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Jersey Number 8
Lexi Kilfoyl
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Academy At The Lakes
- Hometown:
- Land O' Lakes, Fla.
Bio
Pronounced "KILL-foil"
SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 17, 2020)
SEC Newcomer of the Week (March 16, 2021)
2021 All-SEC Newcomer
2021 NFCA Third Team All-Region
SEC Pitcher of the Week (April 5, 2022)
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (March 7, 2023)
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (March 28, 2023)
2023 NFCA Third-Team All-America
2023 Second Team All-Big 12
2023 NFCA First Team All-Region
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 27, 2024)
Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 27, 2024)
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (April 2, 2024)
Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week (April 2, 2024)
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (May 7, 2024)
Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week (May 7, 2024)
2024 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top Three Finalist
2024 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year
2024 First Team All-Big 12
2024 NFCA First Team All-Region
2024 NFCA First Team All-America
2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
2024 CSC First Team Academic All-AmericaÂ
2024 Spring Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2024 (Graduate): The Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and consensus first-team All-American … The first Cowgirl in program history to be named a top three finalist for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award … Also earned first-team All-Big 12 recognition and NFCA first-team All-Region honors … Finished with a 26-5 record and a 1.20 earned run average with 152 strikeouts in 180.2 IP … Her ERA was fourth in the nation and her 26 victories finished sixth in the country … Led the Big 12 in ERA, victories, shutouts (seven), walks allowed per seven innings (1.36), strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.34) and complete games (18) … Held opposing batters to a career-best .173 batting average … The only pitcher in school history to sweep NFCA/Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors on three occasions … Earned the decision in both games of the NCAA Stillwater Super Regional against No. 17 Arizona after pitching 9.0 combined innings and only giving up one earned run … Went 3-0 in the NCAA Stillwater Regional and maintained a 0.74 ERA in 19.0 IP as she only gave up 10 hits scattered across three games to go with zero walks and 21 strikeouts … Retired 17-straight batters in the Regional Championship against Michigan on May 19 … Against Kentucky on May 18 she retired 19-straight batters while posting a season-best 12 strikeouts … Tossed five perfect innings in the NCAA Stillwater Reginal opener against Northern Colorado on May 17… Swept NFCA/Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors after going 2-0 and not giving up an earned run in 7.0 IP against No. 2 Oklahoma on May 3 and 4 … Earned her second NFCA/Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors of the year after picking up two victories while pitching 14.0 shutout innings against No. 2 Texas on March 28 and 30, then the No. 2 offense in the nation … Collected her first NFCA/Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors of the season on Feb. 27 after tossing three-consecutive complete game shutouts against No. 19 Florida, No. 4 Washington and Loyola Chicago from Feb. 19-24 …. Pitched a season-high eight innings against No. 19 Baylor on March 8 and gave up only four hits to go with six strikeouts … Did not give up an earned run in 38.0 innings pitched dating from Feb. 19 to March 8.Â
2023 (Senior): A third-team All-American and first-team all-region selection by the NFCA ... Second team All-Big 12 ... Went 16-5 with a 1.70 earned run average and struck out 130 in 139.2 innings of work ... Limited the opposition to a .188 batting average ... Ranked in the top six in the Big 12 in earned run average (fourth, 1.70), strikeouts (fourth, 140), fewest hits allowed per seven innings (fifth, 4.81), innings pitched (sixth, 139.2), saves (sixth, two), and shutouts (fifth, four) ... Tied Kelly Maxwell for the team lead with 16 wins and led the Cowgirls outright in ERA and complete games ... Retired 17 straight batters in a win over Oregon in game one of the NCAA Stillwater Super Regional on May 25 ... Gave up just one run in 8.2 innings of work in her two appearances at the Women’s College World Series, highlighted by a five-inning shutout of Utah ... Struck out 12 in 6.1 shutout innings in her OSU debut against North Carolina on February 11 ... Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on March 7 after pitching a 11-strikeout no-hitter against Maine ... Pitched a complete-game shutout with nine strikeouts against Minnesota on March 18 ... Collected her second Big 12 Pitcher of the Week after a complete-game one-hitter against Baylor on March 25 and a shutout 3.0 innings relief appearance against the Bears on March 26 ... Pitched a three-hit, nine strikeout complete game against Iowa State on April 15 ... Pitched 2.2 innings in relief to pick up a win against Nebraska on May 21 in the NCAA Stillwater Regional.
