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2024 Softball Roster

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Chase Cochran | Samford Athletic

24 McKenzie Newcomb

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Meridianville, Ala.
  • Twitter mckenzie040403
  • Instagram macnewcomb

Biography

2024 Second Team All-SoCon
2023 SoCon Pitcher of the Year
2023 First Team All-SoCon
2022 SoCon Freshman of the Year

2022 First Team All-SoCon
2022 SoCon All-Freshman Team
 
2024 (Junior): Appeared in 18 games, making 10 starts in the circle… Went 10-4 with a 3.02 ERA… Pitched 92 innings with 40 earned runs, 82 strikeouts against 15 walks with a .232 BAVG… Tossed seven complete games… Ranked 18th nationally with a Strikeout-to-walk ratio of 5.47… Ranked 20th nationally with a walks allowed per seven innings rate of 1.14… Threw a career-high 10 innings vs Wofford on 5/9… Fanned a season-best 11 batters twice… Was named SoCon Pitcher of the Week twice.

2023 (Sophomore): Appeared in 39 games, starting 18 in the circle… Went 14-12 with a 2.20 ERA… Pitched 191.1 innings with 60 earned runs, 172 strikeouts and a .244 BAVG… Tossed eight complete games… collected two saves… Led the SoCon in ERA, Innings pitched, strikeouts and wins… Ranked fourth nationally with a 8.60 Strikeout-to-Walk ratio… Struck out a season-high 12 batters against Stetson on 3/4… Threw complete game shutouts against Seton Hall on 2/10, at Ole Miss on 3/17 and against ETSU on 4/6 Was named SoCon Pitcher of the Week twice and SoCon Pitcher of the Month once… Appeared in 53 games, starting 49 at the plate… Batted .229 with three home runs and 20 RBIs… Had 30 hits and four doubles… Walked 10 times and was hit by three pitches for a .297 OB%... Collected seven multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games… Drove in three runs against IUPUI on 2/25 and at Jacksonville State on 3/11.

2022 (Freshman): Made 34 appearances and 26 starts in the circle for Samford ... threw 20 complete games and earned an overall win-loss record of 21-8 ... led the SoCon in ERA (1.86) while coming in second in innings pitched (188.1), batters struck out (175), and wins (21) ...  earned a save in Samford’s 1-0 victory over Kennesaw State ... recorded a season-high 10 strikeouts against Saint Louis and Mercer in the SoCon Tournament ... Tossed a 9.0 inning, complete game against North Alabama ... a 3x SoCon Pitcher of the Week honoree for her performance against WCU, UTC and ETSU ... earned SoCon Pitcher of the Month with a 1.14 ERA and 55.1 innings of work in April ... named to First Team All-SoCon and the SoCon All-Freshman Team ... selected as the 2022 SoCon Freshman of the Year in her college debut season.
 
High School: Was a four-year letter winner at Hazel Green High School … named to the 6A All-State Tournament team (2017-2020), and name All-Region (2017-19) and All-State (2017-2020) … named the MVP of the North-South All-Star game … set her school's record for most home runs in a season with 14 and for fewest strikeouts in a season with 11 … also holds the record for most career wins with 94 … helped lead her team to the 2017 state championship.

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Historical Player Information

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    2022Freshman

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    2023Sophomore

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    2024Junior

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