Year four times during 2002, 03, 04, 05, 10 Blaylock s tenure, including Stremsterfer (2001), Amy Harre (2005), Cassidy Scoggins (2006) and Evansville Athletics HOF Danielle Glosson (2010). Herrin High School HOF In addition to Southern s on-field success, Blaylock s teams have Hometown consistently ranked among the Herrin, Ill. nation s best in the classroom as well. SIU has ranked among the top 20 nationally in team GPA in 13 of the last 14 seasons, with seven top-five finishes. The Salukis ranked second nationally for team GPA in both 2007 and SIU players have earned 79 MVC Scholar-Athlete awards and 11 Academic All-America honors under Blaylock. The NCAA began giving out Public Recognition Awards in 2003 for programs in the top 10 percent in their sport in APR over each four-year rolling period. SIU is the only school in the MVC to earn the distinction, and Blaylock s programs have earned the honor on six occasions. YEAR-BY-YEAR AT SIU Blaylock took the reins of the program in 2000 after the retirement of Kay Brechtelsbauer, who coached SIU for 32 11

12 years. Blaylock served nine seasons as an assistant under Brechtelsbauer, including five as the team s pitching coach. Saluki softball didn t falter during the transition from Brechtelsbauer to Blaylock. As a first-year head coach in 2000, Blaylock led SIU to a record, the first 40-win season since the Salukis went in SIU has won 25 or more games and finished in the top half of the MVC in every season since. SIU finished in the top three in the MVC each year from with Blaylock s staff earning MVC Coaching Staff of the Year in both 2002 and Individually, SIU had the MVC s Rookie of the Year in both 2002 (Amy Harre) and 2003 (Katie Louis). The 2003 Salukis went and earned the program s first NCAA Tournament bid since SIU advanced to the Regional final in the 2003 NCAA Tournament for the program s first-ever Sweet 16 appearance. Blaylock broke through with her first MVC championship in 2004, setting a then-program record for wins with a overall record with an 18-6 mark in the Valley. The Salukis followed up by setting a new MVC record for wins in 2005 that still stands today. SIU went and set a program record for conference wins with a 24-3 mark in the Valley to win its second-consecutive MVC title. The 2004 and 2005 teams both advanced to the NCAA Tournament and Blaylock s staff also made it four-straight seasons by being named the MVC s Staff of the Year in 2004 and SIU stretched its streak of consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances to five-straight, earning at-large bids in both 2006 and The 2007 squad spent a school-record 13-consecutive weeks ranked in the top 25 nationally, including a program-best No. 18 ranking. SIU finished third in the MVC in 2008 with Lauren Haas earning the program s first Valley Player of the Year honor since In 2009, SIU had its best start in school history at 13-1 and went on to finish second in the MVC. The Salukis made it back into the national rankings again in 2009, tying a program-best by elevating as high as No. 18. The 2010 season saw SIU climb back atop the MVC standings for the third Valley title of the Blaylock era, and the program was rewarded with its fifth MVC Coaching Staff of the Year honor under Blaylock. The Salukis followed up with a pair of 36-win seasons in 2011 and 2012, and Mallory Duran- Sellers earned MVC Player of the Year honors under Blaylock in On March 21, 2013, Blaylock recorded her 500th career win with a 7-6 victory over Saint Louis. Blaylock became the second coach in SIU history and the eighth in Missouri Valley Conference history to reach the 500-win mark. BACKGROUND Blaylock had a stellar playing career in addition to her coaching successes. She was considered one of the top three pitchers in the state as a prep at nearby Herrin High School, according to the Chicago Tribune, compiling a record of 65-7 from She set marks for wins and strikeouts for Herrin High and became the first female athlete ever selected to the Herrin High School Hall of Fame in Following her successful prep career, Blaylock attended the University of Evansville, where she developed into one of the Aces all-time leading hurlers. During her career, she put together a record of with a 1.54 ERA and struck out 365 hitters in innings of work. Blaylock still holds virtually all of Evansville s pitching records. Blaylock excelled as a student-athlete both on and off the field at UE. As a junior, she was named a GTE Academic All-American, and in 1988, she was named the Midwestern Collegiate Conference Player of the Year. Evansville recognized Blaylock s success on the diamond by inducting her into the school s Hall of Fame in After graduating from Evansville in 1988 with a bachelor s degree in accounting, Blaylock attended Southeast Missouri State University where she began her coaching career as a graduate assistant. She later received a master s degree in 1991 in business administration. Year School Record Pct. Conf. Pct. Highlights 2000 Southern Illinois Southern Illinois Southern Illinois Southern Illinois NCAA Sweet Sixteen 2004 Southern Illinois MVC Champions, NCAA Regional appearance 2005 Southern Illinois MVC Champs, NCAA appearance, MVC wins record 2006 Southern Illinois NCAA Regional appearance 2007 Southern Illinois NCAA Regional appearance 2008 Southern Illinois Southern Illinois Southern Illinois MVC Champions 2011 Southern Illinois Southern Illinois Southern Illinois Southern Illinois Southern Illinois Overall 16th Season

