2025 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 31
Lina Russo
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- La Costa Canyon HS
- Hometown:
- Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA
- Previous School:
- Ball State
2025 - Senior
2024 - Junior
Before ACU (at Ball State)
High School
- Second Team All-WAC pitcher
- Appeared in 33 games with 29 starts and a 10-19 record
- Threw 178.1 innings with 17 complete games and four shutouts
- Struck out 105 batters
- ERA of 3.30 and WHIP of 1.33
- Pitched ACU's first no-hitter in five seasons with a 7-inning shutout in game one of a doubleheader vs. Southern Utah on March 14. Also threw 7 shutout innings in game two of the doubleheader.
2024 - Junior
- Appeared in 29 games with 20 starts in the circle and a 6-14 record
- Recorded a 4.29 ERA in 119 innings pitched
- Struck out 82 batters
- Pitched ten complete games
Before ACU (at Ball State)
- MAC All-Freshman team in 2022
- Freshman Pitcher of the Year
- Pitched Ball State's first perfect game
- Second-team All-MAC in 2023
- 23 wins over her two seasons with the Cardinals
- 2023 MAC All-Academic team and was a three-time Dean's List honoree
High School
- Honor roll student and earned the Spanish Seal of Biliteracy at La Costa Canyon High School
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