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2020 Softball Roster

28 Jessica Shields

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School Huntley
  • Hometown Algonquin, Ill.
  • Prev School Wisconsin-Parkside

Biography

2020: Closed out the season as Loyola’s career leader with a .379 (89-for-235) career batting average … Reached base safely in 20 of Loyola’s 21 games and wound up batting a team-leading .386 (27-for-70) with 20 runs scored, four doubles and three RBI … Was 14-for-15 in stolen base attempts … Opened the season with a seven-game hitting streak and hit safely in 12 of the first 13 outings … Totaled eight multi-hit performances, including a pair of three-hit games … Came out of the starting blocks on fire, batting .556 (10-for-18) with seven runs scored at the Rambler Rumble … Had two or more hits in four of the five games at the Rambler Rumble, going 3-for-4 with two runs, a stolen base and RBI in a victory over Butler (Feb. 8) … Doubled in consecutive games on February 14 versus George Mason and Houston Baptist … Had two hits and a pair of thefts versus Albany (March 1) … Roped three hits, including a double, versus Florida Gulf Coast (March 5) … Went 2-for-4 and swiped four bases in a victory over Saint Bonaventure (March 5) … Stole seven bases in the final four games of a season that prematurely ended because of the COVID-19 pandemic. … MVC Scholar-Athlete Team Honorable Mention honoree.

 
2019: Immediately made a splash in her first season of Division I softball, taking home Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year honors … Named National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Third Team All-Midwest Region … Also took home Second Team All-MVC accolades … Became the program record holder for single-season stolen bases, totaling 25 to shatter a 13-year record held by Tara Miller … Finished her first season at Loyola as the MVC leader in stolen bases and finished second in the conference with 13 stolen bags in league play … Began the season with 18 stolen bases in her first 14 games … Made her debut against Detroit Mercy (Feb. 8), going 2-for-3 with a double, stolen base and two RBI …Stole two bases in back-to-back games versus Butler (Feb. 9) and IUPUI (Feb. 10) … Tallied multi-hit games in five straight outings, topping out at three against Sacred Heart (Feb. 16) … Also doubled, drove in a run and swiped two bases against Sacred Heart … Picked up two more stolen bases later that day versus Hartford (Feb. 16) … Had arguably her best game of the spring versus Akron (Feb. 24), racking up a season-high four steals, while going 3-for-3 at the plate with a walk and three runs scored … Embarked on a 10-game hitting streak to begin the month of March, lasting to March 23, the 15th double-digit hitting streak in program history … Tallied two hits and two steals against Sam Houston State (March 2) … Scored three runs and recorded two hits at Saint Louis (March 14) … Went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases at Missouri State (March 16) … Registered three stolen bases at Evansville (March 23) … Picked up a double and a stolen base in game two of a doubleheader against Evansville (March 23) … Posted two hits in four straight outings (April 3-7) and five of the six games in that stretch … Delivered the walk-off hit in Loyola’s thrilling 2-1 win over Indiana  State (April 6) … Tallied her lone triple of the year the next day versus the Sycamores (April 7) … Stole a base in three consecutive games, April 7-9 … Recorded a season-high five hits at Northern Illinois (April 17) to kick off a six-game hitting streak … Stole her record-breaking 35th base of the season at Valparaiso (April 24) … Finished with two hits, three runs and a RBI against Indiana State at the MVC Championship (May 8).
 
2018 (at UW Parkside): Started all 48 games and was named All-Great Lakes Valley Conference Third Team … Finished first among her teammates in batting average (.323), on-base percentage (.398), at-bats (161), runs (35), hits (52), walks (18) and stolen bases (38) … Her 38 steals were good for 13thin NCAA Division II play … Finished second on the team in OPS (.752), triples (2) and total bases (57).
 
2017 (at UW Parkside): Played in 45 games, starting 44 of them … Hit .347 with a .388 on-base percentage … Finished first on the team in runs (27), stolen bases (20) and at-bats (150) … Tied for the team lead with two triples.
 
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Huntley High School … First team all-state pick in 2016 … Was a Second Team MaxPreps All-American as a senior … Captured second team all-state recognition in 2015 … Was a two-time all-conference selection (2015 and 2016) … Finished her senior season with a .536 batting average coupled with a .613 on-base percentage, registering a .727 batting average with runners in scoring position … Also swiped 67 bases as a senior … Played summer ball with the Wasco Diamonds … Received academic all-conference recognition.

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2019Junior

    OF
    5'6"
    28
  • 28

    2020Senior

    OF
    5'6"
    28