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Alexa Pinarski Season 2023

#11
PositionRHP
YearSenior
HometownDyer, Indiana
Previous SchoolColumbia
2023 / AS A SENIOR
  • BIG TEN DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Appeared in 23 games, with 10 starts in the circle
  • Went the distance in the season finale walk-off victory vs. Penn State, tossing seven innings, allowing just one hit and one run after facing 23 batters (5/7)
  • Pitched a total of 59.2 innings
  • Opened the season pitching a complete game against Bradley (2/25) with a 1.00 ERA leading the team to a 6-1 win
  • Only allowed 42 runs and 65 hits
2022 / AS A JUNIOR
  • Appeared in the circle in 37 games, making 15 starts
  • Owned a 4-9 record
  • Pitched 82.1 innings, third-most on the team
  • Struck out 39 batters and held opponents to a .294 batting average
  • Secured two saves
  • Owned a 5.10 ERA
  • Pitched a season-high 6.1 innings vs. Rutgers (4/29/22), tying a season-high four strikeouts
  • Struck out four batters in three different outings: vs. Rutgers (Game 1 on 4/29/22), vs. Delaware (2/18/22) and vs. Stephen F. Austin (2/25/22)
  • Allowed no runs, no walks and no errors over four innings of work vs. Rutgers (Game 2 on 4/29)

2021 / AS A JUNIOR AT COLUMBIA
  • Did not compete

2020 / AS A SOPHOMORE AT COLUMBIA
  • Did not compete

2019 / AS A FRESHMAN AT COLUMBIA
  • First Team All-Ivy League
  • First Columbia rookie to earn First Team All-Ivy League honors since Hall of Fame pitcher Jackie Adelfio ‘06SEAS in 2003
  • NFCA Scholar-Athlete
  • Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week twice and Pitcher of the Week once
  • Posted a record of 13-11 with a 4.10 ERA and three shutouts and 10 complete games in 121.1 innings pitched
  • Recorded the second-most wins by a first-year pitcher in program history
  • Ranked No. 2 in the Ivy League in wins, No. 3 in innings pitched and No. 4 in complete games
  • Struck out 46 batters to rank 11th in the league
  • Was an impressive 9-4 in Ivy League play with a 2.48 ERA, eight complete games and all three of her shutouts
  • Let all competitors in Ivy League shutouts
  • Made 28 appearances and 22 starts
  • Made her collegiate debut at FIU (Feb. 22)
  • Made her first start against Monmouth and picked up a complete-game win, striking out three (Feb. 23)
  • Earned wins in back-to-back outings against Lafayette (March 16) and Quinnipiac (March 17)
  • Allowed just one run on three hits in a six-inning complete-game victory in her Ivy League debut against Dartmouth (March 24)
  • Tossed a one-run complete-game victory at Princeton, allowing just three hits and striking out a season-high four (March 30
  • Earned wins in four consecutive outings (March 30 – April 6)
  • Tossed a six-inning complete-game shutout against Cornell, striking out three and allowing just four hits on 74 pitches (April 14)
  • Shut out Brown on three hits with three strikeouts in a 5-0 Columbia victory (May 4)

HIGH SCHOOL
  • Club Team: Indiana Magic Gold
  • Four-year letterwinner at Lake Central High School in Dyer, Indiana, approximately 30 miles south of Chicago
  • Led Lake Central to a combined 103-27-1 record over four years
  • Led Lake Central to two runner-up finishes at the Indiana State Championship Tournament (2015, 2018)
  • Boasted a 22-3 record with a 1.03 ERA and 143 strikeouts in 156.2 innings pitched in 2018
  • Finalist of the Indiana Miss Softball Award
  • Indiana North/South All-Star
  • Named Softball Player of the Year by The Times of Northwest Indiana and Post-Tribune
  • A first team all-state and two-time first team all-conference selection
  • Earned academic all-state and academic all-conference honors in 2018
  • Four-time Scholar Athlete and member of the National Honor Society
  • Graduated Lake Central summa cum laude
11_Alexa_Pinarski

Junior
2022

RHP