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2016 Cowgirl Softball Roster
Roster
Shippy, Vanessa

Jersey Number 3
Vanessa Shippy
- Position:
- IF
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Lake City HS
- Hometown:
- Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Bio
2015 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
2016 Third-Team CoSIDA Academic All-American
2016 First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-District
2016 First-Team Academic All-Big 12
2016 Third-Team NFCA All-American
2016 Co-Big 12 Player of the Year
2016 First-Team NFCA All-Region
2016 First-Team All-Big 12
2017 Big 12 Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2017 First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-American
2017 First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-District
2017 First-Team Academic All-Big 12
2017 Third-Team NFCA All-American
2017 First-Team NFCA All-Region
2017 First-Team All-Big 12
2018 Big 12 Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2018 First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-District
2018 First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-American
2018 First-Team Academic All-Big 12
2018 Big 12 Player of the Year
2018 First-Team All-Big 12
2018 National Player of the Week (Feb. 13, March 13)
2018 Big 12 Player of the Week (Feb. 13, March 13, April 16)
2018 JWOS Midseason Player of the Year
2018 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top-10 Finalist
2018 Senior CLASS Award Top-10 Finalist
2018 First-Team NFCA All-Region
Career Highs
Hits   4, twice, last vs. USF, 2/17/18
Runs Scored   5 at Texas Tech, 4/2/16
Runs Batted In   5, twice, last vs. Maine, 3/2/18
Walks   4, four times, last at Texas Tech, 3/31/18
Strikeouts   3 vs. Baylor, 4/15/16
Stolen Bases   2, five times, last vs. ACU, 3/4/17
2018 Season Highs
Hits   4 vs. USF, 2/17/18
Runs Scored   4 at Texas Tech, 3/31/18
Runs Batted In   5 vs. Maine, 3/2/18
Walks   4, twice, last at Texas Tech, 3/31/18
Strikeouts   1, 15 times, last vs. DePaul, 5/19/18
Stolen Bases   1, five times, last at Kansas, 4/7/18
2018 (Senior): Produced one of the most historic seasons, and careers, in Oklahoma State softball’s illustrious history … Started in all 61 games, extending her streak of consecutive games started to a team-record 234 … Also passed Chelsea Garcia’s career record for most games played and most games started … Currently owns no fewer than 12 Oklahoma State records, including the three previously mentioned, among several others … Has never failed to start a game during her time at Oklahoma State … Batted .471 at the plate in 2018, while also leading the Big 12 in on-base percentage (.613), runs scored (73) and walks (57) … Ranked among the top-five nationally in all four of those categories … Her .613 on-base percentage and 73 runs scored shattered the previous OSU single-season records, both of which she set previously as a sophomore in 2016 … Notched a team-high 81 hits and finished second among all Big 12 competitors in that category … Logged 20-plus extra-base hits for the third time in her career … Received numerous accolades throughout the year, including being named the 2018 Big 12 Player of the Year … Joined Oklahoma’s Amber Flores (2009, 2010) and Shelby Pendley (2013, 2015) as the only two players in league history to be named the conference’s top player more than once … Tabbed as the Big 12 Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second-consecutive season ... The first Big 12 softball player to win the honor twice since it was first implemented during the 2012-13 academic year ... One of 10 finalists for the 2018 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award and one of 10 finalists in contention for the 2018 Senior CLASS Award … Earned first-team Academic All-Big 12, first-team Academic All-District, first-team All-Big 12 and NFCA All-Region honors for the third consecutive season … Named national player of the week twice and the Big 12’s best weekly competitor on three occasions … Earned her first national player