PITT SOFTBALL QUICK FACTS Contact: Casey Bonk - Asst. Director of Media Relations Cell: 412-298-7025 Office: 412-648-7774 Email: cbonk@athletics.pitt.edu 2015 PITT SOFTBALL SCHEDULE February Hampton Inn & Suites Tournament San Marcos, TX 2/6 vs. Sam Houston State 11:00 AM vs. Nothern Illinois 1:30 PM 2/7 @ Texas State 1:30 PM vs. Nothern Illinois 6:30 PM 2/8 vs. Sam Houston State 10:00 AM UC Santa Barbara Tournament Santa Barbara, Calif. 2/13 @ UC Santa Barbara 1:30 PM vs. St. Mary s 6:00 PM 2/14 @ UC Santa Barbara 4:00 PM vs. St. Mary s 6:00 PM 2/15 vs. Rutgers Noon College of Charleston Tournament Charleston, S.C. 2/20 vs. Appalachian State 11:00 AM vs. UMass 3:30 PM 2/21 vs. Winthrop 9:00 AM @ Charleston (WV) 1:30 PM 2/22 vs. Bowling Green 9:00 AM 2/28 @ Virginia* (DH) 1:00 PM March 3/1 @ Virginia* Noon Florida Gulf Coast Tournament Fort Myers, Fla. 3/6 vs. Quinnipiac 10:00 AM vs. Boston University 2:30 PM 3/7 vs. LIU Brooklyn 2:30 PM @ Florida Gulf Coast 7:00 PM 3/8 TBD TBA 3/10 vs. SIU Edwards 2:30 PM @ Florida Gulf Coast 4:45 PM 3/14 @ Georgia Tech* (DH/ESPN3) 1:00 PM 3/15 @ Georgia Tech* (ESPN3) Noon 3/18 @ Penn State 6:00 PM 3/21 VS. N.C. STATE* (DH) 1:00 PM 3/22 VS. N.C. STATE* Noon 3/25 VS. ST. BONAVENTURE (DH) 3:00 PM 3/28 @ Florida State* (DH) 4:00 PM 3/29 @ Florida State* Noon 3/31 @ Ohio State (DH) 3:00 PM April 4/3 VS. NOTRE DAME* (DH/ESPN3) 3:00 PM 4/4 VS. NOTRE DAME* (ESPN3) Noon 4/8 VS. KENT STATE (DH) 3:00 PM 4/11 @ Syracuse* (DH) 1:00 PM 4/12 @ Syracuse* Noon 4/15 VS. PENN STATE 6:00 PM 4/18 VS. VIRGINIA TECH* (DH) 1:00 PM 4/19 vs. Virginia Tech* Noon 4/29 VS. SAINT FRANCIS (PA) (DH) 3:00 PM May 5/02 VS. LOUISVILLE* (DH) 1:00 PM 5/03 VS. LOUISVILLE* Noon HOME EVENT *Denotes ACC Event (DH) denotes doubleheader All games are EST time and are subject to change PITTSBURGH AT A GLANCE School...University of Pittsburgh Location... Pittsburgh, Pa. Enrollment...28,823 Founded... 1787 Nickname...Panthers Colors... Vegas Gold and Navy Chancellor...Dr. Patrick D. Gallagher Acting Director of Athletics... Dr. Randy Juhl Executive Assistant to the AD... Stephanie Armstorng...412-648-8230 Executive Associate AD for Media Relations...E.J. Borghetti Executive Associate AD for Business and Finance... Wendy Meyers Executive Associate AD for Compliance... Dan Bartholomae Executive Associate AD for External Operations... Chris Ferris Assoc. AD for Development...Maureen Anderson Assoc. AD Sport Administrator... Stacey Brann-Hotchkiss Assoc. AD for Facilities...John Abrams Assist. AD for Marketing... Chris Bain 2014 Record...15-29 ACC...6-18 Postseason... N/A Conference...ACC Affiliation... NCAA Division I Home Field...Vartabedian Field School Site...www.pitt.edu Athletics..pittsburghpanthers.com Twitter...@PittSoftball PITTSBURGH AT A GLANCE Staters Returning/Lost...13/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost..13/3 Newcomers...6 Head Coach... Holly Aprile (UMass- Amherst, 92)...Seventh Season Overall Record at Pitt...146-150... Same overall career record Assistant Coach...Gina Fuchs (Penn State, 03)...Eleventh Season Assistant Coach... Lauren Cognigni (St. Joseph s, 08)... Second Season Hitting TOP RETURNERS Name Avg. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI Slg Carly Thea.388 44-44 121 25 47 9 0 7 21.636 Jordan Fannin.265 44-44 136 14 36 4 0 1 10.316 Maggie Sevilla.254 42-42 126 21 32 5 0 9 30.508 Pitching Name ERA W-L App GS CG IP H R BB SO Savannah King 4.49 8-19 39 25 11 167.0 198 132 91 104 Alexa Larkin 4.91 7-10 32 19 3 108.1 139 91 51 86
