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2013 Softball Roster

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16 Jessica Rourke

16 Jessica Rourke

  • Position:
    IF/OF
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Lockport, Ill.
  • B/T:
    R-R

Summary

Biography

2014 Highlights: Appeared in 18 games, including 16 starts...batted .267 (12-for-45) with one home run and nine RBI...went 4-for-6 with three RBI and a triple in a doubleheader sweep over Dominican (March 3)...had three hits, three RBI and a homer in an 8-2 win over Notre Dame College (March 20)...scored three runs in a doubleheader sweep against McKendree (March 23).

2013 Highlights: Started all 45 games that she appeared in...batted .211 (27-for-128) with three home runs and 15 RBI...connected for a two-run homer in a 5-0 win over Ashland (May 10) in a NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament game...had a three-run homer in a 5-4 win over Bellarmine (May 4) in the GLVC Tournament...hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 11th inning in a 7-6 (11 inn.) win over Southern Indiana (Apr. 20)...was 2-for-4 with a RBI and a run in an 8-5 triumph over Bellarmine (Apr. 13)...went 2-for-3 with a run in the 7-2 loss to No. 2 Indianapolis (March 30)...hit a grand slam in the 6-1 victory over Saint Joseph's (March 29)...had two hits, a run and a RBI in an 8-1 win over Quincy (March 16)...had a combined three hits and two RBI in a pair of five-inning victories over both Georgian Court (8-0) and Felician (9-0) on March 4th...

2012 Highlights: Named to Daktronics, Inc. All-Midwest Region Second Team and All-GLVC East Second Team...named Louisville Slugger Division II National Player of the Week for the period ending April 22nd, as she she batted .733 (13-for-18) with a home run and 11 RBI in six Lewis victories over UW-Parkside (Apr. 18), Kentucky Wesleyan (Apr. 21) and Southern Indiana (Apr. 22)...started all 54 games that she appeared in...batted .348 (54-for-155) with two home runs and 31 RBI...her batting average, hits and doubles (10) were second-best on the squad...led the team with 15 sacrifice hits and three sacrifice flies...had a team-best 10 multi-RBI games...recorded 16 multi-hit games, which was second-best on the squad...drove in two runs in a 5-1 win over St. Cloud State (Feb. 25)...batted a combined 6-for-8 with six RBI and two runs scored in a doubleheader sweep over Rockhurst (March 10)...went 3-for-4 with a run scored in a 5-4 win over Kentucky Wesleyan (March 25)...collected two hits, two RBI and a homer in a 9-0 (5 inn.) win over UW-Parkside (Apr. 3).

2011 Highlights: Earned Lewis’ Delahanty Award, given to student-athletes for academic excellence...appeared in 43 games making 37 starts as a true freshman...recorded 25 hits with 14 RBI’s and connected for three home runs...launched first career homer against Concordia-St. Paul (Mar. 5), a two-run shot...roped an RBI double against Ferris State (Mar. 7)...notched an RBI base hit in the shutout over Judson in the opening game of a doubleheader (Mar. 17)...hit a second home run of the season, another two-run shot in the win over UW-Parkside in game one (Apr. 13) and connected for a three run blast, four days later in the win over Southern Indiana in game one (Apr. 14)...had an RBI in the GLVC Semifinals in the win over UMSL (May 7)...roped two doubles at Grand Valley State (May 14) in the NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament.         

Prep/Personal: Two-year letterwinner in both softball and basketball for Lockport...selected to Lockport Hall of Fame as a softball player...helped Porters to softball regional championship as a junior and a senior...four-year member of the Honor Roll...member of Ali Franzen's 18U Gold summer league team...daughter of Joe and Colleen Rourke...major is criminal/social justice. 

Rourke's Career Statistics
Yearavggp-gsabrh2b3bhrrbibbsosb-att
2011.....25043-37100825503146170-0
2012.....34854-5415520541012317150-1
2013.....21145-451281027203154191-1
2014.....26718-16455120119461-1
TOTAL....276160-1524284311817296921572-3
 
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Hits: 4, Rockhurst, Mar 10, 2012
Doubles: 2, at Grand Valley State, May 14, 2011
Triples: 1, vs Dominican, Mar 03, 2014 ; Rockhurst, Mar 10, 2012
Home runs: 1, 9 times
Total bases: 6, at Notre Dame College, 3/20/14 ; at Southern Indiana, Apr 22, 2012
RBI: 4, at Saint Joseph's (IN), Mar 29, 2013
Runs scored: 2, 5 times
Walks: 2, at Southern Indiana, Apr 22, 2012 ; vs Wayne State, Feb 22, 2014
Struck out: 3, vs Cal Baptist, Feb 10, 2012
Sac flies: 1, at Kentucky Wesleyan, Apr 21, 2012 ; vs Illinois Springfield, Apr 28, 2012 ; vs St. Cloud State, Feb 26, 2012
Sac bunts: 2, at Bellarmine, Apr 07, 2012 ; Saint Joseph's, Mar 29, 2012
At bats: 5, Southern Indiana, Apr 20, 2013 ; at Missouri S&T, Mar 2, 2012
Stolen bases: 1, vs Dominican, Mar 03, 2014 ; vs Quincy, May 04, 2013
Caught stealing: 1, Upper Iowa, Mar 21, 2012
Field chances: 10, vs William Jewell, May 05, 2013
Putouts: 4, vs William Jewell, May 05, 2013
Assists: 7, vs Bellarmine, May 04, 2013
 
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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2011Freshman

    IF
    5'6"
    16
  • 16

    2012Sophomore

    IF
    5'6"
    16
  • 16

    2013Junior

    IF
    5'6"
    16