Skyler Shellmyer

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2/23/2021 Leesburg, FL; Northwestern softball vs. Rutgers at The Spring Games

Photo by: S. J. Carrera, Inc.

Position:
OF
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
High School:
Urbandale
Hometown:
Urbandale, Iowa

Career Highlights

Ranked in the top ten in NU history in hits (229, 7th), runs scored (165, 5th), and stolen bases (63, 9th) at time of graduation
2021 First Team All-Big Ten
2x Second Team All-Big Ten
Hit .348 in her final three seasons combined

2023: Started 50 games in center field ... Second Team All-Big Ten ... Posted a team-high .341 batting average ... Set a career-high with 22 RBI and a career-low with a 7.1% strikeout rate ... Tallied two hits and two runs scored in the season-opener against South Alabama (2/10) ... Drove in two runs in a win over No. 6 Texas (2/10) ... Went 2-for-4 against No. 13 Tennessee (2/11) ... Tallied two hits, a stolen base, and a run scored against No. 7 Clemson (2/17) ... Notched three hits, two runs scored, and two RBI in a win over No. 18 Kentucky (2/25) ... Tripled against No. 19 Auburn (3/17) ... Singled, scored a run, and stole two bases against Weber State (3/19) ... Went 3-for-5 and drove in a career-high four runs in a win over Minnesota (3/24) ... Went 3-for-3 with two RBI against Minnesota (3/26) ... Tallied two hits against DePaul (3/28) ... Notched two hits and two stolen bases against Iowa (4/1) ... Reached base twice, scored two runs, and stole two bases against Iowa (4/2) ... Tallied three hits, three RBI and two runs scored against Penn State (4/8) ... Crushed the second home run of her career and stole a base against Wisconsin (4/15) ... Singled and walked a career-high five times in a win over Michigan (4/21) ... Hit .417 (5-for-12) with five runs scored, two RBI and two stolen bases in a three-game sweep of Nebraska (4/28-30) ... Went 2-for-3 with a stolen base in the Big Ten Tournament semi-finals against Nebraska (5/12) ... Tallied five hits and scored five runs in the Evanston Regional (5/19-21) ... Went 4-for-12 in the Tuscaloosa Super Regional (5/26-28).

2022: Started all 58 games in the outfield ... Second Team All-Big Ten ... Hit .348 and led Northwestern with 70 hits, a career-high ... Stole a career-high 22 bases ... Hit a RBI single and walked in the season-opener against UConn (2/11) ... Recorded two hits and a steal in a win over Akron (2/12) ... Reached base safely twice, stole a base, and scored three runs in a win over Liberty (2/12) ... Set a new career high with four hits and tied career bests of three runs scored and two stolen bases in a career day against Texas Tech (2/18) ... Tied a career high with two RBI against Clemson (2/19) ... Hit safely in four of the five games at the Mary Nutter Classic (2/25-27) ... Doubled, singled and stole two bases against Northern Kentucky (3/4) ... Roped a RBI-double and stole a base against Ball State (3/5) ... Went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and run scored in a win over Northern Kentucky (3/6) ... Reached base three times and scored three runs against Michigan State (3/25) ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored against Michigan State (3/27) ... Doubled, singled, and walked against Michigan (4/3) ... Hit her first-career home run against Ohio State (4/8) ... Tallied five hits in a double-header against Ohio State (4/10) ... Hit .500 (4-for-8) in a series sweep of Purdue (4/15-17) ... Went 3-for-4 with three runs scored to help beat Indiana (4/24) ... Recorded a hit in each game of a three-game sweep against Iowa (4/29-5/1) ... Singled three times and drove in a run to help beat Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (5/14) ... Went 7-for-7 with four stolen bases in two games against McNeese, including career highs in hits (4), runs (4) and stolen bases (3) in game one, to help win the Evanston Regional (5/21-22) ... Singled and scored a run in the game one victory of the Tempe Super Regional against Arizona State (5/27) ... Singled twice, scored two runs, and walked to help the 'Cats win the Super Regional in game three against Arizona State (5/29) ... Singled and walked in game two of the WCWS against UCLA (6/3).

