2024 Softball Roster

Eddie Bruning

22 Natalie Willoughby

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Junction City, Ore.
  • Highschool Willamette HS
  • Position Catcher

Biography

HONORS
  • 2023 All-GNAC Honorable Mention
  • 2023 Academic All-GNAC
  • 2022 All-GNAC Second Team
  • 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
  • 2022 Academic All-GNAC
  • GNAC Player of the Week - Feb. 7, 2022
JUNIOR (2023): Played in 43 games, making 33 starts ... Tied for the team lead with a .327 average to go along with three homers, five doubles, 15 RBI and 11 runs ... Had three three-hit games during the season and nine mult-hit games overall ... 

SOPHOMORE (2022): Played in 46 games, making 45 starts ... Led the team with 11 home runs and 39 RBI ... Also added 12 doubles and 35 runs ... had a .674 slugging percentage and a .438 on-base percentage ... Hit her first two collegiate home runs Feb. 1 against Bushnell - going 2-for-3 with five RBI ... Had another multi-homer game against Montana State Billings on Feb. 26 - going 2-for-3 with three RBI ... Against MSU Billings on March 20, went 3-for-5 with three doubles, three runs and five RBI ... Had 14 multi-hit games ...

FRESHMAN (2021): In her first season at WOU, Willoughby played in nine games that included eight starts. She tallied a hit and scored a pair or runs. Willoughby's first collegiate hit was against Central Washington. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Willoughby is from Junction City, Ore., competing at Willamette High School ... A multi-sport athlete, she also has competed in soccer and basketball. Willoughby holds a 3.8 GPA and played for the Bat Company 18G Ackerman ... Willoughby earned 5A-2 Midwestern League first team All-Conference as a goalkeeper in 2019 ... She was also a nine-time Scholar-Athlete, second team All-League in basketball as a junior and named to the honorable mention team as a sophomore ... She earned honorable mention honors as a catcher her freshman year, set the school record in the discus as a junior with a throw of 127'9", was the Spanish student of the month as a freshman and P.E. student of the year also as a freshman.

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2021Freshman

    Catcher/Infield
    6'0"
    22
  • 22

    2022Sophomore

    Catcher/Infield
    6'0"
    22
  • 22

    2023Junior

    Catcher
    6'0"
    22
  • 22

    2024Senior

    Catcher
    6'0"
    22