HONORS & AWARDS
First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete: 2017
MVC Pitcher of the Week: 05-02-16 & 04-27-15
Honorable Mention MVC Scholar-Athlete: 2016
Bradley Country Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week (2): 05-04-16 & 04-29-15
NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete (4): 2016-17, 2015-16, 2014-15 & 2013-14
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award (4): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
MVC Honor Roll (4): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall '13, Spring '14, Fall '14, Spring '15, Fall '15, Spring '16, Fall '16, Spring '17
2017 (SENIOR)
First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete … Third in MVC with three saves ... Bradley career saves leader ... Holds school records for relief appearances in a season & career ... Led team with nine wins in her final season, including a victory at #16 Louisiana-Lafayette ... Also led team in ERA (3.19) and strikeouts (74) ... Made all five of her starts in MVC play, posting a 3-5 record with a 3.78 ERA ... Had a streak of five consecutive victories and earned three saves during a span of 11 appearances ... Posted a 9-6 overall record, while holding hitters to a .269 batting average … Broke the Bradley career saves record March 11 at Southern Utah ... Also picked up a victory at New Mexico State out of the bullpen … Earned eight of her team-high nine victories out of the bullpen .. Winner of Bradley’s Carl Grose Service Award for community service efforts … Finished her career among Bradley’s career top 10 in appearances (5th – 118), starts (8th – 66), relief appearances (1st – 52), wins (T9th – 28), innings (9th – 423.0), strikeouts (8th – 288) and saves (1st – 8).
2016 (JUNIOR)
Honorable mention MVC Scholar-Athlete … Led the team in ERA, appearances, starts, complete games, shutouts, innings pitched and strikeout … Tied for the team lead with four wins in MVC play … Earned MVC Pitcher of the Week honors for the second time in her career after she tossed a one-hit complete game shutout in the series opener against Loyola during a week in which she gave up just one earned run in 18.2 innings (0.37 ERA) with 25 strikeouts and four walks … Struck out a career-best 12 hitters in the shutout of the Ramblers for the most strikeouts by a Bradley hurler since 2009 … Also collected three saves … Was sixth in the MVC in strikeouts (103) … Gave up just one unearned run in five innings of work in Bradley’s 4-1 win at Illinois State … Tossed a two-hit, complete game shutout in the final game of the series at Missouri State as the Braves topped the Bears 1-0 … Enters her senior year tied for 10th in career strikeouts at Bradley with 214 and is 11th all-time in innings pitched (350.2).
2015 (SOPHOMORE)
MVC Pitcher of the Week for April 27 after posting a 2-0 record with one save and 1.27 ERA during a 3-1 week for the Braves … Ranked 10th in the MVC in strikeouts per game … Led the team with two saves and closed the year with a 7-10 record along with a 4.93 ERA … Was 5-2 with one save and 3.23 ERA in MVC Play … Tossed a complete game shutout against Loyola … Limited early in the year due to offseason surgery, she closed the year with a 6-3 record with two saves and 3.30 ERA over her final 16 appearances … Struck out a career-high nine batters in a complete-game eight-inning win against MVC regular-season champion Drake … Was an impressive 4-1 with one save and 1.41 ERA in nine appearances at Laura Bradley Park … Had a 6-2 record in her final eight decisions starting with the shutout blanking of Loyola … Tossed complete games in four of her last five starts … Started 19 games and made eight relief appearances, finishing the year with 98.0 innings pitched.
2014 (FRESHMAN)
Finished the year with a 7-12 record and 4.19 ERA … Earned the most wins by a Bradley freshman since Ashley Birdsong won 16 games as a freshman in 2006 … Threw five complete games … Earned the victory in the MVC Championship game, giving up just four hits and one run in 3.1 innings out of the bullpen … Earned her first career win against Pacific … Was 5-3 with a 3.48 ERA over her last 12 appearances … Struck out a season-best seven batters in a complete game win at Evansville … Tossed a complete game, five-hit shutout against pre-season league favorite Northern Iowa in her final home game of the year … In 7.2 innings of work against Missouri, she gave up eight hits and two runs (one earned) in two outings … Made eight starts in MVC play, where she was 4-4 with a 3.88 ERA … Limited MVC opponents to a .264 batting average over 52.1 innings of work.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for former Bradley softball standout Laura Harms, helping the Fighting Irish to the 2013 Class 2A State Championship ... A first-team all-state selection, she was named the Chicago Sun Times Player of the Year ... Named the 2013 conference player of the year in addition to garnering Daily Journal Player of the Year honors in that same season ... Three-time all-conference selection ... Voted team MVP as a junior and senior ... As a senior, she hit 394 with 43 RBI in addition to owning a perfect 28-0 record with 211 strikeouts and 0.68 ERA ... Hit .469 with 28 RBI as a junior in addition to boasting a 23-6 record and 0.82 ERA ... Also lettered in volleyball.
PERSONAL
The daughter of Steven and Shannon Hull, Jaelen was born in Kankakee, Ill. ... Has a younger sister: Baylee ... Majored in dietetics.
