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2024 Softball Roster

Mike Tripp

8 Jadeyn Merrill

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Lamesa
  • Hometown Lamesa, TX

Biography

2024:
- MAAC All-Academic Team and MAAC Academic Honor Roll recipient
- Hit .321, good for fourth on the team, starting 35 or 42 games played between DP and pitcher
- Finished with eight doubles, 19 RBI’s and nine runs scored
- Also made eight appearances, including three starts, in the circle, posting a 3.32 ERA and a 2-2 record

2023:

- All-MAAC Second Team honoree at DP
- MAAC All-Rookie Team selection
- Hit .281 with seven doubles, three home runs, 24 RBI’s and 16 runs scored in 44 games played, including 37 starts split between DP, pitcher and outfield
- Average swelled to .320 in 19 league games, including 17 starts
- Had eight multi-hit games, including one with three base hits
- Made 10 appearances in the circle, including one start on April 26 at Drexel, posting a 3.94 ERA  with 13 strikeouts over 21.1 innings pitched
- Pitched 1.1 scoreless innings against Kansas City (Mar. 5)
- Erupted with a 3-for-4 effort with a double, a home run, five RBI’s and two runs scored in a win over Cleveland State (Mar. 10)
- Had multi-hit games in consecutive match-ups with North Dakota (Mar. 17, 18), including a double and a home run in the second game, a 9-1 Rider mercy-rule-shortened win
- Had two hits in both games of a doubleheader at Fairfield (Apr. 3), including a double, while scoring twice and driving in two
- Contributed a hit in both games at Seton Hall (Apr. 5), scoring three runs in Game 1
- Went 3-for-6 in a doubleheader sweep of Morgan State (Apr. 11), including a 2-for-3 effort with a home urn and three RBI’s in Game 1
- Had two hits in both games of a doubleheader split with Saint Peter’s (Apr. 25), driving in three on the day

Before Rider:
First Team All-District pitcher at Lamesa High School… Texas Girls Coaches Association All-State… Lone-star Varsity Super Team… Texas Sports Writers Association All-State Pitcher Honorable Mention… All-State Freshman and All-State Junior… Junior District MVP… Freshman Newcomer of the Year… Also played travel softball for Athletics Mercado NTX.

Personal:
The daughter of Stacy and April Morris… An education major… Has a sister, Harley, and a brother, Justin.

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2023Freshman

    Pitcher
    5'9"
    8
  • 8

    2024Sophomore

    Pitcher
    5'9"
    8