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2009 Softball Roster

14 Paige Lowary

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Dallas Center, Iowa
  • High School Dallas Center-Grimes

Biography

CAREER HONORS

  • 2016 USA Softball Women's Elite Team
  • 2015 USA Softball Junior Women's National Team
  • 2015 USA Softball Women's Elite Team
  • SEC Pitcher of the Week (March 14-20, 2016)
  • 2015 Freshman All-SEC
  • SEC Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 16-22, 2015)
  • SEC Co-Freshman of the Week (April 20-26)
  • 2015 USA Softball Jr. Women's National Team member
  • 2014-15 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

SOPHOMORE (2016)

  • Another impressive campaign in the circle for Mizzou, tallying 25-8 record with a 3.25 ERA in 198.0 innings pitched
  • Reset new single-season career highs in ERA (3.25), wins (25), appearances (44), games started (31), complete games (16), shutouts (4) and innings pitched (198.0)
  • Unbelievable in 2016 NCAA Regional action, going 3-0 with three complete games and three shutouts
  • In 16.0 innings pitched, allowed only seven hits (.127 BAA) with 13 strikeouts
  • Recorded CG win at No. 12 Kentucky (April 16), allowing 1 ER while tallying six strikouts
  • Produced CG victory at No. 6 Alabama (March 26), allowing only 2 ER in 7.0 IP
  • Sensational week (March 14-20), going 4-0 with 0.36 ERA vs. Western Illinois / at New Mexico State
  • Earned SEC Pitcher of the Week honors for her outstanding stretch in the circle
  • 151 strikeouts ranked 10th in SEC / Top 90 in NCAA
  • 25 victories ranked T-2nd in SEC
  • 198.0 innings pitched ranked 5th in SEC
  • 44 appearances ranked 6th in SEC
  • 31 games started ranked 6th in SEC
  • In SEC only play, her 10 wins ranked 3rd, 91.2 innings pitched ranked 4th and 61 strikeouts ranked 7th

FRESHMAN (2015)

  • One of the Tigers' top arms in the circle in her first year, going 18-7 with a 3.40 ERA and 164 strikeouts in 162.2 innings pitched
  • Appeared in 37 games overall, making 26 starts along the way
  • Also added six complete games and four saves to round out her season's pitching line
  • Entered in the sixth inning of a one-run game in the NCAA Columbia Regional Championship (May 17) and shut the door to earn her fourth career save
  • Was lights out in the series finale vs. No. 1 Florida (May 3), pitching a career-high 8.0 innings while allowing just two runs on three hits
  • In 8.0 innings pitched in a doubleheader vs. Northern Iowa (April 29), picked up her fourth career complete game W and third career save
  • Named SEC Co-Freshman of the Week (April 20-26) after going 3-0 in the circle with 24 Ks in 21.0 IP in four
    games vs. Missouri State, Iowa and LSU
  • Threw 9.0 effective innings in the first two games vs. No. 3 LSU, holding the Bayou Bengals to two runs in
    that stretch
  • Won her then ninth consecutive start vs. Lipscomb (March 13), fanning a career-high 10 batters
  • Collected her first career SEC win, throwing a complete-game victory vs. South Carolina (March 7)
  • Went 3-0 at the Mary Nutter Classic (Feb. 19-21) with a 1.91 ERA in 14.2 innings of work, earning her SEC Pitcher of the Week honors
  • In Mizzou and NCAA debut, went 2-0 in three appearances at Dot Richardson Tournament, allowing two runs (one earned) in 12.1 IP, with a 15-to-5 strikeouts-to-walks ratio

HIGH SCHOOL (DALLAS CENTER-GRIMES)

  • Two-time Gatorade Iowa Softball Player of the Year for 2012 and 2013
  • Finished her Dallas Center-Grimes career by leading the Fillies to a repeat Iowa Class 4A State Championship as a senior in 2014, recording a stout 21-1 record with an impressive 0.18 ERA for head coach Steve Schlafke
  • Allowed just four earned runs in 191.0 innings pitched in her final high school campaign, striking out 264 batters and holding opponents to a .075 average at the plate
  • Hit .455 at the plate for the Fillies in 2014, ripping 13 doubles to tie her season-best and also smacking five home runs
  • Left DC-G with school career records in games played (206), wins (124), career ERA (0.69), strikeouts (1,415), opponent batting average (.112) and innings pitched (923)
  • Also set program career marks for hits (253), doubles (60) and total bases (403)
  • Pitched to an outstanding 27-2 record with 1.21 ERA as a junior in 2013, helping DC-G to first of two state titles, in which she earned the tournament's most valuable player
  • Earned Pitcher of the Year from the Iowa Girls' Athletic Coaches Association for the third-straight year after her junior season
  • Earned first team all-state for the third time as a junior, after claiming the same honor as a freshman in 2011 and sophomore in 2012
  • Also stout at the plate, batting .424 with five home runs as a junior
  • Posted an exemplary 31-4 record with 0.39 ERA as a sophomore in 2012, leading DC-G to a state championship runners-up finish
  • Earned all-state tournament recognition after her sophomore, junior and senior campaigns, and was named captain of the squad for her final two seasons
  • Incredible freshman season including a 32-5 pitching record, a .459 batting average and eight home runs, which she followed with a .364 batting average four long balls as a sophomore
  • Struck out 385 batters as a freshman in 2011
  • Made high school varsity debut as an eighth-grader in 2010 and earned second team all-state after batting .385 at the plate and pitching to a 13-3 mark with a 0.26 ERA
  • Earned first team all-conference and all-district recognition every season of her career
  • Also a first team academic all-conference selection after every season
  • Played basketball for DC-G as a freshman and sophomore, earning second team all-conference
  • Competed for Iowa Slammers, Birmingham Thunderbolts, and I-Club Blue club teams

PERSONAL

  • Daughter of Kevin and Shelly Lowary
  • Older brother, Craig, and younger sister, Rachel, with Craig graduating from Iowa State
  • Earned her high school's Student Athlete Award from eighth grade through her junior year
  • Active with local philanthropic efforts, including Coaches vs. Cancer and the Dallas County Hunger Walk
     

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