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2023 Softball Roster

Justin Casterline
Emily Reese
Brian Drumm
Carrie Alward
Carrie Alward
Carrie Alward
Chloe Smith
Ricky Bassman
Kathleen Baumet

21 Jaida Speth

  • Position Pitcher/Outfielder
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Delavan-Darien
  • Hometown Delavan, Wisc.

Biography

Of Note: Honored as Co-Recipient of the Dorothy Cheesman Award at the Jag Awards Dinner after her senior season, given annually to the top grade point average among the graduating female student-athletes in the department. 

2022-23 (Graduate): First Team All-Horizon League performer... named the team's Coaches Award winner at the 2023 Jag Awards … appeared in and started in all 47 games for the Jaguars … recorded the team’s second-best batting average at .368 … totaled 20 runs, eight doubles, two triples and 13 RBI … was 6-for-6 on stolen base attempts … recorded 12 multi-hit games … went 4-for-4 with two runs, one double, one triple and two RBI against Oakland (March 21) … went 2-for-3 with two doubles against Presbyterian (February 17) … hit 2-for-4 with one run and one double against Robert Morris (April 23) … named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team and the CSC Academic All-District Team ... named to the Horizon League Honor Roll and the Fall and Spring Academic Advisor’s Lists.

2021-22 (Senior): Appeared in 39 games, making 30 starts … hit .231 (21-for-91) with two doubles … totaled four RBI and seven runs … collected one walk with an on base percentage of .239 … recorded 30 putouts with a fielding percentage of .968 … recorded five two-hit games … went 2-for-4 with two runs against UIC (May 7) … hit 2-for-3 with an RBI and run against Northern Kentucky (April 23) … went 1-for-1 with an RBI double against Ball State (April 12) … named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team … earned IUPUI’s Top 100 Student award … named to the Horizon League Honor Roll and the Fall and Spring IUPUI Academic Advisor’s Lists.
 
2020-21 (Junior): Appeared in 43 games, starting in 42 ... was named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team ... hit .287 with 35 hits, two doubles and eight RBI ... finished the season with a .302 on base percentage ... went 1-for-2 with a double in the season opener against Jacksonville (Feb. 26) ... was 2-for-3 against Auburn (Feb. 27) ... drove in two runs, going 1-for-3 against Murray State (Feb. 28) ... had in RBI in both games of a doubleheader against Cleveland State (March 20) ... went 2-for-4 with a run scored in the series finale against Cleveland State (March 21) ... was 3-for-4 with an RBI and run scored against Purdue Fort Wayne (April 9) ... had a six-game hitting streak with two doubles from April 16-23 in games against Robert Morris and Northern Kentucky ... went 2-for-3 with a run scored against UIC (April 30) ... scored two runs and had two hits in the series finale against UIC (May 1) ... went 4-for-4 against Green Bay, the second four-hit game by a Jaguar on the year (May 8) ... finished the season with a 2-for-4 performance with a double and an RBI ... named to the Fall and Spring Academic Advisor's Lists.

2019-20 (Sophomore): Played and started 20 games, primarily at center field ... led IUPUI with a .373 average, 22 hits and two triples ... was second on the team with 10 RBI and nine runs scored ... had three doubles, two walks and was hit by two pitches ... only stuck out five times in 59 at bats ... posted a .406 on base percentage ... tied for the team lead with three stolen bases ... finished the season with five multi-hit games ... had s seven-game hit streak from Feb. 28 to March 7 ... had a double in two plate appearances in the first game of the season against Omaha (Feb. 7) ... drove in a season-high three runs, going 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored in a win over Western Illinois (Feb. 7) ... went 1-for-1 with a triple and a walk, driving in a run and scoring two runs against Miami (Feb. 8) ... was 1-for-3 with a stolen base and a run scored against Loyola Chicago (Feb. 9) ... was 1-for-4 with two RBI and a triple in a win at UTEP (Feb. 21) ... went 2-for-2 with a run scored at Western Kentucky (Feb. 29) ... finished 2-for-6 with a double, a run scored and a stolen base against Austin Peay (March 1) ... went 1-for-3 with an RBI double and a run scored in a win over Northern Illinois (March 7) ... had two hits and scored a run in the last game of the season at Southern Illinois (March 8) ... named to the Fall and Spring Academic Advisor's Lists.

2018-19 (Freshman): Named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team ... played and started in all 56 games making 51 starts in center field and five starts in the circle ... led the Jaguars with a .314 batting average, totaling 48 hits, seven doubles, two home runs and 25 RBI ... finished the season as the 45th hardest player to strike out in the NCAA and hardest player to strike out in the Horizon League, striking out once every 21.9 at bats ... finished with a .380 on base percentage with 12 walks and was hit by five pitches ... struck out just seven times in 153 at bats, including just two strikeouts in 74 at bats during Horizon League play ... made 11 appearances in the circle and finished with a 1-5 record and 8.61 ERA ... struck out 15 batters in 38.2 innings and posted a .298 opposing batting average ... finished the season with nine multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games ... tied for the team lead with the longest hitting streak of the season, earning a hit in eight-straight games form March 23 to April 6 ... reached base in a team-high 18-straight games from March 23 to April 17 ... earned her first-career hit with a 1-for-3 outing against Western Illinois in the season opener (Feb. 8) ... picked up her first RBI of her career against UMKC (Feb. 9) ... went 3-for-3 with a double and two runs scored against Morehead State (Feb. 17) ... was 2-for-4 with a double, three RBI and a run scored against SIUE (Feb. 22) ... collected two hits and scored two runs against Indiana State (Mar. 1) ... hit her first career-home run against Indiana State (Mar. 13) ... went 2-for-3 with a double, three RBI and two runs scored against Wright State (April 6) ... drove in two runs in the second game of the series at Green Bay (April 9) ... went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI against Oakland (April 13) ... was 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI in the series opener against UIC (April 16) ... hit a three-run home run against her older sister, a pitcher for UIC in the second game of the Horizon League Tournament (May 9) ... earned her first-career win in the circle with a nine-inning outing at Detroit Mercy, allowing just two runs on five hits while striking out four and not walking a batter (May 4) ... named to the Fall/Spring Academic Advisor's List.

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2019Freshman

    Pitcher/Outfielder
    5'9"
    21
  • 21

    2020Sophomore

    Pitcher/Outfielder
    5'9"
    21
  • 21

    2021Junior

    Pitcher/Outfielder
    5'9"
    21
  • 21

    2022Senior

    Pitcher/Outfielder
    5'9"
    21
  • 21

    2023Graduate Student

    Pitcher/Outfielder
    5'9"
    21