2021: Started all 47 games in center-field for Northwestern ... First-team All-Big Ten ... Finished fourth in the conference with a .360 average (54-for-150) ... Raised her batting average a team-high .132 points (.228 to .360) from 2020 ... Had a team-high 54 hits, tied for third best in the conference ... Hit .667 (8-for-12) over the opening weekend (2/26-2/28) ... Collected two hits and a stolen base against Michigan State (2/26) ... Went 2-for-2 with two runs scored against Rutgers (2/27) ... Tied career-highs with three hits and two RBI in a win over Penn State (2/28) ... Collected hits in five of the six games over the second weekend of games (3/11-3/14) ... Tripled in a win over Indiana (3/11) ... Hit a RBI-single to end the game via mercy rule against Wisconsin (3/27) ... Tallied two hits in back-to-back games against Maryland (4/2-4/3) ... Recorded two hits in both games of a double-header against Minnesota (4/11) ... Collected five hits in the final two games in the Michigan series (4/24-4/25) ... Tallied two hits in three games against Illinois, giving her multiple hits in five of her last six games (4/30-5/2) ... Went 3-for-4 with a stolen base against Purdue (5/7) ... Tallied two hits, two stolen bases and a run scored against Nebraska (5/15) ... Recorded a hit in all three regional games, batting .333 (4-for-12) (5/21-5/22).

2020: Started all 23 games in center field … Tied for fifth in the Big Ten and led the team with three sacrifice bunts … Scored 11 runs, third best on the team … Recorded only two errors on the season … Struck out just once in the team’s final eight games of the season … Tallied her first hit of the season and scored two runs in a win vs. Portland State (2/9) ... Went 2-for-4 with a walk and RBI against Virginia Tech (2/16) ... Went 2-for-3 against No. 7 Florida (2/21) … Tallied two hits and two RBI in a win against North Texas (2/29) ... Reached base twice and scored two runs against Oakland (3/8) ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2019: Started all 60 games in center field for the Wildcats as a first-year … Finished third on the team in stolen bases (7) and errors (2), and fourth in fielding percentage (.972) ... Recorded two five-game hitting streaks (3/1-3/8, 3/27-4/3) during the season … Did not record an error over the first 45 games of the season … Went 16-of-46 for a .349 batting average in a stellar March … Recorded a RBI-single and scored a run in her first collegiate game, a 12-0 victory over Utah State (2/8) ... Scored the game-tying run, while contributing a hit and walk, against Louisville (2/15) ... Stole a base and scored a run to help defeat North Carolina (2/15) ... Recorded the first double of her collegiate career vs. North Carolina (2/16) ... Went 2-for-4 with a stolen base, her first-career multi-hit game, and scored the eventual game-winning run to help defeat Montana (3/3) ... Recorded a hit in each game of the Stanford Invitational to finish with a .455 batting average on the weekend ... Went 3-for-3 with a double, a RBI and a run scored to help fuel a comeback win over Rutgers (3/23) ... Collected a hit in each game of the series against Iowa, while adding a stolen base and a run in the first matchup (3/29-3/31) ... Doubled and made an outstanding running catch to help defeat Loyola (4/3) ... Hit a two-run double to help defeat Michigan State (4/27) … Recorded her first career triple and drove in a run with a RBI walk in a win at Southern Illinois in an NCAA Regional elimination game (5/18) … Scored three runs in two games against Louisville to help the ‘Cats advance to the NCAA Super Regional (5/19).

Career Highs:
At-Bats........................................................6, vs. Iowa (4/1/23)
Hits.............................................4 (2x), vs. McNeese (5/21/22)
Runs..................................................4, vs. McNeese (5/21/22)
RBI...................................................4, vs. Minnesota (3/24/23)
Doubles...................................1 (16x), vs. Penn State (4/8/23)
Triples.............................................1 (4x), vs. Auburn (3/17/23)
Home Runs................................1 (2x), vs. Wisconsin (4/15/23)
Total Bases......................................5, vs. Ohio State (4/10/22)
Walks..................................................5, vs. Michigan (4/21/23)
Stolen Bases......................................3, vs. McNeese (5/21/22)

High School: Infielder with both power and speed is ranked as the No. 25 overall recruit in the nation by FloSoftball … Career batting average at Urbandale High School is .519 with more than 200 runs scored and … Four-time all-state honoree including first-team honors from 2015-17 … Four-time All-Central Iowa Metropolitan League first-team choice … High school finished sixth in the state in 2015 and fourth in both 2016 and 2017 … Has 2.57 speed from home to first, and used that speed to earn four letters in track, as well … Elite all-state in the 400 meter hurdles in 2016 and the 4x1 in 2015 … Played six years of club, most recently with the Beverly Bandits … Helped Bandits Conroy to their first 18U PGF Nationals championship … Prior to the Bandits, played with the Iowa Sun Devils, twice winning the Northern National Championship with an additional runner-up performance … National Honor Society member … Honor roll all four years of high school.

Personal: Born Skyler Marie Shellmyer … Daughter of Chad and Erin Shellmyer … Anticipated major is economics.