2024 Softball Roster

Kalei Engleman
Kalei Engleman

4 Jessica Mullins

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Bats/Throws L/R
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tarkington, Texas
  • Highschool Barbers Hill HS
  • Twitter jkmullins4
  • Instagram mullins.4
  • Major Health Sciences

Biography

Career Accolades
- 2024 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship team
- 1x NFCA All-American First Team (2024)
- 1x NFCA All-Central First Team (2022) 
- 1x NFCA All-Central Second Team (2021)
- 1x NFCA All-South Third Team (2023)
- 1x NFCA All-South First Team (2024)
- 2x Sun Belt All-Tournament Team (2022,2023, 2024)
- 2x Sun Belt Pitcher of the Year (2022, 2024) 
- 4x All-Sun Belt First Team (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- 10x Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week (two in 2021, three in 2022, one in 2023, four in 2024)
- 2x Sun Belt Preseason Pitcher of the Year (2023, 2024)
- 3x Sun Belt Preseason All-Conference (2022, 2023, 2024)
- 1x Extra Inning Softball Pitcher of the Week (3/14/23)
- 1x Softball America Second Team All American
- 1x D1 Softball Second Team All American
- Named a top-26 Collegiate Player of the Year in 2024
- Became the first Bobcat freshman pitcher in program history to throw a no-hitter since Randi Rupp in five innings against Houston Baptist (4/15/15) (2021)
- Became the first Bobcat freshman pitcher to throw a seven-inning no-hitter since Randi Rupp at ULM (3/23/15) (2021)
- First freshman 20-game winner (20) in program history since Randi Rupp (24) in 2015 (2021)
- One of just two student-athletes in (Randi Rupp, 2015) program history over the last 10 seasons to strikeout 100-or-more batters during their freshman season (2021)
- One of just four student-athletes (Katie Ann Trahan, Randi Rupp and Nicole Neuerburg) in program history to strikeout 250-or-more (253) batters in a single season (2022)
- Ranks sixth on the program's single-season pitching appearances list with 46 (2022)
- Ranks fourth on program's single-season pitching appearances list with 48 (2024)
- Ranks second on the program's single-season wins list with 31, just one of three Bobcats in program history with a 30+ win season (2024)
- Ranks seventh on the program's single-season wins list with 27 (2022)
- Ranks tenth on the program's single-season strikeout list with 253 (2022)
- Threw the first inning of the program's first ever combined seven-inning no-hitter (Mullins [1], Karsen Pierce [6] at UTA, 5/7/22) 
- Threw her second collegiate no-hitter and first perfect game on 3/2/2024 versus UTEP, was the first seven-inning perfect game since Katie Garnett in 2008, first perfect game since Randi Rupp in 2018
- Finished her career ranked fourth in program history with a 1.70 career ERA
- Finished her career ranked third in program history with 100 career wins
- Finished her career ranked fourth in program history with 821 career strikeouts
- Finished her career ranked third in program history with 174 career appearances
- Finished her career ranked sixth in program history with 66 complete games
- Finished her career ranked sixth in program history with 22 shutouts
- Finished her career ranked third in program history with 853.0 innings pitched
- Drafted by Athletes Unlimited to their pro softball league
- Signed by the Texas Smoke to play professionally

2024:
2024 Sun Belt Preseason Pitcher of the Year ... Preseason All-Sun Belt ... named to the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top-50 Watch List in January ... Won four Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week Awards in 2024 ... named 2024 Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year ... named to the 2024 All-Sun Belt First Team ... named 2024 Sun Belt Tournament All-Tournament Team ... NFCA All-South First Team Selections ... lead Texas State in ERA (1.45), wins (31) ... appearances (48) ... complete games (19) ... shutouts (8) ... combined shutouts (3) ... innings pitched (246.2) ... and strikeouts (222) ... had the best ERA in the Sun Belt Conference ... had the 2nd best opposing batting average in the Sun Belt (.191) ... struck out the 2nd most batters of any pitcher in the Sun Belt (222)... had the most wins of any pitcher in the Sun Belt or the nation (31) ... allowed just 37 extra-base hits all season ... threw a seven-inning perfect game in a bounce-back effort against UTEP on 3/2/2024 where she struck out eight batters in the 7-0 win ... tossed a career-high 13 strikeouts in the Bobcats 7-1 win against Grand Canyon ... pitched a complete game shutout against UTEP (3/2), App State (3/22, 3/24), South Alabama (3/28) and Louisiana (4/14) ... ranked 13th nationally and 1st in the Sun Belt Conference for her ERA ... ranked 12 nationally and 2nd in the Sun Belt for strikeouts ... ranked 38th nationally and 2nd in the Sun Belt for hits per seven innings ... ranked 1st nationally for victories ... ranked 11th in the nation and 2nd in the SUn Belt for shutouts ... finisher her career in the top-10 of every pitching category in program history ... became one of three pitchers in program history with 30 wins in a season ... became the third pitcher in program history to break the 100 win threshold ... was named All-Tournament team in the 2024 Sun Belt Conference Tournament ... pitched the entirety of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship for 10 hits, five runs, zero walks and four strikeouts ... finished her career having walked just 213 batters in over 850 innings of work ... allowed a career-low 10 home runs to be hit off her this season ... threw a complete game win over #14 Texas A&M on 3/20 allowing just three runs off six hits while striking out four batters ... tossed a complete game win over Texas Tech on 2/18 while allowing just two hits and one run while striking out six batters ... was the first Texas State player to be drafted out of college by the Athletes Unlimited professional softball league ... signed to play professionally with the Texas Smoke

