2025 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 30
Lauren Wiles
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Grimesland, N.C.
- High School:
- DH Conley HS
 University of Illinois Graduate |
 All-Big Ten Freshman Team |
Senior - 2025
- Appeared in 23 games, making 12 starts
- Posted a 7-6 record in the circle
- Logged 67.2 innings and 36 strikeouts
- Posted a 4.34 ERA
- Tossed a five-innings shutout against Stony Brooke (2/14/25)
- Recorded four complete games
- Tallied a season-high five strikeouts at Tennessee State (2/13/25)
Junior - 2024
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Made appearances in 34 games, making 21 starts
- Posted a 6.22 ERA during 113.2 innings
- Logged a pair of complete games against SIUE (3/27/24) and at Michigan State (4/20/24)
- Tallied 43 strikeouts during the season
- Fanned four batters against Hawaii (2/25/24) and Louisiana Tech (3/2/24)
- Logged a .358 opponent batting average
- Recorded a combined shutout at Maryland (4/7/24)
Sophomore - 2023
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Appeared in 28 games, making 17 starts
- Posted a 6-7 record during her sophomore campaign
- Recorded a 4.68 ERA and a .272 batting average while striking out 58 during 79.1 innings of work
- Logged a pair of complete game shutouts against Columbia (3/5/23/) and Saint Francis (Pa.) (3/12/23)
- Earned a save against Michigan State (4/23/23)
- Struckout a season-high five batters against Columbia (3/5/23), SIUE (3/28/23) and Illinois State (4/18/23)
- Earned the start in the Fighting Illini’s Big Ten Tournament win over Wisconsin.
Freshman - 2022
- Big Ten All-Freshman team
- Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week (2/14/22)
- Appeared in 28 games, starting 16 while tossing six complete games
- Struck out 92 batters over 105.2 innings, pitching to a 2.72 ERA
- Tossed complete-game shutout vs. Western Illinois (5/4/22)
- Tossed 5.2 innings vs. Wisconsin (4/10/22), striking out nine batters
- Earned first career save at Purdue (3/27/22), tossing 3.1 scoreless innings while striking out five batters
- Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week (2/14/22)
- Pitched four scoreless innings, striking out four batters and giving up just two hits in ranked victory over LSU (2/13/22)
- Tossed first career complete game, striking out 11 batters vs. South Alabama (2/12/22)
- Made Illini debut at LSU (2/11/22), tossing six innings and striking out five batters
High School
- 2019 North Carolina All-State selection
- 2019 North Carolina 3A All-State Pitcher of the Year (East)
- 2019 All-District and All-Conference selection
- Ranked in the top 100 nationally by Flo Softball and Extra Innings Softball
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