University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2014 Softball Roster
Stewart, Alex
Jersey Number 18
Alex Stewart
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Zionsville, Ind.
- High School:
- Zionsville Community HS
Bio
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2017)
Sun Belt Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2017)
NFCA Third Team All-Central Region (2017)
All-Sun Belt First Team (2017)
CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team (2017)
CoSIDA Academic All-District VI (2017)
All-Louisiana First Team (2017)
Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference (2017)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2016)
NFCA Second Team All-America (2016)
NFCA First Team All-Central Region (2016)
Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year (2016)
All-Sun Belt First Team (2016)
Louisiana Sports Writers Association Pitcher of the Year (2016)
All-Louisiana First Team (2016)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2015)
All-Sun Belt Second Team (2015)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2014)
2017 (Senior)
Made 36 appearances in the circle, getting the start 29 times…reached 20 wins for the second straight season…compiled a 27-5 record and 1.81 ERA…ranked Top 10 nationally in victories and was one of only 20 pitchers nationwide to reach 25 wins…recorded a personal 20-game win streak from Mar. 18 through May 20…victories total increased the total over her final two seasons in a Cajuns uniform to 56…led the pitching staff in innings pitched (154.2) and strikeouts (148)…limited foes to a .193 batting average – the best mark of her career…held the opposition to two earned runs or less in 25 of 29 starts and had a hand in 12 of 17 shutouts the pitching staff tossed…posted a 15-0 record in Sun Belt Conference play to lead Louisiana to the conference championship and improve her career Sun Belt record to 36-1…was the leader in wins in Sun Belt play and the only pitcher with 15-plus appearances to have an undefeated mark…in six of eight Sun Belt series, held the opposition to two earned runs or fewer – all instances in which she made multiple appearances and worked at least seven innings…ranked Top 40 nationally in fewest hits allowed per seven innings, allowing five or fewer in all but six starts, and surrendered just 106 total over 154-2/3 innings pitched…displayed excellent command of pitches once again yielding just 33 walks and turning in 15 walk-free appearances…allowed more than two walks only three times in 36 appearances and ranked Top 75 nationally in walks allowed per seven innings…pitched shutout softball in six of her last seven starts prior to NCAA postseason play…pitched a shutout in all four starts over the Cajuns final two Sun Belt series (Coastal Carolina, ULM)…yielded just two runs, seven hits and struck out 23 over 18 innings in leading Cajuns to Sun Belt Tournament title, earning her Most Outstanding Player honors…tossed the third NCAA postseason no-hitter in Ragin' Cajuns history in NCAA Baton Rouge Regional opener vs. McNeese…posted the win over No. 18 LSU in the winner’s bracket final of the Baton Rouge Regional for the seventh win over a ranked team in her career…picked up the win in both matchups with DePaul in the season-opening Louisiana Classics, one as the starter (Feb. 10) and one in relief (Feb. 11)…struck out six and held No. 4 Alabama to two runs in the win as the Cajuns evened the weekend series in the nightcap of the Feb. 18 doubleheader…worked a combined eight innings with no runs allowed and just two hits allowed as Cajuns posted shutout wins over North Dakota State and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Mar. 4…picked up the win in relief after tossing 1-1/3 scoreless innings on Mar. 5 vs. Alcorn as the Cajuns rallied for the win which captured head coach Michael Lotief’s 700th career victory…pitched 9-1/3 scoreless innings, allowed only two hits, struck out nine and posted three wins during the Ragin' Cajuns Invitational (Mar. 3-5) landing her to Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week honors…struck out nine and held South Alabama to three hits in series-clinching win that was completed on Sunday, then later that afternoon struck out five and held the Jaguars to two hits over the final