13 JEN SEWELL Seventh Season Ohio (2000) Jen Sewell enters her seventh year at Southern Illinois University 2015 and her fifth season as the associate head coach. Sewell serves as the team s hitting coach while also working with infield and catchers. Additionally, Sewell works SIU camps and clinics and assists in recruiting and opponent scouting. Sewell has transformed SIU into one of the best hitting teams in the MVC. Southern has set single-season school records for runs (2012), doubles (2014) and walks drawn (2014) under Sewell. SIU has led the league in walks in all five of her seasons as a full-time assistant coach and been in the top three in hitting four times. In addition, Southern had the fewest strikeouts in the league in both 2011 and 2012, while the.290 team batting average in 2012 was the highest for the program in 15 seasons. Sewell s hitters have earned 12 first-team All-MVC selections, 14 second-team All-MVC selections and 11 MVC All-Tournament Team selections. In 2010, Sewell helped the Salukis win the regular-season MVC championship and was a member of the conference s Staff of the Year. In 2012, Sewell coached Mallory Duran-Sellers to MVC Most Valuable Player honors after the senior set an MVC record with 61 runs scored and posted a.363 batting average,.502 on-base percentage and.503 slugging percentage. In the six seasons since Sewell s arrival at SIU prior to the 2009 season, Southern Illinois has been in the top three of the MVC in slugging percentage five times, RBIs five times, and on-base percentage all six times. The top two RBI producers in SIU history, Jayna Spivey and Taylor Orsburn, both played all four years under Sewell s direction before graduating after the 2014 season. Both players rank in the top-10 in MVC history for career RBIs. Southern led the league in on-base percentage for a sixth-straight year in 2014 and scored the second-most runs in the league. The squad broke a program record with 78 doubles on the season, and Spivey earned her fourth-straight All-MVC honor. Freshman Shaye Harre earned second-team All-MVC honors after hitting.329 and recording 43 RBIs, second-most among freshmen in SIU history. In 2013, SIU finished first in the MVC in runs scored with 274 and RBIs with 252. Under Sewell s direction, Morgan Barchan was named first-team All-Conference after recording 62 hits to tie for first in the Valley, becoming the first-ever Saluki to lead the league in hits. Jayna Spivey was also named a first-team selection after a productive offensive season tying the MVC lead with 44 RBI and ranking second in the league with 38 runs scored was a banner year for the Saluki offense as SIU led the league in on-base percentage, runs, hits and walks and ranked second in batting average and RBI. SIU s 307 runs in 2012 broke a school record and ranks fifth in MVC history. The Salukis.290 batting average in 2012 was the program s best since SIU also had a solid year offensively in 2011 under Sewell, finishing second in the league in batting average, on-base percentage, runs scored and RBI. Duran-Sellers had a first-team All-Conference season, posting the third-most hits in SIU history (65), with the fifth-best batting average in school annals (.398). Sewell earned a championship ring in 2010 as the Salukis took the MVC regular season title and finished second at the conference tournament with Sewell and the SIU coaching staff earning MVC Coaching Staff of the Year laurels. Sewell helped mentor MVC Pitcher of the Year Danielle Glosson and second-team All-MVC catcher Cristina Trapani. Sewell served as a volunteer assistant in the 2009 season before joining the staff full time in EDUCATION Ohio University, 2000 Bachelor s, History Southern Illinois University, 2011 Master s, Sport Management COACHING EXPERIENCE Southern Illinois Associate Head Coach, 2011-Pres. Assistant Coach, Kansas Assistant Coach, Princeton Assistant Coach, PLAYING EXPERIENCE Ohio, nd-Team All-MAC, 1998 Team MVP, 1998 Scholar-Athlete Award, 2000 CAREER HONORS MVC Coaching Staff of the Year 2010 Hometown Tulsa, Okla. Prior to SIU, Sewell spent five seasons at Kansas ( ), as a hitting and infield coach. Sewell helped coach KU to its first-ever Big 12 postseason championship and second straight NCAA Regional appearance in She also guided the Jayhawk defense to a program-best.973 fielding percentage, which ranked 14th in the nation in That same year, Sewell coached the team to a single-season home run record and single-season fielding percentage record of.973 which ranked No. 14 in the nation. Sewell coached Big 12 Player of the Year and Second Team All-American Serena Settlemier to single-season marks for home runs and slugging percentage while becoming KU s fastest assistant coach to reach 100 wins. Sewell got her start as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Princeton for four seasons. During her four seasons at Princeton, Sewell coached seven All-Ivy League selections, an Ivy League Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, as well as a two-time Ivy Pitcher of the Year. During the 2002 season, the Tigers set a program record for single-season wins earning Speedline/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Coaching Staff of the Year (Northeast Region). Under Sewell s direction, Princeton won back-to-back Ivy League championships and made NCAA Tournament appearances in 2002 and In addition to her softball background, Sewell was also the co-founder of the Women s Intersport Network (WIN) of Southern Illinois. She currently serves as president elect and sits on the board of directors for WIN. Sewell was a four-year letter winner in softball as an infielder and catcher at Ohio University from , and earned her master s degree in sport management at SIU in 2011.