2022 (Junior at Alabama): Made 18 pitching appearances, including 13 starts ... Opened the season with a 5.0 shutout innings – allowing just two hits – and helped her own cause with a solo home run at Arizona on February 12 ... Threw a complete-game shutout against Virginia Tech, striking out seven ... Allowed just one run in 5.0 innings of work and also went 2-for-3 with a two-run double in Alabama’s run-rule victory at Louisiana on February 24 ... Tallied seven strikeouts in a complete-game victory over Kentucky on March 19 ... Earned a complete-game win on March 26 in the second of a three game series at South Carolina ... Collected SEC Pitcher of the Week honors after collecting a pair of wins in three appearances versus Georgia from April 2-4, including a perfect game in the series finale with a season-high 10 strikeouts ... Struck out seven opposing batters in a career-high 8.0 innings pitched in a win at Florida on April 10.
2021 (Sophomore at Alabama): Named an All-SEC Newcomer and NFCA third team All-Region honoree in her first full season with the Crimson Tide ... Appeared in 32 games, including 27 starts as a hitter ... Tallied 23 appearances as a pitcher, including 16 starts in the circle ... Started the season with 11.0 shutout innings against Notre Dame on February 13 and Louisville on February 14, striking out 16 while allowing just five hits and one walk ... Earned a win in relief with 4.0 perfect innings against Liberty on February 19 ... Held LSU to two runs, only one earned, in a complete-game win on February 20 ... Threw the first no-hitter of her career – striking out eight, allowing just one walk and logging an RBI double – against North Carolina on February 27 ... Tossed a complete-game shutout against Troy on February 28 ... Struck out seven with a single unearned run allowed on two hits in 6.0 innings of work against Kent State on March 5 ... Pitched a complete-game shutout while striking out 10 in game one of a two-game set at Auburn on April 12 ... Earned a complete-game victory over Tennessee on March 20 ... Drove in the go-ahead run in the series finale against the Volunteers on March 21 to clinch the series for Alabama ... Logged a 2-for-3 showing with a run scored against Kentucky on March 27 ... Appeared in each game of Alabama’s three-game series against Texas A&M from April 1-3, earning a complete-game win in game one, collecting a save in game two and hitting 4-for-7 (.541) with five walks in the series ... Hit the first home run of her career – a first-inning three-run blast – against Louisiana on April 24 ... Struck out a career-high 15 batters as a part of a combined no-hitter against Alabama State in the Crimson Tide’s first game of the 2021 NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional on March 21 ... Earned the complete-game victory, allowing just one run and striking out seven to complete the sweep of Kentucky in game two of 2021 NCAA Tuscaloosa Super Regional to lead Alabama to its 13th NCAA WCWS appearance.
2020 (Freshman at Alabama): Appeared in 13 games, including eight starts, before the season was cut short because of the COVID-19 pandemic ... Picked up a win in her career debut in the circle, throwing seven strikeouts in 6.0 innings of work against North Carolina on February 7 ... Recorded a complete-game shutout over Washington on February 14, holding the Huskies to just a single hit while striking out six ... Pitched a combined 9.0 relief innings against UCLA on February 14 and Oklahoma State on February 15, striking out eight ... Earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors on February 17 after she picked up two wins, totaled 14.2 innings, struck out 14 and allowed only four earned runs in a four-game stretch the week prior ... Tallied complete-game victories over Wichita State and Louisville on February 21 and 22, respectively, at the Easton Bama Bash ... Posted back-to-back complete game victories against Arkansas on March 7-8, allowing only three runs and striking out eight in 12.0 total innings pitched.
High School: A six-time letterwinner in softball at Academy at the Lakes in Land O’ Lakes, Florida, where she was coached by Diane Stephenson and Jerry English ... Twice named Florida Gatorade Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019 ... Also led Academy at the Lakes to back-to-back state championships in both of those years ... Selected as a member of the United States U-19 National Team in 2017 and 2019, earning gold at the World Baseball Softball Confederation U-19 World Cup in both seasons ... Voted 2018 Class 2A Player of the Year and earned 2018 first team All-USA Softball honors after a stellar junior season in which she posted a 0.32 ERA, 249 strikeouts and held opposing batters to a .097 average ... Played club softball with Gainesville Gold from 2013-16 with coach Jeremy McFadyen ... Joined East Cobb Bullets Schnute in Atlanta, Georgia in 2016 and went on to win the 2016 USA Junior Olympic championship and the 2018 Triple Crown championship with coach Greg Schnute.
Personal: Daughter of Darin and Christine Kilfoyl ... Has four siblings: Kaela, Kasey, Darin and Andrew ... Her brother, Darin, played baseball at St. Johns River State from 2017-19 and the University of North Florida from 2020-22 ... Her youngest brother, Andrew, currently plays football at the University of South Florida ... Pursuing a degree in university studies.
SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 17, 2020)
SEC Newcomer of the Week (March 16, 2021)
2021 All-SEC Newcomer
2021 NFCA Third Team All-Region
SEC Pitcher of the Week (April 5, 2022)
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (March 7, 2023)
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (March 28, 2023)
2023 NFCA Third-Team All-America
2023 Second Team All-Big 12
2023 NFCA First Team All-Region
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 27, 2024)
Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 27, 2024)
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (April 2, 2024)
Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week (April 2, 2024)
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week (May 7, 2024)
Wilson/NFCA Pitcher of the Week (May 7, 2024)
2024 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top Three Finalist
2024 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year
2024 First Team All-Big 12
2024 NFCA First Team All-Region
2024 NFCA First Team All-America
2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
2024 CSC First Team Academic All-AmericaÂ
2024 Spring Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2024 (Graduate): The Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and consensus first-team All-American … The first Cowgirl in program history to be named a top three finalist for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award … Also earned first-team All-Big 12 recognition and NFCA first-team All-Region honors … Finished with a 26-5 record and a 1.20 earned run average with 152 strikeouts in 180.2 IP … Her ERA was fourth in the nation and her 26 victories finished sixth in the country … Led the Big 12 in ERA, victories, shutouts (seven), walks allowed per seven innings (1.36), strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.34) and complete games (18) … Held opposing batters to a career-best .173 batting average … The only pitcher in school history to sweep NFCA/Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors on three occasions … Earned the decision in both games of the NCAA Stillwater Super Regional against No. 17 Arizona after pitching 9.0 combined innings and only giving up one earned run … Went 3-0 in the NCAA Stillwater Regional and maintained a 0.74 ERA in 19.0 IP as she only gave up 10 hits scattered across three games to go with zero walks and 21 strikeouts … Retired 17-straight batters in the Regional Championship against Michigan on May 19 … Against Kentucky on May 18 she retired 19-straight batters while posting a season-best 12 strikeouts … Tossed five perfect innings in the NCAA Stillwater Reginal opener against Northern Colorado on May 17… Swept NFCA/Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors after going 2-0 and not giving up an earned run in 7.0 IP against No. 2 Oklahoma on May 3 and 4 … Earned her second NFCA/Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors of the year after picking up two victories while pitching 14.0 shutout innings against No. 2 Texas on March 28 and 30, then the No. 2 offense in the nation … Collected her first NFCA/Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors of the season on Feb. 27 after tossing three-consecutive complete game shutouts against No. 19 Florida, No. 4 Washington and Loyola Chicago from Feb. 19-24 …. Pitched a season-high eight innings against No. 19 Baylor on March 8 and gave up only four hits to go with six strikeouts … Did not give up an earned run in 38.0 innings pitched dating from Feb. 19 to March 8.Â
2023 (Senior): A third-team All-American and first-team all-region selection by the NFCA ... Second team All-Big 12 ... Went 16-5 with a 1.70 earned run average and struck out 130 in 139.2 innings of work ... Limited the opposition to a .188 batting average ... Ranked in the top six in the Big 12 in earned run average (fourth, 1.70), strikeouts (fourth, 140), fewest hits allowed per seven innings (fifth, 4.81), innings pitched (sixth, 139.2), saves (sixth, two), and shutouts (fifth, four) ... Tied Kelly Maxwell for the team lead with 16 wins and led the Cowgirls outright in ERA and complete games ... Retired 17 straight batters in a win over Oregon in game one of the NCAA Stillwater Super Regional on May 25 ... Gave up just one run in 8.2 innings of work in her two appearances at the Women’s College World Series, highlighted by a five-inning shutout of Utah ... Struck out 12 in 6.1 shutout innings in her OSU debut against North Carolina on February 11 ... Big 12 Pitcher of the Week on March 7 after pitching a 11-strikeout no-hitter against Maine ... Pitched a complete-game shutout with nine strikeouts against Minnesota on March 18 ... Collected her second Big 12 Pitcher of the Week after a complete-game one-hitter against Baylor on March 25 and a shutout 3.0 innings relief appearance against the Bears on March 26 ... Pitched a three-hit, nine strikeout complete game against Iowa State on April 15 ... Pitched 2.2 innings in relief to pick up a win against Nebraska on May 21 in the NCAA Stillwater Regional.
