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Jersey Number 33
Lyndsey Grein
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Lincoln-Way Central HS
- Hometown:
- Mokena, Ill.
Bio
JUNIOR SEASON (2025)
- USA Softball Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist (5th in program history & 1st since 2015 - Cheridan Hawkins)
-USA Softball Player of the Year Top 25 Finalist
- NFCA All-America Third Team
- D1 Softball All-America First Team
- Softball America Most Improved Player of the Year
- Softball America All-America First Team
- NFCA All-Mountain Region First Team
- All-Big Ten First Team
- CSC Academic All-District Team
One of the best pitchers in the nation compiled a 30-3 record with a 2.21 ERA, 236 strikeouts and 72 walks in 190.1 innings pitched ... Second in the NCAA with 30 wins, which is tied for fourth on the UO single-season list, and was the most by a Duck in 10 years ... Ranked 15th nationally in fewest hits allowed per seven innings pitched (4.71) ... ERA was fourth in the Big Ten ... Ranked second in the Big Ten and 11th nationally with 236 strikeouts, which ranks ninth on the UO single-season list ... Averaged 8.7 strikeouts per 7.0 IP, which is second the Big Ten and 15th nationally ... Appeared in an NCAA-best 53 games, which is second all-time on the UO single-season list ... Won her first 14 decisions of 2025 and then after her first loss, won another 12 in a row ... Won two NFCA national pitcher of the week honors (Feb. 25, April 22) and was Softball America's star of the week twice (March 11, April 22) ... Two-time Big Ten Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 24, April 22) ... In her first weekend as a Duck in the UNLV Desert Classic (Feb. 7-9), gave up just two earned runs in 14.0 IP (1.00 ERA) ... Called out the pen in the fifth inning Feb. 8 at UNLV after the Rebels had cut Oregon’s lead to three and threw 1-hit ball for the save ... Went 2-0 with a save at the Littlewood Classic (Feb. 13-16) ... Came on in relief against Utah Valley (Feb. 15) and struck out five in 3.0 innings to get the win ... Closed out the Grand Canyon game (Feb. 15) with a strikeout and a force out for her second save of the season ... Matched her career high with 12 strikeouts against Belmont (Feb. 16) where she took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before allowing a hit ... Named the NFCA National and Big Ten pitcher of the week after throwing 18.0 shutout innings and going 4-0 at the Mary Nutter Classic (Feb. 20-22) ... Struck out 24 while only allowing five hits ... Opposing batters hit just .088 against her ... Pitched the final 3.1 innings against No. 5 Tennessee (Feb. 20), striking out five and allowing no hits in the Ducks’ 1-0, eight-inning win ... Also tossed 3.1 shutout innings against California (Feb. 20) for the win and allowed just one hit ... Struck out six, walked none and allowed just one hit in the Ducks’ 2-0 win over Utah (Feb. 21) ... In 4.2 innings in relief against No. 22 Missouri (Feb. 22), gave up one hit while striking out eight ... Went 2-0 with a 0.72 ERA at the Oregon Classic (Feb. 28-March 2) and struck out 16 ... Threw a complete game shutout of San Diego (March 1), holding the Toreros to three hits and striking out 11 ... Went 2-0 with a 1.00 ERA at the Jane Sanders Classic (March 7-10) ... Threw a one-hit shutout against No. 8 Florida State (March 7) ... Struck out five, walked one and only allowed three batters to reach base and was named star of the week by Softball America ... Threw 5.0 shutout innings versus Abilene Christian (March 9) and struck out five for her 13th win of the season ... Threw a two-hit, six-inning shutout (9-0) at Washington (March 14) where she struck out 11 ... Retired all seven Huskies she faced to pick up the save in a 5-2 win a day later (March 15) ... Went the distance (5.0 innings) and gave up one run on two hits to get the win against Illinois (March 21), her 15th of the season ... Went the final two innings in the Ducks’ 4-3 walk-off win against Illinois on March 23 for her 16th win of 2025 ... Threw 4.2 innings in the Rutgers series (March 28-29) and allowed no runs or hits to pick up a pair of wins ... Allowed one unearned run on one hit in 5.0 innings against