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Softball

2023 Softball Roster

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Eric Espada

9 Jordyn Pender

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Arcadia HS
  • Hometown Phoenix, Ariz.

Biography

2023
One of three Coyotes who started all 52 games … earned honorable mention all-Summit League honors … half of her starts came as the designated player … also started 19 games at catcher and seven at first base … hit .207 with four doubles, a triple, five home runs and 22 RBIs … drew 13 walks and had the fifth-best OPS on the team at .657 … three of her five homers came in conference play where she hit .255 … gave USD the lead with a two-run homer in the sixth inning of a 12-9 win against Drake in the season opener (2/12) … was the second season in a row that she hit a home run in the first game of the year … hit a walk-off, two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning in a 5-3 win at Kansas City (4/1) … had five games with multiple hits and seven games with multiple RBIs … finished her career with 119 hits and 12 home runs along with a .270 batting average … named an NFCA Scholar-Athlete ... also made the Summit League Academic Honor Roll ... placed on the Summit League's Commissioner's List for academic excellence

2022
First team all-Summit League honoree … played in 52 of 53 games and started 48 (29 DP, 17 C, 2 1B) … hit .333 (52-for-156) with five home runs, 33 RBIs and 25 runs scored … had the third-highest OPS on the team at .854 … had eight doubles and drew nine walks … had the 10th-most hits and ninth-most RBIs in the Summit … hit .373 in Summit play, 10th-best in the league … homered in her first at bat of the season, going back-to-back with Bela Goerke (2/11) … had a grand slam in the first inning of the second tournament to spark another 4-1 record (2/18) … tied her career-high with six RBIs against Georgetown in that game … threw out three base stealers in a win against Memphis (3/13) … went 6-for-6 during a doubleheader with SIUE that included her first four-hit game (3/16) … had five hits in a doubleheader sweep of St. Thomas (4/9) … had five hits in a doubleheader sweep of Western Illinois (4/30) … had a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning of the game two win at Western and had another go-ahead home run in the game three victory … fifth home run of the year came against South Dakota State in the Summit League Tournament (5/14) … had 13 multi-hit games including a team-best four games with at least three hits ... named an NFCA Scholar Athlete

2021
Played in 30 games and made 20 starts including 15 behind the plate and three at first base … hit .155 (11-for-71) with a triple, home run and six RBIs … threw two runners out stealing … had a solo home run to give USD an early lead at Creighton (4/28) … had an RBI triple the game before to give USD an early lead at South Dakota State (4/25) … was 2-for-3 with an RBI in a Summit League win against North Dakota (4/3) … named to the Summit League Honor Roll

2020
Was the starting designated player in 27 of 29 games and earned one other start at first base … led the Coyotes and ranked fourth in the Summit with a .370 average … had five doubles, a triple and a home run … was second on the team and fifth in the Summit in RBIs with 20 … had the sixth-best on-base percentage in the league at .434 … was 3-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs in her collegiate debut, a 5-3 win at Northern Iowa in the season opener (2/7) … had nine multi-hit games in all, and led the team with four games of at least three hits … first home run was a no-doubt, grand slam to left center in the first inning of what turned out to be a 12-4 win against Georgetown in Florida (2/21) … drove in six runs during the game, tied for the second-most by a Coyote since 2000 … hit .636 (7-for-11) with 10 RBIs and drew four walks on the second weekend of the Madeira Beach Invitational (2/21-23) … was 3-for-3 in a game three times during the year … blasted a two-out, go-ahead double in the bottom of the sixth inning of a 4-3 win against La Salle (2/28) … came back the next day and delivered the game-winning hit in extra innings as part of a 3-hit effort that lifted the Coyotes to a 5-4 victory against Northern Colorado (2/29) … hit .446 over the first month of the season … finished with the fourth-most hits in the Summit behind a trio of Coyotes … team’s season was cut short due to COVID-19 … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
All-region catcher at Arcadia where she hit .402 with five home runs, eight doubles and 35 RBIs her senior season ... hit .553 in 34 games in 2018 with 19 doubles, a pair of triples and 40 RBIs ... named an academic all-American 5A student ... competed on the Firecrackers Club Team which finished runner up in the 2017 TCS Colorado Sparker 16U Elite 48 Pool ... competed on the OnDeck Jamboree in 2016 and 2017, and was a member of the USSSA Select Elite Central team in 2016

Personal
Parents are Greg and Jennifer ... has a younger sister, Paige ... pre-business major

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2020Freshman

    C
    6'0"
    9
  • 9

    2021Sophomore

    C
    6'0"
    9
  • 9

    2022Junior

    C
    6'0"
    9
  • 9

    2023Senior

    C
    6'0"
    9