14 BUDDY FOSTER 8th Season Overall Second Continuous Season Southeast Missouri State (1991) Buddy Foster is entering his eighth year with the Saluki softball program in Foster served as an assistant coach for six seasons from before returning prior to the 2014 season. Foster works with SIU s pitchers and leads the recruiting efforts. In his first season back in Carbondale in 2014, Foster helped SIU pitcher Katie Bertelsen earn second-team All-MVC honors after she won 14 games and posted three saves in 188 innings. He also coached Taylor Orsburn, a senior who hadn t pitched since high school, to an MVC-best 2.27 ERA and an 8-2 record in 74 innings. Orsburn was a perfect 6-0 in MVC play. Foster s first six years in Carbondale ( ) were six of the most successful seasons in school history. Foster was a part of four MVC Staffs of the Year, and the Salukis won 239 games and a pair of MVC titles (2004, 05). In his final three years, SIU advanced to three-straight NCAA Tournaments and reached the Sweet Sixteen in Foster served as the hitting coach for the Salukis, and he coached the top two home run hitters in school history, Katie Jordan (39 career home runs) and Katie Louis (38 career home runs). Foster coached six first-team All-MVC and 12 second-team All-MVC hitters in his first stint in Carbondale. Katie Louis won MVC Rookie of the Year in 2003, and Kelly Creek was a two-time All-Region selection (2002, 03). Foster s lineup in 2005 still holds school records for most hits (440), most home runs (67) and most RBIs (268). Krystal Stein was a first-team All-Region selection that year. Prior to rejoining the Salukis before the 2014 season, Foster helped guide SIU- Edwardsville as an assistant coach. The Cougars won 113 games while Foster was there, including a season in Foster helped mentor 14 All-Ohio Valley Conference selections at SIUE, including 2013 OVC Player of the Year Alex McDavid and Freshman of the Year Haley Chambers. Foster served as pitching coach for his first three years at SIUE and helped All-OVC pitcher Erika Taylor win 70 career games and pile up 272 career strikeouts. In one season as the Cougars pitching coach in 2013, Foster led the team to program records for team batting average (.304) and home runs (35) since it transitioned to Division I. EDUCATION Southeast Missouri State, 1991 Bachelor s of Liberal Arts COACHING EXPERIENCE Southern Illinois Assistant Coach, Present Assistant Coach, SIUE Assistant Coach, Kansas Associate Head Coach, 2009 Bradley Head Coach, John A. Logan College Assistant Coach, 1996 Southeast Missouri State Graduate Assistant, Assistant Coach, Hometown Murphysboro, Ill. Foster was the head coach at Bradley from In Foster s first two seasons, the Braves had back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in 11 years. He posted 63 wins in his three seasons, and his program ranked among the top 25 in the nation in team GPA all three seasons. After the 2008 season, Foster joined Kansas University for one season as the associate head coach until head coach Tracy Bunge retired. Foster served two seasons as an assistant at his alma mater, Southeast Missouri State, from before coming to SIU. The Redhawks went during Foster s two years on staff with back-to-back OVC regular season and tournament titles and consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament. The 1999 team beat East Carolina 2-1 before bowing out to Kansas, 3-1, in 11 innings. Foster got his start in coaching as a graduate assistant at SEMO from before serving one season as an assistant coach at John A. Logan College in Foster, a native of Murphysboro, Ill., married his wife, Patty, in 2014.

15 KATIE 27 BERTELSEN Senior P Throws right Bats left 5-1 Alexis, Ill. United HS 2014 / Junior * Second-team All-MVC * Second-team All-MVC selection... Led the team in wins, appearances, starts, complete games, saves and innings pitched... Posted a 3.72 ERA... Started 31 games and appeared in Had 20 complete games and three saves... Complete-game shutouts vs. Drake (3/22) and Miami (OH) (3/1)... Held a Wichita State team that led the MVC in 10 offensive categories to 4-for-24 and one run in a complete-game win vs. the Shockers (4/26)... Allowed two or fewer earned runs in eight MVC starts... Threw 14 complete games in 17 MVC starts... Recorded a 3.19 ERA in MVC play, which ranked eighth in the MVC... Ranked in the top-10 in MVC play in ERA (8th), opposing batting average (10th), innings pitched (3rd), wins (4th), appearances (8th) and games started (3rd) / Sophomore Made 17 appearances with three starts...went 4-3 with a team-high four saves... Led the team with a 3.54 ERA...Recorded 15 strikeouts and nine walks in 29.2 innings of work / Freshman Made a team-high 22 starts and 39 appearances...led the team in both wins (13) and saves (5)...Struck out 74...Posted an ERA of Led the team with 10 complete games and innings pitches...struck out a career-best nine batters against Northern Iowa (4/28). At United High School Holds IHSA state records for career strikeouts (1,619), shutouts (79) and is tied for the record in wins (73)...Took home a 1A state title with United in 2011 while finishing as a runner up in 2008 and 2009 and taking third in Three-time Chicago Tribune All-State team honoree...also holds IHSA records for most base hits and strikeouts in a 1A title game...four-time first-team All-Lincoln Trail Conference, Coaches Association All-State and Quad City Player of the Year. Full name is Kathryn Alexis Bertelsen...Daughter of Rick and Traci Bertelsen... Majoring in recreation...has three brothers Brian, Sean and Ryan...Born October 22, 1992, in Galesburg, Ill. Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB K W/L S 2/6 vs. Ohio State P L 0 2/6 vs. UMBC DNP 2/7 vs. Ohio State DNP 2/7 at Charleston Southern P L 0 SEASON ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA TOTAL

