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2024 Softball Roster

Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
Elizabeth Randolph
Elizabeth Randolph
Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
Preston Leinenbach, USI Athletic Communications
Hailey Gotshall Head Shot

20 Hailey Gotshall

  • Position
    Pitcher/Infielder
  • Height
    5-7
  • Bat/Throw
    R/R
  • Class
    Junior
  • Hometown
    Lucerne, IN
  • Major
    Political Science (Government Law)

Biography

2023: Played in 36 games, making 28 starts primarily at third base...batted .235 with 20 hits in 85 at-bats...collected four doubles, one home run, nine RBIs...scored five runs...had five multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games...hit a two-run home run on March 25 against Southeast Missouri State...had two RBIs in USI's back-and-forth, extra-inning win on April 7 against Eastern Illinois...recorded two hits in three straight games between May 6 and May 10 against Tennessee Tech and Tennessee State...also made 15 appearances and 10 starts in the pitching circle, going 4-5 with a 4.28 ERA...posted 28 strikeouts in 55.2 innings...pitched a season-long 6.1 innings twice against North Alabama on February 25 and April 23 against Tennessee State...closed out USI's first-ever OVC Tournament win on May 10 against Tennessee State, pitching the last inning...named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll...received OVC Medal of Honor.

2022: Garnered Academic All-GLVC after playing in 29 games, starting in 11…made 20 appearances and 10 starts in the circle, going 8-1 with three complete games…threw 68 2/3 innings with a 2.96 ERA and 1.69 WHIP…recorded 38 strikeouts and holding her opponent’s batting average to .287…batted .357 with 15 hits, 14 RBI, and seven runs in 42 plate appearances…had an OPS of 1.094 and .690 slugging percentage…had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with 14 chances…made a big impact in the Midwest Regional elimination round versus Lindenwood, pitching two innings and giving up just one hit and one walk.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Pioneer High School in Royal Center, Indiana, where she was a three-time first-team All-State honoree and a member of two state championship teams as well as a state finalist team during her prep career...helped lead PHS to the 2021 IHSAA Class 2A title after helping her team to the 2018 IHSAA Class A title as a freshman in 2018...also helped her squad to the 2019 IHSAA Class A runner-up...was the winning pitcher in both state title wins, giving up just three hits and an unearned run in the 2018 state title game before scattering a pair of runs and seven hits in a complete-game victory in the 2021 title game...ended her career with a 70-6 record, 1.22 ERA and 700 strikeouts inside the circle...was 20-2 with a 1.10 ERA and 231 strikeouts in 2021, 20-2 with a 1.58 ERA and 190 strikeouts in 2019, and 30-2 with 1.08 ERA and 279 strikeouts in 2018...PHS was a combined 98-8 during her three-year career...she aided her squad at the plate, hitting a combined .609 with  with 83 career doubles, eight triples, 42 home runs, 191 runs and 198 RBI...also was a combined 15-of-16 in stolen base attempts...hit .591 with 22 doubles, four triples, 19 home runs, 70 runs and 72 RBI as a senior...hit .617 with 32 doubles, a triple, six home runs and 51 RBI as a freshman before hitting .621 with 29 doubles, three triples, 17 home runs and 75 RBI as a sophomore in 2019...was the Hoosier North Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 2018 and 2021 as well as the NHAC co-Player of the Year in 2019...also was the Loganland Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019...PHS became the first school in IHSAA history to win a state title in volleyball, girl's basketball and softball in the same academic year after the Panthers claimed all three crowns in 2020-21.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Richard and Traci Gotshall.

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2022Freshman

    Pitcher
    5'7"
    20
  • 20

    2023Sophomore

    Pitcher
    5'7"
    20
  • 20

    2024Junior

    Pitcher/Infielder
    5'7"
    20