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2022 Softball Roster

Rudi Ayasse

Tara McElligott #25 INF

  • Position:
    INF
  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Lockport Township
  • Hometown:
    Lockport, Ill.

Summary

Biography

Career Statistics

AS A SENIOR (2022): Game-by-Game Statistics
All-Horizon League First Team selection  ... UIC Athletics Ultimate Flame Award recipient ... ranked second in conference in OPS (1.099) and on-base percentage (.470) ... ranked fourth in slugging percentage (.629) and 10th in batting average (.329) ... tied for fourth with eight home runs and tied for seventh with 10 doubles ... finished career as program's all-time leader in hit-by-pitch with 37 ... led team with 11 multi-hit games ... collected multiple RBI on four occasions ... drove in team-high 23 RBI and scored 23 runs ... started 43 games, all at first base ... doubled and homered with three RBI and a run scored against Oakland (04/16) ... doubled twice and scored a run at Butler (04/12) ... went deep twice for second time and knocked in four runs at Northern Kentucky (04/02) ... walked twice and was hit by two pitches against Youngstown State (03/21) ... doubled and scored a run at Stanford (02/19) ... hit a grand slam and solo home run to match career high with five RBI at San Diego State (02/12) ... collected two hits on opening day at Cal Poly (02/11) ... named first Horizon League Player of the Week (02/15) after batting .583/.667/1.333 in the first five games with seven RBI and 16 total bases.

AS A JUNIOR (2021): Game-by-Game Statistics
Started all 52 games at first base … batted .257 on the season with 36 hits, 33 runs and 26 RBI … her 26 RBI tied for 11th in the Horizon League … recorded the second-most doubles on the team with 12 … also recorded the second-most home runs with nine … slugged .536 on the season and put together a .379 on-base percentage … led the team with 21 walks … batted five sacrifice hits … went 10-for-10 in stolen bases … owned a .991 fielding percentage with a team- high 416 putouts and 16 assists … recorded six multi-hit efforts and eight multi-RBI efforts … doubled twice and scored twice while also driving in a run against Syracuse (02/27) … homered and drove in two runs against Creighton (03/05) … went 2-for-4 against Purdue Fort Wayne (03/21) … doubled and drove in two runs at Green Bay (03/27) … homered and collected a pair of RBI against Northern Kentucky (04/03) … went 2-for-2 with one run and one RBI in game one of the IUPUI doubleheader (04/06) … tallied two hits, two runs and one RBI in game two of the doubleheader with the Jags … homered and drove in a pair of runs in both games of the Cleveland State opener (04/16) … doubled, drove in two runs and scored at IUPUI (05/01) … went 2-for-2 at DePaul (05/01) … homered and drove in two runs in the Horizon League Semifinal game at Youngstown State (05/14) … batted 2-for-3 with a double against Iowa State in the Columbia Regional (05/22).

AS A SOPHOMORE (2020): Game-by-Game Statistics
Played and started in all 20 games of the shortened season, all from first base … ended the season batting .228 … collected 13 hits, nine runs and 10 RBI … slugged .421 on the season … tallied five multi-base hits, made up of two doubles and three home runs … drew nine walks … recorded two hits and drove in a run against both Furman (02/14) and Memphis (02/14) … recorded two runs and three RBI against Akron (03/08) … collected three RBI and recorded one run at Eastern Kentucky (03/08).

AS A FRESHMAN (2019): Game-by-Game Statistics
Horizon League All-Freshman Team honoree … Horizon League Appeared in 52 games and made 50 starts, primarily as the designated hitter … batted .278 on the season with a .317 average against Horizon League opponents … ended the season with 40 hits, 31 runs and 37 RBI … ranked fourth in the Horizon League in RBI … collected 20 multi-base hits made up of 10 doubles, one triple and nine homeruns … her nine homeruns were third-most in the conference … recorded nine multi-hit showings … brought in a career-high five runs against Rider (02/09) … went 3-for-4 with three runs and four RBI against Cleveland State (03/23) … batted 2-for-3 with three runs and two RBI at IUPUI (04/16) ... drove in two runs off two hits at Youngstown State (04/27) … collected two hits, one run and four RBI against IUPUI in the Horizon League Quarterfinals (05/09).

PREP/PERSONAL: Lettered all four years in softball at Lockport Township … earned First Team All-Conference, First Team All-Area and First Team All-State her senior season (2017-18) … named the 2017 Bugle Newspaper Player of the Year … earned the title of Herald News Player of the Week in 2018 and was the Buffalo Wild Wings Player of the Month in May 2017 … set the record at Lockport Township for most RBI in a single season with 73 in 2017 … set the record for most home runs in a single season at Lockport Township in 2018 with 16 … led her team in RBIs (73), batting average (.508), slugging percentage (.932) and home runs (11) in 2017 and led the squad in RBIs (50), slugging percentage (.918) and home runs (16) in 2018 … participated in the Regional Championship game alongside her teammates in the 2017-18 season … daughter of Teresa and Gerald McElligott … major at UIC is kinesiology.

AWARDS & ACCOLADES
- All-Horizon League First Team (2022)
- All-Horizon League Freshman Team (2019)
- Horizon League Player of the Week
    ~ February 15, 2022

CAREER BESTS
AB: 5, twice, last at DePaul (5/7/21)
R: 3, twice, last at IUPUI (4/16/19)
H: 3, three times, last at Youngstown State (4/27/19)
Streak: 5 games, twice (last 2/11-2/13/20)
2B: 2, twice, last at Butler (4/12/22)
3B: 1, twice, last vs. Stanford (2/12/22)
HR: 2, twice, last at Northern Kentucky (4/2/22)
GS: 1, twice, last at San Diego State (2/12/22)
RBI: 5, twice, last at San Diego State (2/12/22)
BB: 3 at Robert Morris (4/9/21)
SB: 1, 15 times, last vs. IUPUI (5/7/22)
PO: 16, twice, last at DePaul (5/7/21)
A: 3 vs. IUPUI (4/6/21)

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2019Freshman

    C/INF
    5'5"
    25
  • 25

    2020Sophomore

    C/INF
    5'5"
    25
  • 25

    2021Junior

    C/INF
    5'5"
    25
  • 25

    2022Senior

    INF
    5'5"
    25
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