of the week nod from USA Softball, the NFCA and College Sports Madness after an 11-for-13 opening weekend at the plate in which she hit two home runs, walked five times, drove in six runs and scored nine times … Set the OSU career walks record with a free pass during the Cowgirls’ 9-4 win over No. 7 Arizona on opening day … Lapped the field in walks and her 177 career walks are 55 more than any other player in team history and 102 more than any other active Cowgirl … Ranks second in Big 12 history for career walks, trailing only Oklahoma’s Lauren Chamberlain (207) … Failed to reach base just twice, became the eighth player in OSU softball history to record 200 career hits and was the first Cowgirl since Anna Whiddon and Julie Ward in 2010 to be named the national player of the week after her dominant performance at the Kajikawa Classic … Continued to tear through opponents of all shapes and sizes in the following weeks, and on March 14 drew a sixth-inning walk against Central Arkansas to become the fifth player in Big 12 his-tory to record at least 225 career hits, 150 runs, 150 walks and 125 RBI … Reached base in 13 consecutive plate appearances during the OSU Hall of Fame Classic in OKC, which is the longest streak on record in team history … Recorded a career-long stretch of 48 games in which she reached base safely at least once … That too is the longest streak on record in team history, and she failed to reach base only twice in OSU’s 61 contests – a Feb. 16 meeting against Florida Atlantic and the Cowgirls’ clash with No. 17/16 Baylor on May 11 … Her 48-game streak was the second longest active streak in the nation before it was … Dominated teams right from the start, as she reached base as the Cowgirls’ first batter of the game on 24 occasions during a 30-game stretch that began with the Cowgirls’ home opener against Omaha on March 2 … Drew a career-high four walks for the second time in 2018 against Texas Tech on March 31 and reached base in all five of her plate appearances that day … Scored four times against Texas Tech on March 31 to become OSU’s all-time career runs scored leader, passing Mariah Gearhart’s previous mark of 183 … Scored her 200th career run in the first inning against No. 3 Oklahoma on May 4 in Stillwater … Surpassed her own OSU single-season runs scored record by crossing home plate twice on April 18 in a 9-6 loss to Wichita State … Logged seven-straight multi-hit games beginning with a 3-for-3 showing against Kansas on April 8 and finishing with a 2-for4 showing against Wichita State on April 18 … Tallied 24 multi-hit games in total and scored multiple runs on 19 occasions … Worked a nine-pitch at-bat against Texas’ Brooke Bolinger on April 22 that resulted in a two-out, two-RBI single up the middle that gave OSU its first and only lead in a 4-1 series-clinching victory over the Longhorns … Became the first player of head coach Kenny Gajewski’s tenure to be selected in the National Pro Fastpitch College Draft, when she was picked 11th overall (Round 2) by the Cleveland Comets … Played every possible position in the field during her Oklahoma State career after she surrendered a leadoff single as the pitcher in the Cowgirls’ regular season finale at No. 3 Oklahoma on May 5 …Tied the Big 12 and Oklahoma State career doubles record with a laser to left-center field to leadoff in the Cowgirls’ 7-6 victory over Texas Tech on May 11 …  Broke the record with a double against Wichita State on May 18 in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional ... Sits second in OSU history and third among Big 12 competitors all-time with a .404 career batting average … Owns OSU’s career on-base percentage record (.532) and is second in slugging percentage (.585), hits (274), total bases (397) … Also ranks fourth in stolen bases (53) and has the fourth-most assists of any Cowgirl ever (359) … Has helped OSU break nine team records in 2018 ... Named a first-team NFCA All-Region honoree for the third-straight season ... Finished her historic career with three-straight multi-hit games in the NCAA Tournament.
