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1 Bailey Lange

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Washington HS
  • Hometown Sioux Falls, S.D.

Biography

REDSHIRT SENIOR (2021)
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team... Received an extra year of eligibility after the 2020 season was cut short due to COVID-19... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll... NFCA All-Central Region Third Team... Named to the AAC All-Tournament Team... Named to the American Athletic Conference Second Team... Earned a spot on the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll six times... In an elimination game vs. Texas A&M (May 22), recorded her fifth save of the season... Notched win No. 22 in the NCAA Norman Regional opener vs. Texas A&M (May 21)... Won her 20th and 21st games of the season in the AAC Tournament semifinals and championship game... In the series opener at Tulsa (April 30) she allowed only three hits in 4.0 innings to record win No. 18... Picked up her 17th win on April 24 vs. No. 11 Oklahoma State, allowing only two runs on five hits... Tabbed the American Pitcher of the Week on April 19 after a 2-0 week with a save and an ERA of 0.93... Earned her 16th win of the season in a 5-2 win at No. 23 UCF (April 17)... In the series opener at No. 23 UCF (April 16), she threw a complete game shutout, allowing just one hit and two walks, while striking out five... Had a clean 1-2-3 inning vs. Kansas City (April 13) to earn her fourth save of the season... Registered another complete game in the Shockers' run-rule of Houston (April 10) behind five strikeouts and only two runs... Struck out seven in a 13-5 win vs. Houston (April 9)... Threw a complete game shutout in the finale at Memphis (April 3), allowing only three hits and striking out five... Recorded a save vs. Memphis (April 2), while striking three batters in an inning of relief... In Wichita State's 12-2 run-rule of Memphis (April 1) she threw all 5.0 innings and struck out four... Recorded her 10th win of the season in a 10-2 win vs. ECU (March 28), allowing two runs (zero earned) and only three hits... Allowed just one hit and one run in the conference opener vs. ECU (March 26), which was a 16-1 run-rule in five innings... Struck out a season-high 10 batters vs. UTSA (March 20) to collect her eighth win of the season... Picked up her second save of the season in 2.1 innings of relief work vs. UTSA (March 19)... Shut down No. 8/6 Oklahoma State (March 18), earning a complete game win in the upset... Threw a complete game shutout vs. Omaha (March 11), allowing only four hits and striking out six... Struck out eight Bluejays in a complete game shutout of Creighton (Feb. 28)... Recorded her first save vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi (March 5) in 1.1 innings... Named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll on Feb. 22 for her efforts in the season-opening Scrap Yard Blizzard Challenge... Started in the circle in the season-opener vs. Tarleton State (Feb. 20) and threw a complete game (7.0 IP), allowing three runs on nine hits with nine strikeouts and no walks.

REDSHIRT SENIOR (2020)
Appeared in 20 games, making 17 starts... One of five Shockers to finish the season hitting .350 or better... Finished with a .357 batting average, three home runs, seven doubles and 15 RBI... Also made 19 appearances in the circle - 10 starts... Went 4-9 with three complete games and a 5.74 ERA... Led the team in innings pitched (64.2) and strikeouts (47)... Struck out a season-high 11 batters vs. Maryland (Feb. 6)... Six multi-hit games... Four games with multiple RBI, including a season-high five vs. Nebraska on March 1... Had a streak of five straight games with two or more hits.

SENIOR (2019)
Received a medical redshirt after a season-ending injury in the eighth game of the season... Had one home run and six RBI before the injury... Started four games in the circle, but was just 1-2 with a 5.68 ERA in 12.1 innings.

