Skylar Savage

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Position:
RHP
Height:
6-2
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Van HS
Hometown:
Van, Texas
Pronounced:
R/R

2024 (Junior)
Named First Team All-American Athletic Conference … Two-time AAC Pitcher of the Week (March 25 and April 29) … Finished the season ranked inside the top 10 for 10 UNT career categories including innings pitched, earned run average, wins, saves and strikeouts … Tallied 10 wins over 30 appearances in the circle … Spun eight complete games including three solo shutouts … Helped lead UNT to a program record mark of 13 shutouts which ranked first in the AAC and 27th in Division I … Finished with 73 strikeouts and a 3.02 earned run average … Recorded her fifth career complete-game shutout against East Carolina on March 9 … Became the eight player in UNT history with 200 career strikeouts on March 10 … Threw 9.2 scoreless innings in two wins over AAC rivals Tulsa on March 23-24 … Posted career high 7.2 innings with zero earned runs allowed at UAB on April 6 … Spun third complete-game shutout of the season at Texas A&M-Commerce on April 16 … Named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

2023 (Sophomore)
Named to Conference USA All-Preseason Team … Appeared in 23 games and started in 14 … Posted a 7-4 record with two shutouts and one complete game … Tallied 66.2 innings pitched with 43 strikeouts … Collected her first win after she allowed only three hits with five strikeouts against UConn on Feb. 11 … Spun a one-hit shutout with a career high 10 strikeouts over Texas A&M-Commerce on March 14 … Recorded the win over No. 6/7 Oklahoma State after she held the Cowgirls to one run over 5.0 innings … Named to CUSA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2022 (Freshman)
Named a Conference USA Second-Team selection … Named to the CUSA All-Freshman Team … Tallied the fourth-most appearances in program history as she pitched in 44 games … Led NCAA DI with seven saves and tied for first in single-season program history … Posted 15 wins in 19 starts, tied for sixth most single-season victories in program history … Recorded 159.0 innings pitched with 131 strikeouts … Finished with four complete games on the season … Set her season-high of eight strikeouts in a shutout at Southern Miss on March 11 … Pitched her first career no-hitter in a 1-0 win over Charlotte on March 25 … Set a career-high mark of 128 pitches and collected her ninth win with seven strikeouts at UTSA on April 9 … Made 20 appearances in conference play and finished with a 9-3 record, three saves, 2.82 ERA and 71 strikeouts … Spun a complete game shutout against Nebraska in the Stillwater Regional to pick up her first postseason win on May 21 … Honored as a member of the CUSA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Prior to UNT
Two-time District MVP at Van HS … District Newcomer of the Year as a freshman … Letter winner in softball, volleyball and basketball … Multiple award-winner in each volleyball and basketball … Received Academic All-District recognition … Played travel ball for Texas Glory and head coach Kevin Shelton along with current UNT teammates Elizabeth Moffitt, Rylee Nicholson, Cierra Simon and Kayleigh Smith.