Jessica Shults

Position:
Catcher
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
High School:
Hart HS
Hometown:
Valencia, Calif.

Season	AVG	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SLG	BB	HBP	SO	OBP	SB-SBA	FLD%
2010	.364	59-59	176	39	64	8	1	15	62	.676	31	4	35	.469	1-2	.993
2011	.338	54-54	157	39	53	9	0	19	58	.758	32	2	35	.453	0-0	.992
2012	.379	64-64	195	47	74	12	1	20	65	.759	28	5	23	.463	1-1	.995
2013	.298	51-51	141	27	42	8	0	7	39	.504	31	3	26	.429	0-0	.998
Totals	.348	228-228	669	152	233	37	2	61	224	.683	122	14	119	.455	2-3	.995

Career
2013 All-Big 12 Defensive Team ... 2012 First-Team NFCA All-American and 2011 and 2010 NFCA Second-Team All-American ... NFCA All-Central Region first team in 2012, 2011 and 2010 ... 2012 Diamond Sports Catcher of the Year ...2012 All-Big 12 First Team, 2011 All-Big 12 Second Team and 2010 All-Big 12 First Team ... 2010 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament team ... Two-time Big 12 Player of the Week (3/30/10 and 2/10/11) ... A two-time top 50 finalist for USA Softball's Collegiate Player of the Year ... Diagnosed with pan ulcerative colitis midway through her sophomore year, missing seven postseason games before returning June 4.

National Team
Scored four runs and had three RBI in helping Team USA to silver at 2012 ISF XIII Women's World Fastpitch Championship ... Appeared in two games at the 2012 World Cup of Softball for gold medal-winning Team USA ... Named the alternate for the 2011 United States Women's National team.

2013 (Senior)
Started all 51 games at catcher ... 3-run HR at North Texas (4/23) ... scored twice and hit a solo HR at Texas (4/19) ... went 2-2 with 2 runs and walks vs. Baylor (4/6) ... matched career high with 3 hits in 3 AB vs. Baylor (4/5) ... delivered go-ahead two-run single in sixth inning to lift OU to win at Tulsa (4/4) ... doubled twice and scored two runs at Wichita State (3/27) ... homered at Cal State Fullerton and drove in 2 runs (3/17) ... went 2-2 with 2 RBI and a HR vs. Penn State (3/17) ... had 3 RBI vs. Nebraska (3/2) ... homered against Arizona to set the school and Big 12 career home run record (2/21) ... went 2-3 with 3 RBI vs. Georgia (2/21) ... walked twice and drove in 2 runs vs. Notre Dame (2/17) ... hit a grand slam and had season-high 5 RBI vs. Kentucky (2/16) ... hit a 3-run HR in her first at bat of the season vs. Stanford (2/8), the third time in her career she's led off a season with a HR

2012 (Junior)
Started all 64 games ... Had 24 multi-hit games, including five 3-hit games ... Recorded 18 multi-RBI games, including season-high 5 RBI vs. Oregon State (5/20) ... Led team with 74 hits ... Second on the team in batting average (.379), on-base percentage (.463), runs scored (47), RBI (65), doubles (12) and home runs (20) ... Home run total tied for second-most in school annals and RBI figure was fourth-best ... Third on the team in slugging percentage (.759, eight-best mark at OU) and walks (28) ... Recorded 33 extra-base hits, the sixth-most at OU ... Tallied 148 total bases, the fourth-highest figure in school history ... Set a school record for putouts by a catcher with 620 on the season ... Hit .484 in the postseason with 4 home runs and team-high 17 RBI, slugging 1.000 and recording a .585 OBP ... In the WCWS, posted a .353 average with a team-high 8 RBI ... Hit two home runs, including a grand slam, to finish with season-high 5 RBI and help beat Oregon State (5/20) to advance OU to the NCAA Super Regional ... Also homered twice against Texas A&M (4/13), Indiana (3/11), Wichita State (3/9) ... Opened the season with 3 RBI against CSU Bakersfield (2/10)

