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2024 Softball Roster

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77 Halle Arends

  • Position Pitcher
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Height 6-2
  • Bats / Throws Marketing / Business Management
  • Hometown Phoenix, Ariz.
  • High School Naperville Central
  • Previous School UNLV

Biography

2024 All-ASUN Third Team
2022 All-ASUN Second Team
2022 ASUN All-Tournament Team
2022 ASUN All-Academic Team
2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
ASUN Pitcher of the Week, 2x (Last: Mar. 14, 2022)
ASUN Honor Roll (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)

Graduate - 2024
  • Earned All-ASUN Third Team honors; second All-ASUN selection in career.
  • Had a 2.09 ERA in 21 appearances, 19 starts, and 90.1 innings pitched on the year overall.
  • Also held a 12-4 record with 50 total strikeouts and six complete games.
  • Earned a 0.70 ERA in ASUN play with an 8-1 record, 50.1 innings pitched and 24 strikeouts.
  • Threw four complete-game shutouts, including back-to-back against Kennesaw State and FGCU.
  • Had eight appearances where she pitched at least four innings and did not allow an earned run.
  • Went for a season-high mark in strikeouts with six total in three innings played against Manhattan Feb. 24.
  • Nine games on the season with at least three strikeouts.
  • Finished second in career program record books for ERA (2.28) and wins (46), as well as third for games started (62).
  • One of five Ospreys on team to be named to CSC Academic All-District Team.

Senior - 2023
  • Made 11 appearances with a start, 10 strikeouts and 17.0 innings pitched on the year overall.
  • Appeared in eight gamed duing ASUN play with 11.0 innings pitched and 10 strikeouts.
  • Didn't make first appearance on the season until Central Arkansas Mar. 18.
  • Made two appearances four innings pitched or more, including a season-high seven strikeouts against Bellarmine Apr. 23.
  • Also recorded the win against Bellarmine with no runs and only two hits allowed.

Junior - 2022
  • Selected to All-ASUN Second Team, All-ASUN Academic Team, and ASUN All-Tournament Team.
  • Also won ASUN Pitcher of the Week twice on the season.
  • Notched a 20-6 record overall with 34 appearances, including 24 games started, eight complete games and a save.
  • Tossed 153.0 innings with a 1.74 ERA and 170 strikeouts overall.
  • Earned a 9-3 record in the ASUN with 17 appearances, including 13 games started and three complete games.
  • Pitched 72.2 innings with a 2.60 ERA and 87 strikeouts in conference play.
  • Was second in ASUN for total wins (20) and ERA (1.74), as well as third for total strikeouts (170).
  • Also set a new single-season D-I program record for lowest opponent BA at .193.
  • Pitched seven total games with eight or more strikeouts and five ASUN games with five or more strikeouts while only allowing one run or less.
  • Threw six hitless innings in win against Michigan State February 20.
  • Tossed eighth no-hitter in program's D-I history in 6-0 victory against Tennessee State March 9.
  • Recorded four wins and a save with 25 total strikeouts over five straight games in six days.
  • Only allowed one hit in eight-inning performance with 13 strikeouts against Georgia Southern April 20.
  • Major contributor on pitching staff that recorded a program D-I record streak of 56.0 consecutive scoreless innings pitched, as well as helped maintain a top-five position in the NCAA for team ERA and total shutouts.

Sophomore - 2021
  • Was one of UNF’s primary starting pitchers.
  • Named to the ASUN All-Academic Team and ASUN All-Freshmen Team
  • Logged 25 appearances, making 18 starts. 
  • Went 13-7, registering a 2.32 ERA, nine complete games, one save, 111.2 innings, 84 strikeouts and 49 walks.
  • In the ASUN played finished first in games started and fifth in innings pitched.
  • Led the team in ERA and finished second in innings pitched, strikeouts and opponents’ batting average.
  • Earned her first win in a complete game, one-run effort in a 3-1 victory against Boston College February 13.
  • Picked up two wins in two days against Georgia Southern February 26-27, striking out six while not permitting a run in nine innings.
  • Electrified in a complete game effort despite suffering the loss against Jacksonville March 13, fanning a season-best 13.
  • Earned three wins in three starts between March 27 and April 2, earning triumphs against Stetson and FGCU.
  • Turned in 120 pitches, fanning 10 while earning the win in a complete game effort against North Alabama May 1.
  • Earned a win in a win-or-go-home contest against Jacksonville May 7, fanning three while spinning a career-high 127 pitches.

AT UNLV - Freshman (2020)
  • Saw time in two games before COVID-19 canceled the season.

HIGH SCHOOL
  • Four-year starter at Naperville Central High School under head coach Andy Nussbaum
  • Garnered four all-conference honors, including unanimous selections in in 2017 and 2018
  • As a senior, she was named the Dupage Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year
  • A three-time all-area first team selection and a four-time academic all-conference honoree. Finishing with 553 career strikeouts
  • Named the team MVP after three seasons and was a captain in her senior season
  • Also got it done at the plate as she holds her high school's record for single-season batting average, hitting .492.
  • Played club ball for the Cheetah's out of Downer's Grove, Ill. an helped the team make the 2018 PGF Platinum Nationals and 2019 PGF Premier Nationals.

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 77

    2021Sophomore

    Pitcher
    6'2"
    77
  • 77

    2022Junior

    Pitcher
    6'2"
    77
  • 77

    2023Senior

    Pitcher
    6'2"
    77
  • 77

    2024Graduate Student

    Pitcher
    6'2"
    77