2016 Softball Roster
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Jersey Number 10
Sydnee Eck
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Andale, Kan.
- High School:
- Andale
Bio
2016 (Junior at Creighton)
Made 25 appearances, including 19 starts for the Bluejays ... Led team with 13 victories ... Tallied the third-most strikeouts in the BIG EAST with 169 ... Ranked 13th nationally and set a school-record with 9.17 strikeouts per seven innings ... Now has 282 strikouts in her Creighton career, good enough for ninth in Creighton history ... Recorded 10 or more strikeouts in seven games ... Set a career-high with 14 Ks in eight innings of work against Akron (March 6), the fifth-most in a single game by any pitcher since Brent Vigness took over as coach in 1994 ... Named BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week three consecutive weeks (Feb. 22, Feb. 29, March 7) ... Went 7-1 with a 2.70 ERA in 46.2 innings of work during those three weeks ... Struck out 10 batters and allowed only five hits during a shutout victory at Drake (April 12) ... Finished 8-3 with a 1.66 ERA in 12 appearances (67.2 innings) in neutral site games ... Also recorded seven hits in 31 at-bats as a hitter (.226 batting average) ... Had a career-high two hits against Akron (March 6).
2015 (Sophomore at Creighton)
Appeared in 24 games and made 19 starts in the circle ... Led the team with an 11-10 record and 3.17 ERA ... Recorded a team-high and ranked fifth in the BIG EAST with 113 strikeouts ... Walked only 31 batters in 130.1 innings of work ... Ranked third in the BIG EAST after allowing a .241 batting average against ... Claimed a team-best five shutouts ... Dual-threat finished with a .250 batting average (7-for-28) with two doubles, a home run and four RBIs ... Earned BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week honors after posting a perfect 0.00 ERA in 19 innings of work during the Rebel Spring Games (March 8-13) ... Claimed her first hit with an RBI double against Southern Illinois on March 9 ... Hit her first career home run at Creighton during the Bluejays’ 9-2 win against St. John’s on April 25 ... Also did not allow an earned run in the circle during the same game against the Red Storm ... Struck out a season-high 10 batters against Drake on April 29 ... Concluded the season with a complete-game two-hitter while striking out six during Creighton’s 6-3 win over Providence on May 3.
2014 (Freshman at Butler [Kan.] CC)
Earned a Division I National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) First Team All-America honor … Also claimed the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) Freshman of the Year award along with a First Team All-Conference selection ... With 37 appearances in the circle, Eck boasted a 28-7 record, a 1.55 ERA and 228 strikeouts as a freshman … At the plate, led the Grizzlies with a .435 batting average on 60 hits including 14 homers resulting in 58 RBI ... Posted a 1.55 ERA in the circle to rank No. 29 nationally … Notched 28 wins and 228 strikeouts to rank fifth nationwide … Home run total of 14 ranked No. 38 nationally and slugging percentage of .841 rated No. 22 in the country … Helped lead Butler to its fourth consecutive conference crown, regional title and a fourth straight NJCAA National Tournament bid … Perennial mainstays at the NJCAA Softball Division I Championship Tournaments in recent years, the Grizzlies finished 2014 with a 36-10 overall and a No. 7 ranking in the final NJCAA Division I poll under the direction of head coach Doug Chance … Prior to her arrival in El Dorado, Eck sat out a season and spent a year as a student at Kansas State without playing softball.
Andale High School
Four-year starter for Andale head coach Doris Hein … Three-time All-State and All-League Pitcher in last three seasons … League MVP in final two campaigns … Led team to three straight state titles in Kansas Class 4A in final three years and claimed a state runner-up finish during freshman campaign … Picked up four regional championships along the way … A dual threat, she holds state of Kansas record season home run mark at the plate as well as state strikeout mark in a game from the circle … Three All-Metro selections from Wichita Eagle … As a senior posted a record of 17-0 while striking out 203 batters in 103.3 innings pitched … Hit .474 with 14 home runs … In the classroom earned honor roll stats each year … Member of National Honor Society and Kansas Honor Society … Volunteered with Ronald McDonald House, Habitat for Humanity and at various softball camps.
Personal
The daughter of Kim and Doug Eck … Has six siblings including two brothers: Levi and Owen; and four sisters: Chelsee Cox, Kasidee, Ellee and Lainee … Exercise science major.