16 10 CAYLEE COOK Junior Utility Throws right Bats right 5-7 Afton, Okla. Vinita HS 2014 / Sophomore Played in 34 games and started Hit three doubles and two home runs... Had a third home run taken back due to a substitution infraction... Went 2-for-2 with a double and a home run vs. Ball State... Went 3-for-3 with two runs scored against Savannah State... Went 1-for-2 with two RBIs and a run scored against Miami (OH)... Went 1-for-1 with 2 RBIs in a game two win over Bradley / Freshman Played in 17 games, making nine starts...started one game at catcher and eight at designated player while making eight appearances as either a pinch runner or pinch hitter...recorded five hits with two RBIs and two runs scored. At Vinita High School Played varsity all four seasons, although she missed a majority of her sophomore season due to injury...earned first-team All-Conference in three full varsity seasons, and first-team All-Region honors her senior season...helped Vinita to the district championship during her three full varsity seasons...hit 29 home runs, 46 doubles and nine triples, and drove in a combined 148 runs during varsity career...broke a school record with three home runs in a game...also broke Vinita s record for home runs in a season (13) and a career (29). Full name is Caylee Lynn Cook...Daughter of Brad and Crystal Cook...Majoring in sport administration...has two siblings, Brad Jr. and Alex Cook...Born Feb. 7, Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K SB-A 2/6 vs. Ohio State DP /6 vs. UMBC /7 vs. Ohio State DP /7 at Charleston Southern DNP SEASON AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT TOTAL

17 59 SAVANNA DOVER Freshman P Throws right Bats right Canton, Ga. Cherokee HS High School All-Region and All-State honoree in Region 5 AAAAAA Pitcher of the Year in Also named Pitcher of the Year by the Cherokee Ledger...Three-time All- County selection...recorded eight shutouts and four no-hitters...holds the school record with 21 strikeouts in one game...led team to four-straight state playoff appearances...three-time All-County honoree...jessica Champion award winner. Daughter of Kelly and Jeff Dover...Has one sibling, Jordan. Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB K W/L S 2/6 vs. Ohio State DNP 2/6 vs. UMBC P /7 vs. Ohio State P L -- 2/7 at Charleston Southern DNP SEASON ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA TOTAL

18 6 SAVANNAH FISHER Freshman UTIL Throws right Bats right 5-7 Orlando, Fla. Lake Nona HS High School All-Metro honoree in 2013 and Led the Metro-Orlando area in home runs with 11 in Three-time team MVP. Born Feb. 23, 1996, in Orlando, Fla...Daughter of Carrie and Michael Fisher...Has one brother, Austin...Undecided on a major. Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K SB-A 2/6 vs. Ohio State /6 vs. UMBC LF /7 vs. Ohio State /7 at Charleston Southern LF SEASON AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT TOTAL

19 7 KELSEY GONZALEZ Junior INF Throws right Bats right 5-6 Bolingbrook, Ill. Naperville Central HS 2014 / Sophomore * First-team MVC Scholar-Athlete team selection * * MVC Player of the Week (4/28) * Played in 51 games and started MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team selection... Led the MVC and ranked sixth nationally in sacrifice flies... Led the MVC in average vs. LHP at Ranked fifth in the MVC in runners advanced and 10th in runs per game... Ranked seventh in the MVC in assists... Ranked third on the team and 14th in the MVC with a.328 average... Ranked among the top three on the team in hits, batting average, slugging percentage... Second on the team with 12 multi-hit games... Third on the team with eight multi-rbi games... Went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and four runs scored in a game two win at Wichita State (4/26)... Earned MVC Player of the Week honors (4/28) after slugging.933 with two doubles, two home runs and six RBIs in the week of SIU s series win over Wichita State... Went 2-for-2 with three RBIs and two runs scored vs. UT Martin (4/24)... Had an eight-game hitting streak from the last game vs. Illinois State (4/6) through the first game vs. Loyola (4/18) / Freshman Started all 52 games for the Salukis at shortstop...hit.210 with 29 hits, 23 runs scored and 20 RBI...Also drew 23 walks...recorded 106 putouts and 96 assists in the field...went 3-for-4 from the plate March 29 against Illinois State. At Naperville Central High School Played varsity all four seasons...earned second-team All-State honors senior season...named All-Conference all four seasons and team MVP three times...was a part of two regional championship teams and a Redhawks squad that finished fourth at the state finals in Also named Academic All-Conference all four seasons. Full name is Kelsey Rae Gonzalez...Daughter of Mark and Joni Gonzalez... Majoring in sport administration...has two sisters...high school teammate of fellow Saluki Alyssa Wunderlich...Born Feb. 12, Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K SB-A 2/6 vs. Ohio State 2B /6 vs. UMBC 2B /7 vs. Ohio State /7 at Charleston Southern 2B SEASON AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT TOTAL

