2022 Softball Roster
Alex Storako
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 5-11
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Frankfort, Ill.
- High School:
- Lincoln Way East
Senior (2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• NFCA All-Great Lakes Region first team
• All-Big Ten first team
• Big Ten All-Tournament Team
• Twice named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 21, March 8)
• Appeared in 38 games, starting 29 in the circle
• Posted a 25-8 record with a 1.71 ERA and 300 strikeouts through 200.1 innings pitched
• Ranked sixth nationally in strikeouts (300), 11th in strikeouts per seven innings (10.5), 11th in wins (25) and 13th in hits allowed per seven innings (4.09)
• Posted double-digit strikeouts in 14 games
• Threw first collegiate no-hitter in a 1-0, eight-inning win vs. Drake (March 5), striking out 13 while allowing just a sixth-inning walk
• Posted a season-high 18 strikeouts, allowing one run on three hits and two walks vs. Illinois State in season debut (Feb. 11); also struck out 18 in a one-hit shutout vs Bowling Green (March 29)
• Earned back-to-back complete-game wins against #24 UCF and #21 LSU at the St. Pete Clearwater Elite Invitational (Feb. 18-19); allowed three hits in a shutout vs. UCF and fanned 11 while giving up one run on four hits vs. LSU
• Struck out 12 in a two-hit, complete-game shutout at #10 Kentucky (March 3); also earned the win at #13 Duke (Feb. 25)
• Tossed a one-hit, 16-strikeout shutout vs. Oakland (March 16); also earned a one-hit, 13-strikeout shutout vs. Michigan State (April 19)
• Earned the win in U-M's 5-4 win vs. Ohio State in relief, striking out five and allowing three hits through five shutout innings
Junior (2021)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• NFCA All-America second team (pitcher)
• NFCA All-Great Lakes Region first team
• Big Ten Pitcher of the Year (unanimous selection)
• All-Big Ten first team (unanimous selection)
• Named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week four times (March 30, April 13, April 20, April 27)
• Appeared in 28 games, starting 21 in the circle
• Posted a 22-3 record with a 1.05 ERA and 270 strikeouts through 146 innings pitched
• Led the nation with a 12.9 strikeout-per-seven-innings average; also ranked fourth nationally with hits allowed per seven innings (3.26) and seventh in earned run average (1.05)
• Posted double-digit strikeouts in 13 games
• Established a new Michigan single-game record with 22 strikeouts in a two-hit, 1-0 win in nine innings at Michigan State (May 5)
• Previously tied the U-M record with 19 strikeouts in a one-hit, 2-0 win vs. Nebraska (March 11)
• Tallied two hitless relief innings, striking out all six batters faced, to earn a save at #23 Minnesota (May 7)
• Threw a four-hit, complete-game shutout with 10 strikeouts and a walk vs. Northwestern (April 25)
• Earned a complete-game win in nine innings at Indiana (March 27), striking out 17 while allowing just one run, four hits and a walk
• Fanned 16 in a two-hit, complete-game shutout against Purdue-2 in season debut (Feb. 26)
Sophomore (2020)
The 2020 season was canceled after 23 games due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
• Appeared in 17 games with 11 starts in the circle
• Posted an 8-3 record with a 2.43 ERA and 141 strikeouts through 75.0 innings pitched
• Ranked fourth nationally in total strikeouts (141) and third in strikeouts per seven innings (13.2)
• Posted six games with double-digit strikeouts, including three of her last four starts
• Struck out 15 with two runs allowed on five hits and no walks vs. St. John's (March 3)
• Earned a complete-game win vs. No. 25 Texas Tech (Feb. 29) with 13 strikeouts and two hits allowed
• Allowed one hit and struck 13 over 6.0 innings to win in relief at No. 25 North Carolina (Feb. 14)
• Combined for a 1-0 shutout vs. Fresno State (Feb. 9), posting nine strikeouts and allowing just one hit over 6.0 innings
• Earned seven strikeouts and allowed two runs off six hits and three walks in a complete-game win vs. No. 7 Florida (Feb. 8)
• Tossed two hitless innings to earn a save vs. Illinois State (Feb. 7)
• Posted a career-best 16 strikeouts in the season opener vs. Georgia State (Feb. 7)
Freshman (2019)
• Selected to the NFCA All-Great Lakes Region second team
• Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team; earned back-to-back Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors to close out the regular season
• Appeared in 38 games, starting 25 in the circle
• Posted a 14-6 record with a 2.02 ERA and 190 strikeouts through 142.1 innings pitched
• Posted two saves on the season, notably earning the final six outs in U-M's 3-2 win over #12 Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament championship game (May 11)
• Registered a career-best 15 strikeouts and allowed just one hit through 7.0 innings at Michigan State (April 16)
• Posted 10 strikeouts and allowed three hits against Penn State (April 28)
• Tossed eight shutout innings, striking out nine with four hits allowed, in a loss to #21 James Madison (March 7)
• Made collegiate debut in season opener against NC State (Feb. 8), striking out six through three hitless innings
• Graduated from Lincoln Way East High School (2018)
• Named to the 2018 MaxPreps All American first team
• MaxPreps Underclass All American as a junior (2017)
• Two-time Illinois All-State first team (2017, 18), second team (2016) and special mention (2015)
• Named Daily Herald Player of the Year (2018) and Co-Player of the Year (2017); also named 2017 Daily Southtown/Chicago Tribune Player of the Year
• Named Southwest Suburban Conference Softball Player of the Year (2018); three-time All-Conference selection (2016, '17, '18)
• Selected as 2017-18 Lincoln Way East High School's Senior Female Athlete of the Year
• Posted a career record of 70-19 with 918 strikeouts; went 21-2 with a 0.76 ERA and 255 strikeouts as a senior (2018)
• Played travel ball with the Sparks Premier 18U club
• Named to the 2018 PGF Central Region All American Team
• Honor Roll; National Honor Society
Personal
• Alex Ryann Storako was born on March 6, 2000
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology, majoring in sport management
• Daughter of Rob and Jamie Storako
• Has three siblings, Madison, Brayden and Camden