Indiana University Athletics
Taylor Hess Joins Indiana Softball
6/21/2024 12:30:00 PM | Softball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– Indiana Softball head coach Shonda Stanton has announced the signing of transfer Taylor Hess to the team.
Hess comes to Indiana from Kentucky, where she spent the first two seasons of her career. She is a lefthanded pitcher from Maple Lake, Minn.
In her time at Kentucky, she made six appearances in the circle with two starts and 13 innings pitched. She made her first career appearance against Texas A&M on March 25 in her freshman season.
Against Ole Miss in the same season (April 9), she went 4.1 innings and only allowed two runs while striking out two.
Hess enjoyed a standout prep career at Maple Lakes High School. She earned 2019 and 2021 first team all-state and first team all-conference honors at Maple Lakes. She was also a Gatorade Player of the Year nominee for Minnesota.
As a junior, she had a .061 ERA with five no-hitters, 18 shutouts, three perfect games and 249 strikeouts. She also hit .449 at the plate.
Hess was part of three conference championship teams, two section titles and her team reached the 2021 state finals.
In travel ball, she played for Fury Platinum Polk where her team won the 2019 PGF National Championship and was a top-20 finisher in Alliance for the 2021 season.
Hess comes to Indiana from Kentucky, where she spent the first two seasons of her career. She is a lefthanded pitcher from Maple Lake, Minn.
In her time at Kentucky, she made six appearances in the circle with two starts and 13 innings pitched. She made her first career appearance against Texas A&M on March 25 in her freshman season.
Against Ole Miss in the same season (April 9), she went 4.1 innings and only allowed two runs while striking out two.
Hess enjoyed a standout prep career at Maple Lakes High School. She earned 2019 and 2021 first team all-state and first team all-conference honors at Maple Lakes. She was also a Gatorade Player of the Year nominee for Minnesota.
As a junior, she had a .061 ERA with five no-hitters, 18 shutouts, three perfect games and 249 strikeouts. She also hit .449 at the plate.
Hess was part of three conference championship teams, two section titles and her team reached the 2021 state finals.
In travel ball, she played for Fury Platinum Polk where her team won the 2019 PGF National Championship and was a top-20 finisher in Alliance for the 2021 season.
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