University of South Alabama Athletics

AT SOUTH ALABAMA
JUNIOR SEASON (2022)    
• Second-Team all-Sun Belt Conference selection    
• Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List selection
• Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete honoree
• Finished with an 8-10 record in the circle as she appeared in 26 games, starting 17
• Went the distance seven times and tossed three shutouts
• Struck out 84 and allowed just 17 walks in her 107.1 innings of work
• Went 6-2 and tossed a pair of shutouts, allowing just eight walks in 42.2 innings of work in SBC pla
• Finished in the top 10 among league pitchers in ERA and strikeouts looking (30 - 10th), while her 17 walks allowed were third fewest
• Ranked in the top 50 nationally in walks allowed per seven innings (1.11 - 23rd) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.94 - 42nd)
• Was responsible for two of the three series wins at UTA (3/12-13)
• Scattered eight hits, walked three and struck out six, while not allowing a run to score in her 12 innings of work versus the Mavericks
• Tossed a four-hit, shut out in the series finale to pick up her first career shutout
• Was named the SBC Pitcher of the Week (3/15) for her work against UTA
• The 12 scoreless innings versus the Mavs began a streak of 36.2 innings without allowing an earned run
• Over that stretch, she allowed just one unearned run in relief in the final game of the Texas State series
• Picked up a complete-game, five-hit victory against Georgia Southern (4/30) where she allowed just one run

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2021)    
• Sun Belt Conference Championship all-tournament team
• Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List selection
• Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete honoree
• Appeared in the circle 19 times and made 10 starts     
• Finished the season with a 4-3 record and a 4.32 earned run average    
• Went the distance two times and struck out 43 in her 58.1 innings of work
• Moved into the No. 2 starter role late in the spring after Allie Hughen’s season-ending injury   
• Picked up first win of the spring with 2.1 innings of relief at No. 14 Georgia on opening day of the season    
• Posted first complete-game of the year with seven innings of work, scattering 11 hits and allowing two earned runs after striking out five in a 5-2 win over UL Monroe (4/25)    
• Recorded a pair of wins in 16.2 innings of work as she earned Sun Belt Conference Championship all-tournament honors    
• Struck out four in five innings of work, allowing one run on two hits in a 2-1 victory over Appalachian State (5/14)    
• Tossed seven innings and allowed just two earned runs in South’s semifinal win over Texas State (5/15)    

FRESHMAN SEASON (2020) – COVID 19 SEASON    
• Appeared in 15 games and started 13 in the circle 
• Finished the season with a 2-7 record and a 3.38 earned run average    
• Tossed a pair of complete games and in her 74.2 innings of work, struck out 39    
• Allowed two or fewer earned runs in 11 of her 15 outings    
• Ranked second in the Sun Belt in innings pitched and was 10th in strikeouts looking (12)    
• Made first collegiate start against Minnesota (2/8) at the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic in Clearwater, Fla., as she tossed 6.1 innings against the Golden Gophers    
• Picked up first collegiate win in a complete-game effort versus Southern (2/11) allowing just two hits while not surrendering an earned run to go along with a season-high nine strike outs and no walks    
• Tossed a program record 15-plus innings in a 4-3 loss at Nicholls State (2/25), which surpassed Devin Brown’s former standard of 12.2 innings set against Texas State on April 7, 2018    
• Only two of the four runs allowed were earned versus the Colonels    
• Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List    

AT ANTHONY WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL  
• Lettered four seasons in softball at Anthony Wayne High School in Whitehouse, Ohio    
• Led the Generals to a pair of district championships and a regional runner up finish  
• AWHS (22-5, 12-2) shared the 2019 Northern Lakes League (NLL) title    
• Earned first-team all-Ohio and first team all NLL honors as a senior    
• Compiled a 16-5 record during her final prep season    
• Struck out 224 batters and held a 0.63 earned run average in her 144.2 innings of work in the circle    
• Allowed just 13 earned runs during the season   
• Pitched a no-hitter in a 2-0 victory over Napoleon HS (5/23) in the regionals    
• Posted a 1.44 earned run average in 126 innings of work, while striking out 182, issuing just 26 walks as a junior    
• Led the Generals (22-5) to a second-place finish in the NLL district, along with a runner up finish at the regional tournament    
• Named first-team all-league and second-team all-district
• Helped Anthony Wayne win the 2017 district title as a sophomore, the program’s third in the last five season  
• Posted a 0.77 ERA and struck out 157 batters in her 108 innings of work in the circle    
• Selected first-team all-league and all-district    
• Tossed a perfect game for AWHS during her sophomore season  
• Played six years at the club level, competing four seasons with the Great Lakes Sharks and three years with Turin2 
• Received interest during the recruiting process from Boston College, Michigan State, Lipscomb, Bowling Green and Western Michigan, before deciding to sign with South Alabama

PERSONAL    
• Full name is Jenna Jean Hardy    
• Born in Toledo, Ohio    
• Daughter of Scot and Stephanie Hardy    
• Youngest of three children in her family    
• Has an older brother, Jeff, and an older sister, Jessica    
• Majoring in exercise science