PITTSBURGH ROSTER BREAKDOWN No. Name Pos. B/T Yr. Hometown/High School/Previous School 2 Kaitlin Manuel INF/OF L/L SO San Diego, Calif./Del Norte 7 Kaila Balatgek INF R/R SR Reading, Pa./Maryland-Baltimore County 10 Shelby Pickett C/INF R/R RS-JR Temecula, Calif./Ohio State 11 Maggie Sevilla INF R/R RS-JR San Diego, Calif./Scripps Ranch 12 Savannah King P/INF R/R SR Orange County, Calif./Orange Lutheran 14 Carissa Throckmorton INF R/R SR Hanover, Pa./South Western 15 McKayla Taylor INF R/R FR Cypress, Calif./John F. Kennedy 21 Katherine Kramer C/INF R/R SO The Dalles, Ore./The Dalles Wahtonka 23 Kathryn Duran C R/R JR Poway, Calif./Poway 27 Kayla Harris P R/R FR Chesapeake, Va./Greenbriar Academy 31 Carmelena Moffa INF R/R JR Greensburg, Pa./Latrobe 33 Jenna Modic P/INF L/R JR Youngstown, Ohio/ Miami University 34 Giorgiana Zeremenko C/INF R/R FR Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan 88 Alexa Larkin P R/L SR Greensburg, Pa./Latrobe No. Name Pos. B/T Yr. Hometown/High School/Previous School 1 Jordan Fannin OF L/R SR Katy, Texas/Pope John XXIII 3 Ashlee Sills OF L/R JR Napa, Calif./Napa 5 Morgan Choe OF/UTL L/R JR Kirtland, Ohio/Kirtland 9 Erin Hershman OF L/R FR Mars, Pa./Mars 16 Yaszmin Kotar OF R/R SO Cecil, Pa./Canon-McMillan 29 Carly Thea OF L/L SR Merrick, N.Y./JFK COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Holly Aprile (UMass-Amherst, 92), Seventh Season Assistant Coach: Gina Fuchs (Penn State, 03), Eleventh Season Assistant Coach: Lauren Cognigni (St. Joseph s, 08), First Season PRONOUNCIATIONS Holly April Lauren Cog-Knee-Knee Gina Few-ks ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pronounciations Pos. B/T Yr. Hometown/High School/Previous School 7 Balatgek, Kaila Kay-la BAL-ah-Check INF R/R Sr. Reading, Pa./Maryland-Baltimore County 5 Choe, Morgan Morgan Ch-AY OF/UTL L/R Jr. Kirtland, Ohio/Kirtland 23 Duran, Kathryn Kathryn Dur-AN C R/R Jr. Poway, Calif./Poway 1 Fannin, Jordan OF L/R Sr. Katy, Texas/Pope John XXIII 27 Harris, Kayla P R/R Fr. Chesapeake, Va./Greenbriar Academy 9 Hershman, Erin Erin Hersh-MIN OF L/R Fr. Mars, Pa./Mars 12 King, Savannah P/INF R/R Sr. Orange County, Calif./Orange Lutheran 16 Kotar, Yaszmin Ya-ZZZ-min Co-DAR OF L/R So. Cecil, Pa./Canon-McMillan 21 Kramer, Katherine C/INF R/R So. The Dalles, Ore./The Dalles Wahtonka 88 Larkin, Alexa P R/L Sr. Greensburg, Pa./Latrobe 2 Manuel, Kaitlin Kaitlin Man-you-ole INF/OF L/L So. San Diego, Calif./Del Norte 33 Modic, Jenna Jenna Mode-ic P/INF R/R Jr. Youngstown, Ohio/ Miami University 31 Moffa, Carmelena Car-ma-LEE-na MOFF-ah INF R/R Jr. Greensburg, Pa./Latrobe 10 Pickett, Shelby C/INF R/R RS-Jr. Temecula, Calif./Ohio State 11 Sevilla, Maggie Maggie Sa-VILL-ah INF R/R RS-Jr. San Diego, Calif./Scripps Ranch 3 Sills, Ashlee OF L/R Jr. Napa, Calif./Napa 15 Taylor, McKayla INF R/R Fr. Cypress, Calif./John F. Kennedy 29 Thea, Carly Carly Thee-a OF L/L Sr. Merrick, N.Y./JFK 14 Throckmorton, Carissa INF R/R Sr. Hanover, Pa./South Western 34 Zeremenko, Giorgiana George-anna Zer-AH-men-ko C/INF R/R Fr. Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan BY STATE: California: (Duran, King, Manuel, Pickett, Sevilla, Sills, Taylor) Pennsylvania: (Balatgek, Hershman, Kotar, Larkin, Moffa, Throckmorton, Zeremenko) Ohio: (Choe, Modic) New York: (Thea) Oregon: (Kramer) Texas: (Fannin) Virginia: (Harris) BY CLASS: Seniors: 6 (Balatgek, Fannin, King, Larkin, Thea Throckmorton) Juniors: 7 (Choe, Duran, Moffa, Modic, Pickett, Sevilla, Sills) Sophomores: 3 (Kotar, Kramer, Manuel) Freshmen: 4 (Harris, Hershman, Taylor, Zeremenko)
