2013 at Gardner-Webb: Appeared in 27 games onthe season, starting 18 in the circle for the Runnin’Bulldogs … Named the Big South Crons Brand Pitcher of theWeek on April 15th … Recorded a team-high three shutouts onthe season … Recorded a team-best .294 opponents’against batting average on the year … Was second on the teamwith an ERA of 5.93 … Also second on the team with 63strikeouts on the year … Recorded nine complete games on theseason … Posted a 4-12 record overall on the year …Struck out a season-high eight batters in the win over SouthernUniversity at the War Eagle Classic … Earned a complete gameshutout win versus Southern University at the War Eagle Classic,holding the Jaguars to only three hits, while striking out eight inthe 3-0 win … Also posted a complete game shutout win atPresbyterian, holding the Blue Hose scoreless on three hits, whilestriking out two in the 2-0 win … Earned a win over NorthCarolina A&T, allowing only two hits over three innings of work… Posted a 5-0 complete game shutout win at home overRadford, holding the Highlanders to only two hits, while strikingout four in the conference victory … Started and went 6.1innings in the loss to Minnesota at the War Eagle Classic …Also started an went six complete innings in a road loss toCharlotte … Pitched 7.1 innings in an extra-inning loss athome to Winthrop … Also went six innings or more in lossesat Liberty, at Charleston Southern and in the 2013 Big SouthSoftball Championship Tournament versus No. 3 Longwood... Earned a spot on the 2012-13 Big South Presidential HonorRoll.
2012 at Gardner-Webb: Appeared in 27games, starting 23 in the circle for GWU ... Recorded a team-higheight complete games and one shutout ... Also posted a team-high 86strikeouts on the year ... Recorded a team-best .255 opponents'against batting average ... Was second on the team with a 2.85 ERAand 110.1 innings pitched ... Also second on the team with eightwins on the season ... Issued 51 walks on the year ... Recorded acomplete game win against North Carolina A&T, allowing twounearned runs on six hits, while striking out three in GWU's 4-2home win ... Also earned a win with seven strikeouts over 6.2innings of work against UNC Greensboro ... Held PC to two runs onthree hits and struck out three over 4.0 innings of work in theRunnin' Bulldogs' 6-4 win at Clinton, S.C. ... Held Campbellscoreless and recorded seven strikeouts over 5.0 innings in GWU's8-0 win over the Fighting Camels ... Pitched six scoreless inningsand allowed only one hit, while striking out three in GWU's 2-0home win over Charlotte ... Went four innings, allowing only oneearned run on four hits to pick up the win in a reliefeffort in the 5-3 win over Charleston Southern ... Picked up acomplete game win, striking out six in GWU's 7-1 win at home overPresbyterian ... Recorded another complete game win over Radford,allowing one run on five hits, while striking out five over seveninnings in the 4-1 road win ... Made four starts for GWU at theconference postseason tournament ... Struck out a season-high 12batters over 9.2 innings of work in a 1-0 extra inning loss to No.1 Radford in round two of the 2012 Big South Softball ChampionshipTournament.
2011 at Gardner-Webb: Appeared in 29games, starting 20 in the circle for GWU as a true freshman ...Tabbed The Crons Brand Big South Pitcher of the Week for gamesplayed March 7-13 ... Recorded a team-high 10 complete games andone shutout ... Posted a team-high 10 wins on the year ... Alsorecorded a team-high 109 strikeouts on the season ... Recorded a3.57 ERA on the year ... Threw 133.1 innings ... Held her opponentsto a .265 batting average on the season ... Posted three saves onthe year ... Made her first career start in game two of adouble-header at USC Upstate ... Recorded her first career win, a3-2 complete game win at home over Furman in which she struck outsix batters ... Went six innings, striking out four in a 3-2 win atUNC Wilmington ... Struck out eight in a complete game 4-0 shutoutwin over George Washington at the Winthrop/adidas Invitational ...Allowed three runs on three hits, while striking out seven overfive innings of work in GWU's 9-5 win at North Carolina A&T ...Posted a career-high 14 strikeouts in a complete game 3-2 win atPresbyterian ... Pitched all nine innings, allowing only two runs,in GWU's 3-2 extra inning win at home over Radford ... HeldPresbyterian to two runs on six hits, while striking out six overseven innings in a 3-2 complete game win over the Blue Hose at home... Went eight innings, allowing only two runs, in GWU's 3-2 extrainning win at Charleston Southern ... Gave up one earned run, whilestriking out five over six innings in a 5-2 win at home over SouthCarolina State ... Picked up a win in relief, going two innings inGWU's 8-7 win at Coastal Carolina in the regular season finale ...Went six innings, allowing only one run in GWU's 1-0 loss to No. 2Liberty at the 2011 Big South Softball Championship Tournament ...Posted saves versus Towson and Providence at the Winthrop/AdidasInvitational ... Also recorded a save in a 1-0 win over CharlestonSouthern ... Named GWU's Rookie of the Year by her fellowteammates.
High School: Lettered at the ProvidenceSchool of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida ... Recorded a 0.85ERA as a junior ... Hit .423 with 26 RBIs as a senior ... Posted a.444 batting average as a freshman, a .427 batting average as asophomore and a .355 batting average as a junior ... Named to theFirst-Team All-District and First-Team All-State Teams all fouryears ... Named to the First-Team All-Conference Team as a senior... Pitched three consecutive shutouts in the playoffs her seniorseason ... Helped lead her team to the State Final Four as ajunior, after having guided her team to become the DistrictChampions and the State Runner-Up as a sophomore in 2008 ... Leadher school to its first ever District Championship as a freshman... Posted a 17-3 record in the circle for the varsity team as aseventh grader ... A member of the River City Rebels club team ...An important part of the team that was the ASA Regional QualifierChampions in 2008, the Fast Nationals Champions in 2007 and theUSSSA Elite Champions in 2007.
Personal: Jessica Taylor Childers ...Daughter of Ben and Tina Childers ... Has two younger siblings ...Worked at Cornerstone Christian School, a school that servesorphaned and troubled inner-city children ... Majoring inPsychology.