three innings in relief as Cajuns completed the first sweep in Mobile since 2011…picked up two wins each of the next two weekends in series with Georgia Southern and Troy, allowing only two runs over 15 innings…settled down No. 4 Texas A&M in a 2-1/3 inning relief effort in College Station after the Aggies had trimmed the lead to 11-6 in the fifth inning…facing the middle of the order in the sixth inning, posted three strikeouts in the frame…held Georgia State to two hits over seven innings and faced only three batters over the minimum in Game 2 on Apr. 22 to clinch series victory in a weekend the Cajuns created distance in the SBC standings from GSU…picked up the win in relief - her second win of the series - by holding the Panthers hitless over the final 2-1/3 innings in the series finale…picked up both wins on Apr. 29 in sweep of Coastal Carolina which clinched the Sun Belt championship…struck out a season-high 10 in five innings on Apr. 30 vs. Coastal Carolina….worked the final two innings and earned the save on May 6 at ULM as Cajuns collected SBC win No. 22 setting a record for conference victories…registered a career-high 13 strikeouts in the Sun Belt Tournament opener vs. South Alabama (May 11)…defeated Texas State in the winner’s bracket final and championship game, holding the Bobcats to two runs, five hits and striking out 10 over 11 innings combined...was a first team choice on the All-Sun Belt and All-Louisiana squads...placed on the NFCA All-Central Region team a second straight season, landing on the third team...recipient of CoSIDA Academic All-District™ honors for the first time and was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team.
2016 (Junior)
Emerged as the lead pitcher, appearing in 41 games with 38 starts … posted five wins over ranked teams – defeated No. 5 Oregon (twice) and No. 19 Baylor in regular season, plus No. 25 Texas and No. 16 Texas A&M in NCAA Lafayette Regional … compiled a 29-6 record and 1.94 ERA … first 20-win season of her career and most victories by a Cajuns pitcher since Christina Hamilton in 2014 … finished No. 5 nationally in victories and was one of only 20 pitchers to reach 25 wins … posted a 13-0 start in Sun Belt Conference play to lead the Ragin’ Cajuns to the conference championship by April 30 … ended the season with a Sun Belt-best 16 victories in conference play (16-1, 0.66 ERA) … held Sun Belt foes to 11 runs and 58 hits over 20 appearances and 95 innings pitched in league play … opened the season with 35-2/3 consecutive walk-free innings and had a second string of 30-plus walk free innings going 33-2/3 inning without a walk from April 17-May 7 … finished the season with only 37 walks allowed in 209 innings pitched and turned in 20 walk-free starts (out of 38 total) … reached eight strikeouts 10 times, twice tying career-high of 11 (Troy, Texas State), and totaled 196 strikeouts which ranked Top 40 nationally … pitched a complete game shutout in five consecutive Sun Belt starts (Mar. 19-Apr. 3) … led the pitching staff and ranked Top 20 nationally with seven complete game shutouts … In six starts vs. ranked teams in the regular season – including two at No.1 Florida – allowed three earned runs or less … pitched scoreless softball in four Sun Belt Conference series: UT Arlington (7.0 innings), Troy (12.0 innings), Texas State (14.0 innings) and ULM (17.0 innings) … posted a 3-0 record and allowed only one earned run while pitching 14 of the 29 innings during the season-opening weekend at the Sand Dollar Classic in Gulf Shores … limited No. 5 Oregon to six runs (five earned) over 14 innings pitched and never trailed in either start against the fifth-ranked Ducks, claiming the win in both matchups … struck out nine batters in both games of the doubleheader vs. Texas Tech on Feb. 25 … finished with nine strikeouts and held South Alabama scoreless over the final six innings as the Ragin’ Cajuns took Game 1 of the Sun Belt-opening doubleheader on March 13 … tossed five scoreless innings in UT Arlington series opener on March 19, improving her record to 10-0 to start the season for the second straight year … tossed two complete game shutouts, yielded only seven hits over 12 innings and struck out 16 at Troy (March 25-26) … did not allow a single Trojans runners past second base during her entire time