Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

2024: Pitched in 14 games logging three starts and 11 relief appearances…Went 2-3 with two complete games and 10 strikeouts in 29 innings…Threw 1.1 innings with two strikeouts out of the bullpen to earn her first win of the season vs. Stony Brook (2/11)…Tossed 3.1 scoreless innings of relief to get her other win at Morehead State (4/14)…Started at Southeastern Louisiana (2/17), at Auburn (2/23) and vs. South Dakota State (3/2)…Longest outing was five innings at Southeastern Louisiana (2/17).

2023: Emerged as Southeast Missouri’s top pitcher who claimed First-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference accolades…Finished with a 14-3 record and 2.81 ERA in a team-high 26 appearances and 16 starts…Threw four complete games, two shutouts and was credited with a save…Led the team with 73 strikeouts and 109.2 innings…Was undefeated with a 9-0 record and had a 1.94 ERA in 12 appearances and 10 starts in Ohio Valley Conference play…Ranked fifth in the OVC in wins, seventh in earned run average, fifth in opposing batting average (.227), ninth in strikeouts and eighth in strikeouts looking (18)…Earned her first career win when she struck out four in 7.1 innings at Saint Louis (2/19)…Threw a two-hit complete game shutout with five strikeouts vs. Mount St. Mary’s (3/4)…Picked up her 10th win of the season after pitching 5.1 shutout innings vs. Morehead State (4/8)…Recorded a season-high seven strikeouts in six innings vs. UT Martin (4/29)…Won her first postseason game after tossing 4.1 innings in her first career start against Tennessee State (5/12) at the OVC Tournament…Did not allow a run in 16 consecutive innings over four appearances from Apr. 2-15…Had six strikeouts in six innings vs. SIU Edwardsville (3/10)…Was named OVC Pitcher of the Week on Apr. 10.

2022: Pitched in three games and made one start as a freshman…Had one strikeout in four innings and finished with a 0-1 record…Longest outing was 2.2 innings in her first career start vs. Nicholls (2/12)…Tossed 1.1 innings in relief between appearances at Western Kentucky (2/19) and vs. Wichita State (3/13).

Prep: Hit .328 with 20 runs scored, three doubles, a triple, four home runs and 13 RBI in 24 games as a senior at Salem High School…Also went 11-8 with a 2.07 ERA and 219 strikeouts in 125.1 innings inside the circle that year…Did not play her junior season due to the COVID-19 pandemic…Named Third-Team All-State, All-South and All-Cahokia Conference as a sophomore…Claimed Co-MVP and Best Offensive Player of the Year honors during that season…Was named her team’s Best Defensive Player as a freshman…Also played basketball and volleyball…Played on the club level with the Illinois Force. 

Personal: Born November 14, 2002…Majoring in Communication Disorders…Daughter of Jamie and Cheryl Kell.