JUNIOR (2018)
Served as a dynamic two-way player in her first year at Wichita State, primarily serving as the team’s pitching ace... First Team All-Conference selection... Appeared in 49 games, starting in 36 as a pitcher and 10 in the outfield... Finished with a 20-13 record in the circle with a 2.90 ERA... Pitched 209.2 innings with 183 strikeouts... Started every NCAA Tournament game for the Shockers, having two complete games against Oklahoma State... Held the Cowboys to just two runs in the opening round, advancing the Shockers in the winners bracket that would set them up for their first Regional Final in school history... Allowed just two hits to opponents in four games, with the Shockers winning three of those games... Was named as the American’s Pitcher of the Week on April 23 after pitching eight innings and striking out 11 batters on April 20 against UCF... Hit 300 career strikeouts vs. UCF... Held opponents to a .247 batting average... Named to the American’s Weekly Honor Roll twice... Also hit .285 on the year with 9 doubles, a triple and seven home runs... Highlights include a two home run game vs. UCF, the second a two-run walk off... In the circle, she threw 21 complete games, including five shutouts... Also recorded a team-high six saves... Pitched a season-high 8.0 innings in Wichita State's win over UCF on April 20... Set a season high in strikeouts with 11 twice (vs. Iowa and vs. UCF)... Tied for third on the team with seven home runs... Had five multi-hit games and six games with two or more RBI... Tied for the team lead in stolen bases with nine... Seven game hitting streak marked a season best from April 14 - April 27.

SOPHOMORE AT UNI (2017)
Saw action in 39 games with 25 appearances on the mound ... led the squad with nine home runs ... batted .253 with 23 hits and 29 RBI ... batted a .253 batting average with 23 hits, nine home runs, and 29 RBI ... had four multi-hit games ... went 3-for-3 with a double, a home run and four RBI at UNLV (Feb. 16) ... went 2-for-4 with two home runs and RBI vs. Southern Illinois (April 9) ... went 1-for-3 with a homer and three RBI vs. Bradley (April 14) ... crushed another home run against Bradley (April 15) as the Panthers completed a three-game sweep of the Braves ... hit a solo home run in the MVC Tournament championship game against Southern Illinois (May 13) after having a home run robbed on a catch in center earlier in the game ... had a 3.80 ERA while pitching 83 innings ... she had a record of 5-9 with 79 strikeouts ... tossed a six-hit shutout vs Omaha (2/12) in a 4-0 Panther victory ... gave up only two hits and struck out eight vs. Wisconsin (Feb. 10). 

FRESHMAN AT UNI (2016)
Saw action in 36 games ... made 21 appearances as a pitcher, drawing seven starting assignments ... she tallied a 3.45 ERA with a record of 6-2 ... Lange struck out 57 batters ... she earned her first collegiate win in an 11-2 victory over South Dakota State (Feb. 14), in which she allowed seven hits, two runs and struck out four ... she posted a season-high eight strikeouts in a complete-game 3-2 win over Iowa State (April 6) ... she scattered six hits and allowed only one earned run against the Cyclones ... she pitched a one-hitter against Drake (April 19) as UNI scored an 8-0 win over the Bulldogs ... Lange batted .300 with 27 hits, 22 RBI, 17 runs and eight home runs ... her first collegiate homer was a grand slam in a 13-9 win over Michigan State (Feb. 19) ... posted home runs in three straight games vs. Missouri State (April 23), Missouri State (April 24) and at Omaha (April 26) ... she tallied six multi-hit games.

CLUB TEAM
Played for the Iowa Premier Fastpitch under coach Greg Dickel.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Lange compiled a 1.3 ERA while batting .431. In 2012, she was named the Defensive MVP at the 15 and under USSSA Fastpitch World Series... She was part of a Washington High School squad that won the 2011 varsity and junior varsity state championships. Lange has been named to the honor roll three years at Washington.
 
PERSONAL
Born in Sioux Falls, S.D., to Scot Lange and has one brother, Keegan... Will major in Exercise Science at Wichita State.

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Junior

    LHP/OF
    5'7"
    1
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    2019Senior

    LHP/OF
    5'7"
    1
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    2020Redshirt Senior

    LHP/OF
    5'7"
    1
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    2021Senior

    LHP/OF
    5'7"
    1