Missouri S&T Athletics

2014: Strope went 8-12 with a 2.59 earned run average last year appearing in 27 games with 23 starts, had 12 complete games and five shutouts. She threw 132.2 innings striking out 61 hitters while walking 50 and allowed opponents to .243 against her. She tied a school record throwing all 13 innings in S&T's 1-0 win over Southern Indiana on March 8 in the first game of the doubleheader. In that contest she allowed nine hits while striking out five and walking four. She also tossed shutouts against Missouri Southern, Christian Brothers, Drury and Rockhurst. As a hitter she had five hits in 17 at-bats with a home run.

2013: Strope went 6-5 with a 1.67 earned run average last year appearing in 27 games with 12 starts and nine complete games...She had three shutouts and two saves as well...She threw 117.1 innings, struck out 88 while walking 38...she averaged 5.25 strike outs per seven innings against 2.27 BB/7...she had a K/BB ratio of 2.3...opponents hit .243 off of her...she had a season-high 10 strikeouts against William Jewell on April 21...was named to the All-GLVC West First team.

2012: Strope hit .269 with two doubles, three home runs, five runs scored and 11 RBIs as a freshman...hit her first collegiate home run at Ouachita Baptist on Feb. 11...was 2 for 2 with a HR and three RBIs in the win against Lewis on March 3...also in that game she pitched a complete game allowing two runs on four hits with a season-high seven strikeouts...she made 22 appearances in the circle with 11 starts going 4-8 with an ERA of 3.97...her 77.2 innings pitched and 55 strikeouts were second on the team...she pitched a season-high 8.2 innings against North Alabama on Feb. 26.

High School: Strope, a pitcher and utility player, was a four-time first team all-area player at Edwardsville High School. As a junior, she went 10-0 with an earned run average of 0.13 in 55 innings pitched while averaging nearly 10 strikeouts per seven innings pitched. She tossed six shutouts and had one save.

Personal: Daughter of Larry and Kathy Strope...majoring in mechanical engineering.