2017 (Junior): Set an OSU single-season record by appearing in 63 games for Oklahoma State ... One of three Cowgirls to start all 63 games, as her consecutive-games started streak now sits at 173 games - she has never missed a game while at OSU ... Led the Cowgirls in batting average (.398), slugging percentage (.613), hits (72), runs batted in (46), doubles (16), triples (4) and total bases (111) ... Finished second on the team in on-base percentage (.517), runs scored (48), walks (47) and stolen bases (11) ... Scored four runs against Iowa State on April 15, which is tied fourth-highest single-game total in Oklahoma State history ... Her .398 batting average ranks ninth on the program’s all-time single-season list and is the third highest batting average by a junior in team history ... Set a new career high with her 47 bases on balls, which would’ve also broken her own OSU single-season record had it not been for Rylee Bayless’ NCAA-leading 71 walks drawn ... Recorded 19 multi-hit games, which includes a 4-for-5 showing against Texas on March 26 when she tallied two doubles, scored three runs and drove in five more during OSU’s 10-9 come-from-behind walk-off win ... Drove in the only run of Oklahoma State’s 1-0 victory over No. 1 Florida on May 21, as she scored Maddi Holcomb with a one-out double to center field ... Holds the program’s highest career on-base percentage at .502, while also ranking third in career batting average at .381 and fourth in slugging percentage at .562 ... Sits ninth on the OSU all-time hits list with 193 through her first three seasons ... Ranks in the top-five on the OSU career record lists for: runs scored (136 - fourth), doubles (42 - fifth), walks (120 - second) and stolen bases (48 - fourth) ... Earned her second third-team All-America honor in as many years, making her the sixth Cowgirl to earn multiple All-America honors at Oklahoma State ... Tabbed as a first-team Academic All-American for the second-consecutive year, making her the first player in OSU history to earn multiple Academic All-America and All-America honors ... Selected to the All-Big 12 first team and the All-Region first team ... Collected her second consecutive first-team Academic All-District and first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors.
2016 (Sophomore): Started all 58 games for the second consecutive year … Went 3-for-3 against Washington in Oklahoma State’s 8-4 upset win over the No. 9-ranked Huskies on February 26 … Went 2-for-3 with two RBIs in Oklahoma State’s win over Ole Miss on Mar. 25 … Drew a Big 12-high four walks against Iowa State on Apr. 10 … Led the Big 12 in batting average (.425), runs scored (58), walks (43) and on base percentage (.543) … Finished with the third-most hits in the Big 12 with 76 … Her .425 batting average was the highest for a sophomore in Oklahoma State history … Scored 58 runs, the most in school history … Showed her eye for the strike zone with a school-record 43 walks … Posted another single-season OSU record with her .543 on-base percentage … Hit a team-best .500 in conference play ... Named a Third-Team All-American selection by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and the Co-Big 12 Player of the Year … Earned a 3.91 GPA in the classroom on her way to being named a CoSIDA Academic All-American.
2015 (Freshman): One of only two Cowgirls to start in all 52 games … Became a crucial part of the lineup in her first season with the team, primarily hitting in the three-hole or at the clean-up spot … Earned conference All-Freshman team honor, thanks to a .306 batting average, three home runs and 28 RBIs … Tied for second in the Big 12 with 12 doubles … Also notched a .432 on-base percentage, helping her swipe 16 bags in 21 attempts … Finished second on the squad with 30 walks … Was third on the team in multiple-hit games (13) and multiple-RBI games (7) … Recorded her first-career base-hit in the team’s season opener at Arizona … Lined her first collegiate home run in the Cowgirls’ one-run loss at South Alabama, a solo shot in the top of the fourth … Put together a string of four multi-hit performances in as many games, posting two hits apiece in four-consecutive contests between Feb. 21 and Feb. 27 … Began a 14-game streak of successfully reaching base on March 7 … Also accumulated a nine-game hitting streak during that span, posting 13 base-hits over a two-week stretch … Crossed the plate four times against IPFW on Feb. 27, tying a team-high for the season … Had three-RBI efforts on multiple occasions, including ones against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (March 14) and Kansas (April 2, April 3).Â
High School: Comes off of four decorated seasons at Lake City HS in Couer d’Alene, Idaho ... Accumulated four First Team All-America selections, four All-State honors and the distinction of being named the 2013-14 Gatorade Idaho Softball Player of the Year ...  Led her squad to a state championship and No. 2 national ranking in 2013 ... Concluded her senior year with a .622 mark from the plate, posting 31 stolen bases, 58 runs and 40 RBIs in the process ... Was involved in her high school’s student council, student-leadership program and student representative initiative.
