Hall of Fame
DEANNA EARSLEY-BOWERS
Hometown: San Carlos, Calif.
Sport: Softball
Years: 1990-93
One of just seven softball players in school history to earn All-America honors, DeAnna Earsley-Bowers was a four-year starting pitcher for Utah State and helped the Aggies earn back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament in 1992 and 1993. As a senior in 1993, Earsley-Bowers was named the Big West Conference Pitcher of the Year and earned third-team All-American honors as she led USU to a 39-17 record, including a 25-7 mark in conference play, to win a share of the Big West Championship. During her senior season, she won 26 games and posted a 0.82 earned run average (ERA) in 247.0 innings pitched, while striking out 130 batters as she also earned first-team all-Big West honors and was named the conference's player of the week three times. She also posted 13 shutouts on the season and pitched 30 complete games, while adding three saves. Earsley-Bowers earned second-team all-Big West honors as a junior and was twice named the conference's player of the week as she won 26 games and posted a 0.82 ERA in a school-record 290.0 innings pitched. She also set the single-season school record with 36 complete games as a junior, and struck out 159 batters, which still ranks third all-time in school history, while adding 18 shutouts, the second-most in school history. As a junior, Earsley-Bowers posted a 12-5 record vs. ranked teams and went 7-0 in extra-inning contests as she helped the Aggies to a 43-21 record, including a 24-12 mark in Big West play. Earlsey-Bowers also earned honorable mention all-Big West honors as a sophomore as she pitched a school-record-tying two no-hitters, and was named to the High Country Athletic Conference team as a freshman. For her career, Earsley-Bowers is one of just two pitchers in school history to win 20 games in two different seasons and she still ranks second all-time in school history in wins (68), complete games (93), shutouts (40), innings pitched (780.0) and saves (7), while ranking third all-time in appearances (117), and fourth all-time in both strikeouts (382) and ERA (0.90). Offensively, she still ranks tied for fourth all-time in school history in at-bats (639), fifth in games played (212) and sixth in sacrifice hits (28). During her four-year career, Utah State posted a 136-85 (.615) record, including a 69-41 (.627) mark in Big West play.
