Kelsey Epping

Pitcher
Senior
Bloomington, Ill. (Downs-Tri Valley), 5-9, Bats Right, Throws Right

2009:  Named National Fastpitch Coaches Association second-team All-Great Lake Region and first-team All-CCIW with a 14-6 record, two saves, a 0.83 earned run average, 9.7 strikeouts per seven inning and a .137 opponent-batting average…led the CCIW in both ERA and strikeouts…named CCIW “Pitcher of the Week” on March 24 after going 4-1 on the spring trip with a 0.54 earned run average…struck out 10 or more batters in 10 games, including a season-high 15 in the March 19 St. Norbert game.

2008:  Named National Fastpitch Coaches Association third-team All-Great Lake Regional and second-team All-CCIW with an 11-5 record, a 1.45 earned run average, three shutouts, one save and 10.01 strikeouts per seven innings…opponents batted just .194 against her…struck out seven or more batters in 13 of her 16 starts, including 15 against Framingham State on March 19 and a career-high 16 versus Judson (Ill.) on May 5…named CCIW “pitcher of the week” on March 25 after going 4-1 on the spring trip with a 1.36 ERA and 60 strikeouts in 33.3 innings pitched…named CCIW “pitcher of the week” again on April 22 after going 4-0 with a 1.30 ERA.

2007:  Went 8-10 with a 3.10 earned run average and 109 strikeouts in 113.0 innings pitched…struck out a season-high 11 batters against Wheaton (Ill.) on April 14…opponents batted .269 against her.

High School:  Named All-Sangamon Valley Conference four-straight years, and all four of her teams won Sangamon Valley Conference West Division titles…named all-area as a senior and set a school season strikeout record…coached by Jim Adams…four-year member of the basketball team and two years in cross country…National Honor Society member, Illinois State Scholar, Sangamon Valley Conference all-academic and honor student.

Personal:  Biology major…named spring 2008 and spring 2009 CCIW/Jack Swartz all-academic…named to the Carthage dean’s list five-straight semesters and a three-time member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Feb. 29, 1988.