2023
2023 Sun Belt Preseason Pitcher of the Year ... Preseason All-Sun Belt ... named to the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top-50 Watch List in January ... named Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week the week of 3/14 ... named to 2023 All-Sun Belt First Team ... 2023 Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team ... NFCA All-South Third Team Selection ... Extra Inning Softball Pitcher of the Week (3/14/23) ... lead Texas State in ERA (1.88), wins (22) ... appearances (42) ... complete games (17) ... shutouts (2) ... combined shutouts (4) ... innings pitched (201.1) ... and strikeouts (176) ... had the 5th best ERA in the Sun Belt Conference ... had the 6th best opposing batting average in the Sun Belt (.201) ... struck out the 6th most batters of any pitcher in the Sun Belt ... had the third most wins of any pitcher in the Sun Belt (22) ... had a 2.93 strikeout to walk ratio ... tossed a season-high 11 strikeouts in the Bobcats 4-2 loss to Wisconsin where she gave up zero earned runs where she tossed a season high 158 pitches ... pitched a complete game in the Bobcats win over Alabama on 3/11 where she allowed just two hits and one run ... pitched a complete game in the Bobcats extra-inning win over Texas on 3/12 ... earned Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week and was named Extra Innings National Player of the Week the following week ... in the Bobcats 3-0 win over Troy in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, pitched a complete game and allowed just one hit with no walks and four strikeouts ... threw complete games against James Madison (5/6, 5/4), Marshall (4/28), ULM (4/21), App State (4/2), South Alabama (3/4), Texas Tech (3/14), Illinois State (3/3), Florida Atlantic (3/2), Kansas (2/24), South Dakota State (2/17), and Wichita State (2/12) ... ranked 55th nationally and 5th in the Sun Belt Conference for her ERA ... ranked 66th nationally and 5th in the Sun Belt for hits allowed per seven innings ... ranked 47th nationally and 6th in the Sun Belt for strikeouts ... ranked 17th nationally for victories ... earned her lone save of the season in the Bobcats 4-2 win over Southern Miss on 4/8 ... tossed seven complete games in 14 appearances through conference play ... pitched 71.0 innings allowing just 50 hits and 28 runs through conference play ... struck out 64 batters and walked 23 ... batters averaged a .198 against her and just 14 of her 50 allowed hits were extra-base hits

2022
The anchor of a Texas State pitching staff that finished the season with 13 shutouts, which ranked 10th on the program's single-season list ... Sun Belt Pitcher of the Year ... NFCA All-Central First Team selection ... All-Sun Belt First Team ... Sun Belt All-Tournament Team ... three-time Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week ... led Texas State in ERA (1.80), WHIP (1.00), wins (27) appearances (46), complete games (22), shutouts (6), combined shutouts (five), innings pitched (241.0) and strikeouts (253) ... was the only qualified pitcher in the Sun Belt to finish the season with a sub-2.00 ERA (1.80) ... led the conference with 27 wins, seven more than the next closest student-athletes ... also led the league in games started (39), complete games (22), combined shutouts (5), innings pitched (241.0) and strikeouts (253) ... her 27 wins ranked sixth on the program's single-season list ... her 46 appearances were tied for the fifth most in Texas State's single-season history ... her 253 strikeouts on the season ranked as the 10th most in Texas State's softball history ... became one of just four student-athletes in program history to strikeout 250-or-more (253) batters in a single season ... against Sun Belt foes, led the conference with a 1.47 ERA to go along with a league-leading 135 strikeouts ... posted a 17-4 record in the circle against conference opponents ... threw her first career seven-inning complete game shutout against a nationally-ranked opponent when she did not allow a run, fanned seven and scatted five hits — all singles — in Texas State's win against then-No. 22 Arizona State (2/27) ... threw a seven-inning complete game shutout against South Alabama (3/20), Georgia State (4/16), Georgia Southern (4/22), Troy (4/29) App State (5/11) ... her 27 wins on the season ranked sixth in the nation across all Division I softball ... her 253 strikeouts were the 20th most in the country ... her 241.0 innings pitched were the fourth most in Division I softball ... held opponents to a .208 batting average ... limited Texas to only one earned run while striking out seven in six innings in Austin (2/28) ... struck out a season-best 13 batters in seven innings at South Alabama (3/18) ... threw a season-long nine innings to earn the win at South Alabama (5/12) during the postseason Sun Belt tournament ... allowed only one run in eight innings (top of the eighth) against nationally-ranked Louisiana during the postseason conference tournament (5/13) ... limited the Ragin' Cajuns offense to only one run on four hits in a complete game effort (4/1) ... had a streak of 19.1 consecutive innings (13.1 against conference opponents) thrown without issuing a walk ... struck out 10 batters and issued only one walk on 100 pitches thrown in a seven-inning win against Troy (4/30) ... had 17 scoreless appearances in the pitching circle ... threw a one-hit complete-game shutout against North Dakota (3/4) ... earned her first save of the season with two perfect innings of relief in the Bobcats' win over Boise State (3/6) ... had a streak of 28 consecutive scoreless innings, with 24 coming against conference foes ... capped the regular season by throwing the first inning of the program's first ever combined seven-inning no-hitter (Mullins [1], Karsen Pierce [6] at UTA, 5/7/22) ... struck out more batters than walks allowed in 44 of her 46 appearances ... struck out at least one batter in 45 of 46 games she appeared in ... had 13 pitching appearances with at least one strikeout and zero walks allowed ... had 20 pitching appearances without allowing an extra base hit, including a streak of eight consecutive appearances ... finished the season with a 7.35 strikeout per seven-inning game average 

