2021: Finished her career as one of the most dominating pitchers in school history… Ranked first in school history in strikeouts (435), wins (49), innings pitched (648.2), complete games (62) and T1st in appearances with 130… Finished second in starts with 92 and 3rd in career ERA with a 2.81… Ended her senior season with a 14-8 record in the circle, including three shutouts, earning Second Team All-Sun Belt… Posted a 2.69 ERA with 75 strikeouts to lead the team… Appeared in 23 total games with 143 innings pitched… Gave up only 55 earned runs with a .249 batting average against… Had a season-high eight strikeouts in the win over UNCW (2/27)… Threw a season-high eight innings in the extra-inning win over Georgia State (3/26).
2020: Finished the shortened season with a 4-5 record… Made 12 appearances with nine starts and 63 innings pitched… Led the team in strikeouts with 51 which was good for 5th in the Sun Belt… Her 19 strikeouts looking also ranked 5th in the conference… Notched first save of the season in a 4-3 win over Southeastern Louisiana (March 11)... Third on the team in opposing team batting average with .234 and third in ERA (2.56)… Posted a season-high seven strikeouts in the 5-2 win at South Alabama on March 8… Gave up only one hit in seven innings of work in the 4-0 shutout of Charleston Southern (Feb. 14)... Season was cut short due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
2019: As a junior, she solidified herself as the go to in the circle for the Mountaineers posting a 14-9 record and 2.40 ERA ... first Mountaineer in history to be named to the first-team All-Sun Belt team ... with 14 wins she is tied for second most wins in a single season alongside teammate Sydney Holland ... seventh-lowest ERA in a single season in program history alongside 95 strikeouts this season ... consistently ranked as a top five pitcher in the Sun Belt ... picked up her 300th career strikeout with three strikeouts against No. 9 Louisiana on April 12 ... struck out a season high eight batters against Dartmouth on February 22 ... pitched three shutouts this season including two against ULM in game one and three of the series on March 15 and 17 as well as against Georgia State on March 24 ... she also pitched a two hitter against Marshall on February 24 with no earned runs and three strikeouts.
2018: In her sophomore season, Longanecker posted the lowest team ERA at 3.38 … recorded an 8-19 record with 28 starts and 30 appearances including one shutout … in 165.2 innings, she sat down 102 batters … recorded the tenth best ERA in the Sun Belt Conference … fifth-highest number of strikeouts in the Sun Belt for conference-only games (56).
2017: As a freshman, led the Mountaineers with 134 innings in the pitchers’ circle on 31 appearances … ranked ninth in the Sun Belt with a 2.77 ERA … finished with a team-best 112 strikeouts (ninth in SBC), which places her sixth in program history for single season strikeouts … held opponents to a .250 batting average, which was good for tenth among Sun Belt pitchers … picked up her first-career win on Feb. 12 versus George Mason allowing only three baserunners (two hits, one walk) in 4.2 innings of relief … in a relief appearance against UMBC (Feb. 18), she struck out ten of the twelve batters she faced in just 3.1 innings of work … made her first-career start on Feb. 25, striking out six batters in 4.1 innings … seven of her nine starts were complete games … finished with a team-best two saves.
High School: Attended Winter Springs High School … four-year letterwinner in softball … was an All-State selection in 2016 … won First-Team All-Conference honors in 2016 and was a First-Team All-Conference Utility player in 2014 … finished seventh at ASA Nationals in 2016 and placed 17th in 2015.
Personal: Daughter of Kristin Longanecker … sister Madison Longanecker played softball at Presbyterian … born on April 14, 1998 (19 years old) … a recreation management major.
