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2023 Softball Roster

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4 Jayme Eilers

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-6
  • Hometown Sterling, Ill.
  • High School Sterling HS
  • Class Senior
  • B/T R/R

Biography

2023 (Senior): Made 15 appearances with 13 starts, posting a 7-6 record with a team-best 2.99 ERA…Threw nine complete games …Named SoCon Pitcher of the Month for April after she went 4-0 with a 0.75 ERA in five appearances while allowing three runs in 28.0 innings and holding opposing batters to a .172 average…Earned the win in WCU’s first round SoCon Tournament game against Mercer…Recorded a season-high nine strikeouts at Presbyterian College on Feb. 22…Threw a season-high 132 pitches in a 2-1 win at Mercer on April 22…Named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team…2022-23 Commissioner’s Medal…2023 Academic All-Conference…2022-23 SoCon Honor Roll. 

2022 (Junior): Started seven games and appeared in eight before sidelined by an injury for the remainder of the season … Tossed a one-hit shutout against North Carolina State (Feb. 13) which earned her SoCon Pitcher of the Week … Tossed 40.2 innings with a 4-3 record striking out 57 giving up just eight earned runs.

2021 (Sophomore): All-SoCon First Team … SoCon All-Freshman … SoCon All-Tournament … Two-time SoCon Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 15 and May 3) … SoCon Pitcher of the Month for April ... Named a Top Performer of the Week by the NFCA (May 4) ... Made 33 appearances and started 29 games in the circle … Ended the season with a 14-13 record and a 3.12 ERA … Her 14 wins was the fourth-most in program history for the season … Had 21 complete games (ranked third in the WCU record books) … Recorded six shutouts (tied for first in the WCU record books and the first to do so since 2006) … Tossed 175 innings, earned one save and recorded 173 strikeouts which led the team, ranked second in the SoCon and fifth in the WCU record book for strikeouts in a season … Tossed the first no-hitter of her career on April 29 and yielding only one walk, in the top of the seventh, which erased her chance at a perfect game … Tossed the first shutout in a conference game, 5-0 win against Chattanooga, since 2007 ... 2020-21 SoCon All-Academic ... 20-21  SoCon Honor Roll ...  2020-21 SoCon Commissioners Medal.

2020 (Freshman): SEASON CANCELED AFTER 16 GAMES DUE TO CORID-19 PANDEMIC. Made seven appearances in the pitching circle and started five … Tossed 27 innings … First win of her Catamount career came against Winthrop in a complete game on Feb. 25 … Fanned a career-high nine against Eastern Illinois (Feb. 28) … Led the pitching staff with 23 strikeouts ... 2019-20 Honor Roll. 

High School: For her career, tossed 560 innings with 740 strikeouts, 82 walks and a record of 63-13 with 25 saves and a 1.26 ERA at Sterling High School ... As a senior helped the team reach a record of 27-4 falling in the sectional finals of the 2019 IHSA Illinois Softball State Tournament ... As a junior was part of the team that went 29-3 and earned conference and regional championships ... As a junior, and senior she was named IHSA First Team All-Conference, IHSA First Team All-State, NIB-12 MVP, SVM All-Area First Team and SVM Athlete of the Week ... The team was 23-11 and was conference and regional champions in her junior campaign ... Also in her junior year, she broke the single-season strikeout record with 258 K's ... As a freshman, the team went 34-6 winning conference and regional title along with a sectional title and she was named IHSA Third Team, NIB-12 Conference First Team, SVM All-Area Second Team, SVM Athlete of the Week and SHS Varsity Defensive MBP ... She was also a three-year varsity winner in swimming.

Personal: Daughter of Brad and Kam Eilers, has three siblings: Kody, Jordyn and Brady.

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Historical Player Information

  • 62

    2020Freshman

    Pitcher
    5'6"
    62
  • 62

    2021Sophomore

    Pitcher
    5'6"
    62
  • 4

    2022Junior

    Pitcher
    5'6"
    4
  • 4

    2023Senior

    Pitcher
    5'6"
    4