Career Summary
McKenna Bull finished her career as the most successful pitcher in BYU history. She holds the top spot for single season and career records in wins, complete games, shutouts, saves, innings pitched and strikeouts. She also finished in the top three in ERA, strikeouts per seven innings and opponent batting average. Additionally, in her senior season she threw 57.2-consecutive scoreless innings, a BYU record. Bull was the main workhorse through the toughest schedules that BYU softball has played. In the WCC, she was pitcher of the week 17 total times, including nine in 2017. She was the WCC Pitcher of the Year for three-straight seasons (2015-17) along with being named to the All-WCC First Team in each of those seasons as well. In all four seasons, Bull helped the Cougars win the WCC championship and advance to NCAA Regionals. Additionally, she received NFCA All-Pacific Region honors in each season, being named to the first team as a senior, and was an NFCA Third Team All-American in 2017.
Personal
- Parents John and Melissa
- One sister named Megan
- Majoring in family studies
Before BYU
- 53-17 career record at Weber High School
- Struck out 729 batters in her high school career
- Three-time 5A first team All-State and All-Area selection
- 2012 5A MVP from the Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune
- Received All-Tournament MVP awards and led her team to the 2012 5A state championship
- Had a 1.34 ERA, she had 310 strikeouts and a 26-2 record her junior year
- As a senior, batted .318
- Winner of the Ralph Price Award at Weber High
- Played for the Salt Lake Pegasus and helped them to a first place finish in the 2013 Colorado Fireworks tournament. In 2012, she helped the Pegasus win the Western Nationals in Arizona
- All-WCC Second Team
- NFCA All-Pacific Region Third Team
- Two-time WCC Pitcher of the Week
- Pitched three scoreless innings against No. 2 Tennessee.
- Struck out seven straight batters against Hawai’i.
- Tied a single-game BYU record with 14 strikeouts against Valparaiso
- Held No. 2/3 Oregon to four runs in 6.1 innings to help BYU to a victory
- Held Idaho State’s No. 11 scoring offense to two runs in a 9-2 victory
- Pitched a combined no hitter with teammates Tori Almond and Ashley Thompson against UVU
- Pitched a complete game one-hitter against Pacific after recording a save in two scoreless innings in the first game of the day
- Ranks first in WCC in victories (16)
- Ranks first in the WCC and NCAA in saves (7)
- Ranks 46th in NCAA in strikeouts (206) and 25th in strikeouts per seven innings (8.3)
- Became the fourth BYU pitcher to strikeout over 200 batters in a single season finishing sixth at BYU with 206 and also breaking BYU's previous freshman record of 134 strikeouts
- Had a WHIP of 1.47
- Started 27 games in 46 appearances
- WCC Pitcher of the Year
- All-WCC First Team
- NFCA All-Pacific Region Third Team
- WCC Pitcher of the Year and First Team selection by College Sports Madness
- Set BYU single-season records for wins (34), strikeouts (256), innings pitched (257.1) and complete games (29)
- Tied the school single-season record for shutouts (8), record for strikeouts in a single game—14 (twice) and career saves (8)
- Led league in strikeouts (64), ERA (1.55), opponent average (.171), games started (12) and wins with an 11-0 record in WCC play
- Tied a career-high 14 strikeouts in an extra-inning games against Maryland and Saint Mary's
- Allowed only two hits against Northwestern while pitching a complete game as the Cougars won 5-1
- Threw a shutout against New Mexico, striking out nine
- Struck out nine in the season-opening win over Virginia
- WCC Pitcher of the Week four times (2/16, 2/23, 3/2, 4/13)
- WCC Player of the Week 5/4 by College Sports Madness
- Named to the 2015 All-WCC Preseason Softball Team
- Named to the College Sports Madness 2015 West Coast Preseason All-Conference First Team
- NFCA All-Pacific Second Team
- 2016 WCC Pitcher of the Year
- All-WCC First Team
- Named to the preseason All-WCC Team
- WCC Pitcher of the Week six times
- Ranked in the top 10 in the NCAA for strikeouts and shutouts for most of the season
- Broke BYU career records for saves and shutouts
- Broke BYU season records for strikeouts and shutouts by breaking her own 2015 records
- Moved up to second place in a BYU career for wins, complete games, innings pitched and strikeouts
- Had 10 shutouts
- Threw her first solo no-hitter of her career against San Jose State
- Tied her career high 14 strikeouts against Wisconsin
- Broke the BYU career saves record against Bethune-Cookman
- Had 12 strikeouts against New Mexico State, Cal State Fullerton and Santa Clara
- Tallied 11 strikeouts against UTEP, Saint Louis, Utah State and Saint Mary's
- Notched 10 strikeouts in 12-inning shutout at San Diego
- Threw her second solo no-hitter against UC Santa Barbara, totaling seven strikeouts and just one walk
- Had no walks in a complete game against LMU
- NFCA Third Team All-American
- NFCA All-Pacific Region First Team
- WCC Pitcher of the Year
- All-WCC First Team
- WCC Pitcher of the Week (2/13) (3/6) (3/20) (3/27) (4/3) (4/16) (5/1) (5/8) (5/15)
- Broke single-season records in ERA and shutouts with 1.37 and 12, respectively
- Pitched a BYU-record 57.2-straight scoreless innings
- Threw a complete-game win over No. 13 Washington
- Named to the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament Team
- Broke the BYU career strikeout record against Miami, throwing a season-high 11 Ks
- Threw 5 strikeouts win win over No. 11/13 Utah
- Became BYU's career win leader in the victory over Dartmouth, throwing 10 strikeouts in the matchup
- Notched 10 strikeouts in win at Oregon State
- Earned career-win 100 in complete-game shutout against San Diego
- Threw double-digit strikeouts in two games against Saint Mary's (11 and 10)
- Pitched a one-hitter against Mississippi State in NCAA Regionals
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ImageSoftball | Jun, 12
