Logan Black Season 2021

2021 • SENIOR SEASON 
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors...Named 2020-21 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar...Named NFCA Easton All-America Scholar-Athlete.

Season: Made 19 appearances with five starts in the circle...Pitched 44.1 total innings...Struck out 15 batters...Played final season with sister and teammate Lexie Black.

vs. Purdue (2/27): Made season debut...Allowed just two hits and one run in 3.0 innings. vs. Northwestern (2/28): Struck out tied season-high two batters in first start in circle of season. Ohio State (4/4): Struck out two in 3.0 innings. Rutgers (4/10): Started game in circle and pitched 4.0 innings...Struck out tied season-high two batters. No. 23 Minnesota (5/16): Started game on Senior Day.

2020 • JUNIOR SEASON 
Season: Made eight appearances with two starts in the circle…Pitched 13.2 total innings with 1-1 record…Had one complete-game shutout…Struck out eight batters…Season shortened and no championship held due to COVID-19 pandemic.

vs. Michigan State (2/8): Made Penn State debut in the circle…Pitched a complete-game shutout in five-inning run-rule victory…Allowed just one hit…Struck out season-high two batters…Earned only win of season. vs. Cal (2/9): Started and pitched 1.2 innings…Allowed no earned runs, three hits and one walk. vs. Louisville (2/21): Struck out two batters, to tie a season high, in 1.0 innings.

2019 • SOPHOMORE SEASON – CREIGHTON 
Season: Made 22 appearances and had 17 starts for 3-9 record…Pitched team-high 102.1 innings…Improved season ERA to 3.63…Struck out 85 batters, including career-high 13 against Evansville (2/24/19)...Named Big East Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 25, 2019.

2018 • FRESHMAN SEASON – CREIGHTON 
Season: Appeared in 16 games and made 12 starts…Pitched 55.1 innings…Led Bluejays with .727 winning percentage in the circle (8-3)…Combined with Creighton teammate Bryana Clark against Grambling (2/25/18) for Bluejays’ first no-hitter since 2016…Struck out season-best five batters twice…Hit one home run as a pinch hitter in first collegiate at-bat (4/11/18).    

HIGH SCHOOL
Competed three sports, softball, basketball and track, in high school at Millard West in Omaha, Nebraska…Helped lead Wildcats to four-straight Nebraska Class A State Tournaments with third-place finish as a freshman (2013) and junior (2015)…Named to the 2016 Omaha World-Herald All-Nebraska First Team as a senior…Honored on All-Metro Conference team three times...Set school record with 245 strikeouts and a 1.46 ERA with 22-7 record in final season...Pitched six perfect games as a senior…Holds Millard West record with 545 career strikeouts…Led Wildcats to first Metro Conference championship and four state basketball tournament appearances, including one runner-up finish…Earned three All-State honorable mentions in basketball…Ran track as a senior and qualified to districts…Selected as Academic All-State honoree three times…Earned Millard West’s Outstanding Student Award twice…Named Greater Omaha Sports Committee Scholar-Athlete.

PERSONAL
Full name is Logan Sophia Black…Daughter of Mike and Rita Black…Has one sister, Lexie…Sister, Lexie, is a sophomore on the team…Majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology with an expected December 2021 graduation…Born March 27, 1999, in Missoula, Montana.