Michigan (April 5) for her 19th win of the season ... Went 3-0 in the Minnesota series (April 11-13), striking out 10 ... Gave up one hit in 4.0 innings of a combined shutout at Minnesota (April 11) ... Blanked Oregon State (April 16) over the final 2.0 innings and got the win as Oregon completed at 5-3 comeback ... » Became the first Duck to win National Pitcher of the Week honors from the NFCA, Softball America and D1 Softball in the same week (April 22) when she went 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA against No. 6 UCLA and Oregon State ... Next-level performance in the UCLA series (April 18-20), where she went 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA and struck out 13 ... In game one of the UCLA series (April 18), started and threw 5.1 innings of shutout ball, striking out eight for her 24th win of the year ... Threw a complete game, three-hit shut out of UCLA (April 20) in game three for win No. 25 ... Threw a 3-hit shutout against Weber State (May 16) in the opening game of the Eugene Regional .. Struck out nine ... Tossed a complete game gem versus Liberty (May 24) to win the Super Regional and send the Ducks to the WCWS ... Struck out 10 and allowed one run on three hits ... Retired 19 consecutive batters between the first and seventh innings ... Threw a career-high 9.1 innings, striking out seven, May 29 in the WCWS, holding Ole Miss scoreless in extra innings in the Ducks' 6-5 win.
BEFORE OREGON
In two seasons at Virginia Tech, posted a 22-11 record and a 3.69 earned run average … Struck out 230 with 91 walks in 218.1 innings … Made 26 appearances in the circle as a sophomore in 2024 and recorded a 2.89 ERA and 134 strikeouts ... The 134 strikeouts ranked sixth in the Atlantic Coast Conference … Opposing batters hit just .227 against her … Threw a complete game with a career-high 12 strikeouts in a Feb. 9 win at No. 20 Auburn ... Struck out 10 batters in a win against BYU (Feb. 16) ... Came in for the save against No. 3 Georgia (Feb. 23) and struck out the three batters she faced in the seventh inning … Recorded 10 strikeouts in a win against Radford (Feb. 25) ... Also notched 10 strikeouts against Pitt (March 16) ... Recorded her fifth 10-plus strikeout game of the season in a win against Longwood (March 19) ... Helped the Hokies defeat No. 13 Alabama (March 23) with six strikeouts ... Allowed only one hit in the rubber match against NC State (April 7) to win that series for the Hokies ... Pitched another 10-strikeout game in a game three win against Boston College (April 12) ... Picked up the win in relief by recording five strikeouts against Marshall (April 24) … As a freshman in 2023, started 20 games with 26 appearances overall … Finished with a 10-6 record and nine complete games … Recorded 96 strikeouts in 111.2 innings pitched ... Threw a complete game victory in her collegiate debut, giving up only four hits and one run to UNC-Wilmington (Feb. 9) … Followed that up with a complete game win over East Carolina (Feb. 10) … Threw a one-hit shutout against Abilene Christian with seven strikeouts (Feb. 24) … Recorded a season-high 11 strikeouts in the win over Mount St. Mary’s (March 7) … Threw a complete game against No. 6 Clemson to earn her first career win over ranked opponent … Earned the win against Boston U in the NCAA Athens Regional, allowing no runs in five innings while striking out four (May 20).
CAREER HIGHS
Innings Pitched: 9.1, vs. Ole Miss (May 30, 2025) - WCWS
Strikeouts: 12, at Auburn (Feb. 9, 2024)* & vs. Belmont (Feb. 16, 2025)
* while at Virginia Tech
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year starter in the circle at Lincoln-Way Central High School ... As a senior, recorded an ERA of 1.25 with 197 strikeouts ... Also performed well at the plate with a .427 batting average, 12 home runs, 28 RBI, 41 hits and an .843 slugging percentage ... Helped lead her team to a second-place finish in 2021 at the State Championship with 292 strikeouts ... Added a batting average of .420 with 11 home runs ... As a junior, earned second team all-state as well as Suburban Conference Red player of the year honors ... Also named team MVP, all-area and the Herald News player of the year after her standout season.
