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Butler University Athletics

2018 Softball Roster

Brent Smith
Brent Smith
Brent Smith
Brent Smith
Jimmy Lafakis
Brent Smith
Brent Smith
Jimmy Lafakis

16 Alyssa Lach

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Algonquin, Ill.
  • Highschool Jacobs

Biography

*2018 All-BIG EAST First Team
*2015 All-BIG EAST Second Team

2018: Team captain...voted to the All-BIG EAST First Team by the conference's head coaches...named to the five-member BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on May 7 after going 6-for-10 in a series at St. John's, which included a home run in her final collegiate at-bat...toughest batter to strike out in the BIG EAST, fanning only once every 20.7 at-bats...started all 48 games for the Bulldogs...her .303 batting average was second on the team...average improved to .386 in the team's 18 BIG EAST games...her average in BIG EAST contests was eighth in the conference...had 44 hits on the season, including three home runs and five doubles...her 23 RBIs were second on the team...scored 25 runs...drew 15 walks and was hit by seven pitches...posted a slugging percentage of .400 and an on-base percentage of .393...had five sacrifice bunts...stole one base...had a fielding percentage of .962...had 12 multi-hit games and two games with multiple RBIs...went 3-for-3 with three runs scored at St. John's May 5.

2017: Started in 51 of the team's 52 games...hit .242, including eight multi-hit games...her 32 hits included seven doubles, one triple and one home run...scored 17 runs...batted in 21 runs, which was fourth on the team...11 walks and 10 hit by pitches contributed to an on-base percentage of .342...committed only six errors on the season...had a home run April 22 at Creighton...went 2-of-3 with three RBIs against Villanova April 2.

2016:  Starter in all 52 games...batted .262 on the season...had nine doubles, three home runs and 25 RBI on the season...drew 10 walks and was hit by 11 pitches to post an on-base percentage of .349...had multiple hits in six games.

2015:  Starter in all 51 games...finished fifth on the team in hitting with a .273 batting average...third on the team in on-base percentage (.391) and fourth in slugging percentage (.448)...led the BIG EAST and set a Butler single season record in number of time hit by pitch (14)...had 10 doubles, five home runs and 23 runs batted in...led the Bulldogs with 98 assists and posted a .981 fielding percentage...recorded eight multiple-hit games and seven multiple-RBI contests...had a season-high three hits in three at bats against both Providence and Georgetown...named BIG EAST Player of the Week after batting .692 with three doubles and seven RBIs in a five-game stretch in mid-April...drove in five runs with a home run and a double in a victory over Eastern Illinois...had five hits in Butler's three-game sweep of Georgetown.

High School: Four-year all-conference and all-area infielder at Harry D. Jacobs High School…named ICA first team all-state and Northwest Herald Player of the Year in 2014…three time softball team MVP…Jacobs Female Athlete of the Year as a senior...earned four varsity softball letters and two varsity basketball letters…two-year softball captain and a one-year basketball captain…set school records for home runs in a season (14), doubles in a season (17), RBIs in a season (47), career home runs (30), career doubles (52), career hits (214), and career RBIs (151)…batted .546 as a senior, .543 as a junior, .424 as a sophomore, and .472 as a freshman…member of National Honor Society.

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2015Freshman

    INF
    16
  • 16

    2016Sophomore

    IF
    5'3"
    16
  • 16

    2017Junior

    IF
    5'3"
    16
  • 16

    2018Senior

    IF
    5'3"
    16
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