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2025 Softball Roster
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Jersey Number 48
Bub Feringa
- Position:
- Pitcher/Utility
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Cactus HS
- Hometown:
- Glendale, Ariz.
Bio
2025 (Senior)
GP/GS: 50/48…Crucial to the team's success on both sides of the plate ... Led team in innings pitched (103.0 IP) ... Won nine games with 44 strikeouts and only three home runs given up ... Had six multi-hit games with five games with two or more RBI.
2024 (Junior)
GP/GS: 50/50 …Became a two-way player for the Herd in 2024, continuing to hit while pitching the most innings of all players for MU ...Appeared in 50 games total, while making 40 appearances in the circle with 26 starts ... Pitched 158.1 innings with 12 wins and 57 strikeouts ... Earned first win with a complete-game four hit shutout in a 1-0 win over Michigan State (Feb. 9) ... As a hitter, set new-highs in BA (.343), hits (49), and tying career-best in home runs (3) ...Had seven multi-hit games, with a career-high four hits against Notre Dame (Mar. 8) ... Also held Fighting Irish to one run across first five innings
2023 (Sophomore)
GP/GS: 55/53 …Made a big jump as a sophomore, appearing in all 55 games, starting in 53 games in various spots ... Hit .320 on the season with 48 hits, 12 doubles, and three home runs and also 48 RBI... Hit a clutch go-ahead two-run home run against JMU on Apr. 23 ... Additionally made eight appearances in relief, finishing with a 2.47 ERA with eight strikeouts and a 1-0 record ... Finished a perfect 4-4 on stolen bases
2022 (Freshman)
2022 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete: GPA 3.50 or better
2021-22 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 25/12 ...Appeared in 25 games, 10 starts as a position player with seven in the outfield and three at third base … Made 11 appearances in the circle with two starts … At the plate bat .279, 12 hits, six runs, four doubles, one home run and nine RBI … As a pitcher had a 3.64 ERA, 1-0 record and 11 strikeouts in 25 innings … Had three games with two RBI, one game with two hits... Made collegiate pitching debut versus Villanova (Feb. 11) at the Buzz Classic with 1.1 innings of relief and recorded first career strikeout … Pitched two-thirds of an inning of relief against South Carolina (Feb. 19) at the Battle at the Beach and allowed just one hit and had one strikeout … Made collegiate debut at the plate with a bang coming in to pinch hit in the top of the seventh at Coastal Carolina (Feb. 19) and hit a 2-run home run … Became just the fifth player in team history going back to 2000 to begin Herd career with a home run in very first plate appearance...Earned first collegiate start at third base against Howard (Feb. 25) in the Camel Stampede, drove in one run and scored once, recorded three assists … Earned first collegiate pitching start the next day also against Howard (Feb. 26), pitched five innings allowing five hits, two runs and struck out two on the way to first career win, 9-2, was also 1-of-3 at the plate with a double, RBI and a run
High School: Attended Cactus High School … Starred in the circle and at the plate for high school … Two-time Peoria Unified School District Player of the Year … Named West Valley Preps Player of the Year as a senior … Also honored as the Arizona 4A West Valley Region Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year as a senior … 3x First Team All-State honoree … 4x All-Conference … Selected as No. 71 in the Extra Innings Class of 2021 Top 100 … Senior year earned 13 wins, a 0.95 ERA and 115 strikeouts … At the plate hit .644, 37 RBI, 16 doubles and six home runs … Helped lead school to the 4A Arizona State Championship twice, finishing as the runner-up in both... Also lettered in badminton (varsity singles and doubles) and was the No. 1 singles for varsity for two years … Off the field was involved in Fellowship of Christian Athletes … Academically ranked in the top 10-percent of her class, including top 5-percent in 2019.
Personal: Born Feb. 10, 2003 … Daughter of Doug and Beth Feringa … Has an older brother, Lucas, and an older sister, Briley who played softball at Harding University ...Chose Marshall because, “I feel like I am part of something special. The Herd softball team is taking it to the next level. The teams are built to compete at the highest level. I wanted to be part of a great team that is willing to work hard together and win. I also really liked the hometown feel of Huntington and the four seasons. The coaches and players were very welcoming, and I could really see myself being part of the Marshall family. Another thing that I especially liked is that Marshall is filled with history and tradition. Every game is played for something bigger. Go Herd!!” … Plans to major in sport management.
