Robyn Herron - Softball - Arkansas Razorbacks

#11 Robyn Herron

LHP | Jr. | 5-10 | R/L | Tampa, Fla. | Sickles HS

Career Highlights
SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024)
SEC Pitcher of the Week (April 16, 2024)

2024 | Sophomore
Appeared in 29 games while making 19 starts … Posted a 12-9 record with 143 strikeouts in 125.1 innings pitched … Ranked 25th nationally and third in the SEC with a 1.62 earned run average … Ranked ninth nationally and second among all SEC pitchers in hits allowed per seven innings (4.13) … Led all Razorbacks with five shutouts, ranking 40th nationally … Led Arkansas pitchers with 143 strikeouts … Posted three 10+ strikeout games … Became the second pitcher in program history to throw a seven-inning perfect game while striking out a season-high 11 batters on just 86 pitches in a 7-0 win over Illinois State, joining Mary Haff as the other Razorback to accomplish the feat … Pitched a five-inning complete game shutout while allowing just two hits and striking out seven in a 8-0 win at Florida Atlantic in the Paradise Classic (Feb. 8) … Fanned 11 batters while going 7.1 innings against Penn State (Feb. 10) … Went the distance, allowing one earned run while striking out four in a 6-2 victory over Florida Atlantic (March 1) … Struck out 10 and surrendered just two hits while throwing a six-inning complete-game shutout in a 9-0 victory over Northern Iowa (March 10) … Picked up a pair of victories while leading the Razorbacks to a series win at South Carolina by throwing a combined 12.1 shutout innings, allowing seven hits and striking out 12 batters (March 12-14) … Spun a six-inning complete-game shutout and struck out nine in an 8-0 win at Central Arkansas (April 30) … Earned a victory over SEMO in the opening game of the Fayetteville Regional by tossing 5.2 shutout innings and striking out five.

2023 | Freshman
Appeared in 24 games in the circle with 13 starts … Posted an 8-4 record with a 2.30 ERA in 73.0 IP … Recorded two complete games and two shutouts … Led the pitching staff after recording five games with 10+ strikeouts … Ranked second on the Razorback pitching staff with 107 strikeouts … Checked opponents to a .175 batting average … Made first career start and secured first career win in 11-0 routing vs. Weber State (Feb. 11), fanning five and allowing just one hit in 3.0 frames … Earned first career complete game shutout in 7-0 victory against Indiana (Feb. 18), tossing 7.0 scoreless frames, allowing just four hits and racking up 12 strikeouts … Picked up third career win after hurling 4.0 innings vs. Nebraska (Feb. 19) … Surrendered only two hits and an earned run while striking out five vs. the Cornhuskers … Dialed up a career high 14 strikeouts and did not allow a hit in 5.2 scoreless innings of relief in win vs. Drake (Feb. 24) … Tossed a one-hit, complete game shutout in 4-0 win vs. Iowa State (March 2), recording 12 strikeouts … Picked up victory against Kentucky (April 22) after tossing 3.2 scoreless frames and giving up just one hit and punching out four batters.

High School: Posted a minuscule 0.35 ERA in 79.1 innings and struck 170 hitters pitching for Sickles High School … The lefty hurler was named the No. 14 player in Extra Inning Softball’s Extra Elite 100 … During her three-year high school career, Herron has gone 22-8 inside the circle with a 1.54 ERA and 306 strikeouts in 231.1 innings pitched for the top-25 nationally ranked Gryphons …  Playing for the Wichita Mustangs travel team, she held a 0.87 ERA during the early part of the season.

Personal: The daughter of Chad and Jurgita Herron, Robyn chose Arkansas because the university and softball program are unlike anything she’s seen before