in the circle … in 13 innings pitched in the doubleheader at Baylor on March 29, shutout the 19th-ranked Bears in 10 of the frames ... named Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week on April 4 after tossing 14 innings of scoreless softball and holding Texas State to just four hits in collecting two shutouts of the Bobcats in the Sun Belt series at Lamson Park … carried a perfect game into the fifth inning of the Appalachian State series finale … struck out nine and pitched 11 scoreless innings in the doubleheader at Georgia Southern on April 30 guiding the Ragin’ Cajuns to the outright Sun Belt championship … pitched 17 scoreless innings, struck out 18 and yielded just four hits in picking up all three victories over ULM (May 7-8), earning her Sun Belt Pitcher of the week honors for the second time … kept No. 25 Texas hitless during a key stretch of the winner’s bracket final of the NCAA Lafayette Regional, beginning in the fourth inning and lasting until a pair of hits with two outs in the seventh inning … after falling behind 8-6 in the fifth inning, would shutout Texas A&M in its final four at bats to secure the victory that clinched the fifth consecutive NCAA Super Regional appearance … honored as Pitcher of the Year by the Sun Belt Conference and Louisiana Sports Writers Association … was a first team selection on the All-Sun Belt, All-NFCA Central Region and All-Louisiana squads … named a member of the NFCA Division I All-America Second Team … became the sixth pitcher in program history to earn All-American status, joining Stefni (Whitton) Lotief (1989-90), Kyla Hall (1992-94), Cheryl Longeway (1995-96), Brooke Mitchell (2004) and Christina Hamilton (2014) on the list.
2015 (Sophomore)
Top 50 NCAA in ERA (2.09) and Top 30 in strikeouts per seven innings (8.7)…Finished second among Sun Belt Conference pitchers in ERA...Undefeated first 10 decisions/15 appearances, lone loss to #2 Oregon…Earned the win in five of the Cajuns last 10 Sun Belt victories…Posted the two wins that won Sun Belt series vs. Texas State and Georgia State over consecutive weekends, allowing just five runs and striking out 34 in 21 innings…Had five-plus strikeouts in seven of 12 starts...Yielded just nine walks over 51 innings pitched in first 15 appearances...In Sun Belt play, issued only four walks in 30-2/3 innings…Held Sun Belt hitters to a .197 average…Only four earned runs surrendered in five starts in Sun Belt play (24-2/3 innings)...Led all Sun Belt pitchers in fewest runs allowed (31 in 63-2/3 innings)...Opened the season with only one run allowed in first 18 innings pitched in starts against Eastern Illinois and Idaho State...Made first two career Sun Belt starts at Texas State Mar. 28-29...Settled down a Bobcats lineup that had produced 14 runs utilizing a 12-hit attack in the series opener by holding the Bobcats to two runs off six hits and striking out 16 in 10 innings of work spanning the two starts...Set a career-high with 11 strikeouts in a four-hit shutout in the series finale on Mar. 29...Limited Georgia State to one run and two hits while striking out eight in the series opener on Apr. 3...Started game two vs. GSU and struck out 10 in five innings...Started second game of the Auburn Super Regional and held the Tigers to two runs and five hits over her first five innings of work...Awarded All-Sun Belt second team honors...Named Louisiana Sports Writer's Association Pitcher of the Week on Mar. 30.
2014 (Freshman)
Made four appearances with three starts in the circle … finished with a 9.49 ERA in 10.1 innings … struck out 12 batters and gave up 21 hits, 14 earned runs and 12 walks … finished with nine strikeouts in 6.0 innings against No. 10 Texas (2/8) … made appearances against Northern Iowa (2/7), Purdue (2/9) and No. 4 Michigan (2/15).
High School
Was a four-year letterwinner at Zionsville Community High School in Zionsville, Ind., for coaches Amy Beers and Lori Esparza … was named an Indy Star Spotlight athlete as a senior, earning all-conference honors as both a junior and senior … was the offensive leader of the year for the Hoosier Crossroads Conference as a senior.
Personal
Born Nov. 15, 1994 in Indianapolis, Ind. … the daughter of Jim and Gretchen Stewart … has two older siblings, sister Kris and brother Andrew … majoring in mathematics/finance.
