By FHSU Sports Information
| Fort Hays State head softball coach Adrian Pilkington announced the addition of three transfers for the 2019 season on Thursday (June 21). The trio includes Michaelanne Nelson, Allison Jurgensen, and Katie Adler.
A native of Perry, Oklahoma, Nelson transfers to FHSU from Connors State (Okla.) College, where she played two seasons. Nelson was an all-region selection at pitcher as a sophomore in 2018, finishing with a record of 18-7, a 2.79 ERA, and 139 strikeouts in 170.1 innings pitched. As a freshman in 2017, she finished with a record of 18-5 to go with a 1.34 ERA and 109 strikeouts in 135.2 innings pitched. Nelson was the Stillwater News Press All-Area Softball Player of the Year as a junior and then the VYPE Ponca City Area Comeback Athlete of the Year as a senior at Frontier High School. In her junior year of high school, she recorded 25 wins, 278 strikeouts and nine no-hitters, which included two perfect games. She suffered an ACL injury in basketball as a junior before coming back to have a big senior year in softball when she recorded 30 wins, 429 strikeouts, and six no-hitters, helping her team to the state semifinals. A native of Wichita, Kansas, Jurgensen transfers to FHSU from Butler (Kan.) Community College. As a freshman in 2017, Jurgensen batted .416 with 27 extra-base hits (11 doubles, 5 triples, 11 home runs), 60 RBIs, and 47 runs scored, earning All-KJCCC First Team honors at third base and helping the Grizzlies to the NJCAA Division I National Championship. She also earned All-Tournament Team honors at the NJCAA National Championship site. She had her sophomore year of 2018 cut short due to injury, but still finished with a .242 batting average with three doubles, 11 RBIs, and 10 runs scored. Jurgensen played her prep career at Maize High School, where she was an all-state selection as a junior and senior. A native of Riverton, Utah, Adler transfers to FHSU from Colby (Kan.) Community College. As a sophomore in 2018, Adler batted .395 with 16 extra-base hits (12 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs), 23 RBIs, and 36 runs scored, while adding 14 stolen bases. As a freshman in 2017, she hit .384 with 18 extra-base hits (15 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs), 38 RBIs, and 32 runs scored, adding five stolen bases. Adler batted .415 over her final two years of prep softball at Riverton High School, helping the school to a state championship as a senior. |