Maryssa Becker

Photo by: Jordan Alves

Class:
Senior
High School:
North Medford
Hometown:
Medford, Ore.

• 2016 ACC Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 2017 All-ACC Second Team Selection
• Two-Time All-ACC First Team Selection (2015 and 2016)
• 2016 ACC Softball Championship All-Tournament Selection
• 2015 NFCA All-Southeast Region Third Team Selection
• 2014 NFCA All-Central Region Second Team Selection
• 2014 American Athletic Conference Second Team Selection
• Top 25 Finalist for NFCA Freshman of the Year (2014)

As a senior (2017): Named to the 2017 All-ACC Second Team... Started every game at pitcher, designated player or first base... Posted a career-high 22 wins in the circle... Carried a 2.53 ERA with 163 strikeouts in 205.0 innings of work... Second on the team with a .366 batting average and 33 RBIs... Led the team with 13 doubles... Stood third on the team with 25 runs... Tied a career high with three hits and drove in three in the 7-0 win at NC State (5/7)... Tied a career high with three hits in the 4-3 win at NC State (5/6)... Drove in a run and scored a run in the series-opening 7-5 win at NC State (5/5)... Had two hits and drove in the winning runs in both the 7-5 win and the 11-3 wins over Virginia (4/28 & 4/29)... Tied the school record for career saves with 12 in the 5-2 win over Pitt (3/18)... Struck out a season-high 10 batters in the 1-0 win over Bowling Green... Hit a two-run homer on the 9-1 win over Purdue (2/18)... Hit her second career grand slam and a three-run homer to produce a school-record eight RBIs in the 13-2 win over CSU Bakersfield (2/10)... Tossed a two-hit complete game shutout in the 1-0 win against Indiana State (2/12)... Ranked ninth on Louisville’s list for career home runs with 26... Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 honors... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

• Finished her career ranked among Louisville’s top 10 in several career categories including: strikeouts (2nd/626), appearances (2nd/162), games started (3rd/105), innings pitched (wins (3rd/69), innings pitched (3rd/725.1), shutouts (6th/17), ERA (8th/2.27),

As a junior (2016): Named to All-ACC first team... Team co-captain… Led the team with a .411 batting average which stands fourth on Louisville’s all-time single season list… Led the team and set a school record for single season RBIs (60)… Posted a team-best 14 doubles, .702 slugging percentage and .531 on-base percentage - which stands second on Louisville’s single-season list… Reached via a hit or walk in all but two of Louisville’s games… Led team with 16 multi-RBI games and 15 multi-hit games… Hit a solo home run in the 4-0 win at No. 5 Florida State (5/7)… Went 2 for 5 with two RBIs in the 8-3 win at No. 18/19 Notre Dame (5/1)… Tossed a complete-game shutout in the 4-0 win over Syracuse (4/23)… Tied her career high with 11 strikeouts in the 9-0 win over N.C. Central (4/16)…Tossed a complete-game one-hitter in the 8-0 win over N.C. Central (4/17)… Went 2 for 2 with a home run and a double in the 12-3 win over Virginia Tech (4/9)… Went 3 for 4 with a home run and two doubles while driving in four in the 9-5 win over North Carolina (4/2)… Notched her third shutout of the season and struck out five in the 12-0 win over WKU (3/30)… ACC Co-Pitcher of the Week (March 21)… College Softball Madness ACC Pitcher of the Week (March 22)… Went 1 for 2 with three runs and five RBIs with the help of her first career grand slam in the 19-3 win over NC State (3/26)… Tossed a complete game one-hit shutout in the 2-0 win over Virginia (3/18)… Went 3 for 4 with two home runs and a career-high six RBIs in the 12-3 win over Georgia Tech (3/5) - and got the win in the circle… Posted a career-high 11 strikeouts against Cleveland State (2/27) and against Georgia Tech (3/6)… Went 2 for 2 with a home run, a double and three RBI in the 7-1 win over Wisconsin (2/19)… Drove in three runs in the 5-0 win over Wisconsin (2/20)… Went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and a run in the 7-2 win over Iowa (2/13)… Named to College Sports Madness Preseason All-ACC team… Named to ACC All-Academic Team and ACC Academic honor roll… Named to the Athletic Director’s honor roll in the fall and spring.