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SOFTBALL 2015 PITT SOFTBALL TV/RADIO ROSTER 1 Jordan Fannin OF SR Katy, Texas 2 Kaitlin Manuel INF/OF SO San Diego, Calif. 3 Ashlee Sills OF JR Napa, Calif. 5 Morgan Choe OF/UTL JR Kirtland, Ohio 7 Kaila Balatgek INF SR Reading, Pa. 9 Erin Hershman OF FR Mars, Pa. 10 Shelby Pickett C/INF R-JR Temecula, Calif. 11 Maggie Sevilla INF R-JR San Diego, Calif. 12 Savannah King P/INF SR Orange County, Calif. 14 Carissa Throckmorton INF FR Hanover, Pa. 15 McKayla Taylor INF FR Cypress, Calif. 16 Yaszmin Kotar OF FR Cecil, Pa. 21 Katherine Kramer C/INF SO The Dalles, Ore. 23 Kathryn Duran C JR Poway, Calif. 27 Kayla Harris P FR Chesapeake, Va. 29 Carly Thea OF SR Merrick, N.Y. 31 Carmelena Moffa INF JR Greensburg, Pa. 33 Jenna Modic P/INF JR Youngstown, Ohio 34 Giorgiana Zeremenko C/INF FR Canonsburg, Pa. 88 Alexa Larkin P SR Greensburg, Pa. Holly Aprile Head Coach Seventh Season Gina Fuchs Assistant Coach Eleventh Season Lauren Cognigni Assistant Coach First Season Follow the Pitt softball team on Twitter @PittSoftball and on Instagram PittSoftball
2014 Pitt Softball Overall Statistics for Pittsburgh (as of Jan 11, 2015) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 15-29 Home: 6-9 Away: 3-15 Neutral: 6-5 ACC: 6-18 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% C. Thea.388 44-44 121 25 47 9 0 7 21 77.636 16 3 14 1.471 0 3 7-8 108 6 3.974 T. Nirschl.287 44-44 129 26 37 5 1 8 21 68.527 22 3 28 0.403 0 0 7-9 28 0 3.903 J. Fannin.265 44-44 136 14 36 4 0 1 10 43.316 9 1 24 0.315 0 5 1-1 40 1 0 1.000 A. Sills.259 41-33 81 9 21 1 0 0 4 22.272 14 0 18 0.368 0 1 3-4 15 2 3.850 M. Sevilla.254 42-42 126 21 32 5 0 9 30 64.508 5 4 20 1.304 0 0 0-0 91 86 9.952 Throckmorton.231 44-43 130 13 30 6 2 3 14 49.377 7 2 36 0.281 0 1 1-1 45 90 12.918 K. Manuel.221 34-26 68 7 15 1 0 0 6 16.235 3 0 17 0.254 0 0 2-4 201 5 2.990 T. Henry.210 35-21 62 0 13 1 0 0 6 14.226 2 0 18 0.231 1 0 0-0 31 8 4.907 K. Balatgek.190 36-29 79 14 15 5 0 2 7 26.329 4 2 14 1.244 1 1 4-4 18 43 9.871 K. Duran.147 44-44 75 7 11 2 0 1 2 16.213 9 0 25 0.238 0 6 1-2 206 18 1.996 K. Kramer.136 32-18 59 2 8 1 0 2 6 15.254 5 1 7 0.215 0 0 0-0 14 12 3.897 M. Choe.143 26-1 14 6 2 0 0 0 0 2.143 2 1 4 0.294 0 0 1-2 1 0 0 1.000 S. King.032 40-29 31 1 1 0 0 0 1 1.032 2 1 8 0.114 1 0 0-0 42 78 3.976 C. Moffa.000 8-2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 1 2 0.200 0 0 0-0 4 5 1.900 L. Vinson.000 11-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 1 0 2 0.333 0 0 0-0 0 2 0 1.000 A. Larkin.000 33-20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0-0 3 16 0 1.000 Totals.240 44 1117 146 268 40 3 33 128 413.370 101 19 237 3.313 3 17 27-35 847 372 53.958 Opponents.293 44 1187 230 348 58 5 31 213 509.429 148 19 192 3.378 8 27 41-46 869 335 47.962 LOB - Team (245), Opp (314). DPs turned - Team (12), Opp (14). CI - Team (0), Opp (1). IBB - Team (2), A. Sills 1, C. Thea 1, Opp (7). Picked off - T. Nirschl 2. (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 S. King 4.49 8-19 39 25 11 1/1 4 167.0 198 132 107 91 104 24 4 15.284 6 13 0 1 16 A. Larkin 4.91 7-10 32 19 3 0/1 1 108.1 139 91 76 51 86 33 1 15.303 6 4 0 6 11 L. Vinson 4.77 0-0 6 0 0 0/0 0 7.1 11 7 5 6 2 1 0 1.344 0 2 0 1 0 Totals 4.66 15-29 44 44 14 2/1 5 282.2 348 230 188 148 192 58 5 31.293 12 19 0 8 27 Opponents 2.61 29-15 44 44 24 7/0 4 289.2 268 146 108 101 237 40 3 33.240 14 19 1 3 17 PB - Team (4), K. Duran 4, Opp (3). Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (2). SBA/ATT - K. Duran (41-46), S. King (23-24), A. Larkin (18-22).