2017 BYU softball season review
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ImageSoftball | May, 31
McKenna Bull named NFCA All-American
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ImageSoftball | May, 31
McKenna Bull named NFCA All-American
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ImageSoftball | May, 19
Cougars bounce back after loss, stay alive in NCAA Regionals
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ImageSoftball | May, 18
Cougars run rule Bulldogs 8-0 in opening game of NCAA regionals
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ImageSoftball | May, 18
Four Cougars receive NFCA All-Pacific Region honors
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ImageSoftball | May, 16
Cougars sweep top WCC awards, nine on All-WCC teams
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ImageSoftball | May, 15
Bull named WCC Pitcher of the Week for ninth time
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ImageSoftball | May, 15
Bull named WCC Pitcher of the Week for ninth time
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ImageSoftball | May, 13
Offense stagnant as No. 20 BYU splits doubleheader
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ImageSoftball | May, 12
Bull, Cougars shutout Gaels 4-0
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ImageSoftball | May, 09
No. 20 BYU defeats Utah State, finishes with undefeated record at home
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ImageSoftball | May, 08
Bull, Alldredge take WCC weekly awards, sixth sweep of the year
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ImageSoftball | May, 06
No. 20 BYU reaches 40 wins with series-finale win at Santa Clara
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ImageSoftball | May, 05
Cougars clinch fourth-straight WCC title
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ImageSoftball | May, 03
Bull's streak continues in win over Grand Canyon
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ImageSoftball | May, 01
Bull, Jensen take WCC weekly awards, BYU sweeps for fifth time
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Softball | Apr, 29
Seniors lead No. 20/21 BYU past San Diego 11-0 for series sweep
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ImageSoftball | Apr, 28
Two Jensen walk-offs give No. 20/21 Cougars a pair of wins over Toreros
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ImageSoftball | Apr, 17
Alldredge, Bull sweep WCC weekly awards
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ImageSoftball | Apr, 14
Solid pitching powers No. 20 BYU to doubleheader sweep over Pacific
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ImageSoftball | Apr, 08
Pitching pushes No. 22/23 BYU to series sweep over LMU
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ImageSoftball | Apr, 07
Balanced hitting leads to 8-0 run-rule win for No. 22/23 BYU
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ImageSoftball | Apr, 05
Key home runs power No. 22/23 BYU to 8-6 win at Utah State
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ImageSoftball | Apr, 03
Alldredge, Bull take WCC weekly awards
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ImageSoftball | Apr, 01
Bull pushes No. 25 BYU to 2-1 win at Oregon State
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ImageSoftball | Apr, 01
Bull pushes No. 25 BYU to 2-1 win at Oregon State
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ImageSoftball | Mar, 30
Tight contest results in 1-0 loss for No. 25 BYU
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Softball | Mar, 27
Bull wins second-straight WCC Pitcher of the Week nod
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ImageSoftball | Mar, 25
Offense struggles as BYU drops doubleheader at No. 15/16 UCLA
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ImageSoftball | Mar, 24
Bull breaks career wins record in doubleheader sweep of Dartmouth
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ImageSoftball | Mar, 22
Two homers from Sugg highlight Cougar victory over rival No. 11 Utah
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ImageSoftball | Mar, 20
Bull picks up third WCC Pitcher of the Week honor
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ImageSoftball | Mar, 20
Bull picks up third WCC Pitcher of the Week honor
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ImageSoftball | Mar, 16
Bull powers No. 25 BYU to doubleheader sweep
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ImageSoftball | Mar, 06
Bull, Sugg sweep weekly WCC awards
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ImageSoftball | Mar, 04
Sugg's grand slam pushes BYU to 9-0 run-rule win over Boston U.
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ImageSoftball | Mar, 03
Bull breaks strikeout record as BYU picks up two wins
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ImageSoftball | Mar, 02
First day of San Diego Classic yields doubleheader split for BYU
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ImageSoftball | Feb, 24
Pitching draws 1-1 doubleheader split for No. 23 BYU
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ImageSoftball | Feb, 17
Record day for freshmen gets No. 25 BYU two wins in doubleheader
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ImageSoftball | Feb, 16
Slug fest results in 7-5 win for No. 25 BYU over Hawai'i
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ImageSoftball | Feb, 13
Bull earns first WCC Pitcher of the Week honor of the year
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ImageSoftball | Feb, 13
Bull earns first WCC Pitcher of the Week honor of the year
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ImageSoftball | Feb, 10
BYU upsets No. 13 Washington with sixth-inning heroics
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ImageSoftball | Feb, 03
McKenna Bull's grand finale
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ImageSoftball | Feb, 03
McKenna Bull's grand finale