2025 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 22
Briana Bower
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Lake in the Hills, Ill.
- High School:
- Huntley HS
- Prev School:
- Mississippi State
2025 - Redshirt Junior
- Appeared in four games
- Recorded a 14.00 ERA
- Tallied a strikeout at #8 Oregon (3/22/25) and against Valpo (4/16/25)
2024 - Junior
- Appeared in 13 games, making five starts before season ending injury
- Posted a 2-3 record in the circle
- Recorded a 4.83 ERA with 23 strikeouts during her 37.2 innings pitched
- Tossed one complete game against Belmont (2/9/24)
- Fanned a season-high six strikeouts against Belmont (2/9/24)
2023 - Sophomore (Mississippi State)
- Made four appearances with one start
- Averaged 7.74 strikeouts per seven innings
- Retired all three batters she faced in 1.0 inning vs. Bethune-Cookman (2/10/23)
- Struck out a career-high six batters in her first career win against MVSU (2/28/23)
- Three of her strikeouts were looking
- Retired the only batter she faced at No. 24 Texas A&M (4/8/23)
- Allowed one hit in 2.0 scoreless innings against Memphis (4/19/23)
2022 - Freshman (Mississippi State)
- Made six appearances, starting two games in the circle
- Tossed 1.0 inning vs. No. 1 Oklahoma (2/11/22) while striking out two
- Struck out two in 3.0 innings at Loyola Marymount (2/13/23)
- Threw 0.2 innings in relief against Georgia Tech (2/20/22)
- Threw 1.0 inning in relief against MVSU (3/2/22), retiring the side in order
- Threw 1.0 inning in relief with two strikeouts against Alcorn State (3/6/22)
- Came on in relief at Middle Tennessee (3/30/22).
High School
- The No. 33 prospect in the nation according to Extra Innings Softball and the No. 18 pitcher in the class
- Named a First Team High School All-American in 2019 by both Extra Innings and MaxPreps
- Was an NFCA Second Team All-Region selection the same year
- Captained the Daily Herald Fox Valley All-Area team in 2019 and was named the Northwest Herald and Courier News Player of the Year
- Selected to the All-State, All-Conference and All-Area first teams
- Struck out 104 batters over 74 innings as a freshman for Huntley High School with a 2.17 ERA
- Accumulated a school-record 353 strikeouts in 212.1 innings as a sophomore, which ranked ninth in the nation that year, while leading her team to a 27-5 record
- Team won the 4A Illinois State Championship that year and was ranked No. 17 in the nation
- Threw 12 shutouts, four no-hitters and two perfect games along with 20 games of 10 or more strikeouts
- Threw a two-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts in the title game
- Did not play a junior season due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Played travel ball with Indiana Magic Gold and won the Triple Crown Sports 16U Elite Championship in 2019
- Struck out 15 batters at PGF Nationals
- Has totaled 538 strikeouts in her club career
- Also played with USA Elite Select and was an Under Armour All-American
- Also earned two letters in basketball.
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