GP/GS: 50/48…Crucial to the team's success on both sides of the plate ... Led team in innings pitched (103.0 IP) ... Won nine games with 44 strikeouts and only three home runs given up ... Had six multi-hit games with five games with two or more RBI.
2024 (Junior)
GP/GS: 50/50 …Became a two-way player for the Herd in 2024, continuing to hit while pitching the most innings of all players for MU ...Appeared in 50 games total, while making 40 appearances in the circle with 26 starts ... Pitched 158.1 innings with 12 wins and 57 strikeouts ... Earned first win with a complete-game four hit shutout in a 1-0 win over Michigan State (Feb. 9) ... As a hitter, set new-highs in BA (.343), hits (49), and tying career-best in home runs (3) ...Had seven multi-hit games, with a career-high four hits against Notre Dame (Mar. 8) ... Also held Fighting Irish to one run across first five innings
2023 (Sophomore)
GP/GS: 55/53 …Made a big jump as a sophomore, appearing in all 55 games, starting in 53 games in various spots ... Hit .320 on the season with 48 hits, 12 doubles, and three home runs and also 48 RBI... Hit a clutch go-ahead two-run home run against JMU on Apr. 23 ... Additionally made eight appearances in relief, finishing with a 2.47 ERA with eight strikeouts and a 1-0 record ... Finished a perfect 4-4 on stolen bases
2022 (Freshman)
2022 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete: GPA 3.50 or better
2021-22 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 25/12 ...Appeared in 25 games, 10 starts as a position player with seven in the outfield and three at third base … Made 11 appearances in the circle with two starts … At the plate bat .279, 12 hits, six runs, four doubles, one home run and nine RBI … As a pitcher had a 3.64 ERA, 1-0 record and 11 strikeouts in 25 innings … Had three games with two RBI, one game with two hits... Made collegiate pitching debut versus Villanova (Feb. 11) at the Buzz Classic with 1.1 innings of relief and recorded first career strikeout … Pitched two-thirds of an inning of relief against South Carolina (Feb. 19) at the Battle at the Beach and allowed just one hit and had one strikeout … Made collegiate debut at the plate with a bang coming in to pinch hit in the top of the seventh at Coastal Carolina (Feb. 19) and hit a 2-run home run … Became just the fifth player in team history going back to 2000 to begin Herd career with a home run in very first plate appearance...Earned first collegiate start at third base against Howard (Feb. 25) in the Camel Stampede, drove in one run and scored once, recorded three assists … Earned first collegiate pitching start the next day also against Howard (Feb. 26), pitched five innings allowing five hits, two runs and struck out two on the way to first career win, 9-2, was also 1-of-3 at the plate with a double, RBI and a run
High School: Attended Cactus High School … Starred in the circle and at the plate for high school … Two-time Peoria Unified School District Player of the Year … Named West Valley Preps Player of the Year as a senior … Also honored as the Arizona 4A West Valley Region Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year as a senior … 3x First Team All-State honoree … 4x All-Conference … Selected as No. 71 in the Extra Innings Class of 2021 Top 100 … Senior year earned 13 wins, a 0.95 ERA and 115 strikeouts … At the plate hit .644, 37 RBI, 16 doubles and six home runs … Helped lead school to the 4A Arizona State Championship twice, finishing as the runner-up in both... Also lettered in badminton (varsity singles and doubles) and was the No. 1 singles for varsity for two years … Off the field was involved in Fellowship of Christian Athletes … Academically ranked in the top 10-percent of her class, including top 5-percent in 2019.
Personal: Born Feb. 10, 2003 … Daughter of Doug and Beth Feringa … Has an older brother, Lucas, and an older sister, Briley who played softball at Harding University ...Chose Marshall because, “I feel like I am part of something special. The Herd softball team is taking it to the next level. The teams are built to compete at the highest level. I wanted to be part of a great team that is willing to work hard together and win. I also really liked the hometown feel of Huntington and the four seasons. The coaches and players were very welcoming, and I could really see myself being part of the Marshall family. Another thing that I especially liked is that Marshall is filled with history and tradition. Every game is played for something bigger. Go Herd!!” … Plans to major in sport management.
Marshall Softball Class of 2025 Graduates
Friday, May 02
Marshall Softball: Kaleea Washington & Brooklyn Ulrich (Post-Radford)
Tuesday, April 22
Marshall Softball: HC Morgan Zerkle, Haleigh Adkins, Paige Maynard (Post-Coastal)
Friday, April 18
Hype and Harmony: the Team Personality Fuels Success #softball
Thursday, April 17
