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Softball

2022 Softball Roster

Eric Espada
Eric Espada

8 Grace Garcia

  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Blue Valley HS
  • Hometown Leawood, Kan.

Biography

2022
Pitched in 23 games and made 14 starts in the circle … was 7-5 with a 4.89 ERA in 77 1/3 innings of work … tossed three complete games … struck out 64 … came within a strike of a no-hitter against Memphis which improved her record to 3-0 (3/13) … reached five strikeouts three times during the season … tossed a two-hitter and allowed no earned runs in a complete-game performance against North Dakota in Summit play (4/16) ... named an NFCA Scholar Athlete

2021
Pitched in seven games and was a pinch runner in three others … got two outs and was the winning pitcher against Central Michigan at the start of the team’s trip to Florida (3/5) … earned a start against Toledo the next day (3/6) … was 1-1 with an 8.87 ERA in 15 innings of work … had eight strikeouts … was 0-for-2 with a walk inside the batter’s box and scored three runs during the season … pitched two scoreless innings against Florida Atlantic (3/12) … named to the Summit League Honor Roll and the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence ... named an NFCA Scholar Athlete

2020
Made three appearances and totaled 4 1/3 innings inside the circle … allowed one hit in 3 2/3 innings in her season debut against DePaul (2/8) … also served five times as a pinch runner, and scored the winning run in the Coyotes’ extra-inning win against Murray State (2/8) … team’s season was cut short due to COVID-19 … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

2019
Pitched in six games throughout the season … pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings of relief while making her collegiate debut and picked up the victory against Drexel (2/16) … struck out the first batter she faced and allowed just one hit … backed that up later that same night with two scoreless innings against Murray State (2/16) … also tossed two no-hit innings against Grand Canyon (3/1) and another hitless inning at Loyola Marymount (3/7) ... NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
Three-time all-conference performer and an all-state honoree for coach Amy Berberich and Blue Valley High School ... pitched seven shutouts in 2017 including two no-hitters and averaged 7.6 strikeouts per game ... hit .356 at the plate with an on-base percentage of .465 ... was also a standout basketball player who earned honorable mention honors as a sophomore ... was an NFCA scholar-athlete ... member of the National Honor Society, a presidential scholar, and a presidential community service award recipient ... competed for Peppers Gold club team

Personal
Parents are Sandy Henderson and Angel Garcia ... has a sister, Claudia, and a brother, Mitchell ... kinesiology and sport science major

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2019Freshman

    P
    6'2"
    8
  • 8

    2020Sophomore

    P
    6'2"
    8
  • 8

    2021Junior

    P
    6'2"
    8
  • 8

    2022Senior

    P
    6'2"
    8