Shelby Babcock

Shelby Jean Babcock (born February 26, 1992) is an American, former collegiate right-handed softball pitcher originally from Broomfield, Colorado. She attended Legacy High School.[2][3] She attended the University of Arizona, where she was a starting pitcher for the Arizona Wildcats softball team from 2011-2014.[4][5][6] Babcock currently teaches pitching in Colorado.

Shelby Babcock
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1992-02-26) February 26, 1992[1]
Broomfield, Colorado
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Sport
CountryUSA
SportSoftball
College teamArizona Wildcats

Arizona Wildcats

Babcock debuted on February 11, 2011 against the Utah Utes, tossing 5 innings with three strikeouts for a victory.[7] As a sophomore, she set career season bests in nearly every category: wins, strikeouts, shutouts, innings pitched, ERA and WHIP. Babcock opened the 2012 season by beating the McNeese State Cowgirls on February 9 with a career high 9 strikeouts in regulation.[8] On March 3, Babcock no-hit the Charleston Cougars with 6 strikeouts in a run-rule victory.[9] Finally on April 14, Babcock defeated the No. 1 California Golden Bears with a 6 strikeout, three-hitter.[10] In 2013, the junior went 10 innings to best the UCLA Bruins and set a career best with 10 strikeouts on April 18.[11] For her final year in 2014, Babcock pitched in limited appearances but set a career best in strikeout ratio (6.3). She suffered her only loss that year in her final appearance in the NCAA Super Regional for the Wildcats. She tossed 6 innings and struck out 5 against the ULL Ragin' Cajuns on May 24.[12]

Statistics

University of Arizona Wildcats
YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2011 14 8 38 26 13 3 0 170.2 179 108 97 129 117 3.99 1.81
2012 20 10 39 31 23 7 1 197.0 179 89 85 100 164 3.02 1.41
2013 16 12 36 25 13 1 1 171.1 189 121 95 100 132 3.88 1.69
2014 6 1 23 10 3 1 2 62.0 74 49 48 45 56 5.42 1.92
TOTALS 56 31 136 92 52 12 4 601.0 621 367 325 374 469 3.78 1.65

References
  1. "Arizona Softball: Babcock's birthday present: a shutout". Arizona Daily Star. February 27, 2012. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  2. Parish, Christopher (September 9, 2009). "Babcock and Torrez leaving behind a legacy". ESPN. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  3. "Legacy's Babcock named top softball player in Colorado". The Denver Post. June 12, 2009. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  4. Gold, Jon (May 21, 2014). "Don't worry: New attitude becomes UA pitcher Babcock's best change-up". Arizona Daily Star. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  5. Finley, Patrick (May 25, 2012). "Cats hope 'that brightness' continues for Babcock". Arizona Daily Star. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  6. Yunt, Jon E. (March 31, 2014). "Babcock adjusting to new role with Arizona". Broomfield Enterprise. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  7. "Arizona vs Utah (Feb 11, 2011)". Utahutes.com. 2011-02-11. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  8. "McNeese vs. #8 Arizona" (PDF). Mcneesesports.com. 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  9. "Coll. of Charleston at #15 Arizona". Cofcsports.com. 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  10. "#13 Arizona at #1 California". Calbears.com. 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  11. "#18 UCLA at #22 Arizona". Uclabruins.com. 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  12. "# 11 Louisiana (49-8-1) -vs- # 10 Arizona (44-16)". Rajincajuns.com. 2014-05-24. Retrieved 2020-04-10.


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