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Jennifer Marwitz

Position Outfield
Height 5'6''
Class Senior
Hometown Oklahoma City, Okla.
High School Mount Saint Mary HS

2019 (SENIOR)

  • 2019 Big 12 All-Academic Second Team selection
  • Big 12 Player of the Week (4/2) after finish 7-for-10 with five RBI in the series against Baylor (3/30-31)
  • Appeared in 48 games with 41 starts (all in the outfield)
  • Started all 18 games of Big 12 play and was the team leader in batting average (.327), hits (16) and doubles (4)
  • First career home run against Baylor (3/31) and added her second two games later at Tulsa (4/3)
  • Second on the team behind Morgyn Wynne with nine-multiple hit games, including a four-hit performance against Baylor (3/30)
  • Multiple-hit games against Utah (2 | 2/9), UMASS (2 2/15), at NC State (2 | 3/1), Green Bay (2 | 3/22), Baylor (4 | 3/30), Baylor (2 | 3/31), at Tulsa (2 | 4/3), at Oklahoma State (2 | 4/6) and Texas (2 (4/28)
  • Three multiple-RBI games against Charleston Southern (2 | 3/3), Baylor (2 | 3/30) and Baylor (2 | 3/30)

2018 (JUNIOR)

  • Played in 11 games with three starts
  • All three starts were as the right fielder
  • Made eight pinch-hitting appearances
  • Recorded a .182 batting average, .438 on-base percentage and a .182 slugging percentage
  • Totaled two hits, two RBIs and drew five walks
  • Drove in her first run of the season on a RBI ground-out at Texas (March 23)
  • Her second RBI of the season came on a bases-loaded walk against Colorado State (March 31)
  • Made first start of the season at No. 2 Oklahoma (April 14), going 2-for-3 at the plate for her lone multi-hit game of the season
  • Her other two starts of the season came in the series finale at No. 2 Oklahoma (April 15) and at No. 21 Baylor (April 20)

2017 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Appeared in 10 games and made two starts as the designated player
  • Batted .231 with three hits in 13 at-bats
  • Recorded a double and a RBI
  • Registered a run scored and drew one walk
  • Posted a .308 slugging percentage and a .333 on-base percentage
  • Went 1-for-1 with a double and RBI against Omaha (3/19)

2016 (FRESHMAN)

  • Appeared in four games as a pinch hitter
  • Tallied three at-bats and one RBI
  • Recorded first-career RBI against UNC Greensboro (2/14)
  • Drew first-career walk against UNC Greensboro (2/14)

HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB

  • Prepped at Mount Saint Mary High School
  • Won a club national championship with OK Gametime Stars in 2009, 2010 and 2011
  • Named the Sooner Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2013 and 2014
  • A three-time member of the Oklahoman Little All-City roster
  • Helped the Rockets to three-straight district titles and a regional title in 2014
  • As a senior, played in 30 games hitting .481 with 39 hits, including 10 doubles, three triples and five home runs
  • Registered 20 walks, a .596 on-base percentage and a .864 slugging percentage

ACADEMICS

  • Majoring in community health in the School of Education at the University of Kansas

PERSONAL

  • Daughter of Scott and Maristella Marwitz
  • Has two brothers, Justin and James, and a sister, Janelle
  • Cousin, Adam Marwitz, played baseball at Colorado School of Mines