SloanGayan

2022 (Junior): Is 4-3 on the season in the circle with six starts …  Pitched 5.0 innings, allowing just one run against Alabama in a 9-4 win over the Tide in Tuscaloosa … It was her first-career SEC win … Pitched first-career complete game in UK’s 10-2 win over Valpo … Wins include Long Beach State, Jacksonville, Valpo and Alabama … Her four wins in 2022 are already a new career high for wins in a season

2021 (Sophomore): Dropped hitting to focus on being a pitcher in 2021, as she used to do both … Picked up the win in the circle vs. NC Central on Feb. 21, allowing 0 runs on one hit in three innings of work … Struck out four vs. the NC Central Eagles, a new career high

2020 (Freshman): Got the win in her first-career start in the circle against Detroit Mercy on Feb. 16 at the Littlewood Classic in Tempe, Ariz. … Pitched well in relief as Kentucky fell to Georgia Tech in game two of the Samford Tournament … Also pitched vs. Detroit in The Spring Games, closing out a 22-0 win with two complete innings in the circle … Played a huge role in the circle during UK’s comeback win vs. Marshall, throwing 1.1 scoreless middle innings to keep the Herd at bay.

• Northern Illinois Big 12 All-Conference in 2016, 2017 and 2018
• Northern Illinois Big 12 Co-MVP in 2018
• IHSA first team 3A All-State in 2017 and 2018 seasons
• Junior year she went 20-5 in the circle with a 1.24 ERA and three saves. Offensively, she hit .479 with 46 RBI, 10 doubles, three triples and six home runs.
• Varsity basketball player for three years, and was Big 12 All-Conference in 2017-18.
• 3.97 GPA, National Honor’s Society member, ranked in the top 40 in her class of 330+.

Lawson on Gayan:
“Sloan adds depth to our pitching staff. She has great breaking pitches who will throw batters off balance and a lot of experience in the circle.”