Jala Wright

Height:
5-10
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Providence Day
Hometown:
Charlotte, NC

FRESHMAN (2021): Appeared in 15 games as a freshman, starting four and throwing 25 combined innings ... Posted a 7.00 ERA and 1-5 record, striking out 18 compared to issuing just nine walks ... Made two starts during the B1G opening weekend in Leesburg, Fla, where she tossed 6.1 innings in one appearance each against Northwestern, and Nebraska ... Went 3.2 innings in relief vs. Illinois, and then 1.2 vs. Minnesota, in which she surrendered just a pair of hits ... Threw three innings in the Rutgers series (3/26-28), allowing a pair of base hits and striking out three ... Threw in two of the games of the Maryland series (4/9-10), striking out five in 5.0 innings ... Threw one inning in relief at Michigan (4/12), striking out two and surrendering two base hits ... Started one of the four games against Purdue, striking out one and going 2.2 innings ... Threw one relief outing in the Indiana series (4/30-5/2) without surrendering a hit ... Had one relief appearance against Wisconsin (5/8), striking out two ...

High School: CISAA First Team All-State and the Conference Player of the Year after hitting .558 with an on-base percentage of .655 last spring for Providence Day School ... All-Charlotte Observer in 2019 … All-conference player the last two seasons … Earned Most Defensive Player (2016-17) ...

Club: Ranked No. 53 by Flo Softball 2020 Extra Elite 100 Rankings … Will play the upcoming season for Firecrackers in Woodstock, GA under Brian Cochran… Previously played for the Carolina Cardinals ... Carolina Cardinals finished third at the in Colorado Firework tournament in 2019 and also finished 25^th at PGF Nationals ... Led team in batting average fall of 2018 and summer of 2019 ... Ranked 73^rd in Flo Softball Class of 2020 in September 2016 ... Ranked 53^rd in Extra Inning Softball Class 2020 in September 2017 ... Ranking moved to 23^rd in Extra Inning Softball Class of 2020 in September 2018 ... Lost just two games in the circle in the spring/summer of 2019 … Ranked 73^rd by Flo Softball in 2016, 53^rd by Extra Inning softball in the fall of 17, and 23^rd by the same publication in Fall 2018 …

Personal: Daughter of Jocqua Wright and Felicia Morings ... Father played baseball at University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Rutgers University and then in the Seattle Mariners organization ... Honor roll all four years of high school ... Participated in cheerleading (2019) ... Loves watching movies and playing the clarinet ... Hopes to be a sports medical professional ... Plans to major in kinesiology.