2010 Softball Roster
Roster
Devyn Findley
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-7
- Hometown:
- Alachua, Fla.
- High School:
- Santa Fe High School
Career Highlights
- A-Sun All-Academic (2008, 2007)
- 2008 Second Team All-Conference
- 2007 First Team All-Conference
- 2007 All-Freshman Team
As a junior, 2009: Finished second in the Atlantic Sun Conference with 251 strikeouts and third in batters strikeout looking (59) … at the end of the 2009 season Findley leads UNF's all-time record in stikeouts with 623 and strikeouts looking with 152 ... she also tied for second in shutouts in her career with 16 and in wins with 49 in the Ospreys' record books ... was fourth in the A-Sun in innings pitched (201.2) … also recorded three saves which was fourth best in the conference … Findley was also sixth in earned run average (1.77) and opposing player’s batting average (.202) … threw a no-hitter against Charleston Southern ... also recording 13 strikeouts followed by 3.2 innings of hitless relief against Kent State in the same day … of the 25 games she started 23 were complete games … during conference play she posted a .97 ERA in her 10 starts … had eight starts where she tallied double-digits in strike outs and reached her season high 13 strikeouts three times.
As a sophomore: Earned second team all-conference honors, going 21-13 in the pitching circle with a 1.34 ERA … led the Atlantic Sun Conference with a 1.34 ERA, while also leading in A-Sun games with a 0.98 ERA … compiled a career-high 228 strikeouts, while throwing 26 complete games – four of which were shutouts – and holding opponents to a .182 batting average … finished among the top 40 in the nation in ERA during the regular season … finished six games with double-digit strikeouts, including a career-high 13 at East Tennessee State … hit .247 with three home runs, 24 RBIs and seven doubles … had eight multiple-hit games … earned the win and drove home the winning run in the eighth inning of a victory against SEC foe South Carolina … went 2-for-3 at the plate with a home run, double and four RBIs against Gardner-Webb on Feb. 23 at the Aquafina Invitational … had a pair of hits and drove home three runs in the second game of a doubleheader against Belmont … earned the win in the opener of the Belmont doubleheader … struck out 10 against UMASS in the team’s first win of the year … earned her first save after 2.1 innings of scoreless work against Louisville on Feb. 16 … did not give up an earned run and struck out nine in an eight-inning win against Coastal Carolina at the JU Invitational … pitched an inning of scoreless relief against Virginia later that day before coming back the next day to throw a complete game two-hitter against Sony Brook … allowed only two hits in a shutout win against Lipscomb to open conference play … averaged 10 strikeouts over a stretch of six games from March 19-28 … gave up only one hit and struck out nine against conference frontrunner Florida Gulf Coast on April 18.
As a freshman, 2007: Named the Atlantic Sun Conference Freshman of the Year as well as a first team all-conference selection ... led the team with a 16-7 record ... finished second in the Atlantic Sun with a 1.81 ERA, while finishing fifth with 144 strikeouts and tied for fourth with six shutouts ... held opponents to a .218 batting average, which was third best in the conference ... hit .216 at the plate with 16 RBIs and a pair of home runs ... closed out the Miken FAU Invitational with a complete-game, four-hit performance against UCF that saw her strike out a season high 11 and surrender only one run ... threw five innings of relief in front of a hometown crowd at 19th-ranked Florida, allowing only one run ... threw her first shutout of the season against Georgia Southern on March 7, striking out seven ... threw her first career no-hitter in her next start against Mount St. Mary[apos]s on March 10 at Stetson[apos]s tournament to help her win A-Sun Pitcher of the Week laurels ... followed that up with her third-consecutive shutout in three starts, blanking Maine with seven strikeouts in five innings ... earned a save and a win against Ball State on March 15, driving in the game-winning runs in both ends of the doubleheader ... had a streak of 21.1 innings of scoreless pitching come to an end due to a double steal in a win against Campbell on march 17 ... defeated UAB in a 1-0 game, surrendering only a walk and striking out five ... hit her first home run as a Lady Osprey - a three-run blast to left-center - capping off a six-run rally at Lipscomb ... also collected the win in the game, allowing only three hits to the Lady Bisons ... surrendered only one hit in a complete-game shutout of Jacksonville on April 7, not allowing a walk and striking out seven ... also had a base hit and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly against the Dolphins ... had a pair of hits in both ends of a doubleheader against Gardner-Webb ... struck out nine hitters and allowed only one earned run in the opening game of a doubleheader against ETSU before throwing two innings of scoreless relief and driving in two runs in the nightcap ... threw a three-hit shutout to open a doubleheader at Mercer while hitting a two-run home run in the second game ... was a tough-luck loser to Florida State on May 4, allowing only two runs on two hits.
High School: 2006 honors graduate of Sante Fe High School, where she played for coach Loretta Shane ... three-time all-state selection, earning first team honors as a junior and senior ... named an all-district selection all four years, garnering first team honors as a sophomore, junior and senior ... three time Gainesville Sun Player of the Year (2004-06) ... named the 2005 FACA District Player of the Year ... compiled a 56-9 record in the pitching circle during her career, capping it off with a 21-0 record as a senior ... hit .432 for her career with eight home runs and 29 doubles ... compiled a career low 0.32 ERA as a senior to go along with a .516 batting average at the plate ... drove in 45 runs and hit five home runs as a senior while striking out 238 hitters ... had 716 strikeouts in her career, pitching the last three seasons ... hit .474 as a junior with a 0.44 ERA ... hit .407 as a sophomore with a 0.54 ERA ... helped lead her team to berths in the regional final as a junior and regional semifinals as a sophomore and senior ... team won its district tournament her junior season and went 29-1 her senior year ... also competed on the volleyball and weightlifting teams.
Personal: Majoring in community health and exercise science ... born May 18, 1988, in Key West, Fla. ... hometown is Alachua, Fla. ... daughter of Misty and Frederick Gene Findley Jr. ... has an older brother Gene Findley III … her favorite food is her grandpa’s beef stew … her favorite song in “Bonfire” by Craig Morgan.
