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Jersey Number 3
Odicci Alexander
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Pitcher/Infield
- Height:
- 5-7
- Hometown:
- Boydton, Va.
- High School:
- Park View
- Major:
- Sport and Recreation Management
Bio
As a Redshirt Senior ('21):
As a Junior ('19):
As a Freshman ('17):
High School
Personal
- VaSID Pitcher of the Year
- VaSID All-State First Team
- D1 Softball Woman of the Year
- Nominated for Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award
- Softball America's NCAA Pitcher of the Year
- Second Team All-American by Softball America
- Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team
- NFCA All-American Second Team
- NFCA Northeast All-Region First Team
- D1 Softball's National Player of the Week (5/4)
- CAA Player of the Week (5/4)
- CAA Pitcher of the Week (4/27)
- CAA All-Tournament Team
- Finished the season with a record of 18-3 in the circle with 204 strikeouts in 143.2 innings of work
- Finished the post season with a record of 8-3 in the circle with one save and 94 strikeouts in 76.2 innings of work
- She held #1 Oklahoma to three runs in JMU's 4-3 eight-inning victory over the Sooners while also tossing nine strikeouts
- Tossed a career-high and JMU single-game record for strikeouts with 19 in JMU's 4-3 10-inning victory over Liberty (5/21)
- Set a CAA Tournament single-game record for strikeouts with 16 in her no-hitter against Delaware (5/12)
- Tossed a perfect five-inning game against College of Charleston (5/1)
- Finished the season with a .317 batting average, two home runs, 13 runs and 12 RBI
- CAA Pitcher of the Year
- CAA First Team
- Named to the USA Softball Top 50 Watch List
- Named to Softball America's Preseason Top 100 (#69)
- CAA Commissioner Academic Honor Roll (Fall '20)
- VaSID All-State Second Team
- Scored a season high of two runs against Georgia (2/21/20).
- Finished the season with a record of 3-1 in the circle, pitched 26.2 innings and threw 31 strike outs.
- Named CAA Pitcher of the week after winning two games, pitching 15.0 innings and throwing 22 strike outs.
- Pitched a season high of 8.0 innings and threw ten strike outs in the win over No. 19 Missouri (2/15/20).
- Tied her career high in strike outs with 12 against Texas Tech (2/14/20).
- Named to the USA Softball Top 50 Watch List
- Named a preseason All-American by Softball America
- Named to Softball America Preseason Top 100 (No. 21)
- CAA Commissioner Academic Honor Roll (Fall '19 and Spring '20)
As a Junior ('19):
- NFCA All-America Third Team
- NFCA All-Northeast First Team
- VaSID All-State First Team
- All-ECAC Team
- ECAC Player of the Year
- Most Outstanding Player of the CAA Tournament
- CAA Player of the Year
- All-CAA First Team
- USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week (4/30)
- CAA Pitcher of the Week (3/12, 4/23)
- Finished the season with a career-best 1.70 ERA with a 24-1 record in the circle while racking up 178 strikeouts through 152 innings in which eight games were shutouts
- Pitched eight complete innings in the 1-0 shutout over #25 Michigan at the ASU Invitational (3/7)
- Tallied a season-high 10 strikeouts against FAU at the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational (2/16)
- Named to Softball America's Top 100 Players of 2019 (No. 72)
- CAA Player of the Year
- NFCA All-America Third Team
- NFCA All-Northeast Region First Team
- VaSID All-State First Team
- All-ECAC First Team
- All-CAA First Team
- CAA Player of the Week (3/6, 3/26)
- CAA Pitcher of the Week (4/9)
- Batted .374, with 43 runs on 65 hits
- Led the Dukes with 56 RBIs
- Notched eight doubles and 16 home runs
- Finished the season with a 25-8 record in the circle
- Threw 15 complete games with eight shutouts
- Pitched 225 1/3 innings and faced 925 batters
- Hurled 10 innings in the 11-8 series finale against Hofstra, producing 177 pitches (4/29)