20 12 KALYN HARKER Senior OF Throws right Bats left 5-6 Lebanon, Ind. Lebanon HS 2014 / Junior * First-team MVC Scholar-Athlete selection * Played in 50 games and started First-team MVC Scholar-Athlete team selection... Eighth in the MVC in stolen bases (14)... Sixth in the MVC in sacrifice bunts... Fourth in the MVC in average against LHP... Fifth in the MVC in runners advanced... Fourth on the team and 20th in the MVC in batting average... Third on the team with 10 doubles... Third on the team with 11 multi-hit games... Second on the team with 10 sacrifice hits... Hit.345 in home games and.468 as a leadoff hitter... Hit.364 with runners in scoring position... Committed only one error and had 92 putouts / Sophomore * Second-Team All-MVC * * First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete * Saw action in 39 games, making 35 starts in the outfield...posted a.288 batting average with 30 hits...scored 23 runs and drove in 18...Posted 10 extra-base hits, including three home runs and six doubles...led the team with seven stolen bases on 10 attempts...ranked fourth on the team with eight multi-hit games...had an eight-game hit streak...posted a career-best four RBI at Illinois State (March 30)... Recorded 72 putouts and three assists in the outfield without a committing an error...missed the last three weeks of the season with a broken hand / Freshman Saw action in 46 games for the Salukis, making 27 starts...finished with a.244 batting average and a.308 slugging percentage...ranked third on the team with 13 stolen bases...posted 19 hits and 20 runs with seven RBI...Set a new SIU record by drawing four walks in a game against Maryland (2/24)...Recorded a fielding percentage with 31 putouts. At Lebanon High School A four-time first team All-Sagamore Conference selection...held a batting average over.450 in each of her four years...as a senior held a.616 batting average with six doubles, six triples and 16 RBI while being named second team All-State, Indianapolis Star Super Team, a Wendy s Heisman state finalist and Indiana All- Star. Full name is Kalyn Marie Harker...Has three siblings...daughter of Larry and Teri Harker...Majoring in biological sciences...born January 12, 1993, in Indianapolis, Ind. Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K SB-A 2/6 vs. Ohio State CF /6 vs. UMBC CF /7 vs. Ohio State CF /7 at Charleston Southern CF SEASON AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT TOTAL

21 HITTING SHAYE HARRE 25 Sophomore INF/P Throws left Bats left 5-10 Nashville, Ill. Nashville HS 2014 / Freshman * Second-team All-MVC selection * * MVC Newcomer of the Week (4/28) * Second-team All-MVC selection... Led the team with 43 RBIs, which ranks eighth in SIU history... Tied for the team lead with five home runs... Ranked second on the team in batting average (.329), on-base percentage (.454), slugging percentage (.544) and doubles (13)... Ranked 13th in the MVC batting average (.329), seventh in on-base percentage (.454), fifth in RBIs (43), sixth in doubles (13) and fifth in walks (30)... In MVC play, ranked 11th in the MVC in batting average (.368), ninth in on-base percentage (.478), eighth in hits (28) and sixth in doubles (7)... Did not commit an error in MVC play... Hit an RBI double in her first collegiate at-bat... Reached in her first four collegiate plate appearances, totaling a single, a double, two walks, a run scored and an RBI in the season-opening win against Stephen F. Austin... Earned MVC Newcomer of the Week honors (4/28) after hitting.471 with a.706 slugging percentage and.500 on-base percentage in SIU s series win over Wichita State... Led the team with 14 multi-rbi games, including a team-best five games with three or more RBIs. At Nashville Community High School Harre earned All-Conference and All-South honors her last three seasons at Nashville...Named Metro-East Co-Player of the Year and First-Team All-State the last two years...helped the Hornettes win the Illinois Class 2A state championship her last season with a final record of She has driven in 182 RBI in her three high school seasons and holds a career batting average over.520. Full name is Shaye Elizabeth Harre..Born on Feb. 22, 1995 in Nashville, Ill.... Daughter of Shelly and Steve Harre... Has two older sisters... Cousin of Saluki Hall of Famer Amy Harre... Majoring in pre-vet. Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K SB-A 2/6 vs. Ohio State 1B /6 vs. UMBC 1B /7 vs. Ohio State 1B /7 at Charleston Southern 1B SEASON AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT TOTAL