2022 (Junior at Alabama): Made 18 pitching appearances, including 13 starts ... Opened the season with a 5.0 shutout innings – allowing just two hits – and helped her own cause with a solo home run at Arizona on February 12 ... Threw a complete-game shutout against Virginia Tech, striking out seven ... Allowed just one run in 5.0 innings of work and also went 2-for-3 with a two-run double in Alabama’s run-rule victory at Louisiana on February 24 ... Tallied seven strikeouts in a complete-game victory over Kentucky on March 19 ... Earned a complete-game win on March 26 in the second of a three game series at South Carolina ... Collected SEC Pitcher of the Week honors after collecting a pair of wins in three appearances versus Georgia from April 2-4, including a perfect game in the series finale with a season-high 10 strikeouts ... Struck out seven opposing batters in a career-high 8.0 innings pitched in a win at Florida on April 10.
2021 (Sophomore at Alabama): Named an All-SEC Newcomer and NFCA third team All-Region honoree in her first full season with the Crimson Tide ... Appeared in 32 games, including 27 starts as a hitter ... Tallied 23 appearances as a pitcher, including 16 starts in the circle ... Started the season with 11.0 shutout innings against Notre Dame on February 13 and Louisville on February 14, striking out 16 while allowing just five hits and one walk ... Earned a win in relief with 4.0 perfect innings against Liberty on February 19 ... Held LSU to two runs, only one earned, in a complete-game win on February 20 ... Threw the first no-hitter of her career – striking out eight, allowing just one walk and logging an RBI double – against North Carolina on February 27 ... Tossed a complete-game shutout against Troy on February 28 ... Struck out seven with a single unearned run allowed on two hits in 6.0 innings of work against Kent State on March 5 ... Pitched a complete-game shutout while striking out 10 in game one of a two-game set at Auburn on April 12 ... Earned a complete-game victory over Tennessee on March 20 ... Drove in the go-ahead run in the series finale against the Volunteers on March 21 to clinch the series for Alabama ... Logged a 2-for-3 showing with a run scored against Kentucky on March 27 ... Appeared in each game of Alabama’s three-game series against Texas A&M from April 1-3, earning a complete-game win in game one, collecting a save in game two and hitting 4-for-7 (.541) with five walks in the series ... Hit the first home run of her career – a first-inning three-run blast – against Louisiana on April 24 ... Struck out a career-high 15 batters as a part of a combined no-hitter against Alabama State in the Crimson Tide’s first game of the 2021 NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional on March 21 ... Earned the complete-game victory, allowing just one run and striking out seven to complete the sweep of Kentucky in game two of 2021 NCAA Tuscaloosa Super Regional to lead Alabama to its 13th NCAA WCWS appearance.
2020 (Freshman at Alabama): Appeared in 13 games, including eight starts, before the season was cut short because of the COVID-19 pandemic ... Picked up a win in her career debut in the circle, throwing seven strikeouts in 6.0 innings of work against North Carolina on February 7 ... Recorded a complete-game shutout over Washington on February 14, holding the Huskies to just a single hit while striking out six ... Pitched a combined 9.0 relief innings against UCLA on February 14 and Oklahoma State on February 15, striking out eight ... Earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors on February 17 after she picked up two wins, totaled 14.2 innings, struck out 14 and allowed only four earned runs in a four-game stretch the week prior ... Tallied complete-game victories over Wichita State and Louisville on February 21 and 22, respectively, at the Easton Bama Bash ... Posted back-to-back complete game victories against Arkansas on March 7-8, allowing only three runs and striking out eight in 12.0 total innings pitched.
High School: A six-time letterwinner in softball at Academy at the Lakes in Land O’ Lakes, Florida, where she was coached by Diane Stephenson and Jerry English ... Twice named Florida Gatorade Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019 ... Also led Academy at the Lakes to back-to-back state championships in both of those years ... Selected as a member of the United States U-19 National Team in 2017 and 2019, earning gold at the World Baseball Softball Confederation U-19 World Cup in both seasons ... Voted 2018 Class 2A Player of the Year and earned 2018 first team All-USA Softball honors after a stellar junior season in which she posted a 0.32 ERA, 249 strikeouts and held opposing batters to a .097 average ... Played club softball with Gainesville Gold from 2013-16 with coach Jeremy McFadyen ... Joined East Cobb Bullets Schnute in Atlanta, Georgia in 2016 and went on to win the 2016 USA Junior Olympic championship and the 2018 Triple Crown championship with coach Greg Schnute.
Personal: Daughter of Darin and Christine Kilfoyl ... Has four siblings: Kaela, Kasey, Darin and Andrew ... Her brother, Darin, played baseball at St. Johns River State from 2017-19 and the University of North Florida from 2020-22 ... Her youngest brother, Andrew, currently plays football at the University of South Florida ... Pursuing a degree in university studies.
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