2011 (Sophomore)
Hit .338 on the year with 53 hits, 19 home runs and 58 runs batted in ... Led team with .758 slugging percentage ... Drew 32 walks and had a .453 on-base percentage Led team with 16 multiple RBI games ... Also produced 14 multiple hit games ... Longest hitting streak of the year was seven games (Feb. 11-18) ... Missed seven postseason games after undergoing treatment for pan ulcerative colitis ... Returned to the lineup on June 4 against Missouri ... Hit .352 in non-conference games ... Had 16 home runs, fourth-most at OU, and 51 RBI with a team-best .886 slugging percentage, the eighth-best mark in OU history ... Drew 19 walks for a .460 on-base percentage ... Hit .308 in conference play with four extra-base hits and 13 walks drawn ... Hit .400 at the Oklahoma Spring Festival and had three home runs in 10 at-bats for a 1.300 slugging percentage ... Hit .571 at The Preview with one double and two home runs for a 1.571 slugging percentage, also drove in eight runs ... Had a three-run home run in come-from-behind win over Illinois-Chicago ... Hit .471 at the Troy Cox Classic with four home runs, 12 RBI and a 1.176 slugging percentage ... Had a season-best six RBI and season-best nine total bases against New Mexico State on Feb. 20 ... Started the year strong at the Kajikawa Classic by hitting .632 with 12 hits, eight of those extra-base hits (four doubles and four home runs), 15 RBI and a 1.474 slugging percentage ... Named Big 12 Player of the Week on Feb. 10.

2010 (Freshman)
Set Oklahoma freshman records for home runs (15) and runs batted in (62, fifth-most in any season at OU) ... Tied for eighth most home runs at OU in a single season ... RBI total is fourth most at OU and tied for eighth most in the Big 12 in a single season ... Led OU in batting average with a .364 on the season ... Had 64 hits, scored 39 runs and recorded a .676 slugging percentage ... Drew 31 total walks and was hit by a pitch four times for a .569 on-base percentage ... Had the best fielding percentage among OU's starters with a .993, splitting time at catcher and first base ... Led OU with a .407 batting average during the postseason with four runs scored and five runs driven in ... Hit .421 in the NCAA Championship, going 8-for-19 with three runs scored ... Had three hits in the NCAA Super Regional in Seattle, one was a solo home run against top-ranked Washington ... Hit .625 in the NCAA Regional at College Park, Md. ... Went 5-for-8 with two runs scored and a .750 slugging percentage ... Named to the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament team after hitting .375 with four RBI and one run scored ... Led OU in Big 12 play with a .404 batting average with 12 runs scored and 14 runs batted in ... Had a .681 slugging percentage ... Drew 11 walks and was hit by a pitch once for a .535 on-base percentage ... Had a grand slam against Baylor in the first game of a doubleheader on April 21 ... Led OU past Missouri in a 9-0 run-rule win, going 3-for-3 with two home runs, five RBI and two runs scored ... Named Big 12 Player of the Week after the series against the Tigers ... Had a three-run home run at Tulsa on March 23 ... Had one home run against San Jose State at the Judi Garman Classic ... Had a team-best .857 slugging percentage ... Went 5-for-12 with two runs scored at the Cathedral City Classic ... Drove in three runs against SJSU ... Drove in three runs and scored two runs in the Oklahoma Spring Festival ... Hit .429 during The Preview featuring Bedlam ... Had three hits, three runs scored and three RBI against a ranked Louisville team ... Had two home runs, including a three-run shot against top-ranked Washington at the Cathedral City Classic... Drove in all four of OU's runs against the Huskies ... Other home run came against Oregon State ... Went 2-for-3 with four RBI in that contest ... Hit .400 at the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic ... Had two home runs ... Went 3-for-3 with a season-best seven RBI against Long Beach State, ended the game a single short of the cycle ... Went 6-for-15 with three runs scored and 10 total runs driven in ... First career hit was a grand slam against Florida Atlantic at Dot Richardson's National Collegiate Softball Invitational

High School
EA Sports All-America first team ... Foothill League and Santa Clarita Valley Player of the Year honors ... All-CIF first team as a sophomore, junior and senior... All-state second team ... All-Foothill League first team all four seasons... All-Santa Clarita first team for four seasons ... First-team selection by the Los Angeles Daily News all four years of high school ... Hit .448 as a senior ... Recorded an .885 slugging percentage with 10 home runs and eight doubles ... Drove in 27 runs and drew 23 walks ... Hit .479 with 10 home runs and 31 runs batted in as a junior... Also scored 27 runs for the Indians ... Named team's offensive most valuable player all four seasons ... Also earned MVP honors at the Thousand Oaks Tournament ... Team won the Foothill League Championship as a junior ... Team also finished as CIF Division I runner-up her sophomore season ... Named a 2007 Scholar Athlete.

Travel Ball
Played for the Worth Firecrackers ... Team finished third at 2009 ASA 18U GOLD National Championship in Oklahoma City ... Participated in the 2009 Canada Cup ... 2008 Colorado Fireworks champions ... 2008 Champions Cup ... 2007 Canada Cup title ... 2007 ASA national championship.

Personal
Born Jessica Nicole Shults in North Hollywood, Calif. ... Daughter of Chris and Bob Shults ... Has a brother, Justin, who plays baseball at UC-Riverside ... Majoring in communication.