PERSONAL
Born in Enid, Okla. ... Daughter of Stephanie and Dave Grein ... Sister Sydney Grein played softball for four years at Ohio University and graduated in 2024 ... Majoring in psychology.
- USA Softball Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist (5th in program history & 1st since 2015 - Cheridan Hawkins)
-USA Softball Player of the Year Top 25 Finalist
- NFCA All-America Third Team
- D1 Softball All-America First Team
- Softball America Most Improved Player of the Year
- Softball America All-America First Team
- NFCA All-Mountain Region First Team
- All-Big Ten First Team
- CSC Academic All-District Team
One of the best pitchers in the nation compiled a 30-3 record with a 2.21 ERA, 236 strikeouts and 72 walks in 190.1 innings pitched ... Second in the NCAA with 30 wins, which is tied for fourth on the UO single-season list, and was the most by a Duck in 10 years ... Ranked 15th nationally in fewest hits allowed per seven innings pitched (4.71) ... ERA was fourth in the Big Ten ... Ranked second in the Big Ten and 11th nationally with 236 strikeouts, which ranks ninth on the UO single-season list ... Averaged 8.7 strikeouts per 7.0 IP, which is second the Big Ten and 15th nationally ... Appeared in an NCAA-best 53 games, which is second all-time on the UO single-season list ... Won her first 14 decisions of 2025 and then after her first loss, won another 12 in a row ... Won two NFCA national pitcher of the week honors (Feb. 25, April 22) and was Softball America's star of the week twice (March 11, April 22) ... Two-time Big Ten Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 24, April 22) ... In her first weekend as a Duck in the UNLV Desert Classic (Feb. 7-9), gave up just two earned runs in 14.0 IP (1.00 ERA) ... Called out the pen in the fifth inning Feb. 8 at UNLV after the Rebels had cut Oregon’s lead to three and threw 1-hit ball for the save ... Went 2-0 with a save at the Littlewood Classic (Feb. 13-16) ... Came on in relief against Utah Valley (Feb. 15) and struck out five in 3.0 innings to get the win ... Closed out the Grand Canyon game (Feb. 15) with a strikeout and a force out for her second save of the season ... Matched her career high with 12 strikeouts against Belmont (Feb. 16) where she took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before allowing a hit ... Named the NFCA National and Big Ten pitcher of the week after throwing 18.0 shutout innings and going 4-0 at the Mary Nutter Classic (Feb. 20-22) ... Struck out 24 while only allowing five hits ... Opposing batters hit just .088 against her ... Pitched the final 3.1 innings against No. 5 Tennessee (Feb. 20), striking out five and allowing no hits in the Ducks’ 1-0, eight-inning win ... Also tossed 3.1 shutout innings against California (Feb. 20) for the win and allowed just one hit ... Struck out six, walked none and allowed just one hit in the Ducks’ 2-0 win over Utah (Feb. 21) ... In 4.2 innings in relief against No. 22 Missouri (Feb. 22), gave up one hit while striking out eight ... Went 2-0 with a 0.72 ERA at the Oregon Classic (Feb. 28-March 2) and struck out 16 ... Threw a complete game shutout of San Diego (March 1), holding the Toreros to three hits and striking out 11 ... Went 2-0 with a 1.00 ERA at the Jane Sanders Classic (March 7-10) ... Threw a one-hit shutout against No. 8 Florida State (March 7) ... Struck out five, walked one and only allowed three batters to reach base and was named star of the week by Softball America ... Threw 5.0 shutout innings versus Abilene Christian (March 9) and struck out five for her 13th win of the season ... Threw a two-hit, six-inning shutout (9-0) at Washington (March 14) where she struck out 11 ... Retired all seven Huskies she faced to pick up the save in a 5-2 win a day later (March 15) ... Went the distance (5.0 innings) and gave up one run on two hits to get the win against Illinois (March 21), her 15th of the season ... Went the final two innings in the Ducks’ 4-3 walk-off win against Illinois on March 23 for her 16th win of 2025 ... Threw 4.2 innings in the Rutgers series (March 28-29) and