22 25 PITCHING SHAYE HARRE Sophomore INF/P Throws left Bats left 5-10 Nashville, Ill. Nashville HS 2014 / Freshman * Second-team All-MVC selection * * MVC Newcomer of the Week (4/28) * Second-team All-MVC selection... Led the team with 43 RBIs, which ranks eighth in SIU history... Tied for the team lead with five home runs... Ranked second on the team in batting average (.329), on-base percentage (.454), slugging percentage (.544) and doubles (13)... Ranked 13th in the MVC batting average (.329), seventh in on-base percentage (.454), fifth in RBIs (43), sixth in doubles (13) and fifth in walks (30)... In MVC play, ranked 11th in the MVC in batting average (.368), ninth in on-base percentage (.478), eighth in hits (28) and sixth in doubles (7)... Did not commit an error in MVC play... Hit an RBI double in her first collegiate at-bat... Reached in her first four collegiate plate appearances, totaling a single, a double, two walks, a run scored and an RBI in the season-opening win against Stephen F. Austin... Earned MVC Newcomer of the Week honors (4/28) after hitting.471 with a.706 slugging percentage and.500 on-base percentage in SIU s series win over Wichita State... Led the team with 14 multi-rbi games, including a team-best five games with three or more RBIs. At Nashville Community High School Harre earned All-Conference and All-South honors her last three seasons at Nashville...Named Metro-East Co-Player of the Year and First-Team All-State the last two years...helped the Hornettes win the Illinois Class 2A state championship her last season with a final record of She has driven in 182 RBI in her three high school seasons and holds a career batting average over.520. Full name is Shaye Elizabeth Harre..Born on Feb. 22, 1995 in Nashville, Ill.... Daughter of Shelly and Steve Harre... Has two older sisters... Cousin of Saluki Hall of Famer Amy Harre... Majoring in pre-vet. Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB K W/L S 2/6 vs. Ohio State Played in the field 2/6 vs. UMBC W -- 2/7 vs. Ohio State /7 at Charleston Southern Played in the field SEASON ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA TOTAL

23 28 TAYLOR HARRIS Junior Utility Throws right Bats right 5-6 Chattanooga, Tenn. East Hamilton HS 2014 / Sophomore Played in 31 games and started Hit one double and one home run while collecting five RBIs... Hit.333 in neutral site games... Went 3-for-4 with 3 RBIs vs. Texas A&M Corpus-Christi... Hit.714 as a leadoff hitter... Went 1-for-2 with two RBIs vs. Miami (OH) / Freshman Saw action in 18 games making four starts...made two starts at third base and two at designated player...14 appearances as either a pinch hitter or a pinch runner... Went 5-for-20 from the plate...drove in two runs and scored twice. At East Hamilton High School Helped East Hamilton to a record her senior season, including the school s first-ever state tournament appearance...played her freshman season at Girls Preperatory School, where she won a Tennessee Div. II Class AA State Championship in Played with the Tennessee Fury club team. Full name is Taylor Shenese Harris...Daughter of Gerald and Martina Harris... Majoring in exercise science...has two siblings, Sydney and Tori Harris...Born Jan. 6, Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K SB-A 2/6 vs. Ohio State DNP 2/6 vs. UMBC DP /7 vs. Ohio State /7 at Charleston Southern SEASON AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT TOTAL

24 23 JESSICA HEESE Freshman Utility Throws right Bats right 5-4 Platte City, Mo. North Platte HS High School Two-time first-team All-State honoree...four-time All-Conference and All-District honoree...three-time All-Region honoree...ranks in the top-10 in state history in seven hitting categories from the season...batting average rose every year (.356 in ,.395 in ,.494 in , and.648 in )... Had a combined high school record of Born Feb. 9, 1996, in Kansas City, Mo...Daughter of Stephanie and Bob Heese... Has two brothers, Jacob and Ben, and one sister, Katie...Majoring in pre-med. Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K SB-A 2/6 vs. Ohio State /6 vs. UMBC DNP 2/7 vs. Ohio State /7 at Charleston Southern RF SEASON AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT TOTAL

25 SYDNEY 00 JONES Freshman C/INF Throws right Bats right 5-4 Royal Palm Beach, Fla. Palm Beach Gardens HS High School Four-time All-Conference honoree...second-team All-State honoree in Three-time All-County honoree (2012, 13, 14)...Team won Florida 8A state title in 2011 and reached No. 1 ranking on ESPN in Team won district title in Earned first-team All-County recognition from the Sun-Sentinalas a senior...also earned first-team All-Conference honors from the Palm Beach Post as a senior... Earned team MVP honors as a senior...list of professional athletes from Palm Beach Gardens HS includes Emanuel Cook, Zach Miner, Chris Volstad, and Willie Young. Full given name is Sydney Elizabeth Jones...Born Feb. 20, 1996, in West Palm Beach, Fla...Daughter of Sherry and Thomas Jones...Has one sister, Savannah... Undecided on a major. Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K SB-A 2/6 vs. Ohio State 3B /6 vs. UMBC C /7 vs. Ohio State 3B /7 at Charleston Southern C SEASON AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT TOTAL

26 17 KARA KIMBALL Senior INF/OF Throws right Bats right 5-6 St. Louis, Mo. Rockwood Summit HS 2014 / Junior Played in 41 games, primarily as a pinch runner... Stole four bases and scored 17 runs, good for eighth on the team... Did not commit an error / Sophomore Saw action in 48 games, primarily as a pinch runner...scored 17 runs and stole two bases...went 1-for-2 at Austin Peay (March 12) in her only plate appearances of the season / Freshman Saw action in 50 games for the Salukis as a pinch runner...scored 22 runs...stole her first career base against Wichita State (March 17). At Rockwood Summit As a senior, held a.364 batting average as she helped the Falcons to a 20-8 record including conference and district championships...named first-team All- Conference and All-District...As a junior, helped her team to a 21-7 record earning a conference and district championships and a sectional title while holding a.300 batting average...earned second-team All-Conference honors in her senior season...played for the Worth Prospects summer team for six years. Full name is Kara Lynn Kimball...Daughter of Keith and Carol Kimball...Majoring in business...has two sisters Kristen and Korey...Born March 25, 1993, in St. Louis, Mo. Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K SB-A 2/6 vs. Ohio State /6 vs. UMBC 3B /7 vs. Ohio State DNP 2/7 at Charleston Southern 3B SEASON AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT TOTAL

