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Jersey Number 5
Megan Stauffer
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Methacton HS
- Hometown:
- Lansdale, Pa.
2021 (Senior)
2021 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 13/1 … Primarily a relief pitcher during abbreviated season due to COVID-19 … Fields position well … Finished year with 2.59 ERA, 2-1 record, one save, 11 strikeouts in 27 innings pitched … Made first 12 appearances of the season all in relief … Did not allow an earned run through first three outings, and 6.1 innings … Pitched 2.1 innings of relief at Chattanooga (March 20) and held Mocs to just one hit earning the win … Tossed 2.1 innings of shutout relief in game two against Bellarmine (March 27), allowing just two hits and one strikeout … Pitched season-high 5.1 innings of relief at Middle Tennessee (April 9) and earned second win of the year allowing just four hits and one earned run, first earned run of the year, also struck out three … Appeared in three contests at FIU (April 24-25) total of 5.1 innings, did not allow a hit or a run in 3.1 innings over last two appearances … Appeared in three of the four games at Charlotte (May 7-9), with a total of six innings combined to allow six hits and just two runs, also had five assists … Recorded first save at Marshall in game two of series at Charlotte, shutting down the 49ers with three-straight outs in the seventh … Earned first start with Marshall in Conference USA Tournament against Charlotte (May 12), pitched 3.2 innings, allowed nine hits but only three runs, and had three assists … In a short two seasons with Marshall, appeared in 22 games with one start, a 3.96 ERA, 3-2 record, one save, and 17 strikeouts in 40.2 innings.
2020 (Junior)
2020 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 9/0 … Made nine appearances in the circle after not playing in 2019 before the remainder of the season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic … Finished year with 13.2 innings pitched, 1-1 record and six strikeouts … Made Marshall debut with 1.1 innings of relief versus Bucknell (Feb. 7) and struck out two batters … Struck out one batter in 2.1 innings of relief at Kennesaw State (Feb. 22) … Pitched season-high 3.2 innings at Norfolk State (March 1) allowed just one hit, no runs and struck out one while earning her first Marshall win … Tallied two strikeouts in 2.1 innings against Bucknell (March 8) … Also appeared in relief against Lipscomb (Feb. 14), at Chattanooga (Feb. 14), at Kennesaw State (Feb. 23), versus Rutgers (March 7) and at No. 11 Kentucky (March 11).
Prior to Marshall: Played two seasons at Monmouth. Did not play in 2019.
2018 (Sophomore)
2018 MAAC All-Academic Team
Compiled a 7-4 record with a 3.61 ERA … Appeared in 25 games with 13 starts … Tossed four complete games and tallied 30 strikeouts … Pitched 3.2 scoreless innings against Eastern Michigan (Feb. 17) … Earned the win over Fairfield (March 31) in the MAAC opener, throwing a complete game and giving up just two runs … Pitched complete-game shutout with just two hits and tied career-high with four strikeouts against Saint Peter’s (April 13) … Tossed 5.1 scoreless innings for the win against Quinnipiac (April 22) … Winning pitcher against Canisius (April 28) and Marist (May 5) … Earned seventh win of the year against Siena (May 6), allowed just two runs in six innings … Pitched an inning against Tennessee in Monmouth’s first ever NCAA appearance (May 18).
2017 (Freshman)
Made 14 appearances in the circle with two starts … Picked up two wins against Yale and Delaware … Had a complete game with no earned runs and season-high four strikeouts in the win over Delaware (May 3) … Totaled 29.2 innings pitched with 12 strikeouts … Also scored two runs as a pinch-hitter, both coming in a doubleheader against Quinnipiac (April 9)
High School: Attended Methacton High School … Named First Team All-Conference and First Team All-Area her senior year ... Two-time All-Conference and All-Area selection … Led the Warriors to program’s first ever PAC-10 Championship with a 1.51 ERA as a sophomore … Was a 2014 and 2015 Carpenter Cup honoree and named team captain in 2016 … Over first three years in high school compiled a 1.98 ERA and bat .383 … Played travel ball for PA Chaos.
Personal: Born May 4, 1998 … Daughter of Larry and Cindy Stauffer … Has two siblings who are also in college, brother Jon who graduated from Suffolk University in 2014 and played Ice Hockey and sister Emily graduated from Bloomsburg University in 2015 … Chose to transfer to Marshall because, “of the incredible support from the community for all sports, the great coaching staff and the home-town feeling.” … Majoring in marketing.
