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2018 Softball Roster

Erik Schelkun

10 Manda Cash

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Worthington Kilbourne
  • Hometown Columbus, Ohio
  • Custom1 L

Biography



2018 (Senior)
• 2017-18 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Named to 2017-18 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2017 (Junior)
• Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team
• Recorded 15 wins in 29 starts over 35 appearances with 13 complete games
• Recorded 8.87 strikeouts/seven-inning game, second-best single-season mark in program history
• Led the A-10 with a program-record 204 strikeouts on the season
• Notched a career-high 14 strikeouts over eight innings of work against George Mason on April 1
• Three-time A-10 Pitcher of the Week (3/6, 3/20 & 4/10)
• Tallied a career-high 16 hits, including six doubles, to go with six RBI at the plate on the season
• Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
• Named to the A-10 Academic All-Conference Team
• Named to the fall 2016 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Currently holds the program record for most strikeouts/seven-inning game (8.90), strikeout/walk ratio (4.33), most saves (14) and most combined shutouts (10)

2016 (Sophomore)
• Named the 2016 Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year
• Earned a spot on the NFCA Mid-Atlantic First Team
• Also garnered a spot on the A-10 First Team
• Posted an 11-10 record over 22 starts in 32 appearances with 14 complete games
• Led the team in wins (11), saves (4), strikeouts (183) and opponent batting average (.158)
• Tied the Dayton record for strikeouts in a season with 183
• Hit .357 (5-for-14) with two RBI, one double and one run scored

• Five-time Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week
• Member of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
• Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll in Fall 2015 and Spring 2016


2015 (Freshman)
• Named the 2015 A-10 Rookie of the Year
• Named to the A-10 Second Team and All-Rookie Team
• Appeared in 39 games recording 13 starts as a pitcher
• Recorded a 13-2 record from the mound
• Recorded 9.56 strikeouts/seven-inning game, a program record
• Led the A-10 in ERA (1.49), appearances (39), saves (9), games in relief (28)
• Led the team in win-loss percentage (.857), games finished (21), and strikeouts (167)

Prior to UD
• Played at Worthington Kilbourne High School in Columbus, Ohio
• Two-time Ohio Capital Conference First Team honoree and was also a Special Mention honoree following her freshman season in 2011
• Team’s Most Outstanding Player in 2011 and Best Offensive Player in 2012,
First Team All-Metro and Second Team All-District honors in 2013
• WKHS Scholar Athlete three times
• French Honors Society and is a two-time recipient of the Academic Honors Award
• In the summer of 2014 while playing for the Ohio Nightmare she went 11-7 in the circle where she pitched 117 innings and had 147 strikeouts with a 1.256 ERA
• Led Ohio Nightmare to a 5-3 mark and 17th overall finish at ASA Gold during the summer of 2013, where she went 3-2 in the circle with a 1.24 ERA and 44 SO in 45 innings, while hitting .286 with two RBI for the tourney
• Tallied a 15-5 record in the circle, boasting a 1.55 ERA while recording 174 strikeouts in 127 innings of work in the summer of 2013
• Older sisters are University of Dayton graduates

Personal
• Daughter of David and Nanci Cash
• Born February 27, 1996
• English major with aspirations to work at a publishing house

Single-Game Highs
Pitching
Innings Pitched: 11.2, vs. Fordham, 5/14/16
Walks Allowed: 5, Twice
Strikeouts: 14, George Mason, 4/1/17
Batters Faced: 47, vs. Fordham, 5/14/16
Field Chances: 6, at St. Bonaventure, 4/23/16
Putouts: 3, Two Times
Assists: 4, vs Western Kentucky, 2/28/15
Runners CS: 2, Wright State, 3/22/16

Hitting
Hits: 2, Twice
Doubles: 1, Seven Times
RBI: 3, St. Bonaventure, 4/8/17
Runs Scored: 1, at George Mason, 4/10/16
Walks: 1, Three Times
At Bats: 4, Four Times
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2015Freshman

    Pitcher
    10
  • 10

    2016Sophomore

    Pitcher
    10
  • 10

    2017Junior

    Pitcher
    5'7"
    10
  • 10

    2018Senior

    Pitcher
    5'7"
    10