2019 Softball Roster
Jordyn Rudd
- Position:
- Catcher/Utility
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- First-Year
- High School:
- Center Grove
- Hometown:
- Greenwood, Indiana
Career Highlights
- 2022 Softball America National Defensive Player of the Year
- 2022 Johnny Bench Award Winner
- 2022 Rawlings Gold Glove Award Winner
- 3x First Team All-Big Ten, first catcher in Big Ten history to be named First Team All-Big Ten in her first three seasons
- Second player with 200+ RBI in Northwestern history
- .332 career batting average
- 247 hits, fifth most in program history
- 50 doubles, second most in program history
- 397 total bases, fourth most in program history
2023: Started all 55 games at catcher ... Second Team All-Big Ten ... Posted a .331 batting average and a team-high 1.007 OPS ... Went 2-for-4 with four RBI in the season-opener against South Alabama (2/10) ... Went 2-for-3 against No. 13 Tennessee (2/11) ... Tallied two hits and a run scored against Notre Dame (2/18) ... Doubled, singled, and scored a run against No. 7 Clemson (2/18) ... Homered in back-to-back games against No. 22 Oregon and No. 1 UCLA (2/24-25) ... Homered, doubled and walked in a win over Northern Kentucky (3/4) ... Drove in two runs against Louisville (3/5) ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run against No. 19 Auburn (3/18) ... Singled, doubled, and drove in three runs against Weber State (3/19) ... Doubled twice and drove in four runs in two games against Minnesota (3/24-26) ... Ripped RBI-singles in back-to-back games against Iowa (4/1-2) ... Doubled and singled against Illinois (4/5) ... Homered against Penn State (4/8) ... Hit a walk-off grand slam to beat Penn State (4/9) ... Went 2-for-4 with a RBI against Michigan (4/23) ... Tied a career-high with five RBI against Nebraska (4/28) ... Set a new career-high with three walks against Nebraska (4/29) ... Homered, doubled, and walked twice in a win over Rutgers (5/5) ... Came up with a clutch single in the bottom of the seventh inning to help win the Big Ten Tournament over Indiana (5/13) ... Went 6-for-10 with a home run, two doubles, and four RBI in the Evanston Regional (5/19-21) ... Went 4-for-10 in the Tuscaloosa Super Regional (5/26-28).
2022: Started all 58 games at catcher ... Winner of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award presented by NFCA at catcher, first ever recipient of the award ... Named National Defensive Player of the Year by Softball America ... Recipient of the 2022 Johnny Bench Award, presented by the Hall of Fame catcher to the best female catcher in the nation ... First Team All-Big Ten ... First catcher in conference history to be named First Team All-Big Ten in her first three full seasons ... Led the Wildcats with a .370 batting average and finished second on the team with 52 RBI and a 1.026 OPS ... Struck out only nine times in 173 at bats, the lowest strikeout rate on the team ... Hit .385 (5-for-13) with nine RBI at the Northern Lights Invitational in the opening weekend of the season (2/11-13) ... Ripped a RBI-double in the first inning of the season against UConn (2/11) ... Doubled, tripled, and drove in two runs against Akron (2/12) .,, Drove in three runs against Liberty (2/12) ... Crushed a two-run double against Eastern Kentucky (2/13) ... Notched two hits against Texas Tech (2/18) ... Kept the 'Cats alive with a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the eighth to help beat No. 3 UCLA (2/18) ... Hit the go-ahead home run in a 1-0 win over No. 9 Oregon (2/25) ... Hit a walk-off single to beat San Diego State (2/25) ... Drove in four runs against Northern Kentucky (3/4) ... Went 3-for-4 with a home run against Ball State (3/19) ... Tallied three hits, including a home run, against Michigan (4/1) ... Homered to help beat Michigan (4/2) ... Reached base in 12-of-13 plate appearances and homered in each game in a three-game series against Ohio State, tallying six RBI, six walks, six hits and six runs scored (4/8-10) ... Hit .555 (5-for-9) in a series sweep of Purdue (4/16-18) ... Notched three hits, including a double, in a win over Indiana (4/23) ... Went 5-for-9 with a double, home run, and seven RBI in the Evanston Regional (5/20-22) ... Hit .643 (9-for-14) with four RBI in the Tempe Super Regional ... Went 2-for-5 in game one (5/27) ... Tallied two doubles, a single, a run scored, and a RBI in the game two loss (5/28) ... Set a career-high with four hits, drove in three runs, and scored the go-ahead run in the pivotal game three win to send NU to the WCWS (5/29) ... Singled and walked against Oklahoma in game one of the WCWS (6/2).
