Ashlyn Bender

Photo by: Jeff Kellum

Photo by: Jeff Kellum

Photo by: Jeff Kellum

Photo by: Laura Mullen

Photo by: Jeff Kellum

Photo by: Laura Mullen

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

Position:
Pitcher
Height:
5-8
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Redlands East Valley H.S.
Hometown:
Highland, Calif.
Major:
Early Childhood Education

Career Highs
Hits: 1 (at IPFW, 4/30/16)
Total bases: 1 (at IPFW, 4/30/16)
Runs scored: 1 (vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 2/22/14)
Walks: 1 (vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 2/22/14)
At bats: 2 (at Iowa State, 2/8/14)
Innings pitched: 11.0 (Kansas City, 5/3/14)
Walks allowed: 6 (4 times)
Strikeouts: 9 (twice; last at IUPUI, 3/22/15)
Batters faced: 45 (twice; last vs Kansas City, 5/3/14)

Field chances: 6 (at IPFW, 4/30/16)
Putouts: 2 (Kansas City, 5/3/14)
Assists: 6 (at IPFW, 4/30/16)

2016: Appeared in 34 games with 28 starts for the season, which tied for the team-lead … threw 169.2 innings on the season and had 22 complete games, earning one shutout … struck out 77 opponents and allowed 46 walks, giving up 117 runs (97 earned) and 204 hits while holding opponents to a team-best .289 batting average against … recorded one save against South Dakota (3/7) … during the conference portion of 2016, paced the team with a 3.93 ERA and went 2-4 over seven starts (and 10 appearances) … had 19 strikeouts and eight walks with 65 hits and 32 runs (26 earned) allowed … her at-bat ended in a hit at Fort Wayne (4/30) … tossed a season-high 7.1 innings versus Hampton (3/8) … struck out eight versus Akron (3/6).

2015: Appeared in 34 games in the circle as a sophomore with 25 starts, posting a 9-14-1 overall record... struck out seven in 5.2 innings in a win over Utah State (2/8) in her season debut ... struck out seven batters in a complete game win over Montana (3/14) ... pitched all eight innings in a win at IUPUI (3/21) ... tied a career-high with nine strikeouts in a 2-1, eight inning loss at IUPUI (3/22) ... recorded her first-career shutout in a 10-0, five inning win at Southwest Minnesota State (4/1) ... pitched all seven innings, with four strikeouts in a win over Creighton (4/15) ... tossed her second shutout of the season in a 4-0 win over Fort Wayne (4/25) ... earned her first-career save vs. Western Illinois (5/7) in The Summit League Tournament, giving up no runs on one hit in three innings.

2014: Pitched in 26 games as a freshman with 21 starts and 12 complete games ... led the team with 123.1 innings pitched ... made her first collegiate appearance at Iowa State (2/8) ... tossed all eight innings for her first-career win vs. Indiana State (2/9) ... struck out a career-high nine batters in a complete game win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/21) ... earned a complete game win over Western Illinois (3/29) ... pitched all six innings in a win over Dakota Wesleyan (4/23) ... tossed a career-high 11 innings vs. Kansas City (5/3) ... made four appearances at the plate during the season, drawing a walk and scoring a run vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/22).

Before SDSU: Posted a .350 batting average, with 39 RBI and a 1.77 ERA in 257.2 innings pitched and 185 strikeouts in her first three years at Redlands East Valley High School ... earned rookie of the year honors in 2010, along with First Team all-conference honors in both 2011 and 2012, and all-tournament player honors in 2011 ... two-year honor roll student ... played travel ball with So Cal Wicked.

Personal: Born on August 25, 1995 in Highland, Calif. … daughter of Mike and Pam Bender … majoring in early childhood education.