Skylar Savage

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

ACCOLADES
2025 NFCA Third Team All-Central Region
2025 American Conference Championship All-Tournament Team
2024 First Team All-American Conference
2023 Preseason All-CUSA Team
2022 Second Team All-CUSA
2022 Conference USA All-Freshman Team
American Conference Pitcher of the Week (March 25, 2024; April 29, 2024)
2025 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
2024 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
2023 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2022 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll

2025 (Senior)
Named NFCA Central Third Team All-Region at pitcher … Selected as a member of the American Conference Championship All-Tournament Team … Two-time American Conference weekly Honorable Mention (Feb. 24, April 21) selection … Finished her career ranked second in saves (10) and appearances (136); tied for third in wins (48); fourth in strikeouts (341); fifth in games started (78), innings pitched (506) and solo shutouts (7); seventh in complete games (30); eighth in strikeouts per seven innings pitched (4.72); ninth in ERA (3.20) and opponent batting average (.249) … Posted career high 16 victories which ranked fourth in The American and 69th in Division I … Made 39 appearances to tie for the ninth most in single-season program history … Tallied three saves and 11 complete games over 150 2/3 innings pitched … Recorded 94 strikeouts and a 3.58 earned run average … Led all American pitchers with 53 defensive assists, 15 more than the next closest hurler … Spun seven inning complete-game win at Troy on Feb. 8 … Recorded complete-game win with four strikeouts against Georgia Tech on Feb. 16 … Tallied 300th career strikeout in a combined shutout against Tarleton State on March 12 … Registered five-inning complete game victory at No. 25 Florida Atlantic on April 12 … Posted consecutive seven inning, complete-game wins versus UAB on April 17-18 … Collected her 16th win as a reliever in the American Championship quarterfinals versus Wichita State on May 8 … Named to the American Conference All-Academic Team.

2024 (Junior)
Named First Team All-American Conference … Two-time American Pitcher of the Week (March 25 and April 29) … 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 American 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 2/3 scoreless innings in two wins over conference rivals Tulsa on March 23-24 … Posted career high 7 2/3 innings with zero earned runs allowed at UAB on April 6 … Spun third complete-game shutout of the season at East Texas A&M on April 16 … Named to the American 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 2/3 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 East Texas A&M 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.