Made 25 appearances, including 19 starts for the Bluejays ... Led team with 13 victories ... Tallied the third-most strikeouts in the BIG EAST with 169 ... Ranked 13th nationally and set a school-record with 9.17 strikeouts per seven innings ... Now has 282 strikouts in her Creighton career, good enough for ninth in Creighton history ... Recorded 10 or more strikeouts in seven games ... Set a career-high with 14 Ks in eight innings of work against Akron (March 6), the fifth-most in a single game by any pitcher since Brent Vigness took over as coach in 1994 ... Named BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week three consecutive weeks (Feb. 22, Feb. 29, March 7) ... Went 7-1 with a 2.70 ERA in 46.2 innings of work during those three weeks ... Struck out 10 batters and allowed only five hits during a shutout victory at Drake (April 12) ... Finished 8-3 with a 1.66 ERA in 12 appearances (67.2 innings) in neutral site games ... Also recorded seven hits in 31 at-bats as a hitter (.226 batting average) ... Had a career-high two hits against Akron (March 6).
2015 (Sophomore at Creighton)
Appeared in 24 games and made 19 starts in the circle ... Led the team with an 11-10 record and 3.17 ERA ... Recorded a team-high and ranked fifth in the BIG EAST with 113 strikeouts ... Walked only 31 batters in 130.1 innings of work ... Ranked third in the BIG EAST after allowing a .241 batting average against ... Claimed a team-best five shutouts ... Dual-threat finished with a .250 batting average (7-for-28) with two doubles, a home run and four RBIs ... Earned BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week honors after posting a perfect 0.00 ERA in 19 innings of work during the Rebel Spring Games (March 8-13) ... Claimed her first hit with an RBI double against Southern Illinois on March 9 ... Hit her first career home run at Creighton during the Bluejays’ 9-2 win against St. John’s on April 25 ... Also did not allow an earned run in the circle during the same game against the Red Storm ... Struck out a season-high 10 batters against Drake on April 29 ... Concluded the season with a complete-game two-hitter while striking out six during Creighton’s 6-3 win over Providence on May 3.
2014 (Freshman at Butler [Kan.] CC)
Earned a Division I National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) First Team All-America honor … Also claimed the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) Freshman of the Year award along with a First Team All-Conference selection ... With 37 appearances in the circle, Eck boasted a 28-7 record, a 1.55 ERA and 228 strikeouts as a freshman … At the plate, led the Grizzlies with a .435 batting average on 60 hits including 14 homers resulting in 58 RBI ... Posted a 1.55 ERA in the circle to rank No. 29 nationally … Notched 28 wins and 228 strikeouts to rank fifth nationwide … Home run total of 14 ranked No. 38 nationally and slugging percentage of .841 rated No. 22 in the country … Helped lead Butler to its fourth consecutive conference crown, regional title and a fourth straight NJCAA National Tournament bid … Perennial mainstays at the NJCAA Softball Division I Championship Tournaments in recent years, the Grizzlies finished 2014 with a 36-10 overall and a No. 7 ranking in the final NJCAA Division I poll under the direction of head coach Doug Chance … Prior to her arrival in El Dorado, Eck sat out a season and spent a year as a student at Kansas State without playing softball.
Andale High School
Four-year starter for Andale head coach Doris Hein … Three-time All-State and All-League Pitcher in last three seasons … League MVP in final two campaigns … Led team to three straight state titles in Kansas Class 4A in final three years and claimed a state runner-up finish during freshman campaign … Picked up four regional championships along the way … A dual threat, she holds state of Kansas record season home run mark at the plate as well as state strikeout mark in a game from the circle … Three All-Metro selections from Wichita Eagle … As a senior posted a record of 17-0 while striking out 203 batters in 103.3 innings pitched … Hit .474 with 14 home runs … In the classroom earned honor roll stats each year … Member of National Honor Society and Kansas Honor Society … Volunteered with Ronald McDonald House, Habitat for Humanity and at various softball camps.
Personal
The daughter of Kim and Doug Eck … Has six siblings including two brothers: Levi and Owen; and four sisters: Chelsee Cox, Kasidee, Ellee and Lainee … Exercise science major.
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