Sun Belt Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2017)
NFCA Third Team All-Central Region (2017)
All-Sun Belt First Team (2017)
CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team (2017)
CoSIDA Academic All-District VI (2017)
All-Louisiana First Team (2017)
Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference (2017)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2016)
NFCA Second Team All-America (2016)
NFCA First Team All-Central Region (2016)
Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year (2016)
All-Sun Belt First Team (2016)
Louisiana Sports Writers Association Pitcher of the Year (2016)
All-Louisiana First Team (2016)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2015)
All-Sun Belt Second Team (2015)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2014)
2017 (Senior)
Made 36 appearances in the circle, getting the start 29 times…reached 20 wins for the second straight season…compiled a 27-5 record and 1.81 ERA…ranked Top 10 nationally in victories and was one of only 20 pitchers nationwide to reach 25 wins…recorded a personal 20-game win streak from Mar. 18 through May 20…victories total increased the total over her final two seasons in a Cajuns uniform to 56…led the pitching staff in innings pitched (154.2) and strikeouts (148)…limited foes to a .193 batting average – the best mark of her career…held the opposition to two earned runs or less in 25 of 29 starts and had a hand in 12 of 17 shutouts the pitching staff tossed…posted a 15-0 record in Sun Belt Conference play to lead Louisiana to the conference championship and improve her career Sun Belt record to 36-1…was the leader in wins in Sun Belt play and the only pitcher with 15-plus appearances to have an undefeated mark…in six of eight Sun Belt series, held the opposition to two earned runs or fewer – all instances in which she made multiple appearances and worked at least seven innings…ranked Top 40 nationally in fewest hits allowed per seven innings, allowing five or fewer in all but six starts, and surrendered just 106 total over 154-2/3 innings pitched…displayed excellent command of pitches once again yielding just 33 walks and turning in 15 walk-free appearances…allowed more than two walks only three times in 36 appearances and ranked Top 75 nationally in walks allowed per seven innings…pitched shutout softball in six of her last seven starts prior to NCAA postseason play…pitched a shutout in all four starts over the Cajuns final two Sun Belt series (Coastal Carolina, ULM)…yielded just two runs, seven hits and struck out 23 over 18 innings in leading Cajuns to Sun Belt Tournament title, earning her Most Outstanding Player honors…tossed the third NCAA postseason no-hitter in Ragin' Cajuns history in NCAA Baton Rouge Regional opener vs. McNeese…posted the win over No. 18 LSU in the winner’s bracket final of the Baton Rouge Regional for the seventh win over a ranked team in her career…picked up the win in both matchups with DePaul in the season-opening Louisiana Classics, one as the starter (Feb. 10) and one in relief (Feb. 11)…struck out six and held No. 4 Alabama to two runs in the win as the Cajuns evened the weekend series in the nightcap of the Feb. 18 doubleheader…worked a combined eight innings with no runs allowed and just two hits allowed as Cajuns posted shutout wins over North Dakota State and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Mar. 4…picked up the win in relief after tossing 1-1/3 scoreless innings on Mar. 5 vs. Alcorn as the Cajuns rallied for the win which captured head coach Michael Lotief’s 700th career victory…pitched 9-1/3 scoreless innings, allowed only two hits, struck out nine and posted three wins during the Ragin' Cajuns Invitational (Mar. 3-5) landing her to Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week honors…struck out nine and held South Alabama to three hits in series-clinching win that was completed on Sunday, then later that afternoon struck out five and held the Jaguars to two hits over the final three innings in relief as Cajuns completed the first sweep in Mobile since 2011…picked up two wins each of the next two weekends in series with Georgia Southern and Troy, allowing only two runs over 15 innings…settled down No. 4 Texas A&M in a 2-1/3 inning relief effort in College Station after the Aggies had trimmed the lead to 11-6 in the fifth inning…facing the middle of the order in the sixth inning, posted three strikeouts in the frame…held Georgia State to two hits over seven innings and faced only three batters over the minimum in Game 2 on Apr. 22 to clinch series victory in a weekend the Cajuns created distance in the SBC standings from GSU…picked up the win in relief - her second win of the series - by holding the Panthers hitless over the final 2-1/3 innings in the series finale…picked up both wins on Apr. 29 in sweep of Coastal Carolina which clinched the Sun Belt championship…struck out a season-high 10 in five innings on Apr. 30 vs. Coastal Carolina….worked the final two innings and earned the save on May 6 at ULM as Cajuns collected SBC win No. 22 setting a record for conference victories…registered a career-high 13 strikeouts in the Sun Belt Tournament opener vs. South Alabama (May 11)…defeated Texas State in the winner’s bracket final and championship game, holding the Bobcats to two runs, five hits and striking out 10 over 11 innings combined...was a first team choice on the All-Sun Belt and All-Louisiana squads...placed on the NFCA All-Central Region team a second straight season, landing on the third team...recipient of CoSIDA Academic All-District™ honors for the first time and was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team.
