#31 Shannon Becker 2023-24 Softball Roster

AS A JUNIOR (2024)

• Appeared in 32 games making 11 starts in the circle
• Logged 84.0 innings, striking out 45 hitters
• Earned eight wins n the circle and led the team with five saves
• Threw two complete games, earning a 4.08 ERA
• Earned five wins in conference play, earning a pair of saves
• Struck out multiple hitters in 10 outings
• Started the second game of the season against South Alabama (Feb. 9)
• Threw 2.2 scoreless innings in relief with three strikeouts in the first live NCAA softball game broadcasted on MLB Network against No. 16/13 Utah (Feb. 10)
• Earned her first save of the season, throwing a clean seventh inning with a strikeout to preserve a 5-4 win over Iowa (Feb. 10)
• Went 3.0 scoreless innings in her second start against Samford (Feb. 17)
• Threw 5.0 shutout innings, allowing two hits to earn her first win of the season against Indiana State (March 8)
• Logged a season-best 7.0 innings in a complete game win over Virginia on Strikeout Cancer Weekend (April 6)
• Worked 2.1 innings in relief against No. 21/20 Clemson as the Irish rallied to earn the come-from-behind walkoff win over the Tigers (April 21)
• Threw the final 0.2 innings of the season, allowing a hit against Florida State in the ACC Tournament in Durham (May 9)

AS A SOPHOMORE (2023)

• Appeared in 29 games making 12 starts
• Threw in 82.2 innings, earning an 8-3 record and a 4.06 ERA
• Logged two complete games and two saves
• Held opponents to a .268 average against
• Recorded 64 strikeouts
• Started the team’s second game of the season in her first appearance, logging 5.0 innings with three strikeouts
• Threw a complete game shutout against Siena (Feb. 25) where she struck out a season-high seven hitters
• Logged another complete game in a 5.0 inning win over Pitt (April 2 – Game 2), striking out five
• Threw 3.2 shutout innings in relief at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional against Harvard (May 20)

AS A FRESHMAN (2022)

• Led the Irish pitching staff with a 1.71 ERA
• Threw 90.0 innings as a rookie
• Third Team All-ACC
• ACC All-Freshman Team
• Appeared in 27 games and started 12
• Earned a 10-4 record and led the team with four saves
• Struck out 73 hitters while walking just 18
• Threw six complete games
• Earned her first collegiate win in a 2.0 inning relief appearance against Boston University (Feb. 11)
• Started her first game against Bucknell (Feb. 12) where she threw a 5.0 inning complete game and struck out six
• Struck out a season-best nine in her first seven-inning complete game win over Princeton (Feb. 26)
• Earned her first save after throwing 3.0 shutout innings in the win over George Washington (March 5)
• Struck out seven in a 6.0 inning complete game against Louisville (May 8)
• Started the elimination game against McNeese at the NCAA Evanston Regional (May 21)

Prep

• Two-time New York State Gatorade Player of the Year
• Four-time softball letter winner at Mahopac High
• 2020 LoHud (local newspaper) All-Decade Team
• Struck out 632 hitters during the 2018-19 seasons
• Threw a “perfect” perfect game, striking out 21 of 21 hitters, the first of its kind in New York state history
• Holds multiple New York State Public High School Athletic Association Records
  • Most strikeouts in a season (369 in 2019)
  • Most strikeouts in a game (22 once in each 2019 and 2018)
  • Consecutive shutouts (five in 2020)
• Earned varsity letters in basketball and soccer at Mahopac High
• All-League honors in basketball
• Served on the student-athlete council and volunteered with the Make-A-Wish Foundation
• Member of the Italian National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society (Public Relations Officer), National Honor Society and Mahopac Signature Student group