Personal: Born May 25, 1996 ... Daughter of Cheryl Hunter and Ron Shippy ... Double-majoring in marketing and finance.
2016 Third-Team CoSIDA Academic All-American
2016 First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-District
2016 First-Team Academic All-Big 12
2016 Third-Team NFCA All-American
2016 Co-Big 12 Player of the Year
2016 First-Team NFCA All-Region
2016 First-Team All-Big 12
2017 Big 12 Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2017 First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-American
2017 First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-District
2017 First-Team Academic All-Big 12
2017 Third-Team NFCA All-American
2017 First-Team NFCA All-Region
2017 First-Team All-Big 12
2018 Big 12 Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2018 First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-District
2018 First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-American
2018 First-Team Academic All-Big 12
2018 Big 12 Player of the Year
2018 First-Team All-Big 12
2018 National Player of the Week (Feb. 13, March 13)
2018 Big 12 Player of the Week (Feb. 13, March 13, April 16)
2018 JWOS Midseason Player of the Year
2018 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top-10 Finalist
2018 Senior CLASS Award Top-10 Finalist
2018 First-Team NFCA All-Region
Career Highs
Hits   4, twice, last vs. USF, 2/17/18
Runs Scored   5 at Texas Tech, 4/2/16
Runs Batted In   5, twice, last vs. Maine, 3/2/18
Walks   4, four times, last at Texas Tech, 3/31/18
Strikeouts   3 vs. Baylor, 4/15/16
Stolen Bases   2, five times, last vs. ACU, 3/4/17
2018 Season Highs
Hits   4 vs. USF, 2/17/18
Runs Scored   4 at Texas Tech, 3/31/18
Runs Batted In   5 vs. Maine, 3/2/18
Walks   4, twice, last at Texas Tech, 3/31/18
Strikeouts   1, 15 times, last vs. DePaul, 5/19/18
Stolen Bases   1, five times, last at Kansas, 4/7/18
2018 (Senior): Produced one of the most historic seasons, and careers, in Oklahoma State softball’s illustrious history … Started in all 61 games, extending her streak of consecutive games started to a team-record 234 … Also passed Chelsea Garcia’s career record for most games played and most games started … Currently owns no fewer than 12 Oklahoma State records, including the three previously mentioned, among several others … Has never failed to start a game during her time at Oklahoma State … Batted .471 at the plate in 2018, while also leading the Big 12 in on-base percentage (.613), runs scored (73) and walks (57) … Ranked among the top-five nationally in all four of those categories … Her .613 on-base percentage and 73 runs scored shattered the previous OSU single-season records, both of which she set previously as a sophomore in 2016 … Notched a team-high 81 hits and finished second among all Big 12 competitors in that category … Logged 20-plus extra-base hits for the third time in her career … Received numerous accolades throughout the year, including being named the 2018 Big 12 Player of the Year … Joined Oklahoma’s Amber Flores (2009, 2010) and Shelby Pendley (2013, 2015) as the only two players in league history to be named the conference’s top player more than once … Tabbed as the Big 12 Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second-consecutive season ... The first Big 12 softball player to win the honor twice since it was first implemented during the 2012-13 academic year ... One of 10 finalists for the 2018 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award and one of 10 finalists in contention for the 2018 Senior CLASS Award … Earned first-team Academic All-Big 12, first-team Academic All-District, first-team All-Big 12 and NFCA All-Region honors for the third consecutive season … Named national player of the week twice and the Big 12’s best weekly competitor on three occasions … Earned her first national player of the week nod from USA Softball, the NFCA and College Sports Madness after an 11-for-13 opening weekend at the