2021 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 13/1 … Primarily a relief pitcher during abbreviated season due to COVID-19 … Fields position well … Finished year with 2.59 ERA, 2-1 record, one save, 11 strikeouts in 27 innings pitched … Made first 12 appearances of the season all in relief … Did not allow an earned run through first three outings, and 6.1 innings … Pitched 2.1 innings of relief at Chattanooga (March 20) and held Mocs to just one hit earning the win … Tossed 2.1 innings of shutout relief in game two against Bellarmine (March 27), allowing just two hits and one strikeout … Pitched season-high 5.1 innings of relief at Middle Tennessee (April 9) and earned second win of the year allowing just four hits and one earned run, first earned run of the year, also struck out three … Appeared in three contests at FIU (April 24-25) total of 5.1 innings, did not allow a hit or a run in 3.1 innings over last two appearances … Appeared in three of the four games at Charlotte (May 7-9), with a total of six innings combined to allow six hits and just two runs, also had five assists … Recorded first save at Marshall in game two of series at Charlotte, shutting down the 49ers with three-straight outs in the seventh … Earned first start with Marshall in Conference USA Tournament against Charlotte (May 12), pitched 3.2 innings, allowed nine hits but only three runs, and had three assists … In a short two seasons with Marshall, appeared in 22 games with one start, a 3.96 ERA, 3-2 record, one save, and 17 strikeouts in 40.2 innings.
2020 (Junior)
2020 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 9/0 … Made nine appearances in the circle after not playing in 2019 before the remainder of the season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic … Finished year with 13.2 innings pitched, 1-1 record and six strikeouts … Made Marshall debut with 1.1 innings of relief versus Bucknell (Feb. 7) and struck out two batters … Struck out one batter in 2.1 innings of relief at Kennesaw State (Feb. 22) … Pitched season-high 3.2 innings at Norfolk State (March 1) allowed just one hit, no runs and struck out one while earning her first Marshall win … Tallied two strikeouts in 2.1 innings against Bucknell (March 8) … Also appeared in relief against Lipscomb (Feb. 14), at Chattanooga (Feb. 14), at Kennesaw State (Feb. 23), versus Rutgers (March 7) and at No. 11 Kentucky (March 11).
Prior to Marshall: Played two seasons at Monmouth. Did not play in 2019.
2018 (Sophomore)
2018 MAAC All-Academic Team
Compiled a 7-4 record with a 3.61 ERA … Appeared in 25 games with 13 starts … Tossed four complete games and tallied 30 strikeouts … Pitched 3.2 scoreless innings against Eastern Michigan (Feb. 17) … Earned the win over Fairfield (March 31) in the MAAC opener, throwing a complete game and giving up just two runs … Pitched complete-game shutout with just two hits and tied career-high with four strikeouts against Saint Peter’s (April 13) … Tossed 5.1 scoreless innings for the win against Quinnipiac (April 22) … Winning pitcher against Canisius (April 28) and Marist (May 5) … Earned seventh win of the year against Siena (May 6), allowed just two runs in six innings … Pitched an inning against Tennessee in Monmouth’s first ever NCAA appearance (May 18).
2017 (Freshman)
Made 14 appearances in the circle with two starts … Picked up two wins against Yale and Delaware … Had a complete game with no earned runs and season-high four strikeouts in the win over Delaware (May 3) … Totaled 29.2 innings pitched with 12 strikeouts … Also scored two runs as a pinch-hitter, both coming in a doubleheader against Quinnipiac (April 9)
High School: Attended Methacton High School … Named First Team All-Conference and First Team All-Area her senior year ... Two-time All-Conference and All-Area selection … Led the Warriors to program’s first ever PAC-10 Championship with a 1.51 ERA as a sophomore … Was a 2014 and 2015 Carpenter Cup honoree and named team captain in 2016 … Over first three years in high school compiled a 1.98 ERA and bat .383 … Played travel ball for PA Chaos.
Personal: Born May 4, 1998 … Daughter of Larry and Cindy Stauffer … Has two siblings who are also in college, brother Jon who graduated from Suffolk University in 2014 and played Ice Hockey and sister Emily graduated from Bloomsburg University in 2015 … Chose to transfer to Marshall because, “of the incredible support from the community for all sports, the great coaching staff and the home-town feeling.” … Majoring in marketing.
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