Hannah Shields Season 2019

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Made 29 appearances with 14 starts in the circle in two seasons at Penn State...Led nation in walks allowed per seven innings in 2019 season...Earned MEAC All-Tournament first team honors in 2017 as freshman at Delaware State.

2020 • SENIOR SEASON
Season: Made four appearances in the circle with two starts…Struck out four batters…Season shortened and no championship held due to COVID-19 pandemic. 

vs. FAU (2/14): Made first start of season…Pitched 3.0 innings…Struck out season-high two batters.  

2019 • JUNIOR SEASON
Season: Allowed just seven walks for top NCAA mark in walks allowed per seven innings…Made 25 appearances in the circle with 12 starts for 2-7 overall record in 69.0 innings pitched…Struck out 32 batters…Had one save.

Rankings: Led NCAA Division I in walks allowed per seven innings (0.71).

at FGCU (2/8): Made first start…Pitched 4.0 innings…Struck out one. vs. Central Michigan (3/9): Pitched 7.0 innings for first complete game…Picked up first victory…Allowed just two hits. Robert Morris (3/20): Won second-straight game…Pitched complete game (5.0 innings) as Penn State earned a run-rule victory…Allowed no runs on three hits for first shutout…Struck out season-high four batters. Saint Francis (4/3): Pitched 2.0 innings of relief…Earned first career save in extra-inning victory in game one of doubleheader.

BEFORE PENN STATE
2018 • SOPHOMORE SEASON – DELAWARE STATE
Season: Led the team with seven wins and 5.27 ERA…Pitched 12 complete games, including one shutout.

2017 • FRESHMAN SEASON – DELAWARE STATE
Awards: Named to MEAC All-Tournament first team...Earned Rookie of the Week honors (3/19).

Season: Team leader with eight wins and 3.71 ERA as a true freshman…Tied for team lead with seven complete games…Recorded two shutouts…Tied for sixth in MEAC in conference wins (6) and seventh among conference pitchers with a .238 opponent batting average…Threw 16 shutout innings in 17.2 pitched in 2017 MEAC Tournament.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played four years at State College Area High School in State College, Pennsylvania…Earned Most Outstanding Pitcher honors in 2016…Received Mid-Penn Honorable Mention recognition…Recorded 92 strikeouts as a senior.

PERSONAL
Full name is Hannah Nichole Shields…Daughter of Lori and Gene Shields…Has two older brothers, Sean and Eric…Graduated with a degree in psychology in May 2020...Born March 18, 1998.