Biography
Career Honors:
American Athletic Conference Career Home Run Leader
American Athletic Conference Career RBI Leader
American Athletic Conference Career Doubles Leader
Wichita State All-Time Home Run Leader
Wichita State All-Time RBI Leader
Wichita State All-Time Total Bases Leader
Wichita State All-Time Walks Leader
2021 - AAC All-Tournament Team
2021 - First Team All-Conference
2021 - American All-Academic Team
2019 - First Team All-Conference
2019 - NFCAÂ All-Central Region Third Team
2018-19 - American All-Academic Team
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... Named to the AAC All-Tournament Team... For the second time in her career, named a First Team All-Conference selection... Started all 55 games at catcher and was one of five Shockers to hit 10 or more home runs in 2021... Along with teammate Addison Barnard (22), Wichita State was one of only two schools in the country with two players to finish with 20-plus home runs... Set career highs in home runs (21), RBI (57) and runs scored (46)... In her final collegiate game, went 2-for-3 with two runs scored vs. No. 1 Oklahoma (May 23) in the NCAA Norman Regional... Hit three home runs and drove in five runs in the first two games of the NCAA Norman Regional, including a two-homer game vs. Texas A&M (May 21)... Hit a massive three-run home run in the AAC Championship game vs. UCF (May 15), lifting the Shockers to a tournament title... Homered for the second time in the Tulsa series, a two-run shot, on May 1... Hit a three-run home run in the series opener at Tulsa (April 30)... Belted two home runs and drove in three runs vs. USF (April 24)... Smoked her 50th career home run, a two-run shot, at Kansas (April 21)... Singled and drove in a run in the series opener at No. 23 UCF (April 16)... Crushed a solo homer vs. Houston (April 10)... Hit one of Wichita State's two grand slams vs. Houston (April 9) and tied a career high with five RBI... In the finale at Memphis (April 3) she went 3-for-4 with a home run and a double... Opened the series at Memphis (April 1) going 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI... Was 1-for-1 with a double, two walks, four RBI and three runs scored in the conference opener vs. ECU (March 26)... Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week on March 15... Homered and drove in a pair of runs vs. UTSA (March 19)... In Wichita State's upset of No. 8/6 Oklahoma State (March 18), she was 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, two RBI, two walks and three runs scored... With her four RBI vs. Missouri State, she became Wichita State's all-time RBI leader... Went 1-for-1 with a home run, four RBI and two runs scored vs. Missouri State (March 11)... Crushed a solo home run vs. South Dakota State (March 9)... Hit a triple and was responsible for two of the team's three runs in Wichita State's upset of No. 23 Iowa State (March 7)... Drove in two runs and doubled at UT Arlington (March 6)... Hit a solo home run and scored two runs vs. North Texas (March 6)... With her two-run home run vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi (March 5) she became Wichita State's all-time home run leader... Hit back-to-back home runs in the same inning vs. Creighton (Feb. 27)... Had a pair of doubles to go with two runs scored and five RBI in Wichita State's 19-0 win vs. Lamar (Feb. 20).
SENIOR (2020)
Will have another chance at a senior season after the 2020 season was cut short... She has 37 career home runs, which is three shy of the school record held by Cacy Williams and Laurie Derrico (40)... Started all 27 games at catcher and hit .333 with seven home runs, eight doubles and 20 RBI... Eight multi-hit games... Five games with two or more RBI... Named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll twice... Became the American Athletic Conference career home run leader at the Rock Chalk Classic where she hit three home runs in five games... Ranked in the top six in the conference in hits, home runs, doubles, runs scored, total bases, walks and slugging percentage... Went 3-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI vs. Louisville (Feb. 22)... Hit two home runs and drove in four runs vs. Kansas City on March 6.
JUNIOR (2019)
American All-Academic Team... Â NFCA All-Central Region Third Team... First Team All-Conference selection after leading the league in home runs (11), RBI (43), total bases (105) and walks (40)... Ranked second in the conference in doubles (15), slugging percentage (.656) and runs scored (42)... Started all 56 games behind the plate, while finishing with a .331 batting average and 53 hits... Her stellar junior campaign saw her name on several of the program's single season top 10 lists, including: second in walks (40), tied for fifth with her 15 doubles, sixth in total bases (105), tied for eighth in home runs (11), ninth in RBI (43) and tied for ninth in runs scored (42)... In conference play, she hit .371 with five home runs, eight doubles, 20 runs scored and 21 RBI... Had a season high three hits twice, including a 3-for-3 effort against No. 25 USF... Recorded a season-high seven game hitting streak... Finished with 12 multi-hit games and 13 games with multiple runs batted in... Drove in a season high three runs five different times... Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week on April 15 and the American Weekly Honor Roll the final week of the season... Finished the season with a .986 fielding percentage and threw out 16 would be base stealers in 43 attempts... Went 3-for-3 against Abilene Christian (Feb. 15) with two doubles, a home run and two RBI... Was 2-for-2 against Houston with a homer and three RBI... Had two doubles and three RBI in game one of the Memphis series and another three RBI in the final game of the series... Member of the Wichita State Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)...
SOPHOMORE (2018)
Started 54 of 55 games as catcher...Hit .278 on the season with seven doubles, two triples and 10 home runs... Became a hero in the NCAA Tournament for the Shockers, hitting two, two-run home runs against Oklahoma State to put Wichita State in its first NCAA Regional Final in school history... Had 11 games where she obtained at least two hits... Obtained her career-high in hits on Apr. 22 against Central Florida, where she had three with three RBI... Season high hitting streak of five games from March 4 - March 11... Put on the American Athletic Conference’s weekly honor roll list on April 30 after hitting .375 and hitting a home run while driving in three runs in the series against East Carolina... Had two four-RBI games during the season, which resulted in two wins for Wichita State... Obtained her first triple of her college career on Feb. 23 at Texas, eventually scoring the go-ahead run for a 7-5 victory... Led the team in slugging percentage (.550) and sacrifice flies (5)... Led starters in fielding percentage with .985... Went 2-for-3 with two home runs and four RBI's to eliminate Oklahoma State from the NCAA Regionals... Belted a home run to go with three RBI at ECU on April 29... Went 3-for-3 with a homer and three runs batted in against UCF on April 22... Went 2-for-2 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in a 14-5 win over Tulsa on April 8... Had two hits and three RBI at Nebraska on March 4... Drove in a season-high tying four runs at Nebraska on March 3.
FRESHMAN (2017)
Perrigan started all 52 games as a freshman in 2017, starting 51 of those at catcher and one as the designated player. She hit .304 on the year and was tied for second on the team in doubles with 12 and second on the team with nine home runs. Perrigan also finished the year with a fielding percentage of .989 and was named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference Second Team and All-Defensive Team.
CLUB TEAM
Played for the Gametime Stars under coach Rusty Fisher.
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HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Mustang High School, the home of the Broncos. She played two years of softball under coach Jaime Roberts and was named All-Conference, All-State, All-District and Defensive Player of the Year. Perrigan went 4-for-4 in the State Quarterfinal game with two doubles and two triples.
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PERSONAL
Born in Edmond, Okla., to Tony and Sheila Perrigan. She has two brothers, Jax (1) and Gray (2 months) and one sister, Bailee (16). She is majoring in marketing and accounting.