McKenna Bull Athlete Profile - SFB

McKenna Bull

Pitcher #5

10"

Class

Senior

Hometown

Ogden,

Utah

Last School

Weber High School

Roster Years

2014-2017

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

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2014

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

Sophmore Year 2015

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

Junior Year 2016

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

Senior Year 2017

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