27 5 LACEY NEWBOLD Junior INF Throws right Bats left 5-5 Crab Orchard, Ill. Crab Orchard HS 2014 / Sophomore Played in 43 games, primarily as a pinch runner... Stole seven bases... Scored 18 runs, good for seventh on the team / Freshman Played in 43 games, making 13 starts...started two games at second base and 11 at designated player while also making several appearances as a pinch hitter and a pinch runner...hit.200 with 10 hits, 11 RBI and 10 runs scored...also drew six walks and stole two bases. At Crab Orchard High School Had a record-setting high school career in four varsity seasons...earned All- State, All-Greater Egyptian Conference and All-South honors all four years and was named the GEC s Most Valuable Player three times...holds virtually every Crab Orchard hitting record...her career.660 batting average is an Illinois state record and ranks third all-time in the NFHS High School Sports Record Book... Also holds the state record for career runs scored (226) and single-season batting average (.714 in 2010)...Recorded 194 career hits, 116 of which were extra-base hits (51 doubles, 29 triples, 36 home runs)...drove in 155 runs...drew 170 walks and recorded a career.773 on-base percentage...stole 87 career bases...only struck out 11 times during her high school career. Full name is Lacey Faye Newbold...Daughter of Dean and Sherry Newbold... Majoring in criminology and criminal justice...has one sister, Kristen Gipson... Born Jan. 16, Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K SB-A 2/6 vs. Ohio State /6 vs. UMBC /7 vs. Ohio State 2B /7 at Charleston Southern DNP SEASON AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT TOTAL

28 1 MERRI ANNE PATTERSON Sophomore OF Throws right Bats right 5-6 Lynville, Tenn. Richland HS 2014 / Freshman * MVC All-Tournament Team selection * MVC All-Tournament team selection... Got first collegiate hit against Drake (3/23)... Entered into regular starting lineup vs. Bradley and the team went on a sevengame MVC winning streak... Team went 11-6 down the stretch with Patterson as a regular in the starting lineup... Threw out the potential game-tying run at the plate to end the second game win in a doubleheader vs. Bradley (4/12)... Hit deciding two-run home run in 6-4 game-three win at Bradley (4/13)... Hit.324 with a.457 on-base percentage and.514 slugging percentage in the 17-game stretch after being inserted into the regular starting lineup at Bradley and ranked second on the team with 13 RBIs in that span... Went 2-for-3 with three RBIs in a game-three win vs. Loyola (4/19)... Recorded a hit in seven of her last nine games played... Hit game-deciding solo home run in the sixth inning of a 2-1 game-one win over Wichita State. At Richland High School Hit.455 as a junior with a.485 on-base percentage and a.886 slugging percentage...drove in 30 runs, including nine home runs, and scored 49 times for the Raiders...Named All-District after helping Richland go Full name is Merri Anne Patterson...Born March 14, 1995 in Nashville, Tenn... Daughter of Jamie and Lisa Patterson..Has three siblings...majoring in exercise science. Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K SB-A 2/6 vs. Ohio State LF /6 vs. UMBC /7 vs. Ohio State LF /7 at Charleston Southern DNP SEASON AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT TOTAL

29 32 Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K SB-A 2/6 vs. Ohio State C /6 vs. UMBC DNP 2/7 vs. Ohio State C /7 at Charleston Southern JESSA THOMAS Sophomore C Throws right Bats right 5-7 Johnston City, Ill. Johnston City HS 2014 / Freshman Played in nine games and started eight at catcher... Went hitless in five plate appearances... Did not commit an error... Caught two runners stealing. At Johnston City High School Earned All-Conference all four seasons at Johnston City with All-South honors in 2011, 2012 and Earned All-State honors in 2011 and Held a career batting average over.400 with 163 total RBI... Recorded 40 home runs to rank eighth all-time in IHSA...Helped Johnston City to a runner up finish at the 2010 Illinois Class 2A state championship Southern Illinoisian Athlete of the Year. Full name is Jessa McClaine Thomas...Born on August 9, 1994 in Carbondale, Ill...Daughter of Wade and Melinda Thomas...Has one brother, Cade...Majoring in social work. SEASON AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT TOTAL

