The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2019 Softball Roster
Roster
Miranda Elish
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Crown Point
- Prev School:
- The University of Oregon
- Hometown:
- Crown Point, Ind.
- Major:
- Physical Culture & Sports
HONORS & AWARDS
• 2018, 2019 & 2020 Top 50 Preseason Watch List for USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year
• 2018 Top 25 Finalist for USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year
• 2019 Softball America All-American (Honorable Mention)
• 2018 NFCA Second Team All-American & 2019 NFCA Third Team All-American
• 2018 NFCA First Team All-Pacific Region & 2019 NFCA First Team All-Central Region
• 2019 First Team All-Big 12 Conference
• 2018 First Team All-Pac-12 Conference
• 2017 Pac-12 Conference All-Freshman
• 2017 NCAA Eugene Regional All-Tournament Team
• NFCA National Pitcher of the Week (March 26, 2019)
• Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week (March 26 & April 9, 2019)
AS A JUNIOR (2019)
Earned NFCA Third-Team All-American, Softball America Honorable Mention All-American, NFCA First-Team All-Central Region and All-Big 12 Conference First Team selections after going 18-10 with a 1.81 ERA over 37 appearances with 29 starts, 20 complete games, 11 solo shutouts and 226 strikeouts over a team-high 185.1 innings pitched ... Was also a double threat at the plate, batting .315 with 10 doubles, six HR’s, 27 RBIs and a .928 OPS, while managing 11 multi-hit and eight multi-RBI efforts ... Went 7-4 with a 1.56 ERA and 80 K’s over 72.0 frames in Big 12 Conference contests ... Tossed her second career no-hitter (vs. Iowa State - March 22), four one-hitters and posted at least 10 strikeouts in 10 starts with a high of 14 during a win at No. 15 Arizona State (March 1) ... Registered pitching wins over NCAA teams Boise State, California, Tulsa, Ole Miss, No. 15 Arizona State, Lipscomb, No. 21 Oklahoma State, No. 15 Texas Tech (two wins), Texas A&M, Sam Houston State and Houston (two wins) ... Fired a remarkable 440 pitches over three days, including 429 over the final two days, while going 4-0 with a 0.47 ERA over five appearances to help Texas climb from the loser’s bracket to win the NCAA Austin Regional ... Blasted a key solo HR in the fourth inning of an eventual 4-3 win at No. 21 Oklahoma State (March 31) ... Tossed her second career no-hitter and also went 2-for-4 with the game-ending grand slam and five RBIs to down Iowa State (March 22), 11-0 (5 inn), on the way to being named the NFCA National and Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week ... Reached base safely in 11 straight games from March 13 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to March 29 at Oklahoma State ... Blasted her first career Texas HR as part of a 2-for-3, double, HR, three-RBI effort in a 5-1 victory over Florida Atlantic (Feb. 15) at the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational ... Tossed a one-hit shutout in her first Longhorns pitching action to down Boise State (Feb. 9), 8-0 (5 inn.).
AS A SOPHOMORE AT OREGON (2018)
A 2018 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Second Team All-American, former Oregon pitcher Elish transferred to the Forty Acres with a staggering career collegiate pitching record of 37-2 overall to go along with a 1.42 ERA, 17 solo shutouts, 29 complete games and 347 strikeouts over 280.2 innings of work while limiting opponents to a miniscule .189 batting average ... The 2018 All-Pac-12 Conference First Team and NFCA All-Pacific Region First Team selection helped lead the Ducks to the Pac-12 regular season title and a berth in the Women’s College World Series as a sophomore by posting a 25-2 mark with a 1.20 ERA, 12 shutouts and 249 K’s in 175.0 frames ... Along the way, Elish tossed Oregon’s first ever seven-inning perfect game and struck out a career-high 16 during an April 3 win over Portland State, hit double-digits in K’s 11 times during UO’s 53-10 campaign in 2018 and registered high-profile wins over a list of teams including LSU, Texas, Florida State, UCLA, Arizona, Arizona State, Washington and Kentucky.
AS A FRESHMAN AT OREGON (2017)
Elish went undefeated in her rookie campaign at 12-0 ... In 105.2 innings pitched, she posted a 1.79 ERA, good for third on the team and fifth in the Pac-12 ... She also saw time at the plate, hitting .276 in 58 at-bats with 10 runs scored, 16 RBIs and a homer ... Helped the Ducks open the season with 35 straight wins, matching the NCAA record ... Ranked sixth in the Pac-12, averaging 6.5 strikeouts per seven innings ... Was part of the Oregon pitching staff that ranked fifth in the NCAA with a 1.41 team ERA ... Tossed five shutouts on the season, including a one-hit shutout in a five-inning run-rule win against Wisconsin on May 21 in regionals ... Had a season-high nine strikeouts in a five-inning win against Pacific on March 11 ... Hit her first collegiate home run on March 10 against Hofstra ... Drove in three runs in her collegiate debut against Virginia on Feb. 9, going 2-for-3.
HIGH SCHOOL
Coming out of high school, Elish was listed as the No. 1 recruit in the nation by FloSoftball ... A 2016 MaxPreps First Team All-American, she was also a three-time Indiana Gatorade Player of the Year as well as the 2014 MaxPreps National Sophomore of the Year (went 24-1, 0.31 ERA, 223 K’s, 18 walks, 137 innings as a sophomore) ... As a high school senior, Elish registered a 15-2 record with a 0.41 ERA and 196 K’s over 103 innings while batting .505 with seven HR’s and 26 RBIs.
