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Megan Jolly - Softball - University of Kentucky Athletics 21

MeganJolly

  • class Senior
  • Previous School LSU
  • High school Owensboro Catholic

2007 (junior): Saw action in 25 contests, making 17 starts … Tied with Jennifer Young for the team lead with seven wins on the season … Struck out a season-best seven batters against Evansville … Threw three complete games … Struck out 41 batters on the season in 89.2 innings of work.

2006 (at LSU): Made 13 appearances, going a perfect 6-0 on the season … Recorded three complete-game shutouts with a save … Posted a season-best seven strikeouts in games against Grambling State and Texas Southern … Came on in relief and did not allow and earned run in 2.1 innings against nationally ranked Oregon state … Also threw two innings of shutout relief in a win over nationally ranked Oklahoma … Threw a complete-game one-hitter against Grambling State … Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2005 (at LSU): Made 22 appearances, going 7-5 … Recorded three games with 10 or more strikeouts, which was tied for sixth in the SEC … Threw three complete-game shutouts on the season … Recorded a win over nationally ranked Florida … Threw a complete-game one-hitter against Southern … Action was limited until late in the season after a rib injury during the Purple & Gold Challenge … Struck out a season-best 11 batters against Southern … Also posted 10 strikeouts against Michigan State and Southeastern Louisiana … Member of the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Earned six letters in softball … 2004 NFCA third-team All-American … Kentucky’s Miss Softball … Gatorade Kentucky Player of the Year … Honored with the OCHS Liz Lukschu Outstanding Female Athlete Award … Team finished as the state runner-up as she was named to the all-state tournament team … Selected to the all-state first team … Finished the season at 19-3 with a 0.26 ERA and 314 strikeouts … Was a member of the 2003 NFCA second-team all-region team and all-state team … Led her team to the 2003 state championship and was named to the all-state tournament team … Went 18-3 with a 0.64 ERA and 261 strikeouts in 2003 … Also led her team to a 2001 state runner-up finish … 2001 Honorable mention all-state selection … 2000 all-district selection … 1999-01 all-region selection … Threw 11 no-hitters and a perfect game in high school … Summer ball team won the ASA state championship in 1999, 2000, 2002 and state runner-up in 2001 … 2001-03 NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete … 2001-03 first-team academic all-state selection … Miss OCHS… Selected Homecoming Queen in 2004 … Student council treasurer in 2004 … Volunteers with the Special Olympics and Girls, Inc.

Jolly’s Career Pitching Stats
Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO OPP/AVG WP
2005* 2.32 7-5 22 11 6 3/0 0 90.1 80 44 30 35 71 .240 8
2006* 1.76 6-0 13 5 3 3/0 1 43.2 36 17 11 15 32 .216 4
Totals 2.14 13-5 35 16 9 6/0 1 134.0 116 61 41 50 103 .232 12
*At LSU

Jolly’s Career Highs

Category      Career High (Last)Innings       7.0, 4 times (Eastern Michigan - 2/17/06)Runs          7 (Mississippi State - 3/30/05)Hits          7, four times (Tennessee - 5/6/06)Strikeouts    11 (Southern - 2/19/05)Walks         4, twice (Alabama - 3/25/05)
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