Biography
NFCA All-Region Third Team ('23)
Summit League Tournament MVP ('19)
Summit League Freshman of the Year ('19)
3x All-Summit League Second Team ('19, '22, '23)
3x Summit League All-Tournament Team ('19, '22, '23)
3x Summit League Pitcher of the Week (2/17/20, 2/27/23, 3/20/23)
NFCA Scholar Athlete ('19)
2x Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence ('21, '22)
2x Summit League All-Academic Team ('20, '22)
3x Summit League Honor Roll ('19, '21, '22)
CSC Academic All-District Team ('23)
2023 SEASON (SENIOR): NFCA All-Region Third Team … All-Summit League Second Team … Summit League All-Tournament Team … Two-time Summit League Peak Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 27, Mar. 20) … College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Softball Team … Made 32 appearances in the circle with 25 starts … Posted a 16-11 record with two saves in 167.2 innings ... Logged a season high of 7.0 innings on 10 occasions ... Pitched 17 complete games ... Recorded six shutouts, including a pair of one hitters at Mississippi State (Mar. 14) and at Kansas City (Mar. 25) ... Combined with team for two shutouts ... Allowed 67 runs, 54 earned, posting a 2.25 ERA ... Allowed 129 hits against 624 batters faced, a .207 batting average against ... Recorded a WHIP of 1.06 ... Had 169 strikeouts, including a season high of 14 at St. Thomas (Apr. 23) ... Finished with a .974 fielding percentage ... Recorded six putouts ... Had 31 assists, including a season high of four vs. Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 18) and vs. Kansas City (May 10) ...
2022 SEASON (SENIOR): Second Team All-Summit League … Summit League All-Tournament Team … Made 32 appearances in the circle with 26 starts … Posted a 16-10 record with one save in 171.1 innings pitched ... Logged a season high 10.0 innings pitched vs. South Dakota State (Apr. 23) ... Pitched 19 complete games ... Pitched five complete game shutouts ... Combined with team for two shutouts ... Allowed 75 runs, 54 earned, posting a 2.21 ERA ... Allowed 136 hits against 648 batters faced, a .210 batting average against ... Recorded a WHIP of 1.03 ... Had 152 strikeouts ... Recorded a season high 14 strikeouts vs. Buffalo (Feb. 25) ... Summit League All-Academic Team …
2021 SEASON (JUNIOR): Made 21 appearances in the circle with 17 starts ... Posted a 9-11 record in a team high 100.1 innings pitched ... Logged a season high 8.0 innings pitched vs Samford (Mar 7) ... Pitched 13 complete games ... Pitched two complete game shutouts ... Allowed 60 runs, 55 earned, posting a 3.84 ERA ... Allowed 111 hits against 401 batters faced, a .277 batting average against ... Recorded a WHIP of 1.53 ... Had a team best 82 strikeouts ... Recorded a season high 10 strikeouts vs North Dakota (May 1) and at South Dakota State (May 7) ... Had five putouts ... Recorded a season high two putouts vs Samford (Mar. 7) ... Had 24 assists ... Recorded a season high five assists vs North Dakota (May 2) ... Had a .967 fielding percentage ... Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence ... Summit League Academic Honor Roll ...
2020 SEASON (SOPHOMORE):Â Made 17 appearances including 11 starts and nine complete games during the COVID-19 shortened season...Compiled a 4-9 record with a 3.94 earned run average and one shutout...Had 38 strikeouts and 20 walks in 74.2 innings pitched...Opponents hit .293...Summit League Pitcher of the Week (2-17-20) after going 2-1 with a 1.13 ERA at the Florida Bubly Invitational...That included her third career one-hitter and ninth career shutout against Southeast Louisiana (2-14-20)...Struck out eight in 18.2 innings pitched...Had 1.000 fielding percentage with three putouts and 10 assists...Career record of 21-14 with a 3.33 ERA and nine shutouts...Has three career one-hitters...Has 149 strikeouts and 73 walks in 221 innings pitched...Summit League All-Academic Team.Â
2019 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Capped off freshman year by earning Summit League tournament MVP honors...Pitched NDSU's final 21 innings and 319 pitches of the tournament, compiling 3-0 record with a 0.33 earned run average and a pair of shutouts...Summit League Freshman of the Year...All-Summit League first team...Finished season with a 17-5 record and 3.01 ERA including eight shutouts and one save...Made 28 appearances with 24 games started and 16 complete games...Had 111 strikeouts and 53 walks in 146.1 innings pitched...Opponents hit .235...During Summit League regular season, started six games and posted 6-0 record with five complete games and a 1.69 ERA...Faced 43 batters over 10 innings in first career start and 4-3 win at Texas State (2-11-19)...NFCA Scholar Athlete...Summit League Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: Finished high school career with 62-23 record including 28 shutouts...Set school records for total wins, strikeouts (529) and strikeouts in a game (21)...Compiled a .352 batting average over junior and senior seasons with 53 RBIs, 16 doubles and six home runs...Three-time first team All-CIF Southern Section Division I...Three-time first team all-Trinity League...Three-time Cal-Hi Sports all-state second team pitcher...Two-time All-So Cal (So Cal Sidelines)...Had 20-6 record as junior with 10 shutouts...Also hit .337 with two home runs, 11 doubles and 25 runs batted in...Compiled 17-8 record as a sophomore with nine shutouts...Only freshman to make varsity and letter, putting together a 9-3 record...Selected to the 2018 OC Coaches All-Star Classic and Orange County vs. Inland Empire All-Star games.
SUMMER LEAGUE: Participated in several PGF and Boulder (Colo.) IDT tournaments as well as numerous national and regional championships...Finished travel ball career with the nationally ranked So Cal A's Richardson.
PERSONAL:Â Majoring in exercise science with a minor in psychology...Daughter of Alex and Lynette Vargas...Cousin, Madyson Cassidy, played volleyball at Occidental College.