2016 (Junior)
Emerged as the lead pitcher, appearing in 41 games with 38 starts … posted five wins over ranked teams – defeated No. 5 Oregon (twice) and No. 19 Baylor in regular season, plus No. 25 Texas and No. 16 Texas A&M in NCAA Lafayette Regional … compiled a 29-6 record and 1.94 ERA … first 20-win season of her career and most victories by a Cajuns pitcher since Christina Hamilton in 2014 … finished No. 5 nationally in victories and was one of only 20 pitchers to reach 25 wins … posted a 13-0 start in Sun Belt Conference play to lead the Ragin’ Cajuns to the conference championship by April 30 … ended the season with a Sun Belt-best 16 victories in conference play (16-1, 0.66 ERA) … held Sun Belt foes to 11 runs and 58 hits over 20 appearances and 95 innings pitched in league play … opened the season with 35-2/3 consecutive walk-free innings and had a second string of 30-plus walk free innings going 33-2/3 inning without a walk from April 17-May 7 … finished the season with only 37 walks allowed in 209 innings pitched and turned in 20 walk-free starts (out of 38 total) … reached eight strikeouts 10 times, twice tying career-high of 11 (Troy, Texas State), and totaled 196 strikeouts which ranked Top 40 nationally … pitched a complete game shutout in five consecutive Sun Belt starts (Mar. 19-Apr. 3) … led the pitching staff and ranked Top 20 nationally with seven complete game shutouts … In six starts vs. ranked teams in the regular season – including two at No.1 Florida – allowed three earned runs or less … pitched scoreless softball in four Sun Belt Conference series: UT Arlington (7.0 innings), Troy (12.0 innings), Texas State (14.0 innings) and ULM (17.0 innings) … posted a 3-0 record and allowed only one earned run while pitching 14 of the 29 innings during the season-opening weekend at the Sand Dollar Classic in Gulf Shores … limited No. 5 Oregon to six runs (five earned) over 14 innings pitched and never trailed in either start against the fifth-ranked Ducks, claiming the win in both matchups … struck out nine batters in both games of the doubleheader vs. Texas Tech on Feb. 25 … finished with nine strikeouts and held South Alabama scoreless over the final six innings as the Ragin’ Cajuns took Game 1 of the Sun Belt-opening doubleheader on March 13 … tossed five scoreless innings in UT Arlington series opener on March 19, improving her record to 10-0 to start the season for the second straight year … tossed two complete game shutouts, yielded only seven hits over 12 innings and struck out 16 at Troy (March 25-26) … did not allow a single Trojans runners past second base during her entire time in the circle … in 13 innings pitched in the doubleheader at Baylor on March 29, shutout the 19th-ranked Bears in 10 of the frames ... named Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week on April 4 after tossing 14 innings of scoreless softball and holding Texas State to just four hits in collecting two shutouts of the Bobcats in the Sun Belt series at Lamson Park … carried a perfect game into the fifth inning of the Appalachian State series finale … struck out nine and pitched 11 scoreless innings in the doubleheader at Georgia Southern on April 30 guiding the Ragin’ Cajuns to the outright Sun Belt championship … pitched 17 scoreless innings, struck out 18 and yielded just four hits in picking up all three victories over ULM (May 7-8), earning her Sun Belt Pitcher of the week honors for the second time … kept No. 25 Texas hitless during a key stretch