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22 Elisa Favela

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Position RHP/UTL
  • Hometown Ewa Beach, Hawaii
  • Prev School Bossier Parrish CC

Biography

Awards
GAC Player of the Week – 2/11/2020
2019 All-GAC First Team
2018-19 SAU Dr. Margaret Downing Female Athlete of the Year
GAC Pitcher of the Week – 4/2/2019
Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II National Pitcher of the Week – 3/6/2019
Fastpitch News Division II National Pitcher of the Week – 3/5/2019
GAC Player and Pitcher of the Week – 3/4/2019
 
Records
Best Career Batting Average - .405
3rd All-Time for Most Total Bases in a Single Game – 11 (vs. Southwestern Oklahoma, 3/6/2020)
3rd All-Time for Career Slugging Percentage - .740
3rd All-Time for Career On-Base Percentage - .470
3rd All-Time in GAC History for Career Batting Average - .405
3rd All-Time in GAC History for Career Slugging Percentage - .740
T-3rd All-Time for Most Doubles in a Season – 16 (2019)
T-3rd All-Time for Most Combined Shutouts in a Season – 3 (2020)
4th All-Time for Most Strikeouts/7 innings in a Season – 7.49 (2019)
T-5th All-Time for Career Combined Shutouts – 3
T-8th All-Time for Career Home Runs – 21
9th All-Time for Fewest Walks Allowed/7 innings in a Season – 1.39 (2019)
 
Career
Debut (Batting): February 1, 2019 vs. Southwest Baptist
Debut (Pitching): February 24, 2019 at Harding
First Start (Batting): February 1, 2019 vs. Southwest Baptist
First Start (Pitching): March 1, 2019 vs. Northwestern Oklahoma
Stats (Batting): .405 batting average (106-262); 82 games played, 81 starts; 78 RBIs, 59 runs scored; 25 doubles, 21 home runs, 194 total bases; .740 slugging percentage; 28 walks, five hit by pitches, 33 strikeouts; .470 on-base percentage; one sacrifice fly, three sacrifice hits; three putouts, 18 assists, 1.000 fielding percentage
Stats (Pitching): 2.31 ERA; 16-2 record; 28 appearances, 16 starts; six complete games, four shutouts, three combined shutouts; one save; three no-hitters; 109.0 innings pitched; 83 hits, 43 runs (36 earned); 27 walks, 125 strikeouts; opponent batting average of .208
 
No-Hitters:
March 1st, 2019 vs. Northwestern Oklahoma (W, 3-0)
Final Statline: 7.0 innings, 10 strikeouts, one hit batter
 
March 2nd, 2019 vs. Northwestern Oklahoma (W, 8-0 in five innings)
Final Statline: 5.0 innings, three walks, six strikeouts
 
March 26th, 2019 vs. Arkansas-Monticello (W, 2-0)
Final Statline: 7.0 innings, one walk, 12 strikeouts, one hit batter
 
2020
Played in and started all 24 games as the designated player in a shortened season…made 11 appearances in the circle, including six starts….506 batting average (42-83)…27 runs scored…nine doubles, eight homeruns…30 RBIs…75 total bases….904 slugging percentage…nine walks, four hit by pitches, five strikeouts….573 slugging percentage…one putout, five assists, 1.000 fielding percentage…3.66 ERA…4-1 record…three combined shutouts…one save…28.2 innings pitched…21 hits, 17 runs (15 earned) allowed…39 strikeouts, 11 walks….206 opponent batting average…led team in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, hits, doubles, home runs, total bases, games finished and games in relief…second on the team in saves and pitching appearances…third on the team in runs scored, RBIs, ERA, opponent batting average, wins, innings pitched, strikeouts and games started…13-game hitting streak…13 multi-hit games…led GAC in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, hits, total bases…two games striking out seven batters…went 3-4 with a double, two home runs and four RBIs against Texas A&M-Commerce (2/8)…went 3-4 versus Texas Women’s, 4-5 with two doubles versus UT-Tyler (2/9)…2-4, a double, a home run and three RBIs versus Upper Iowa (2/15)…4-4 with a home run and 3 RBIs versus Pittsburg State (2/15)…2-4 with two doubles versus Harding (2/21)…3-3, a double, a home run and 4 RBIs versus Harding (2/22)…4-4 with a home run and two RBIs against Northwestern Oklahoma (2/29)…4-4, a double, two home runs and seven RBIs versus Southwestern Oklahoma (3/6)…picked up first career save versus Tarleton State, striking out four in two innings (2/1)…four strikeouts in three innings of relief in series versus Harding (2/21-2/22)…two starts, two wins, 14 strikeouts in 8.1 innings versus Southwestern Oklahoma (3/6-3/7)
 
2019
Played in 58 games, making 57 starts…made 17 appearances as a pitcher, making 10 starts….358 batting average (64-179)…32 runs scored, 48 RBIs…16 doubles, 13 home runs, 119 total bases….665 slugging percentage…19 walks, one hit by pitch, 28 strikeouts….420 on-base percentage…one sacrifice fly, three sacrifice hits…two putouts, 13 assists…1.83 ERA…12-1 record…17 appearances, 10 starts…80.1 innings pitched…six complete games…four shutouts…three no-hitters…62 hits, 26 runs (21 earned)…16 walks, 86 strikeouts….209 opponent batting average…15 multi-hit games…three games with ten or more strikeouts…went 2-3 with two doubles against Tampa (2/9)…threw 7.0 innings of relief in two games against Harding, picking up two wins (2/24-2/25)…went 8-12 with two doubles, a homerun, six RBIs and four runs scored versus Northwestern Oklahoma (3/1-3/2)…threw no-hitter in first two starts for SAU…7.0 innings, 10 strikeouts, one hit batter in no-hitter vs. Northwestern Okla. (3/1)…5.0 innings, three walks, six strikeouts in no-hitter vs. Northwestern Okla. (3/2)…weekend vs. Northwestern Okla. saw Favela be the first player since 2012 to receive conference player and pitcher of the week honors in the same week…7.0 innings, one walk, 12 strikeouts, one hit batter in no-hitter vs. Arkansas-Monticello (3/26)…followed no-hitter with two complete games against Oklahoma Baptist, striking out 13 in game one (3/29) before throwing a shutout in five innings the next day while striking out six and allowing only four hits (3/30)…went 11-21 from plate in same stretch…hit three home runs in sweep against Oklahoma Baptist (3/29-3/30)…went 4-5 with a double, a homerun, four RBIs and three runs in win over Oklahoma Baptist (3/29)…went 7-13 in postseason play with three homeruns and seven RBIs…also pitched six innings in start vs. Arkansas Tech at Central Regional, striking out six
 
Previous School
Favela, a native of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, is a 2018 transfer from Bossier Parish CC
 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2019Junior

    Pitcher/Utility
    5'8"
    22
  • 22

    2020Senior

    Pitcher/Utility
    5'8"
    22
  • 22

    2021Senior

    Pitcher/Utility
    5'8"
    22