plate in which she hit two home runs, walked five times, drove in six runs and scored nine times … Set the OSU career walks record with a free pass during the Cowgirls’ 9-4 win over No. 7 Arizona on opening day … Lapped the field in walks and her 177 career walks are 55 more than any other player in team history and 102 more than any other active Cowgirl … Ranks second in Big 12 history for career walks, trailing only Oklahoma’s Lauren Chamberlain (207) … Failed to reach base just twice, became the eighth player in OSU softball history to record 200 career hits and was the first Cowgirl since Anna Whiddon and Julie Ward in 2010 to be named the national player of the week after her dominant performance at the Kajikawa Classic … Continued to tear through opponents of all shapes and sizes in the following weeks, and on March 14 drew a sixth-inning walk against Central Arkansas to become the fifth player in Big 12 his-tory to record at least 225 career hits, 150 runs, 150 walks and 125 RBI … Reached base in 13 consecutive plate appearances during the OSU Hall of Fame Classic in OKC, which is the longest streak on record in team history … Recorded a career-long stretch of 48 games in which she reached base safely at least once … That too is the longest streak on record in team history, and she failed to reach base only twice in OSU’s 61 contests – a Feb. 16 meeting against Florida Atlantic and the Cowgirls’ clash with No. 17/16 Baylor on May 11 … Her 48-game streak was the second longest active streak in the nation before it was … Dominated teams right from the start, as she reached base as the Cowgirls’ first batter of the game on 24 occasions during a 30-game stretch that began with the Cowgirls’ home opener against Omaha on March 2 … Drew a career-high four walks for the second time in 2018 against Texas Tech on March 31 and reached base in all five of her plate appearances that day … Scored four times against Texas Tech on March 31 to become OSU’s all-time career runs scored leader, passing Mariah Gearhart’s previous mark of 183 … Scored her 200th career run in the first inning against No. 3 Oklahoma on May 4 in Stillwater … Surpassed her own OSU single-season runs scored record by crossing home plate twice on April 18 in a 9-6 loss to Wichita State … Logged seven-straight multi-hit games beginning with a 3-for-3 showing against Kansas on April 8 and finishing with a 2-for4 showing against Wichita State on April 18 … Tallied 24 multi-hit games in total and scored multiple runs on 19 occasions … Worked a nine-pitch at-bat against Texas’ Brooke Bolinger on April 22 that resulted in a two-out, two-RBI single up the middle that gave OSU its first and only lead in a 4-1 series-clinching victory over the Longhorns … Became the first player of head coach Kenny Gajewski’s tenure to be selected in the National Pro Fastpitch College Draft, when she was picked 11th overall (Round 2) by the Cleveland Comets … Played every possible position in the field during her Oklahoma State career after she surrendered a leadoff single as the pitcher in the Cowgirls’ regular season finale at No. 3 Oklahoma on May 5 …Tied the Big 12 and Oklahoma State career doubles record with a laser to left-center field to leadoff in the Cowgirls’ 7-6 victory over Texas Tech on May 11 …  Broke the record with a double against Wichita State on May 18 in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional ... Sits second in OSU history and third among Big 12 competitors all-time with a .404 career batting average … Owns OSU’s career on-base percentage record (.532) and is second in slugging percentage (.585), hits (274), total bases (397) … Also ranks fourth in stolen bases (53) and has the fourth-most assists of any Cowgirl ever (359) … Has helped OSU break nine team records in 2018 ... Named a first-team NFCA All-Region honoree for the third-straight season ... Finished her historic career with three-straight multi-hit games in the NCAA Tournament.
