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Shelby Lowe Season 2024

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Shelby Lowe Season 2024

PositionLHP
Height5-9
YearSenior
HometownCarrollton, Ala.

HONORS & AWARDS
2024 SEC Community Service Team
College Football Playoff Foundation Go Teach Dr. Pepper Tuition Giveaway
2023-24 Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee 
2023-24 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll
2023 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 Preseason D1 Softball’s D100 Player Rankings [No. 62]
2022 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
2022 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2022 SEC Community Service Team
D1 Softball SEC Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 15, 2022)
SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 14, 2022)
2022 Plainsman Invite All-Tournament Team
2022 Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team
2022 Preseason All-SEC Team
2022 D1 Softball Preseason SEC Player Rankings [No. 16]
2022 Extra Inning Softball: Extra Elite 100 Rankings [No. 82]
2022 AUSPY Female Newcomer of the Year
2021 Schutt Sports/NFCA National Freshman of the Year Top 15 Finalist
2021 NFCA All-Southeast Region Third Team
2021 All-SEC Second Team
2021 All-SEC Freshman Team
D1 Softball National Freshman of the Week (March 30, 2021)
SEC Freshman of the Week (March 8, 2021)
SEC Freshman of the Week (March 30, 2021)
D1 Softball’s Preseason Top 15 True Freshmen [No. 15]
 
2024 | SENIOR SEASON
Made 25 appearances with 15 starts for the Tigers … posted an 8-7 record with help of a 3.57 earned run average … tossed three complete games, two of which came in SEC play, and combined for three shutouts … allowed just 43 earned run in her 84.1 innings of work … totaled 82 strikeouts compared to just 22 walks … her 3.73 strikeout-to-walk ratio with fifth best in the SEC … ranked eighth in the SEC, allowing just 1.83 walks per seven innings … held opponents to a .245 average at the plate … hit just four batters to rank the sixth lowest among all qualifying SEC pitchers … closed her collegiate career ranked in the top 10 in 15 career pitching categories, including holding the program records for fewest walks allowed per seven innings (1.33) and for fewest walks allowed (80) … SEC Community Service Team honoree … behind seven strikeouts, recorded the 400th of her career in her start versus Southeast Missouri State (2/23) … tossed three hitless innings versus the Redhawks to combine with Annabelle Widra for the first no-hitter of the 2024 season … tossed a pair of scoreless relief innings to earn the win in Auburn’s extra-inning thriller at Troy (3/19) … struck out the side in a relief appearance versus Samford (4/3) to combine with Maddie Penta and Annabelle Widra for the fourth perfect game in program history … combined with Maddie Penta to no hit UAB (4/9) in a relief appearance … in her first seven-inning complete out in an SEC contest since her freshman season, earned a 3-1 victory at No. 6 LSU (4/14) to secure Auburn’s first series win in Baton Rouge since 2015 … turned in a second complete-game victory in SEC play in Auburn’s 4-1 win versus No. 24 Kentucky (4/22) … totaled a pair of strikeouts at Ole Miss (4/26) to combine with Maddie Penta to set the program’s SEC single game record of 20 … struck out a season high eight batters versus No. 14 Florida State (5/19) in the Tallahassee Regional
 
2023 | JUNIOR SEASON
Appeared in 31 games, seeing 12 starts in the circle … went 6-6 with one save and a 2.70 earned run average … tossed one complete-game shutout and combined with the pitching staff for 10 additional shutout bids, which tied Auburn’s single season record … allowed just 30 earned runs in her 77.2 innings of work … issued just 11 walks while striking out 83 … finished second in the conference and seventh nationally with a 7.55 strikeout-to-walk ratio … averaged 7.5 strikeouts per seven innings to stand 12th in the SEC …  the SEC leader in walks allowed per seven innings, averaging 0.99 … held opponents to a .217 batting average … ranked tied for fourth in the SEC with just four free passes via a hit by pitch … ended her junior campaign ranked sixth in program history with 391 strikeouts … making her return to the circle following offseason surgery, tossed 4.2 innings of relief during the NFCA Leadoff Classic (2/10 to 2/12), and gave up just one hit with eight strikeouts in four appearances … first start of the season came versus Villanova (2/18) as she earned the victory behind seven strikeouts … recorded a season high nine strikeouts twice during the Omni Hall of Fame Classics in outing versus Weber State (3/17) and Northwestern (2/18) … her save of the season came in a relief appearance versus Troy (4/12) … entering a scoreless game in the top of the ninth, used just five pitched to record a strikeout and earned the series-clinching victory versus LSU (4/16) … in one of her most dominating starts since her freshman season, shut out Cal State Fullerton (5/2) over seven innings and allowed just three hits with seven strikeouts to send Auburn to the finals of the Clemson Regional
 