- Went 3-for-4 at the plate with three doubles in 7-0 win over Elon (4/21)
- Threw first one-hit complete game in 2-0 win over Charleston on (4/14)
- Pitched her sixth shutout in her eighth complete game against Delaware (4/8)
- Hit a grand slam in the fifth inning against UNCW on (3/30)
- Went 7-for-7 at the plate with two runs and two RBIs in win over Towson (3/24)
- Went 3-for-3 at the plate with two runs and three RBIs in 8-0 win over Ohio (3/16)
- Threw a complete game shutout, leading 6-0 win against UTEP (3/2)
- Hit a 2 RBI double in the 4-1 win against Penn State (2/25)
- Had a season high 12 strikeouts while only allowing one hit in an 8-7 win at Campbell (2/18)
- Season high of 12 putouts vs. Long Beach State (2/10)
- Drove in two runs in both victories vs. Morehead State and at Campbell (2/18)
As a Freshman ('17):
- NFCA Second Team All-Region
- VaSID Second Team All-State
- CAA Rookie of the Year
- CAA All-Rookie Team
- CAA Rookie of the Week (March 7, March 13, May 1)
- Started 57 contests with 40 starts as a designated player
- Held a .333 average at the plate going 49-for-147
- Tallied 15 multi-hit outings with 10 multi-RBI appearances
- Slugged eight doubles, two triples and seven home runs for a .558 slugging percentage
- Led all JMU freshmen with 36 RBIs while also scoring a total of 29 runs
- Her three sacrifice flies ranked tied for 10th on JMU's single-season charts
- Made 29 appearances in the circle with 17 starts
- Held a 2.35 ERA over 92.1 innings of work for an 11-5 record with one save
- Ranked eighth on JMU's single-season shutouts list with six
- Struck out 83 batters and held opponents to a .214 average at the plate
- Strung together a scoreless inning streak of 23.0 consecutive innings
- Tossed two innings of one-hit relief with two strikeouts against Kent State (5/20) during the Waco Regional
- Went 2-for-3 with the game-tying and game-winning RBIs against Hofstra in the CAA Championship semifinals (5/11)
- Earned the victory in the Dukes run-rule victor against UNCW (5/10) to open the CAA Championship
- Dealt three innings of relief in JMU's sweep of Elon (May 5-6) allowing just one earned run over the series
- Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a triple in the series finale against the Dragons (4/30)
- Tossed a three-hit shutout in JMU's 10-0 victory over Drexel (4/29)
- Pitched a two-hit shutout in JMU's 8-0 victory at North Carolina on April 26
- Dealt 5.1 inning of hitless softball to notch a 4-0 victory over UNCW (4/23)
- Tossed four innings of shutout relief over Delaware series (4/14-4/15) holding the Blue Hens to just three hits
- Tied JMU's single-game record knocking two home runs against Hofstra on March 25
- Tossed two-hit shutout against (RV) Pittsburgh (3/11)
- Against ECU (3/10), combined with Jessica McCabe for the eighth no-hitter in program history
- Went 2-for-2 with a triple, home run and five RBIs against Charlotte (3/3)
- Drove in first career RBI on her career double against Wisconsin (2/18)
- Tallied first career shutout against #20 South Florida (2/17)
- In collegiate debut, struck out the first seven batters faced against Charleston Southern to earned career victory (2/10)
High School
- Earned 2015 First Team All-District and Second Team All-Conference honors
- Named 2014 First Team All-District and All-Conference, while earning 2014 District Pitcher of the Year
- Earned 2014 Second Team All-State honors
- As a freshman, earned 2013 First Team All-District Infielder
- Also competed for the Beverley Bandits
Personal
- Born April 2, 1998
- Majoring in Sport and Recreation Management
- Daughter of Washington and Emily Alexander
- Has two older brothers, Jameel and Isaiah Maurice, and two younger sisters, Imileigh and Kaylin
- Brother, Isaiah, played basketball at Kansas State
- Also a member of the National Honor Society, DECA and Pep Club
- Also competed in varsity basketball and volleyball
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