As a sophomore (2015): Named to All-ACC first team... Started 48 games at pitcher, designated player or first base... Carried a team-best 14-9 record and 2.12 ERA in the circle... Led team with nine home runs and 39 RBIs, and a .604 slugging percentage... Connected on 12 doubles... Hit two homers in the 12-0 win over Pitt (5/2)... Tossed a complete-game one-hit shutout in the 1-0 win over Western Kentucky (4/29)... Registered a complete-game shutout in the 1-0 win over Boston College (4/24) also drove in the only run of the game with an RBI single... ... Notched a complete game, one-hit shutout in the 8-0 win over No. 17/19 Kentucky - helped her cause with a two-run homer and three RBIs in the game... Got the complete game shutout in the 1-0 upset of No 8/10 Florida State (4/11)... Registered a career-high 10 strikeouts en route to a complete game shutout in the 5-0 win over DePaul (April 8)... ACC Pitcher of the Week (4/13)... Named College Sports Madness ACC and National Player of the Week (March 23)... Went 2 for 4 with a home run and four RBIs in the 9-7 win at Ohio State... Named College Sports Madness Player of the Week for the ACC (3/3)... Went 3 for 3 with a home run, a double, five RBIs in the 15-2 win over Georgia Tech (3/1)... Went 2 for 3 with two doubles and a run in the 6-4 win over UC Davis (2/6)... Selected to the ACC All-Academic team… Named to Athletic Director’s honor roll in the fall and spring.

As a freshman (2014): Became only the second freshman in UofL history- the first since 2000 - to earn NFCA all-region honors... Led the pitching staff with a 13-7 record, a 2.13 ERA and 147 strikeouts in 144.1 innings… Led the conference and was 12th in the nation with four saves… Fourth on the team with a .310 batting average… Scored 22 runs and drove in 25… Two-time AAC Pitcher of the Week… Registered her first career no-hitter in the 3-0 win at Western Kentucky… Retired all 20 batters she faced in relief against Wisconsin… Hit her first career home run in the 13-1 win over IUPUI, also notched first career win in that game… Got her first start in the circle in the 5-4 win over Ohio State… Registered her first career hit - a two-run single – in the 7-0 win over St. John’s… Struck out a career-high nine batters in the 5-2 loss to Illinois State… Named to the Athletic Director’s honor roll in the fall and spring… Named to the Dean’s List in the fall… Earned American Athletic Conference all-academic team honors.

High School/Travel: Lettered four years in Softball for Coach Mike Mayben… Lead her team to back to back Oregon High School State 6A Championships in 2012 and 2013… Two-time Oregon Gatorade Softball Player of the Year…Two-time Oregon Sports Award Prep Softball Player of the Year… Two-time 6A State Pitcher of the Year…Two-time first team all-state selection… Two-time 6A State Championship player of the game… Three-time first team All-Conference…Three-time Conference Pitcher of the Year… Set 13 individual season or career records (pitching and hitting) for one of the most dominate softball programs in Oregon High School history. Played travel ball for Coach Wayne Miller of the Washington Ladyhawks… Also lettered three years in basketball for Coach Tim Karrick… In addition to her softball accolades, she was also a three-time all-conference selection in basketball… Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Full name is Maryssa Leighanne Becker... Nickname is Ryss... Daughter of Ron and Carrie Becker…Birthdate is February 4, 1995…Major is chemistry with a minor in Spanish… Post college ambition is to go to physical therapy school… Wears No. 21 because it was her grandpa’s lucky number, it’s also the total amount of strikeouts you could have in a perfect game… Greatest challenge she’s had to overcome has been going to school 2,300 miles away from her family… Greatest accomplishment has been being able to succeed in both softball and school at the highest collegiate level... Hobbies include cooking, camping and fishing.