2014 Pitt Softball Conference statistics for Pittsburgh (as of Jan 11, 2015) (ACC games only Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 6-18 Home: 5-8 Away: 1-10 ACC: 6-18 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% C. Thea.400 24-24 65 16 26 5 0 4 9 43.662 11 2 8 0.500 0 2 5-5 58 3 3.953 T. Nirschl.352 24-24 71 18 25 1 1 8 19 52.732 12 3 16 0.465 0 0 2-2 18 0 2.900 M. Sevilla.300 22-22 70 9 21 3 0 4 15 36.514 2 1 12 0.329 0 0 0-0 45 42 5.946 A. Sills.289 21-17 45 8 13 0 0 0 2 13.289 8 0 6 0.396 0 1 3-4 12 2 1.933 J. Fannin.247 24-24 77 6 19 3 0 1 7 25.325 4 0 13 0.284 0 3 0-0 25 1 0 1.000 T. Henry.231 21-15 39 0 9 1 0 0 5 10.256 2 0 14 0.262 1 0 0-0 5 7 3.800 K. Manuel.214 22-16 42 4 9 0 0 0 4 9.214 2 0 10 0.250 0 0 2-4 104 3 0 1.000 K. Balatgek.205 18-12 39 8 8 4 0 0 2 12.308 4 0 7 0.279 0 1 0-0 9 18 2.931 K. Kramer.158 19-12 38 2 6 0 0 2 6 12.316 4 1 4 0.256 0 0 0-0 11 10 3.875 K. Duran.149 24-24 47 4 7 1 0 1 1 11.234 6 0 18 0.245 0 2 1-1 117 10 1.992 Throckmorton.134 24-23 67 3 9 1 0 1 4 13.194 3 1 20 0.183 0 0 1-1 26 49 8.904 M. Choe.143 14-0 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.143 1 1 2 0.333 0 0 0-1 1 0 0 1.000 S. King.000 22-14 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 1 1 0.143 0 0 0-0 17 38 1.982 C. Moffa.000 6-2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 1 2 0.200 0 0 0-0 4 5 1.900 L. Vinson.000 7-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 1 0.000 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 1.000 A. Larkin.000 20-11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0-0 3 6 0 1.000 Totals.248 24 618 84 153 19 1 21 74 237.383 59 11 134 0.324 1 9 14-18 455 195 30.956 Opponents.311 24 655 147 204 39 3 19 136 306.467 97 13 105 2.408 5 10 29-33 468 179 30.956 LOB - Team (147), Opp (178). DPs turned - Team (9), Opp (7). CI - Team (0), Opp (1). IBB - Team (2), C. Thea 1, A. Sills 1, Opp (6). Picked off - T. Nirschl 1. (ACC games only 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 A. Larkin 4.65 4-5 20 11 1 0/1 0 61.2 81 53 41 35 55 22 1 8.305 4 2 0 3 4 S. King 5.84 2-13 22 13 3 0/1 2 86.1 119 89 72 56 49 16 2 10.317 3 10 0 1 6 L. Vinson 8.75 0-0 5 0 0 0/0 0 4.0 4 5 5 6 1 1 0 1.286 0 1 0 1 0 Totals 5.43 6-18 24 24 4 1/1 2 152.0 204 147 118 97 105 39 3 19.311 7 13 0 5 10 Opponents 2.65 18-6 24 24 14 4/0 2 156.0 153 84 59 59 134 19 1 21.248 7 11 1 1 9 PB - Team (3), K. Duran 3, Opp (3). Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (1). SBA/ATT - K. Duran (29-33), A. Larkin (15-18), S. King (14-15).