2021: Started all 47 games at catcher ... First-team All-Big Ten ... Defensive All-Big Ten ... Led all Big Ten catchers in batting average at .329 (51-for-155) and hits with 51 ... Had a team-high five three-hit games ... Ranked eighth in the Big Ten with 29 RBI and t-7th with 11 doubles ... Knocked in the 'Cats first two runs of the season with a single in the opening game against Michigan State (2/26) ... Went 2-for-3 in a win over Rutgers (2/27) ... Collected two hits and two RBI in a game one, and hit a two-run triple in game two of a double-header against Indiana (3/11) ... Went 3-for-3 to help defeat Ohio State (3/13) ... Hit .500 (8-for-16) in a four game series against Maryland (4/2-4/4) ... Tallied three hits and crushed a home run in a win over Maryland (4/3) ... Went 3-for-4 and launched a home run against Minnesota (4/11) ... Tallied her second-consecutive three-hit game against Iowa (4/16) ... Doubled and singled in a win over Michigan (4/23) ... Crushed a two-run homer and an RBI-double against Michigan (4/24) ... Hit safely in all four games of a series against Purdue (5/7-5/8) ... Went 3-for-3 with a RBI-double against Nebraska (5/15).
2020: Started all 23 games for the Wildcats at catcher … Led the team with 22 RBI, the third-most in the Big Ten, and tied for the most hits on the team with 19 … Tied for the conference-lead with three sacrifice flies … Hit safely in each of the five games in the first weekend of play (2/7-2/9) … Hit a run-scoring single in the season opener against Utah (2/7) … Smacked an RBI double in a win against Seattle (2/7) … Went 2-for-4 with an RBI against Tennessee and collected another two hits later in the day against Arizona State (2/8) … Hit a two-run home run, her first of the season, in a win against Portland State (2/9) ... Went 3-for-4 including an RBI and a double in a win against Kansas (2/15) … Hit a two run single against Virginia Tech (2/16) ... Went 2-for-4 with a double and a run against No. 2 Washington (2/23) … Launched a three-run home run in a win against Abilene Christian (2/29) ... Crushed a two-run home run to help defeat Oakland (3/7) ... Hit a three-run triple to help defeat Evansville (3/7).
2019: Started all 60 games for the Wildcats at catcher … Earned first team All-Big Ten honors, Big Ten All-Freshman Team and first team NFCA All-Region (Great Lakes) honors after leading the team in batting average (.328), hits (57), RBI (51) and doubles (13) … Became the 11th Wildcat in program history, and just the fourth first-year, to drive in 50+ RBI in a season … Caught every inning for the Wildcats and posted a stellar .992 fielding percentage while catching 13 runners attempting to steal throughout the season … Cleared the bases with a three-RBI double in her first collegiate at-bat and then hit another double in her next at-bat vs. Utah State (2/8) … Hit a three-run homer, the first of her career, and then a solo home run in her next at-bat in her second-career game vs. Pacific (2/8) ... Was named co-Big Ten Player of the Week for her performance in the Titan Classic, batting .467 with 10 RBIs in the tournament ... Recorded a double with three RBI and a run scored vs. Utah in the Mary Nutter Classic (2/23) ... Went 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored in a win over North Dakota State (3/2) ... Tallied three hits, two runs, and two RBI in a victory vs. Tulsa (3/9) ... Finished 3-for-4 with a triple to help defeat Toledo (3/16) ... Smashed a two-run homer in the sixth inning to score the eventual game-winning runs in a win vs. Rutgers (3/23) … Totaled four hits, including two doubles, along with four runs scored and two RBI in a series at Nebraska (4/5-7) ... Went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and a grand slam to help defeat Purdue (4/19) ... Reached base three times and drove in a run against Purdue (4/20) ... Homered in each game of a doubleheader sweep versus Illinois (4/23), the second of which was a grand slam that scored all four Wildcat runs in a 4-1 victory ... Gathered five hits in one day in another doubleheader sweep over Michigan State, including going 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in the first win of the afternoon (4/27) … Went 2-for-3 and drove in the eventual game-winning run in a 2-0 victory at Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament (5/10) … Went 2-for-2 and hit a towering three-run homer vs. Detroit Mercy to open the NCAA Evanston Regional (5/17) … Led the team with three runs scored and notched two hits in an 8-1 win over Southern Illinois in the NCAA Evanston Regional (5/18).
Career Highs:
At-Bats..........................6 (2x), vs. Michigan (4/21/23)
Hits................................4, vs. Arizona State (5/29/22)
Runs.............................3 (2x), vs. Nebraska (4/28/23)
RBI...............................5 (2x), vs. Nebraska (4/29/23)
Doubles..................2 (2x), vs. Arizona State (5/28/22)
Triples..................1 (4x), vs. South Alabama (2/10/23)
Home Runs................................2, vs. Pacific (2/8/19)
Total Bases.......,,,......................8, vs. Pacific (2/8/19)
Walks...................................3, vs. Nebraska (4/29/23)
Stolen Bases............1 (4x), vs. Michigan St. (3/25/22)
Personal: Born Jordyn Hope Rudd … Daughter of James and Michelle Rudd … Also competed in competitive gymnastics for eight years … Anticipated major is statistics.
can’t get enough of this game with these people?? see you again evanston https://t.co/HZMZBH6kUR
— Jordyn Rudd (@jordynrudd63) June 17, 2022
One great catcher to another ??
— Northwestern Softball (@NUSBcats) June 28, 2022
The winner of the 2022 @JohnnyBench_5 award, given to the
Top Female NCAA Softball Catcher in the nation: @jordynrudd63
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