Blaire Luna

Blaire Luna
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born1990 (age 33–34)[1]
Austin, Texas
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Sport
CountryUSA
SportSoftball
College teamTexas Longhorns

Blaire Luna (born 1990) is an American, former collegiate All-American, right-handed pro softball pitcher, originally from Austin, Texas.[2][3][4] She attended Bowie High School in Austin, Texas. She later attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she pitched for the Texas Longhorns softball team in the Big 12 Conference and was named a Second Team and three-time First Team All-Conference honoree.[5] She currently ranks 10th in career strikeout ratio for the NCAA Division I.[6][7] In her senior year, Luna led Texas softball to a berth in the 2013 Women's College World Series semifinals, where they lost to Tennessee, 2–0.[8] She later went on to play professional softball for the USSSA Pride of National Pro Fastpitch,[9] and internationally in New Zealand.[10][11]

  1. ^ "Blaire Luna - Softball". University of Texas Athletics.
  2. ^ "2010 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "2011 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  4. ^ "2013 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. May 29, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  5. ^ "Big 12 Softball Record Book" (PDF). Big12sports.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  6. ^ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  7. ^ Bohls, Kirk (May 17, 2013). "Luna's legacy? Depends on Horns' NCAA run". Austin American-Statesman. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  8. ^ "Texas WCWS Stats 2013". Ncaa.org. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  9. ^ "USSSA Pride sign Texas ace Blaire Luna". USSSA Pride. June 4, 2013. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  10. ^ Adams, Michael (October 12, 2016). "Former Longhorns Luna, Ogle lead New Zealand team to championship". Austin American-Statesman. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  11. ^ Smith, Tony (March 13, 2015). "Auckland Marist US pitcher Blaire Luna leads side to victory over Hutt Valley". stuff.co.nz. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2019.