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2019 Softball Roster

Erik Schelkun
Joseph Craven

18 Jessica Gilliam

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Colorado Academy
  • Hometown Conifer, Colo.
  • Prev School Colorado Stars
  • Custom1 R

Biography

2019 (Senior)
• Led the team and ranked seventh in the A-10 with a 3.27 ERA and collected a career-high 11 wins on the season
• Tallied a career-high 87 strikeouts over 124.0 innings of work
• Worked seven complete games and recorded four saves
• Dealt a complete-game shutout while fanning a career-high 11 batters against Rhode Island March 29
• Named the A-10 Pitcher of the Week April 4
• Named a 2018-19 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to the 2018-19 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Named to University of Dayton Dean's List for Fall 2018 and Spring 2019

2018 (Junior)
• Finished the year with a 9-7 record and a 3.99 ERA
• Had 60 strikeouts in 86.0 innings pitched
• NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete  
• Named to 2017-18 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2017 (Sophomore)
• Worked 50.2 innings over 24 appearances, including four starts
• Posted a 2-1 record and a 4.01 ERA
• Tallied 34 strikeouts to 24 walks

2016 (Freshman)
• Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team
• Appeared in 23 games with 12 starts
• Record of 6-8 in the circle with a 2.99 ERA
• 50 strikeouts in 77.1 innings pitched and a team-low 25 walks
• Tallied a season-high seven strikeouts against Morehead State on Mar. 29
• Earned Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week on two occasions
• Named the team's Rookie of the Year
• Named to the Fall 2015 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

Prior to Dayton
• Alumni of Colorado Academy
• Played for the Colorado Stars 18U Gold Team
• Boulder Independence Tournament All-Star (2013-14)
• Graduated with honors

Personal
• Daughter of Jeffery and Tonya Gilliam
• Has one brother: Jared
• Mechanical Engineering major with hopes to one day create new innovations in an engineering lab
• Born February 18, 1997

Single-Game Highs
Pitching
Innings Pitches: 7.0, Eight Times
Strikeouts: 11, Rhode Island, 3/29/19
Batters Faced: 38, at Fordham, 4/6/19
Field Chances: 3, Seven Times
Putouts: 2, Twice; Last vs. South Dakota, 2/8/19
Assists: 3, Four Times
Runners CS: 2, Twice; Last vs. Akron, 4/25/18
Batting
At Bats: 1, vs. IUPUI, 3/4/16
Sac Bunts: 1, vs. IUPUI, 3/4/16

Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2016Freshman

    Pitcher
    5'10"
    18
  • 18

    2017Sophomore

    Pitcher
    5'10"
    18
  • 18

    2018Junior

    Pitcher
    5'10"
    18
  • 18

    2019Senior

    Pitcher
    5'10"
    18