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2025 Catamount Softball Roster

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1 Tessa Juett

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-6
  • Hometown Berea, Ky.
  • High School Madison Southern
  • Class Senior
  • B/T L/L

Biography

Hits 3, 3x, last at Samford (4/27/2024)
Runs 3 vs UNCG (4/20/2024)
RBIs 3, 2x, last vs Mercer (5/9/2024)
Doubles 2 vs Chattanooga (5/4/2024)
Triples 1, 4x, last at USC Upstate (4/15/2025)
Home Runs 2 vs UNCG (4/20/2024)
Stolen Bases 1, 4x last at Chattanooga (4/5/2025)
Hitting Streak 6 games, February 23-March 5, 2024
Innings Pitched 9.0 vs Presbyterian (3/12/2024)
Strikeouts 13 vs Radford (3/29/2023)
Batters Faced 41 vs Presbyterian (3/12/2024)
# of Pitches 160 vs Presbyterian (3/12/2024)
















2025 (Senior): Appeared in a team-high 32 games with 24 starts and tied for the team-high with 11 complete games…. finished with nine victories to move into sole possession of second in WCU program history with 36 career wins… finished with 129 strikeouts for third place in the SoCon as she was one of five players in league to tally 100+ strikeouts… paired with freshman Amanda Fulton’s 100 strikeouts, she was apart of the first pitching duo in Catamount history to eclipse 100 strikeouts in a season since 2016 (Taylor Sigmon – 202 & Courtney Buchanan – 126)… … Juett became the third Catamount to eclipse 400 career strikeouts and moved into sole possession of second place with 450 in her four years… finished fourth in the league in strikeouts per seven innings (6.4)… tied the team lead with 11 complete games which tied for fourth in the SoCon with teammate Amanda Fulton… with her team-high tying 11 complete games, Juett climbed to second in the career record book with 50 CG’s… she also finished third in her career in starts (87), and innings pitched (538.1) along with placing fourth in appearances (117) and sixth in strikeouts per seven innings (5.85)… tallied a season-high 10 strikeouts in a nonconference matchup at Winthrop on March 9… had six games with no earned runs allowed… Was one of four Catamounts to garner weekly honors as she picked up Pitcher of the Week honors on March 24 after a midweek win over Gardner-Webb and a shutout victory against mountain rival ETSU… at the dish, picked up a triple against USC Upstate on April 15 and a homer back on April 4 against Chattanooga as part of her 49 trips to the plate…

2024 (Junior): Earned NFCA All-Region Honors... Appeared in a team-high 39 games with 28 starts and 18 complete games… the first-team All-SoCon honoree tied for fourth in program’s single-season record book with 14 victories… 39 appearances are fifth most in single-season record book… tied for sixth most starts with 28… tied for fourth in complete games with 18… pitched in a team-high 183.1 innings which is fifth most by a WCU pitcher in single-season… totaled a team-high 159 strikeouts for eighth most in a season for a Catamount… also posted a .326 average with 16 runs scored and 30 hits… recorded seven doubles, two triples and six home runs with 16 runs knocked in… named SoCon Pitcher of the Week on April 8 after going 4-0 in appearances against N.C. Central and ETSU totaling 28 strikeouts in 24.2 innings limiting opponents to a .163 opponents batting average… tossed a career-high 9.0 innings with eight strikeouts in win over Presbyterian on March 12… tossed a complete game shutout with eight strikeouts vs Hampton in season opener on February 9… pitched back-to-back complete games at Samford allowing one run over 14 innings… totaled first career multi-homer game vs UNCG on April 20… posted eight multi-hit games… had a two double performance vs Chattanooga on May 4… homered in two tournament games against Furman and Mercer while also grabbing a pair of wins in tourney… made 14 starts as DP, seven in right field and one in centerfield…named to SoCon All-Tournament Team…

2023 (Sophomore): Made a team-leading 24 appearances with 18 starts and 12 complete games while posting an 8-12 record and a 3.92 ERA…Pitched a team-high 118.0 innings with team-leading 107 strikeouts…Named SoCon Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 13 after she threw a complete game shutout with eight strikeouts in an 1-0 eight inning victory against Tennessee Tech as part of the season-opening Stinger Classic…Struck out a career-best 13 batters against Radford on March 29, with her 13 punchouts tying for fifth-most in a game in program history…Earned a pair of wins in a doubleheader sweep against ETSU on April 29…Made 14 plate appearances highlighted by a triple against ETSU. 

2022 (Freshman): Made 22 appearances and started 17 in the circle … Had a record of 5-11 tossing 96.2 innings and had nine complete games … Struck out 55 … Won her first SoCon tournament game of her career in the Catamounts’ 3-2 win over No. 7 seed ETSU … Season-high eight strikeouts against Winthrop (Feb. 18).

High School: Played for Madison Southern High School … Most decorated player in Madison Southern High School history ... three times all-district, three times all-region, three-time all-state ... First Team All-State ... Lost junior year due to COVID ... Offensively in her career she had 130 hits, .441 batting average, 22 doubles, nine triples, 14 home runs, 57 RBI and 31 stolen bases ... For her career, in the circle, she had 438 strikeouts in 286 innings pitched ... In her senior year, she tossed 124 2/3 innings striking out 222 with a 1.07 ERA, .979 WHIP and a .155 opposing batting average ... She helped her team to three district championships, three regional championships and was region runner-up. 

Travel Ball:
2018 Summer Scenic City Power Pool Champion (TN Fury)
2019 Fall Strike out and ERA leader (Fury Platinum) 51IP, 64Ks, 1.04ER
2020 T-5th TCS Fireworks Chattanooga (EC Bullets Scarborough)
2020 TCS SE National Champion (AP Gold Locke)
2020 T-5th Connect Sports Championship (Lou Sluggers)

Personal: Daughter of Jeremy and Noel Juett ... Has one brother, Jackson Juett who is a redshirt sophomore for EKU football.

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Historical Player Information

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    2022Freshman

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    2023Sophomore

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    5'6"
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    2024Junior

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    5'6"
    1
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    2025Senior

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    5'6"
    1