2024 Softball Roster

Dan Farley
Emily Miller
Dan Farley
Blake Russell

20 Montana Young

  • Ht./Wt. 5-4 /
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Slidell, La.
  • Highschool Northshore HS

Biography


2024 Second-Team All-GSC
GSC Pitcher of the Week (4/30)
3X NFCA Selected Top Performance
2024 GSC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2024 NFCA Scholar Athlete

 
2024 (Sr.): Pitched in 32 games with 26 starts…19-4 record with team-leading 3.60 ERA and 115 strikeouts in 146 innings pitched… threw five shutouts with 14 complete games…Earned GSC Pitcher of the Week Honors on 4/30 after getting two wins with a .75 ERA and 15 strikeouts against the Lee Flames on 4/27-4/28…Pitched two shutouts against Christian Brothers in series win on 3/15-3/16 to earn NFCA Selected Top Performance honor…threw season-hgih nine strikeouts vs Union on 4/5…Surpassed 400 career strikeouts on Senior Day against Lee on 4/28…Currently no. 8 in program history in career strikeouts.

2023 GSC Spring Academic Honor Roll

2023 (Jr.):
Made 33 appearances, collecting 24 starts in the circle... Went 14-9 with a 4.13 ERA in 137.1 innings... Led the pitching staff in wins, complete games (14), shutouts (5), innings pitched, strikeouts (115), opponent batting average (.267) and at-bats against (531)...Ranked ninth in the GSC in innings pitched, sixth in strikeouts, tied for third in shutouts and seventh in wins...Earned back-to-back shutout victories over Embry-Riddle and Flagler (2/11 and 2/18)...Tallied a season-high 10 punch outs in shutout victory over Delta State on March 4...Tossed no-hitter against Spring Hill on March 29, with eight strikeouts...Had 11 appearances with at least five or more strikeouts...Threw complete-game shutout with eight strikeouts and no walks in win over West Georgia on April 6.

2022 Second Team All-Gulf South Conference
2022 Easton NFCA Scholar Athlete
2022 GSC Spring Academic Honor Roll

GSC Pitcher of the Week (3/1)

2022 (So.): Made 14 starts and appeared in 20 games, with a 12-2 record over 92.2 innings... Earned All-GSC second team honors for the first time in her career... Ranked in the top 10 in the GSC in ERA (2.95), opponent batting average (.235), and wins (12)... Set career highs in wins, starts, shutouts, and complete games... Earned GSC Pitcher of the Week honors after throwing a perfect game against Shorter on 2/26, with seven strikeouts... That made her the first Argonaut to throw a solo perfect game since 2006, and it was the first perfect game for UWF since 2015... Ranked third in the GSC in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.64)... Struck out a season-high 8 batters twice -- at Spring Hill on 4/13 in a complete game shutout, and at Lee on 4/30 in a crucial GSC victory.

2021 (Fr.): Made 8 starts in the circle and appeared in 27 games in her freshman season, with a 2.37 ERA over 94.1 innings... Struck out 91 batters and issued just 20 walks, while putting together an 8-5 record... Ranked second in the GSC in saves (3), fourth in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.55), fifth in ERA (2.37), eighth in strikeouts (91), ninth in opponent batting average (.231), 12th in wins (8), and 15th in innings (94.1)... Named GSC Freshman of the Week on 3/23 and 2/3, after facing Christian Brothers and Lubbock Christian, respectively...Also tied UWF's single-season saves record, with 3... Was outstanding in the postseason, with a 0.95 ERA over 14.2 innings of work in the GSC Tournament and NCAA South Regional... Struck out a career-high 8 batters in a relief appearance against West Georgia in the GSC Tournament, while not issuing a walk over 5.2 innings... Earned her first career win against Lubbock Christian (1/30), striking out 4 and allowing just 1 hit over 4.0 innings of relief work in her debut... Earned her first career save at Spring Hill (3/9), with 2.0 innings of scoreless relief... Threw a complete game shutout against Christian Brothers (3/21), with 7 strikeouts and just two hits allowed... Gave a dominant performance against Mississippi College (3/6), throwing a complete game with 5 strikeouts and just five hits allowed over 7 innings.

High School: Two-time First Team All-District at NHS... 2019-20 5-6A District MVP... 2019-20 All-Metro Pitcher of the Year... Two-time All-Metro (2018-19)... 2018 All-State... 2018 St. Tammany Former Pitcher of the Year... Named All-State by both Coaches and Sportswriters in 2019, and earned All-Parish honors... Member of District Championship teams in 2017 and 2020... Posted an 18-4 record with 195 strikeouts and a 0.84 ERA in 2019-20, and a 22-6 record with 194 strikeouts in 178 and a 0.98 ERA in 2017-18.

Personal: Daughter of Robbie and Shelly Young... Has two siblings, Nick and Peyton... Majoring in exercise science... Member of Beta Club, Student Council, and FCA, and was a student ambassador.

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Historical Player Information

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    2021Freshman

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    2022Sophomore

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    2023Junior

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    2024Senior

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