2023 (Junior): Appeared in 34 games, including 30 starts in the circle … threw first career no-hitter versus Providence (3/7) … led team in wins (18), ERA (2.70), shutouts (8), strikeouts (188) … posted program single season Top 10’s for shutouts (third), wins (sixth), strikeouts (ninth) … became first Gov to receive an ASUN Conference weekly accolade earning the league’s Pitcher of the Week honor (3/27) … became sixth pitcher in program history to reach 300 career strikeouts while strikeout out a career single-game high 13 versus Queens (3/25).
2022 (Sophomore): Appeared in 33 games, including 14 starts in the circle … selected to All-OVC Second Team for the second time in her career … named OVC Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 14) … became the first pitcher since 2019 to throw a complete-game shutout in team’s season opener (14-0 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne, 2/11) … struck out a career single-game high 10 batters vs. Morehead State (3/27) … pitched a career long eight-inning complete-game victory vs. Murray State (4/27) … pitched a two-hit 2-1 victory vs. Collage of Charleston (2/12) … picked up a save vs. Eastern Illinois (4/23) … became the 12th pitcher in program history to record 200 career strikeouts, with milestone strikeout coming vs. SIUE (5/11).
2021 (Freshman): Appeared in 19 games, including 13 starts in the circle … OVC Freshman of the Year, All-OVC Second Team, All-OVC Newcomers Team … tied APSU single-season record for shutouts by freshman (3), including back-to-back shutouts vs. Belmont (3/27-28) … eight strikeouts in first career start was the most by Govs freshman pitcher since 2004 … led team in ERA 2.03, complete games (9), strikeouts (80) … tied for second on team in wins (8) … recorded a save vs. Tennessee State (4/18) … recorded a single-season high nine strikeouts three times, Murray State (3/24), Belmont (3/27), Jacksonville State (4/11) … ranked 92nd in NCAA Division I in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.81), 93rd in ERA (2.03) and 95th in hits per seven innings (5.33).
High School: Pitched for coach Rob Davis at Pendleton Heights High School … as a junior, posted an 18-4 record, with six saves for the Arabians including a 0.85 ERA and a school single-season record 243 strikeouts in 140.2 innings pitched, holding opposing hitters to a .122 batting average … named first-team Class 4A All-State, Madison County Pitcher of the Year, Madison County First-Team All-Area, IndyStar Super Team selection and Team MVP … as a sophomore, named first-team all-conference and to the Madison County All-Area Team … also played volleyball.
Personal: Daughter of Bruce and Renee Benefiel … has an older brother, Shane, and an older sister, Bailey, who played college softball at Jefferson College, Indiana State and Purdue Fort Wayne … birthday is May 27 … majoring in marketing.