2022 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
Made 29 appearances in the circle with 19 starts … battled through injury throughout most of the season … posted a 9-3 record with a 2.81 earned run average … tossed four complete-game efforts, including three shutouts … led the team with five saves, the third most in a single season at Auburn … led the SEC in saves and ranked 11th nationally … brought her career saves total to six, ranking eight in Auburn history … gave up just 37 earned runs over her 92.1 innings of work … issued just 19 walks while striking out 129 … led the conference and ranked 12th in the country with a 6.79 strikeout-to-walk ratio … ranked second in the SEC with a 9.8 strikeouts per seven inning mark … struck out at least 10 batters in three appearances … allowed just 1.44 walks per seven innings, ranking second in the SEC … held opponents to a .218 batting average … averaged 5.84 hits allowed per seven innings … SEC Community Service Team member … SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week (2/14) … first Tiger to win the award since Samantha Yarbrough on March 2, 2020 … D1 Softball SEC Pitcher of the Week (2/15) … tabbed to the Tiger Invitational and Plainsman Invite All-Tournament Teams … tossed her first collegiate no-hitter and the 28th in Auburn program history against St. John’s (2/11)  … fanned 11 in the outing and allowed just two base runners, both in the first inning … did not give up an earned run over opening weekend … surpassed 200 career strikeouts against UMass Lowell (2/13) … secured her first save of the season against South Florida (2/20) as she struck out five of the six batters faced … held ULM (2/25) to a pair of hits while striking out a career high 13 … needed just three pitches to leave the tying run stranded at third in Auburn’s 2-1 win over Bradley (2/26) … entered the seventh inning against No. 7 Florida (4/1) with the bases loaded before striking out a pair to secured Auburn’s 3-1 victory and her fifth save of the season
 
2021 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Appeared in 30 contests, starting 26 games in the circle … earned 13 wins and recorded one save … posted a 1.48 ERA behind 165.2 innings of work … fanned 179 batters while only issuing 28 walks … held opponents to a .216 batting average at the plate … hurled 15 complete games, three of which were shutouts … one of 15 finalists for Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year … NFCA All-Southeast Region Third Team … All-SEC Second Team … the only Auburn freshman pitcher in program history to earn All-SEC honors during their debut season … SEC All-Freshman Team … ranks second in the SEC with a 6.39 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a 1.18 walks allowed per seven innings average … set Auburn’s single-season record for fewest walks allowed per seven innings … ranked third in the conference in earned run average and eighth in strikeouts per seven innings (7.6) … her 1.48 ERA was the second lowest recorded by a Tiger freshman pitcher in program history and ranked sixth in Auburn single-season history … led all SEC true freshmen and ranked fifth overall in the league with 179 strikeouts … her 179 strikeouts were the second most by an Auburn freshman in program history … finished the season with the 10th most strikeouts in Auburn single-season history and were the most by an Auburn pitcher since 2010 … just the fifth Auburn freshman to ever record 100+ strikeouts in a season and the first to do so since Marcy Harper in 2013 ... struck out at least 10 batters in seven appearances this season ... tossed 15 complete games as a freshman, the 10th most in Auburn's single-season history ... went 24.1 consecutive innings without allowing a run, the eighth longest streak in program history ... joined teammate Maddie Penta and Anna Thompson (2007) as the only Auburn pitchers to win multiple SEC Freshman of the Week honors in a season … retired 20 consecutive batters with a career high 12 strikeouts in a one-hit performance against Murray State (2/26) to record the first complete-game shutout of her career ... turned in a double-digit strikeout performance against Southern Miss (3/5) with 11 over seven innings ... earned her first victory over a ranked opponent by holding No. 13 Florida State (3/21) to one unearned run off three hits and a walk while striking out six in a complete-game performance ... carried Auburn to its first conference win of the season behind 11 strikeouts in a 3-0 shutout at No. 18 Missouri (3/28) ... the win was Auburn's first in Columbia since 2015 and was Auburn's first shutout victory in SEC play since a 3-0 win at Tennessee on April 7, 2019 ... recorded her 100th strikeout of the season in a start against Arkansas (4/2) and would go on to match her career high with 12 strikeouts in the outing ... recorded her 10th win of her freshman season at Texas A&M (4/11) as she held the Aggies to one run off four hits while striking out five to secure Auburn's first series win in College Station since 2015 ... fanned 10 in a complete-game performance against No. 12 Kentucky (4/16), earning her 12th win of the season ... earned her first collegiate save at LSU (5/8), retiring the final two batters to secure Auburn's 9-5 win
 
HIGH SCHOOL
One of the top pitchers from the state of Alabama … ranked the No. 9 prospect of the 2020 class by Softball America … selected the 2019-20 Alabama Gatorade Player of the Year … a five-time All-State honoree … selected to the 2019 AL.com Super All-State softball team … 2019 Tuscaloosa News Super 9 softball team … 2018 AISA Pitcher of the Year … led Pickens Academy to a Class AA runner-up finish as a sophomore … posted an 8-0 record with a 0.76 ERA over her shortened senior season … struck out 97 and allowed just six walks over 46 innings pitched … added a .429 batting average before the season ended due to COVID-19 … led Alabama with a 15.7 strikeouts per seven innings mark as a junior … ended junior campaign with a .14 earned run average and a 19-4 record … totaled 336 strikeouts, 16 shutouts and six no-hitters … allowed only three earned runs over 150 innings pitched … went 20-4-1 in the circle behind a 0.63 ERA … tallied 13 shutouts, including six no-hitters and two perfect games … struck out 347 batters over 166.2 innings pitched …  competed for the Birmingham Thunderbolts, helping the club to a No. 1 ranking … tossed a two-hit complete game with seven strikeouts to lead the Thunderbolts to a 4-1 victory in the PGF 16u Premier National title game … it was the first PGF National Championship for the Thunderbolts organization … named to the PGF 18U Premier All-Tournament Team

PERSONAL
Full name is Shelby Grace Lowe … born on December 8, 2001 … daughter of Freddy and Ladonna Lowe … has two older sisters, Whitney and Kristen … her father played football at East Mississippi Community College … her sister, Whitney, also competed for EMCC’s softball program … earned her degree in early childhood education in May of 2024