Blaire Luna

Blaire Luna
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born1990 (age 33–34)[1]
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Sport
CountryUSA
SportSoftball
College teamTexas Longhorns

Blaire Luna (born 1990) is an American, former collegiate All-American, right-handed pro softball pitcher, originally from Austin, Texas.[2][3][4] She attended Bowie High School in Austin, Texas. She later attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she pitched for the Texas Longhorns softball team in the Big 12 Conference and was named a Second Team and three-time First Team All-Conference honoree.[5] She currently ranks 10th in career strikeout ratio for the NCAA Division I.[6][7] In her senior year, Luna led Texas softball to a berth in the 2013 Women's College World Series semifinals, where they lost to Tennessee, 2–0.[8] She later went on to play professional softball for the USSSA Pride of National Pro Fastpitch,[9] and internationally in New Zealand.[10][11]

College

Luna debuted for the Longhorns on February 12, no hitting the DePaul Blue Demons in 8 innings.[12] The next day, she defeated them again with a career best 17 strikeouts in regulation.[13] On March 28 to April 7, Luna fired 43.0 consecutive scoreless innings over eight games, winning 5 and allowing 10 hits, 13 walks while fanning 83 batters for a 0.53 WHIP.[14] As a sophomore beginning on March 10 to April 27, Luna won 15 consecutives games for a career highlight. She would allow 44 hits, 10 earned runs, 35 walks in 101.0 innings, striking out 146 for a 0.69 ERA, 0.78 WHIP and 0.129 opponents batting average.[15] During the streak on March 17, Luna tossed a perfect game against the Washington Huskies.[16] In her senior season, Luna defeated the No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners on April 20 in a four-hit, 8 strikeout game.[17] She would later help the Longhorns into the 2013 Women's College World Series and threw two victories before losing to the Tennessee Lady Vols in the semifinals on June 2, pitching a complete game allowing 2 runs and striking out 12 in her last appearance.[18][19]

Statistics

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Texas Longhorns

YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2010 30 10 46 34 28 11 4 242.1 112 57 48 101 404 1.39 0.88
2011 28 7 38 34 30 16 0 232.1 133 51 42 84 316 1.26 0.93
2012 22 6 38 29 21 8 3 188.0 136 72 63 96 286 2.34 1.23
2013 32 7 41 38 30 13 0 251.2 113 57 46 126 422 1.28 0.95
TOTALS 112 30 163 135 109 48 7 914.1 494 237 199 407 1428 1.52 0.98

References

  1. ^ "Blaire Luna - Softball". University of Texas Athletics.
  2. ^ "2010 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "2011 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  4. ^ "2013 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. May 29, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  5. ^ "Big 12 Softball Record Book" (PDF). Big12sports.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  6. ^ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  7. ^ Bohls, Kirk (May 17, 2013). "Luna's legacy? Depends on Horns' NCAA run". Austin American-Statesman. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  8. ^ "Texas WCWS Stats 2013". Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  9. ^ "USSSA Pride sign Texas ace Blaire Luna". USSSA Pride. June 4, 2013. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  10. ^ Adams, Michael (October 12, 2016). "Former Longhorns Luna, Ogle lead New Zealand team to championship". Austin American-Statesman. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  11. ^ Smith, Tony (March 13, 2015). "Auckland Marist US pitcher Blaire Luna leads side to victory over Hutt Valley". stuff.co.nz. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  12. ^ "Softball wins a pair, Luna tosses no-hitter in debut". Texassports.com. February 12, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  13. ^ "Luna's 17 K's pace Softball past No. 20 DePaul, 4-1". Texassports.com. February 13, 2010. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  14. ^ "2010 Softball Schedule". Texassports.com. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  15. ^ "2011 Softball Schedule". Texassports.com. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  16. ^ "Luna fires first perfect game, No. 12 Softball rolls past No. 4 Washington, 12-0". Texassports.com. March 17, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  17. ^ "Thom drives in two to even the series against No. 1/1 Oklahoma". Texassports.com. April 20, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  18. ^ "No. 6/7 Softball ends season with WCWS semifinal setback to No. 5/5 Tennessee". Texassports.com. June 2, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  19. ^ "Blaire Luna". Texassports.com. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  20. ^ "Texas Longhorns Softball 2020 Factbook" (PDF). Texassports.com. Retrieved July 16, 2020.