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2021 Softball Roster

Ava Tillmann
Autumn Gillespie, Ava Tillmann
Ava Tillmann
Ava Tillmann
Ava Tillmann
Ava Tillmann, Ally Mena
Ava Tillmann
Ava Tillmann
Ava Tillmann
Autumn Gillespie, Ava Tillmann
Ava Tillmann
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Ava Tillmann

  • Class:
    Senior*
  • Position:
    RHP
  • Bats/Throws:
    R/R
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Experience:
    3L
  • Hometown:
    Cedartown, Ga.
  • High School:
    Cedartown
  • Major:
    Sport & Recreation Administration

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2019 SEC Spring Honor Roll
• 2019 NFCA Easton Scholar Athlete
 
• 2018 SEC First Year Honor Roll
• 2018 NFCA Easton Scholar Athlete

2021 (SENIOR): Made 28 appearances in the circle with 12 starts … Posted a 9-4 record with one complete game shutout … Registered a 2.83 ERA over 89.0 innings … Tallied 59 strikeouts to 24 walks … Ran a streak of six straight decisions with a win … Pitched a one-hit shutout over 5.0 innings against Sam Houston (2/27) … Struck out seven over 4.0 frames against Samford (3/5), allowing one hit … Followed with a one-hit showing against North Dakota State, striking out three in three complete innings … Allowed one unearned run over 6.0 innings against Texas A&M (4/17), fanning six … Pitched eight shutout innings against UCF (5/1), striking out five and scattering seven hits.

2020 (JUNIOR): Season cut short due to the spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19 ... Made a team-high 15 appearances in the circle, including four starts … Posted a 2.54 ERA in 30.1 total innings … Garnered a 3-3 record … Added a pair of saves … Racked up 23 strikeouts … Delivered a one-hit shutout against Jackson State (2/28) … Struck out five batters in 2.2 innings in a rematch with the Lady Tigers (2/29) … Picked up a save against California Baptist (3/1), pitching 1.2 scoreless frames … Tossed 2.0 scoreless innings of relief at Missouri (3/8), surrendering a single hit.

2019 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 24 games in the circle, making 11 starts ... Posted an 8-2 record with a 1.99 ERA ... Logged 74.0 innings on the rubber, racking up 43 strikeouts with 17 walks ... Garnered the win in each of her last seven decisions, not receiving a loss after February 17 ... Allowed one unearned run on two hits in a complete game effort against Sam Houston State (2/23) ... Surrendered no runs and just one hit in five complete innings against Memphis (3/13), picking up five strikeouts ... Threw six frames against UAB (4/10), allowing two unearned runs on four hits.

2018 (FRESHMAN): Established herself as one of the Rebels' top pitching options midway through the season ... Appeared in 24 games, making seven starts in the circle ... Of her seven starts, four were complete game efforts ... Finished with a 4-4 record in 64.2 innings of work ... Struck out 30 batters on the season, compared to 21 walks ... In her first-ever start, threw a complete game shutout over South Carolina, allowing just a pair of hits and striking out six Gamecocks ... Allowed just one run in seven innings at Southern Miss, racking up five strikeouts while surrendering four hits ... Surrendered a single run in six innings at LSU, allowing just three hits in the game  ... Named to the SEC First Year Honor Roll ... Bestowed with NFCA Easton Scholar Athlete honors.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Cedartown High School in Cedartown, Georgia ... An all-state honore as a senior and junior ... Tabbed the Georgia Region 7AAA Player and Offensive Player of the Year in 2014 ... Named the Georgia Region 7AAAA Player of the year in 2013 ... Selected first team all-region and First Team Rome News Tribune All-Area all four years ... hols the CHS career strikeouts record with 817 ... During her career, posted a .185 opponent batting average with a 1.61 ERA ... Also batted .394 for her career with 12 home runs, five triples, 37 doubles and 88 RBIs ... As a senior, threw 135.2 innings with a 1.29 ERA, 172 strikeouts and just 25 walks ... hit .403 as a senior with five home runs, 11 doubles and 25 RBIs ... Pitched 196 innings as a junior with a 1.54 ERA and 203 strikeouts, batting .410 with five homers, seven doubles and 30 RBIs ... As a sophomore, pitched 217 innings, posting a 1.45 ERA with 237 strikeouts ... Registered a .402 batting average as a sophomore with 18 doubles and 25 RBIs ... Tossed 189 innings during freshman season, recording a 2.15 ERA with 205 strikeouts ... Also batted .360 as a freshman with eight runs batted in ... also competed in basketball and track.

PERSONAL: Full name is Ava Layne Tillmann ... Born September 28, 1998 ... Daughter of Wayne and Lynn Tillmann ... Has one sister, Amy.