2021: Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year, becoming only the second player in program history to win the prestigious honor…First-Team All-OVC pick and Third-Team National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Mideast Region selection…Southeast Missouri’s top pitcher who went 20-9 with a 2.36 ERA in 35 appearances and 28 starts…Pitched seven shutouts and 13 complete games…Picked up a team-high four saves…Recorded 196 strikeouts (four shy of SEMO’s single-season record) in 163 innings…Limited opponents to a .191 batting average…Put together a 14-3 record and 1.53 ERA in 21 appearances and 18 starts during OVC play…Posted 122 strikeouts and six of her shutouts against league opponents…Led the OVC in wins, innings pitched, strikeouts, shutouts and opposing batting average…Broke the school’s all-time single-season record in strikeouts per seven innings with an average of 8.42…Claimed OVC Pitcher of the Week accolades on back-to-back occasions (3/22, 3/29)…Ranked 14th in the nation in saves, 20th in shutouts, 31st in strikeouts and 32nd in wins…Became the sixth pitcher in program history to win 20 or more games in a season…Finished with a season-high 13 strikeouts in a complete game shutout at Belmont (3/20)…Also no-hit the Bruins for four innings and registered six strikeouts in the series finale (3/21)…Had 10 strikeouts vs. Eastern Illinois (4/3)…Posted eight or more strikeouts in nine of her starts…Struck out four in 2.1 scoreless innings out of the bullpen to beat Texas Tech (2/28)…Secured her 20th win after striking out nine in a season-long 7.2 innings at the OVC Tournament vs. Jacksonville State (5/14)…OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.
2020 (Shortened due to COVID-19): Was on pace to have a huge season when 2020 came to an abrupt halt due to COVID-19…Put together a 4-2 record with a staggering 0.70 ERA in seven appearances and six starts…Tossed five complete games and three shutouts…Struck out 51 and walked just seven, while allowing only four earned runs in 40 innings…Led the Redhawks in wins, ERA, starts, complete games, shutouts, innings and strikeouts…Also limited opponents to just a .119 batting average…Led the OVC in ERA and opposing batting average…Ranked sixth in the conference in strikeouts, ninth in batters struck out looking (14), ninth in wins and fourth in earned runs allowed…Ranked seventh in the nation in ERA, third in hits allowed per seven innings (2.8) and 14th in strikeout-to-walk ratio (7.29)…Was ranked 97th among the nation’s top 100 pitchers according to D1Softball.com…Garnered OVC Pitcher of the Week honors on Feb. 24 after going 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA in three appearances and two starts at the Alabama State Stinger Classic, her first action of the season…Tossed a one-hit complete game shutout with 13 strikeouts vs. South Carolina State (2/23)…Allowed only one walk and three hits in 14 scoreless innings and recorded 23 strikeouts in the tournament…Twirled a one-hit six-inning shutout with a career-high 15 strikeouts vs. Bryant (3/6)…Did not allow a run in her first 22 innings of the season…Did not give up an extra base hit in her first four appearances of 2020…Threw three-straight shutouts in a week from Feb. 22-29…OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.
2019: Posted an 11-4 record with a 2.52 ERA as the Redhawks No. 2 pitcher...Started 14 games and made 37 appearances...Threw two complete games and pitched two shutouts...Picked up two saves...Recorded 99 strikeouts in 89 innings...Limited opponents to a .222 batting average...Went 3-1 with a 1.50 ERA, one shutout and 31 strikeouts in 10 appearances and four starts during OVC play...Named OVC Pitcher of the Week (5/6)...Ranked second in the OVC in games finished (17), fourth in games in relief (23) and fourth in appearances (37)...Pitched a perfect game with a career-high 12 strikeouts to send Southeast Missouri to a share of the OVC regular-season title vs. Morehead State (5/3)...Had nine strikeouts in five innings vs. Louisiana-Monroe (3/1) and eight strikeouts in four innings vs. UMKC (3/9)...OVC Medal of Honor recipient and Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection...Named National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar-Athlete.
2018: Pitched in 26 games and made three starts as a freshman…Put together a 5-5 record with a 3.04 ERA and team-high four saves…Ranked second on the team in ERA and strikeouts (54) and third in wins…Combined on two shutouts…Led the Ohio Valley Conference in games finished (20) and relief appearances (23)…Tied for third in the conference and rated 25th in the nation in saves…Registered a season-high seven strikeouts vs. Tennessee Tech (3/17)…Added six strikeouts vs. Jacksonville State (3/25)…Did not allow a run in nine-straight appearances from Apr. 5-21…Longest outing was four innings on three occasions…Picked up her first career win vs. Tennessee Tech (3/23)…Finished fourth in opposing batting average (.202)…OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.
Prep: Started four years inside the circle at Republic High School...First-team all-conference, all-district and all-region selection...Finished her prep career with a 20-7 record, 1.22 ERA and 272 strikeouts in 154.2 innings...Earned second-team all-state accolades...Named her conference’s Player of the Year each of her junior and senior seasons.
Personal: Born February 9, 1999...Majoring in Health Science...Daughter of Curt and Katie Rook.
