Kylee Lingenfelter Season 2021

2023 • FIFTH-YEAR SEASON  
Awards: NFCA Great Lakes All-Region Third Team…Academic All-Big Ten.
 
Season: Dominated in the circle in her final collegiate season, booking career-best marks in every major statistical category…Appeared in 27 games overall, making 17 starts…Finished her fifth year in Happy Valley with a career-best 2.15 ERA, also tossing a career-high 114.0 innings en route to that mark…Mustered six complete games with two shutouts…Logged the best winning percentage on the team with a 12-6 overall record in the circle…Yielded a WHIP of 1.02, the second-best mark on the team…Clocked 114 strikeouts with only 35 walks, a K/BB ratio of 3.26…Faced a career-high 473 batters and turned in a career-best opponent batting average of .194.
 
Rankings: Finished with 4.97 hits allowed per seven innings, the third-best mark in the B1G and 52nd-best nationally…ERA of 2.15 ranked as the fifth-best mark in the Big Ten Conference and sat just outside the top-100 in America…Ranked ninth in the Big Ten in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.26) and strikeouts per seven innings (7.0).
 
vs. Memphis (2/19): Threw a complete game shutout in her second appearance of the season, registering a whopping 12 strikeouts and zero walks with only one hit allowed. at Norfolk State (3/4): Se the Penn State single-game record for strikeouts with 17…Surrendered three hits with only one earned run allowed in another complete game effort...Finished with a season-high 116 pitches thrown. vs. Marist (3/10): Tossed another complete game with zero earned runs allowed…Sat six batters down by way of strikeouts while yielding just three hits. vs. Rutgers (4/14): Tossed exactly 100 pitches in a magnificent three-hit shutout of the Scarlet Knights. at Maryland (4/23): Booked her first of four consecutive winning decisions, logging three innings of work with one hit allowed and four strikeouts. vs. Illinois (4/29): Published seven strikeouts in 6.1 innings of work against the Fighting Illini. at Purdue (5/6): Recorded one of the most impressive outings of her career in relief, tossing eight perfect innings to lift PSU to a series-clinching 3-2 extra-inning win over the Boilermakers. Big Ten Tournament vs. Michigan (5/10): Booked the winning decision in PSU’s first postseason win over the Wolverines all-time…Had five strikeouts while allowing two hits in 2.1 innings of relief. 
 
2022 • SENIOR SEASON  
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
 
Season: Made 29 appearances and logged a career-high 96.1 innings pitched…25 games started and five being complete games…Sported a 1.37 WHIP and the second-most strikeouts on the squad. 
 
vs. Eastern Kentucky (2/12): Pitched all seven innings... Made five strikeouts in shutout win. vs. Akron (2/13): Completed the game... Struck out seven. vs. Buffalo (2/19): Struck out a season-high nine batters. vs. Cornell (3/18): Recorded six strikeouts in just over five innings. vs Purdue (4/2): Pitched a complete game allowing four hits and one run in an 8-1 victory. at Rutgers (4/23): Struck out six...Allowed no runs.
 
2021 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for second-straight season.

Season: Made 18 appearances in the circle with 14 starts...Pitched 63.0 innings...Struck out 39 batters, including single-game career-high seven against Michigan State (5/11)...Pitched two complete games, the first of her career.

vs. Wisconsin (2/26): Made first start of season...Struck out three in 3.0 innings. vs. Illinois (3/13): Started game and pitched 6.0 innings...Gave up just one run in narrow loss...Had four strikeouts. Rutgers (4/9): Started and pitched 4.0 innings in game two of doubleheader to earn first win of season...Recorded four strikeouts. No. 19 Michigan (5/1): Struck out then tied career-high six batters against nationally-ranked Wolverine squad. at Indiana (5/7): Pitched complete game in narrow one-run loss in extra innings...Had four strikeouts. at Michigan State (5/11): Set career high with seven strikeouts...Earned victory in the circle with 6.1 innings pitched.

2020 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.

Season: Made 10 appearances in the circle with one start…Pitched 14.2 innings with a 1-2 record…Struck out nine batters…Season shortened and no championship held due to COVID-19 pandemic.

at FIU (2/7): Pitched 3.2 scoreless innings of relief…Allowed only two hits and no runs to earn first win of season…Struck out two batters. vs. FAU (2/14): Struck out season-high three batters. vs. Villanova (2/16): Started her only game of shortened season. at Georgia Tech (2/29): Came in to circle in relief and pitched a scoreless inning to keep game tied.

2019 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Made 37 appearances in the circle and started 13 games, second best on team…Registered team-best 9-4 record…Struck out 62 batters…Helped shut out three opponents with classmate Bailey Parshall.

vs. Ball State (2/8): Made first career start in the circle…Pitched 1.2 innings and struck out two. at Duke (2/15): Started and pitched 4.0 innings in game two of ACC/Big Ten Challenge…Allowed no runs on three hits to earn first career victory…Helped shut out Duke with classmate Bailey Parshall for Penn State’s first shutout since 2017. vs. Florida A&M (3/3): Started in the circle and pitched 4.1 innings to earn second victory of season…Allowed no runs on just two hits…Struck out season-high six batters…Recorded second combined shutout with Parshall. vs. Holy Cross (3/8): Started and pitched 4.1 innings in five-inning run-rule victory…Earned fourth-straight win in the circle...Struck out season-high six batters again. vs. South Dakota State (3/8): Entered game in top of seventh inning…Was able to pitch way out of bases-loaded jam to keep Penn State in the game…Earned fifth-straight win in circle as Nittany Lions came back in bottom half of frame. vs. Saint Joseph’s (3/9): Pitched 3.0 innings as starter…Allowed no runs on two hits…Earned combined shutout with Parshall for third of season. vs. Toledo (3/10): Pitched final three innings…Held Toledo to no runs in sixth and seventh innings as Penn State’s offense exploded for the victory. at Michigan State (3/23): Pitched 3.2 innings in relief in game two of series…Earned first Big Ten victory in the circle in comeback win. Ohio State (4/9): Started game one of doubleheader in circle and pitched 5.0 innings for conference victory. at Maryland (4/20): Pitched 5.0 innings in relief…Allowed no runs on two hits…Struck out conference season-high five batters…Earned ninth victory of season. 

HIGH SCHOOL
Played four years of varsity softball at Punxsutawney Area High School in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania…Helped Chucks to four-straight district titles and the 2018 4A State Championship…Named D-9 Pitcher of the Year in 2018 after sharing co-award honors in 2017…Tabbed Northern Allegany League Player of the Year as a junior and sophomore…Made Central Pennsylvania League All-Star Team twice…Earned first-team all-state honors and was a Gatorade Player of the Year nominee as a junior.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Brian and Kim Lingenfelter…Majoring in management.