Lady Hawks Softball
Torie Bunzell #31
Position: Pitcher
Height: 6-0
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Year: Senior
Hometown: Utica, Ill.
Previous School: LaSalle-Peru HS
2010: Finished with a 26-9 overall record with a 0.99 earned-run average...Threw 12 complete game shutouts, second most in a single season...Finished with 353 strikeouts, second most in school history...Finished 4th nationally in strikeouts and earned-run average...Became the school's career leader in strikeouts and shutouts...Became just the 20th pitcher in D-II history to record 1,000 career striekouts...Threw four no-hitters and one perfect game...Named GLVC Pitcher of the Year after leading conference in all three major pitching categories...Earned GLVC First Team All-Conference, Daktronics and NFCA First Team All-Region, and Daktronics and NFCA Third Team All-American honors...Named GLVC Academic All-Conference.
2009: Finished 23-13 with a 1.18 earned run average and one save...Appeared in 37 games, making 34 starts...Finished with 33 complete games and one save...Recorded 380 strikeouts in 237 1/3 innings pitched...Broke own school record for strikeouts in a season...Set GLVC record for strikeouts in a season...Finished with 19th most strikeouts in a season in NCAA Division II history...Threw three no-hitters...Held opponents to a .146 batting average...Named GLVC First Team All-Conference...Earned NFCA and Daktronics First Team All-Region honors...Named Daktronics honorable mention All-American...Named GLVC Academic All-Conference.
2008: Finished with a 16-6 overall record with two saves...Recorded 282 strikeouts with a 1.34 earned-run average and 10 shutouts...Set school record for strikeouts in a season with 282 and strikeouts in a game with 19...Finished with third most shutouts in a season by a Lady Hawk...held opponents to a .153 batting average...Led the GLVC in strikeouts and ranked second nationally in strikeouts per seven innings...Named Daktronics Second Team All-Region and GLVC First Team All-Conference...Also named GLVC Freshman of the Year.
High School: Graduated from LaSalle-Peru High School in 2007...Earned four varsity letters in softball...Was 18-1 with a 0.55 earned-run average and 270 strikeouts as a senior...Allowed just 27 hits in 127 innings...Named All-Conference and All-Area all four years...Holds school records for strikeouts in a game, season and career...Struck out 28 batters in a 12 inning game as a senior.
Personal: Born August 12, 1989...Daughter of Robert and Rebecca Bunzell...Two brothers, Nicholas and Clayton.