2017 (Junior): Set an OSU single-season record by appearing in 63 games for Oklahoma State ... One of three Cowgirls to start all 63 games, as her consecutive-games started streak now sits at 173 games - she has never missed a game while at OSU ... Led the Cowgirls in batting average (.398), slugging percentage (.613), hits (72), runs batted in (46), doubles (16), triples (4) and total bases (111) ... Finished second on the team in on-base percentage (.517), runs scored (48), walks (47) and stolen bases (11) ... Scored four runs against Iowa State on April 15, which is tied fourth-highest single-game total in Oklahoma State history ... Her .398 batting average ranks ninth on the program’s all-time single-season list and is the third highest batting average by a junior in team history ... Set a new career high with her 47 bases on balls, which would’ve also broken her own OSU single-season record had it not been for Rylee Bayless’ NCAA-leading 71 walks drawn ... Recorded 19 multi-hit games, which includes a 4-for-5 showing against Texas on March 26 when she tallied two doubles, scored three runs and drove in five more during OSU’s 10-9 come-from-behind walk-off win ... Drove in the only run of Oklahoma State’s 1-0 victory over No. 1 Florida on May 21, as she scored Maddi Holcomb with a one-out double to center field ... Holds the program’s highest career on-base percentage at .502, while also ranking third in career batting average at .381 and fourth in slugging percentage at .562 ... Sits ninth on the OSU all-time hits list with 193 through her first three seasons ... Ranks in the top-five on the OSU career record lists for: runs scored (136 - fourth), doubles (42 - fifth), walks (120 - second) and stolen bases (48 - fourth) ... Earned her second third-team All-America honor in as many years, making her the sixth Cowgirl to earn multiple All-America honors at Oklahoma State ... Tabbed as a first-team Academic All-American for the second-consecutive year, making her the first player in OSU history to earn multiple Academic All-America and All-America honors ... Selected to the All-Big 12 first team and the All-Region first team ... Collected her second consecutive first-team Academic All-District and first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors.
2016 (Sophomore): Started all 58 games for the second consecutive year … Went 3-for-3 against Washington in Oklahoma State’s 8-4 upset win over the No. 9-ranked Huskies on February 26 … Went 2-for-3 with two RBIs in Oklahoma State’s win over Ole Miss on Mar. 25 … Drew a Big 12-high four walks against Iowa State on Apr. 10 … Led the Big 12 in batting average (.425), runs scored (58), walks (43) and on base percentage (.543) … Finished with the third-most hits in the Big 12 with 76 … Her .425 batting average was the highest for a sophomore in Oklahoma State history … Scored 58 runs, the most in school history … Showed her eye for the strike zone with a school-record 43 walks … Posted another single-season OSU record with her .543 on-base percentage … Hit a team-best .500 in conference play ... Named a Third-Team All-American selection by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and the Co-Big 12 Player of the Year … Earned a 3.91 GPA in the classroom on her way to being named a CoSIDA Academic All-American.
2015 (Freshman): One of only two Cowgirls to start in all 52 games … Became a crucial part of the lineup in her first season with the team, primarily hitting in the three-hole or at the clean-up spot … Earned conference All-Freshman team honor, thanks to a .306 batting average, three home runs and 28 RBIs … Tied for second in the Big 12 with 12 doubles … Also notched a .432 on-base percentage, helping her swipe 16 bags in 21 attempts … Finished second on the squad with 30 walks … Was third on the team in multiple-hit games (13) and multiple-RBI games (7) … Recorded her first-career base-hit in the team’s season opener at Arizona … Lined her first collegiate home run in the Cowgirls’ one-run loss at South Alabama, a solo shot in the top of the fourth … Put together a string of four multi-hit performances in as many games, posting two hits apiece in four-consecutive contests between Feb. 21 and Feb. 27 … Began a 14-game streak of successfully reaching base on March 7 … Also accumulated a nine-game hitting streak during that span, posting 13 base-hits over a two-week stretch … Crossed the plate four times against IPFW on Feb. 27, tying a team-high for the season … Had three-RBI efforts on multiple occasions, including ones against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (March 14) and Kansas (April 2, April 3).Â
High School: Comes off of four decorated seasons at Lake City HS in Couer d’Alene, Idaho ... Accumulated four First Team All-America selections, four All-State honors and the distinction of being named the 2013-14 Gatorade Idaho Softball Player of the Year ...  Led her squad to a state championship and No. 2 national ranking in 2013 ... Concluded her senior year with a .622 mark from the plate, posting 31 stolen bases, 58 runs and 40 RBIs in the process ... Was involved in her high school’s student council, student-leadership program and student representative initiative.
Personal: Born May 25, 1996 ... Daughter of Cheryl Hunter and Ron Shippy ... Double-majoring in marketing and finance.
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