Sara Gulla (2015) - Marshall Athletics Hall of Fame

Sara Gulla

Induction:
2015
Class:
2001

Sara Gulla joined the Marshall softball team as a pitcher from Huntington Beach, Calif., and immediately launched an all-out assault on the Marshall record book. Gulla remains second all-time in innings pitched at MU with 682 1/3 and is No. 2 in strikeouts with 727. At the end of her career, Gulla was only the second player in the Mid-American Conference to finish with more than 700 strikeouts. She is first in MU annals in single-season ERA (1.01 in 2000) and is third in single-season shutouts (8 in 2000) and fourth in complete games (27 in 2001). With 270 strikeouts in 2001, Gulla ranks No. 2 in a Herd single season. Her career 1.83 ERA is No. 1 for the Herd (200-plus innings pitched) and she's also tops in walks per 7 innings (1.58) in a career. Her 7.46 strikeouts per game (7 innings) is No. 2. She is No. 6 with 48 career wins. Gulla pitched in 124 MU games, with 96 starts (No. 4 career) and her 22 shutouts rank No. 2. Gulla was named All-MAC in 2000 and 2001 and helped MU to win the MAC East Division for the first time in 2000. Gulla was named to Herd softball's 20th Anniversary Team in 2013. She was inducted into the Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015.