2021
In her first season in San Marcos, led the Bobcats with a 20-6 record following 38 appearances and 24 starts in the pitching circle ... led Texas State in ERA (1.71), wins (20), complete games (8), appearances (38), games started (28), shutouts (4), innings pitched (164.0), strikeouts (170) ...two-time Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week ... All-Sun Belt Conference First Team selection ... NFCA All-Central Second Team selection ... one of just two Texas State pitchers in the last 10 seasons to strikeout 100-or-more batters during their freshman season ... ranked third in the Sun Belt Conference and 32nd in the nation in wins ... her 170 strikeouts ranked 52nd in the country ...her 1.71 ERA was the 54th lowest ERA in Division I softball ...her 7.3 strikeouts per inning ranked sixth in the Sun Belt Conference ... ranked second in the Sun Belt Conference in ERA ... one of only three pitchers in the conference to win 20 games in the 2021 season ...ranked third in the league in shutouts ... threw the fourth-most innings by a Sun Belt pitcher ... her 170 strikeouts were the fourth-most strikeouts by a SBC pitcher ... her 72 strikeouts looking were the second-most strikeouts looking in the Sun Belt ... Made an immediate impact as she threw a seven-inning no-hitter in her collegiate debut in Texas State's win over Abilene Christian (2/22) ... rode the momentum into her second career start by throwing a career-long 7.2 innings at then-No. 7 Texas (2/24) and did not allow an earned run ... earned her first career save with a 0.2-inning appearance in the Bobcats' win over then-No. 16 Mississippi State (2/26) ... earned a seven-inning, complete game victory against Ole Miss (2/27) ... earned her first career conference win with a seven-inning, complete game shutout at Georgia State (3/23) ... did not allow an earned run in a three-inning appearance in Texas State's win over then-No. 25 Texas A&M ... limited then-No. 14 Louisiana (4/17) to only one run and the Bobcats' 5-1 victory in Lafayette ... became the first pitcher in the Sun Belt Conference to beat both Louisiana and Troy when she earned the win at Troy (4/30) ... allowed just one run in 12.2 innings pitched in a three-game series against UTA (5/6-5/8) to close out the regular season ... threw a seven-inning, complete game shutout against Georgia State (5/12) in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament ... allowed just four baserunners in 6.1 innings against Georgia Southern (4/24) ... allowed only one baserunner in 4.0 innings against Tarleton State (3/30) ... 

High School
Helped Barbers Hill High School to a 130-21 record during her time … two-time Texas 21-5A All-District Co-MVP … two-time Texas 21-5A Academic All-District … member of the TGCA All-Star Blue Team … two-time Texas 5A Regional Finalist … struck out 162 batters in 93 innings with a 0.38 ERA during the 2019 season …Texas Sports Writers Third-Team All-Star selection in 2018 … 2018 TGCA All-Star selection … recorded a 0.95 ERA with 166 strikeouts in 170.1 innings during the 2018 season  … TGCA All-Star … credited with a 0.44 ERA and a .090 opponent batting average for the 2017 season 

Personal
The daughter of Terrill and Kimberly Mullins … has one brother, Brandon

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2021Freshman

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    5'8"
    4
  • 4

    2022Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    5'8"
    4
  • 4

    2023Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    5'8"
    4
  • 4

    2024Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    5'8"
    4