2024 Softball Roster
Roster
Jena Lawrence
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Albia, Iowa
- High School:
- Albia HS
- Deals:
2023 (Junior at Creighton)
Appeared in 19 games, making two starts during her junior year with the Bluejays ... Tallied a pair of victories and a team-high tying two saves while posting a 4.80 ERA ... Logged 54.0 innings of work, striking out 33 batter ... Made debut and did not allow an earned run in 1.2 innings of work against Eastern Kentucky (Feb. 12) ... Tossed three scoreless innings of relief against Coastal Carolina on March 5 ... Allowed just one hit in 1.2 scoreless innings in a 14-3 win at DePaul on April 7 ... Made her first start and earned her first win of the season at South Dakota (April 25), fanning a career-high eight batters in a complete game effort ... Followed that performance by earning the first save of her career after allowing just one run in 2.2 innings of work in the second game of a doubleheader at South Dakota on April 25 ... Fired three scoreless frames and struck out four to earned her second career save in a win at Providence on April 29 ... Closed the season by striking out four while allowing just one run on three hits in four frames of a 7-5 win over St. John’s on May 6 ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
2022 (Sophomore at Creighton)
Made 14 appearances, including four starts in the circle for the Bluejays ... Totaled 31.2 innings of work with 22 strikeouts ... Tossed complete-game and struck out a season-high five batters on a season-high 111 pitches against Ohio (Feb. 19) for her first win of the season ... Pitched 1.2 innings and struck out three against Lamar (Feb. 18) ... Struck out four and allowed just three runs in 4.1 innings of work against Butler on April 23 ... Worked 2.0 scoreless innings with three strikeouts against DePaul on May 1 ... NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
2021 (Freshman at Creighton)
Appeared in 11 games, including four starts, as part of the Bluejay pitching staff ... Logged 32 innings of work with a 4.16 ERA and 20 strikeouts ... Tallied three victories ... Made collegiate debut as a reliever and worked one inning during season-opener at Wichita State (Feb. 27) ... Pitched during all three games of opening-weekend series against Shockers and posted 3.2 innings of work ... Made first career start on March 6 against Northern Kentucky during the Saluki Invitational ... Pitched 6.1 innings and allowed one earned run against NKU ... Started once during BIG EAST play (April 11, St. John’s) ... Recorded complete-game victory on April 14 at home against Omaha ... Allowed five hits, two earned runs and struck out four, while walking two during 4-2 win against Mavericks.
Albia High School
Helped lead Albia to four consecutive Iowa Class 3A State Tournament appearances, including the 2020 state championship, the school’s first state title in any sport ... Earned 2020 All-Tournament Team captain status after allowing only three hits and hitting the game-winning home run in the 1-0 title game victory against Willamsburg ... Ended senior season with 0.91 ERA and 182 strikeouts in 130.1 innings pitched ... Led state of Iowa with 20 wins (20-0) ... Also paced team with .426 batting average and 20 RBIs
... Received recognition as a 2020 Iowa Girls’ Coaches’ Association (IGCA) Senior All Star Softball recognition ... Two-time IGCA 3A All-State First Team selection ... Earned title of 2020 Ottumwa Courier Softball Player of the Year ... Totaled 941 strikeouts and 101 wins during five seasons of varsity softball for Albia ...Compiled a 2.49 ERA with 132 strikeouts in 140 2/3 innings pitched during her junior season .. Also hit .485 with 13 doubles, three homers and 41 RBIs in 2019 ... Ranked fourth in Class 3A with 207 strikeouts in 164 innings and posted a 0.85 ERA as a sophomore in 2018 ... Played at the club level for the Southeast Iowa All Stars and Iowa Premier ... IGHAU Hall of Fame 100 Game Winner.
Personal
Daughter of Mike and Tonya ... Has two sisters, Ariel and Macy ... Majoring in Human Resourse Management and Marketing.
