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Sophia Templin

Position Pitcher
Height 5'9''
Class Senior
Hometown De Soto, Kan.
High School De Soto

2017 (Senior)
Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Made 12 relief outings in the circle … Posted a 5.35 ERA after allowing 14 earned runs in 18 and one-third innings of work … Recorded a 1-0 mark with 11 strikeouts and 13 walks … Threw a season-high three and one-third innings against Texas (4/28) … Struck out a season-best three batters against Baylor (4/25) … Tossed five shutout relief outings … Earned lone victory against Southeast Missouri State (3/19).

2016 (Junior)
Appeared in seven games and made one start … Tossed a total of 13 and two-thirds innings with a 7.17 ERA … Struck out 12 batters while surrendering 10 walks and 17 hits … Struck out a season-high five batters against Oklahoma State (5/6) … Made two scoreless relief appearances … Tossed a season-best three and two-thirds innings against UNLV (2/27), her only start of the year.

2015 (Sophomore)
Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Made two starts and 19 appearances in the circle … Recorded a team-best 2.95 ERA with a 5-2 mark … Tossed 42.2 innings while striking out 33 batters … Posted one save against SIU-Edwardsville (4/22) … Tallied a career-best eight strikeouts against Texas (3/27) … Hurled a career-high six innings against Baylor (5/2) … Made eight scoreless relief appearances and five hitless relief appearances … Threw four and a third innings of scoreless softball against Missouri (5/17).

2014 (Freshman)
Made six appearances in the circle as a freshman … Hurled six and two-thirds innings with two strikeouts and a 5.25 ERA … Ended the season with a 1-0 mark.

High School
Lettered four years for Coach Junelle Woolery at De Soto High School … Voted Rookie of the Year as a freshman and Team MVP as a sophomore and senior … Named Lawrence Journal-World All-Area Player of the Year as a junior and again as a senior … Regional Champion and state runner-up her junior season … State Champion her senior season … Consensus First-Team All-State her senior year … Finished high school career with a record of 62-9 … Kansas Honors Scholar as well as National Honor Society member.

Club
Played for the KC Peppers Ingle Gold in 2012 … Pitched 179 innings, clinching 23 wins and five saves compared to only eight losses with the Peppers … ERA of 2.39 throwing 100 strikeouts throughout the season … Played for Team Kansas Gold Ingle in 2013 during its inaugural season … Appeared in back-to-back ASA Gold Nationals in 2012 and 2013.

Personal
Born in Kansas City, Missouri … Daughter of Roger and Mitra Templin, both KU graduates … Has one sibling, Rex … Majored in journalism (strategic communications).