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Larissa Spellman - Softball - University of Kentucky Athletics 30

LarissaSpellman

  • position Pitcher
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Butler, N.J.
  • High school Butler High School

Senior (2020): Pitched 2.0 innings vs. Liberty to close the game with three strikeouts on 47 pitches. Two of her strikeouts ended the innings with runners in scoring position … Threw her second-career complete-game in a 10-1 win over DePaul on Feb. 22, in which she allowed just one run on two hits and struck out two batters … Picked up the shutout win vs. Detroit Mercy in UK’s record-setting 22-0 win over the Titans at The Spring Games. 

Junior (2019): Pitched her first-career complete-game shutout vs. Hofstra on Feb. 15 … Went the distance without allowing any runner to reach past second base … In the game, she had two strikeouts, two walks and only allowed three hits … Got the start vs. Bethune-Cookman and did not allow a run in her 2.0 innings of work … Had a season-high three strikeouts vs. Bethune-Cookman in her two innings in the circle … Pitched vs. Syracuse for three scoreless innings, earning the win vs. the Orange without allowing a walk … Got the start in the rubber match vs. Ole Miss. 

Sophomore (2018): Started three games, vs. New Mexico State, SEMO and against Harvard … Pitched against Florida, and threw a clean seventh inning in the series opener on Friday night … Threw a perfect inning of relief in the seventh at Auburn in a 3-1 game. 

Freshman (2017): A freshman pitcher for UK, who has given the Wildcats solid innings in the circle all season … Earned her first-career win against Florida A&M, where she threw 6.2 innings and allowed no runs while striking out three in a 3-0 win … Threw the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th innings vs. Mississippi State in the regular season finale to earn her first-career SEC win … Threw three shutout innings against UC-Davis at the Mary Nutter Classic … Has only issued more than three walks in one outing this season … Threw 4.2 shutout innings vs. Evansville, only allowing one hit in a 4-1 win … Earned the start in game two of the series with #22 Arkansas … Went 3.1 innings in her last start at Northern Kentucky on March 29, allowing one run on one hit. 

Pre-College: Had 45 hits, 21 RBI and over a .440 batting average in her season season with Butler High School in Butler, N.J. … Also was tremendous in the circle, throwing 175.1 innings with 364 strikeouts … Helped lead Butler HS to the 2016 Country Championship, Section Championship and they were also the New Jersey state runners-up as well … Hit above .330 in all four years of her high school career … Also lead Butler HS to County and Section titles in 2014 in addition to being state runners-up … Was MVP of the Morris Co. Finals in 2015 and 2016 in addition to the Morris Co. Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016.

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