The University of Akron Athletics
2019 Akron Softball Roster
Kooper Vertz
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- South Dearborn HS | Lake Land College
- Hometown:
- Dilsboro, Ind.
As a Redshirt Junior (2018): Made a career-high 30 appearances and 15 starts inside the circle in her second season at Akron … went 0-13 while toeing the rubber … in 85.0 innings, gave up 143 hits, 118 runs, 100 earned, struck out a career-best 42 batters, and walked 41 … set down a career-best six batters against Ball State in her seventh start of the season … went the distance (6.0+ innings) in two games on the year … in her second complete games, recorded a season-high 13 groundball outs … recorded 3.46 K’s per outing, while 8.98 flyouts per contest and 7.82 groundouts per appearance … her 30 appearances were tied for 14thin the MAC, while her fielding percentage ranked 12th.
As a Junior (2017): Vertz, the Zips No. 2 pitcher, tossed 64.2 innings in 20 appearances and 10 starts, en route to a 5-5 record … tallied a 3.03 earned run average, giving up 42 runs while only 28 were charged as earned runs … Vertz struck out 29 total batters, including a season-best four strikeouts in a game against Buffalo and Dayton.
At Lake Land College: Played two years at Lake Land (Ill. ) JC ... helped the Lakers to the 2016 Division One Region 24 championship ...
High School: Named All-Conference and All-Region as a senior ... earned four varsity letters as a pitcher, first baseman, and outfielder ... as a senior, helped the Lady Knights to a No. 1 ranking in the state of Indiana following the 2014 season ... went 16-0 on the mound with a 1.11 ERA and 112 strikeouts in 95 innings of action ... at the plate, batted .492 with three home runs and 29 RBI ... played in the 2014 North-South All-Star Game ... played basketball for three seasons.
Personal: Daughter of Joe and Veda Vertz ... has two older brothers, Sam and Michael, and three older sisters, JoAnna, Jennifer, and Jordan ... special education major.
