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2018 Softball Roster

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11 Jennifer Purcell

  • Position 1B
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Carson City, Nev.
  • High School Carson HS

Biography

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2018) – Came back from a senior-ending injury a year ago and appeared in 23 games, making 10 starts at the designated player position … Began the season collecting a hit in four of her first six appearances … Went 2-for-3 with a season-high four RBIs in Nevada’s series-opener against New Mexico, launching her lone home run of the year in the process … Came off the bench in the eighth inning in the opening-game of the Pack’s series against SDSU and ripped a double down the line to bring two runners home, which proved to be the difference in the game … Helped Nevada make back-to-back postseason appearances since the 2008-09 seasons … Letterwinner.

JUNIOR (2017) – Appeared in 16 games for the Pack before going down with a season-ending injury … Batted .375 with nine RBIs and two home runs, which tied for the team lead at the time … Named to Fast Pitch News’ preseason All-America list …Led Nevada with a .563 slugging percentage prior to her injury … Began the season with a five-game hitting streak, which extended her career high hitting streak to 12 games, dating back to the 2016 season … Recorded another six-game hitting streak where she batted .529 (9-for17) with five runs scored and a home run during that period … Produced at least one hit in all but three games she appeared in .. Helped Nevada reach the postseason for the first time since the 2009 season … A Wolf Pack Scholar-Athlete ... Letterwinner. 

SOPHOMORE (2016) – Second Team All-Mountain West … NFCA First Team All-West Region … Turned in one of the best offensive seasons in program history … Hit .412 and slugged .831, both program records, with 12 home runs, 40 RBI and 19 doubles … Her 19 doubles rank second in a single season in program history while her 12 homers are tied for third … Led the Wolf Pack with a .484 on-base percentage … Led the Mountain West in slugging percentage and doubles … Finished second in the MW in batting average and tied for third in home runs and total bases … Her .831 slugging percentage ranked 16th and .4 doubles per game placed fourth in Division I … Tied an NCAA record with 13-consecutive at-bats with a hit … Named Mountain West Player of the Week after tying the record and going 13-for-15 with two home runs, four doubles and nine RBI at the Griz Classic … Posted 18 multi-hit games and 10-multi RBI games … Hit .391 with seven home runs, nine doubles and 20 RBI in Mountain West play … Drew 20 walks and struck out only 10 times … Started 46 of 47 games at first base … Hit .333 with four home runs and seven RBI against the top two teams in the conference, Fresno State and San Jose State … Registered five RBI with three doubles, both career-highs, in a 10-2 win over Omaha (March 19) … Drew a career-best three walks and scored two runs in a 10-4 win over San Diego State (March 29) … Blasted two home runs and drove in all of the Pack’s runs in a 4-0 victory against New Mexico (April 2) … Went 5-for-9 with two doubles, a home run and six RBI in the series win over UNLV (April 15-17) … Tallied two home runs with four RBI against San Jose State (April 24) … Went 3-for-3 with three RBI in a win over Robert Morris (Feb. 21) … Closed out the season going 5-for-10 over three games at Utah State (May 12-14).

FRESHMAN (2015) – Hit .289 with a home run and 14 RBI in 33 appearances … Registered seven multi-hit games … Ranked fifth on the squad with a .289 batting average … Hit .286 with 12 RBIs in conference play … Tied for third on the team with two sacrifice flies … Ranked third with 164 putouts … Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored against No. 2 Oregon … Went 2-for-2 in the victory over No. 25 Cal State Fullerton … Gave Nevada the lead with a pinch hit RBI single in the top of the eighth in a 6-5 victory over Sacramento State … Had an RBI single and a double in Nevada’s first Mountain West victory, a 3-2 win over Utah State … Blasted a grand slam for her first career home run against San Diego State … Went 6-for-18 with six RBI and two runs scored over six games against the Aztecs and Boise State.

HIGH SCHOOL – A 2014 graduate of Carson High School in Carson City, Nevada ... Played travel ball for USA Elite Gold, coached by Stan McFadden ... A four-year letterwinner at Carson City High School under Scott Vickrey ... Honored as a first-team All-High Sierra League selection in all three varsity seasons (2011, 2012, 2013) ... Awarded first-team All-State in 2012 ... Led her high school and club team in hits, batting average, RBIs and slugging percentage in her last four years of play.

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Historical Player Information

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    2015Freshman

    1B
    5'7"
    11
  • 11

    2016Sophomore

    1B
    5'7"
    11
  • 11

    2017Junior

    1B
    5'7"
    11
  • 11

    2018Redshirt Junior

    1B
    5'7"
    11