30 33 MEREDITH Senior OF Throws right Bats left 5-6 Granite City, Ill. St. Joseph s Academy HS Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K SB-A 2/6 vs. Ohio State RF /6 vs. UMBC RF /7 vs. Ohio State RF /7 at Charleston Southern DP WILSON 2014 / Junior Played in 43 games and started Fifth on the team with 20 RBIs... Walkoff RBI single vs. Loyola after 16-pitch at-bat... Fourth-best on-base percentage on the team... Fifth on the team with three home runs... Sixth on the team with six doubles... Seventh in the MVC in walks per game... Fifth on the team with six multi-rbi games... Hit.292 in nonconference play... Had a 12-game reached base streak at one point... Had 13 two-out RBIs / Sophomore * Second-Team All-MVC * Saw action in 50 games, making 44 starts...started 17 games in the outfield and 27 as the designated player...ranked fourth on the team in hits (37) and RBI (27)...Hit.278 for the season...was the only player on the team to hit two grand slams...had 13 extra-base hits with seven doubles, four home runs and two triples / Freshman * Second-Team All-MVC * Saw action in 53 games for the Salukis, making 51 starts...split time between designated player and right field...had the third-best batting average on the team at recorded a slugging percentage of finished with 46 hits and 32 RBI...Drew 20 walks and had an on-base percentage of had 14 extra-base hits with 11 doubles and three home runs... Had her most productive game of the season offensively against Mercer (Feb. 12) with two doubles and four RBI. At St. Joseph s Academy A four year All-Conference and All-District honoree...as a senior, led St. Joseph s Academy, a private high school in St. Louis, Mo., to a fourth place finish at the MSHSAA Class 4 state tournament while leading them to their first sectional title in school history...named All-Region honoree in As a junior helped her team to its first ever District V title in school history...led the Angels in home runs and was in the top two in batting average, RBI, slugging percentage and hits during her four year career. Full name is Meredith Inez Wilson... Majoring in finance and minoring in accounting... Daughter of Kevin and Janice Wilson... Has one sister, Hannah, who played volleyball at the University of Evansville. SEASON AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT TOTAL

31 2 Date Opponent GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K SB-A 2/6 vs. Ohio State SS /6 vs. UMBC SS /7 vs. Ohio State SS /7 at Charleston Southern SS BROOK WOMACK Sophomore INF Throws right Bats right 5-5 Chattanooga, Tenn. Central HS 2014 / Freshman Played in 22 games and started five... Was hit by a pitch in her first collegiate plate appearance and singled in her first official at-bat... Went 1-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored in first career game played vs. Texas A&M Corpus-Christi... Also had hits against Miami (OH) (3/2) and Illinois State (4/5). At Central High School Three-time All-District and All-City player that earned All-Region and All-State honors during her freshman and sophomore seasons...held a career batting average over.460 with 81 RBI, 113 runs scored and 41 stolen bases over the past two seasons. Full name is Anna Brook Womack...Born on March 13,1995 in Chattanooga, Tenn...Daugher of Rick and Renee Womack..Has one brother and one sister... Majoring in physical therapy. SEASON AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT TOTAL

32 24 ALYSSA WUNDERLICH Senior P Throws right Bats right 6-1 Naperville, Ill. Naperville Central HS 2014 / Junior * Honorable Mention MVC Scholar-Athlete * Posted 13 appearances and six starts honorable mention MVC Scholar- Athlete team selection... Went 4.2 innings scoreless against Saint Joseph s and 3.0 innings scoreless and without allowing a hit against Savannah State / Sophomore * Honorable Mention MVC Scholar-Athlete * Made 32 appearances with 18 starts...posted an 8-9 record with one save... Posted a 4.79 ERA with 73 strikeouts and 51 walks over innings pitched... Registered a career-high eight strikeouts April 2 against SIU Edwardsville / Freshman Made 32 appearances with 13 starts in the circle...posted a 12-2 record for the best winning percentage of the Saluki staff...had a team-best 3.13 ERA, and also led the team with a.262 opponent batting average...struck out 35 batters on the season. At Naperville Central High School A four year varsity letterwinner who helped her team finish fourth at the state tournament in Unanimous All-Conference selection, Naperville Sun All-City team and Daily Herald All-Area team honoree in 2010 and Special mention All-State in Went 15-7 in action as a senior complete with 210 strikeouts, eight shutouts, with 41 consecutive scoreless innings in her 164 innings pitched... As a junior held a record with a 1.39 ERA in 171 innings pitched with 236 strikeouts and seven shutouts. Full name is Alyssa Christine Wunderlich...Daughter of David and Patricia Wunderlich...Majoring in communication disorders and sciences...has two sisters...high school teammate of fellow Saluki Kelsey Gonzalez...Born October 2, Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB K W/L S 2/6 vs. Ohio State DNP 2/6 vs. UMBC DNP 2/7 vs. Ohio State DNP 2/7 at Charleston Southern SEASON ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA TOTAL

33 TV ROSTER SYDNEY JONES Fr. // C/INF KELSEY GONZALEZ Jr. // INF ALYSSA WUNDERLICH Sr. // P MEREDITH WILSON Sr. // OF MERRI ANNE PATTERSON So. // OF CAYLEE COOK Jr. // UTIL SHAYE HARRE So. // P/INF SAVANNA DOVER Fr. // P BROOK WOMACK So. // INF KALYN HARKER Sr. // OF KATIE BERTELSEN Sr. // P KERRI BLAYLOCK Head Coach 10 NCAA Tournament Appearances // 1,200 Program Wins // Four Conference Titles LACEY NEWBOLD Jr. // INF KARA KIMBALL Sr. // INF/OF TAYLOR HARRIS Jr. // INF/OF JEN SEWELL Associate Head Coach 6 SAVANNAH FISHER Fr. // UTIL JESSICA HEESE Fr. // UTIL JESSA THOMAS So. // C BUDDY FOSTER Assistant Coach 33