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Shelby Babcock
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	February 26, 1992 (age 32); Broomfield, Colorado
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Softball
College team	Arizona Wildcats

Shelby Jean Babcock (born February 26, 1992) is an American, former collegiate right-handed softball pitcher originally from Broomfield, Colorado. She attended Legacy High School.^[2]^[3] She attended the University of Arizona, where she was a starting pitcher for the Arizona Wildcats softball team from 2011 to 2014.^[4]^[5]^[6] Babcock currently teaches pitching in Colorado.

Arizona Wildcats edit

Babcock debuted on February 11, 2011, against the Utah Utes, tossing 5 innings with three strikeouts for a victory.^[7] As a sophomore, she set career season bests in nearly every category: wins, strikeouts, shutouts, innings pitched, ERA and WHIP. Babcock opened the 2012 season by beating the McNeese State Cowgirls on February 9 with a career high 9 strikeouts in regulation.^[8] On March 3, Babcock no-hit the Charleston Cougars with 6 strikeouts in a run-rule victory.^[9] Finally on April 14, Babcock defeated the No. 1 California Golden Bears with a 6 strikeout, three-hitter.^[10] In 2013, the junior went 10 innings to best the UCLA Bruins and set a career best with 10 strikeouts on April 18.^[11] For her final year in 2014, Babcock pitched in limited appearances but set a career best in strikeout ratio (6.3). She suffered her only loss that year in her final appearance in the NCAA Super Regional for the Wildcats. She tossed 6 innings and struck out 5 against the ULL Ragin' Cajuns on May 24.^[12]

Statistics edit

University of Arizona Wildcats edit

YEAR	W	L	GP	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
2011	14	8	38	26	13	3	0	170.2	179	108	97	129	117	3.99	1.81
2012	20	10	39	31	23	7	1	197.0	179	89	85	100	164	3.02	1.41
2013	16	12	36	25	13	1	1	171.1	189	121	95	100	132	3.88	1.69
2014	6	1	23	10	3	1	2	62.0	74	49	48	45	56	5.42	1.92
TOTALS	56	31	136	92	52	12	4	601.0	621	367	325	374	469	3.78	1.65

References edit

^ "Arizona Softball: Babcock's birthday present: a shutout". Arizona Daily Star. February 27, 2012. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
^ Parish, Christopher (September 9, 2009). "Babcock and Torrez leaving behind a legacy". ESPN. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
^ "Legacy's Babcock named top softball player in Colorado". The Denver Post. June 12, 2009. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
^ Gold, Jon (May 21, 2014). "Don't worry: New attitude becomes UA pitcher Babcock's best change-up". Arizona Daily Star. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
^ Finley, Patrick (May 25, 2012). "Cats hope 'that brightness' continues for Babcock". Arizona Daily Star. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
^ Yunt, Jon E. (March 31, 2014). "Babcock adjusting to new role with Arizona". Broomfield Enterprise. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
^ "Arizona vs Utah (Feb 11, 2011)". Utahutes.com. 2011-02-11. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
^ "McNeese vs. #8 Arizona" (PDF). Mcneesesports.com. 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
^ "Coll. of Charleston at #15 Arizona". Cofcsports.com. 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
^ "#13 Arizona at #1 California". Calbears.com. 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
^ "#18 UCLA at #22 Arizona". Uclabruins.com. 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
^ "# 11 Louisiana (49-8-1) -vs- # 10 Arizona (44-16)". Rajincajuns.com. 2014-05-24. Retrieved 2020-04-10.