of the winner’s bracket final of the NCAA Lafayette Regional, beginning in the fourth inning and lasting until a pair of hits with two outs in the seventh inning … after falling behind 8-6 in the fifth inning, would shutout Texas A&M in its final four at bats to secure the victory that clinched the fifth consecutive NCAA Super Regional appearance … honored as Pitcher of the Year by the Sun Belt Conference and Louisiana Sports Writers Association … was a first team selection on the All-Sun Belt, All-NFCA Central Region and All-Louisiana squads … named a member of the NFCA Division I All-America Second Team … became the sixth pitcher in program history to earn All-American status, joining Stefni (Whitton) Lotief (1989-90), Kyla Hall (1992-94), Cheryl Longeway (1995-96), Brooke Mitchell (2004) and Christina Hamilton (2014) on the list.
2015 (Sophomore)
Top 50 NCAA in ERA (2.09) and Top 30 in strikeouts per seven innings (8.7)…Finished second among Sun Belt Conference pitchers in ERA...Undefeated first 10 decisions/15 appearances, lone loss to #2 Oregon…Earned the win in five of the Cajuns last 10 Sun Belt victories…Posted the two wins that won Sun Belt series vs. Texas State and Georgia State over consecutive weekends, allowing just five runs and striking out 34 in 21 innings…Had five-plus strikeouts in seven of 12 starts...Yielded just nine walks over 51 innings pitched in first 15 appearances...In Sun Belt play, issued only four walks in 30-2/3 innings…Held Sun Belt hitters to a .197 average…Only four earned runs surrendered in five starts in Sun Belt play (24-2/3 innings)...Led all Sun Belt pitchers in fewest runs allowed (31 in 63-2/3 innings)...Opened the season with only one run allowed in first 18 innings pitched in starts against Eastern Illinois and Idaho State...Made first two career Sun Belt starts at Texas State Mar. 28-29...Settled down a Bobcats lineup that had produced 14 runs utilizing a 12-hit attack in the series opener by holding the Bobcats to two runs off six hits and striking out 16 in 10 innings of work spanning the two starts...Set a career-high with 11 strikeouts in a four-hit shutout in the series finale on Mar. 29...Limited Georgia State to one run and two hits while striking out eight in the series opener on Apr. 3...Started game two vs. GSU and struck out 10 in five innings...Started second game of the Auburn Super Regional and held the Tigers to two runs and five hits over her first five innings of work...Awarded All-Sun Belt second team honors...Named Louisiana Sports Writer's Association Pitcher of the Week on Mar. 30.
2014 (Freshman)
Made four appearances with three starts in the circle … finished with a 9.49 ERA in 10.1 innings … struck out 12 batters and gave up 21 hits, 14 earned runs and 12 walks … finished with nine strikeouts in 6.0 innings against No. 10 Texas (2/8) … made appearances against Northern Iowa (2/7), Purdue (2/9) and No. 4 Michigan (2/15).
High School
Was a four-year letterwinner at Zionsville Community High School in Zionsville, Ind., for coaches Amy Beers and Lori Esparza … was named an Indy Star Spotlight athlete as a senior, earning all-conference honors as both a junior and senior … was the offensive leader of the year for the Hoosier Crossroads Conference as a senior.
Personal
Born Nov. 15, 1994 in Indianapolis, Ind. … the daughter of Jim and Gretchen Stewart … has two older siblings, sister Kris and brother Andrew … majoring in mathematics/finance.
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