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2019 Softball Roster

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11 Alexa Pinarski

  • Position Pitcher
  • B/T R/R
  • Height 5-10
  • Class First Year
  • School CC
  • Hometown Dyer, Ind.
  • Highschool Lake Central

Biography

Honors & Awards: 
- 2019 First Team All-Ivy League
- 2019 NFCA Scholar-Athlete
- Ivy League Pitcher of the Week (April 29, 2019)
- Two-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week (2019) 

2019: First Team All-Ivy League … First Columbia rookie to earn First Team All-Ivy League honors since Hall of Fame pitcher Jackie Adelfio ‘06SEAS in 2003 … NFCA Scholar-Athlete … Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week twice and Pitcher of the Week once … Posted a record of 13-11 with a 4.10 ERA and three shutouts and 10 complete games in 121.1 innings pitched … Recorded the second-most wins by a first-year pitcher in program history … Ranked No. 2 in the Ivy League in wins, No. 3 in innings pitched and No. 4 in complete games … Struck out 46 batters to rank 11th in the league … Was an impressive 9-4 in Ivy League play with a 2.48 ERA, eight complete games and all three of her shutouts … Let all competitors in Ivy League shutouts … Made 28 appearances and 22 starts … Made her collegiate debut at FIU (Feb. 22) … Made her first start against Monmouth and picked up a complete-game win, striking out three (Feb. 23) ... Earned wins in back-to-back outings against Lafayette (March 16) and Quinnipiac (March 17) … Allowed just one run on three hits in a six-inning complete-game victory in her Ivy League debut against Dartmouth (March 24) … Tossed a one-run complete-game victory at Princeton, allowing just three hits and striking out a season-high four (March 30) … Earned wins in four consecutive outings (March 30 – April 6) … Tossed a six-inning complete-game shutout against Cornell, striking out three and allowing just four hits on 74 pitches (April 14) … Shut out Brown on three hits with three strikeouts in a 5-0 Columbia victory (May 4).

Prior to Columbia: Four-year letterwinner at Lake Central High School in Dyer, Indiana, approximately 30 miles south of Chicago ... Led Lake Central to a combined 103-27-1 record over four years ... Led Lake Central to two runner-up finishes at the Indiana State Championship Tournament (2015, 2018) ... Boasted a 22-3 record with a 1.03 ERA and 143 strikeouts in 156.2 innings pitched in 2018 ... Finalist of the Indiana Miss Softball Award ... Indiana North/South All-Star ... Named Softball Player of the Year by The Times of Northwest Indiana and Post-Tribune ... A first team all-state and two-time first team all-conference selection ... Earned academic all-state and academic all-conference honors in 2018 ... Four-time Scholar Athlete and member of the National Honor Society ... Graduated Lake Central summa cum laude.

Personal: Born September 26, 1999 in Hammond, Indiana ... Daughter of Geri and Tony Pinarski ... Aunt, Annmarie Pinarski, ran track at Detroit Mercy (1985-89) ... Cousin, Andrea Pinarski, played softball at Dominican University (2009-13) ... Cousins, Stephen Pinarski (2014-18) and Michael Pinarski (2017-present), played baseball at Manchester University ... Cousin, Samantha, is an incoming freshman in women's basketball at Dominican University ... Intends to major in psychology with future plans of working in marketing.

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