allowed no runs or hits to pick up a pair of wins ... Allowed one unearned run on one hit in 5.0 innings against Michigan (April 5) for her 19th win of the season ... Went 3-0 in the Minnesota series (April 11-13), striking out 10 ... Gave up one hit in 4.0 innings of a combined shutout at Minnesota (April 11) ... Blanked Oregon State (April 16) over the final 2.0 innings and got the win as Oregon completed at 5-3 comeback ... » Became the first Duck to win National Pitcher of the Week honors from the NFCA, Softball America and D1 Softball in the same week (April 22) when she went 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA against No. 6 UCLA and Oregon State ... Next-level performance in the UCLA series (April 18-20), where she went 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA and struck out 13 ... In game one of the UCLA series (April 18), started and threw 5.1 innings of shutout ball, striking out eight for her 24th win of the year ... Threw a complete game, three-hit shut out of UCLA (April 20) in game three for win No. 25 ... Threw a 3-hit shutout against Weber State (May 16) in the opening game of the Eugene Regional .. Struck out nine ... Tossed a complete game gem versus Liberty (May 24) to win the Super Regional and send the Ducks to the WCWS ... Struck out 10 and allowed one run on three hits ... Retired 19 consecutive batters between the first and seventh innings ... Threw a career-high 9.1 innings, striking out seven, May 29 in the WCWS, holding Ole Miss scoreless in extra innings in the Ducks' 6-5 win.
BEFORE OREGON
In two seasons at Virginia Tech, posted a 22-11 record and a 3.69 earned run average … Struck out 230 with 91 walks in 218.1 innings … Made 26 appearances in the circle as a sophomore in 2024 and recorded a 2.89 ERA and 134 strikeouts ... The 134 strikeouts ranked sixth in the Atlantic Coast Conference … Opposing batters hit just .227 against her … Threw a complete game with a career-high 12 strikeouts in a Feb. 9 win at No. 20 Auburn ... Struck out 10 batters in a win against BYU (Feb. 16) ... Came in for the save against No. 3 Georgia (Feb. 23) and struck out the three batters she faced in the seventh inning … Recorded 10 strikeouts in a win against Radford (Feb. 25) ... Also notched 10 strikeouts against Pitt (March 16) ... Recorded her fifth 10-plus strikeout game of the season in a win against Longwood (March 19) ... Helped the Hokies defeat No. 13 Alabama (March 23) with six strikeouts ... Allowed only one hit in the rubber match against NC State (April 7) to win that series for the Hokies ... Pitched another 10-strikeout game in a game three win against Boston College (April 12) ... Picked up the win in relief by recording five strikeouts against Marshall (April 24) … As a freshman in 2023, started 20 games with 26 appearances overall … Finished with a 10-6 record and nine complete games … Recorded 96 strikeouts in 111.2 innings pitched ... Threw a complete game victory in her collegiate debut, giving up only four hits and one run to UNC-Wilmington (Feb. 9) … Followed that up with a complete game win over East Carolina (Feb. 10) … Threw a one-hit shutout against Abilene Christian with seven strikeouts (Feb. 24) … Recorded a season-high 11 strikeouts in the win over Mount St. Mary’s (March 7) … Threw a complete game against No. 6 Clemson to earn her first career win over ranked opponent … Earned the win against Boston U in the NCAA Athens Regional, allowing no runs in five innings while striking out four (May 20).
CAREER HIGHS
Innings Pitched: 9.1, vs. Ole Miss (May 30, 2025) - WCWS
Strikeouts: 12, at Auburn (Feb. 9, 2024)* & vs. Belmont (Feb. 16, 2025)
* while at Virginia Tech
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year starter in the circle at Lincoln-Way Central High School ... As a senior, recorded an ERA of 1.25 with 197 strikeouts ... Also performed well at the plate with a .427 batting average, 12 home runs, 28 RBI, 41 hits and an .843 slugging percentage ... Helped lead her team to a second-place finish in 2021 at the State Championship with 292 strikeouts ... Added a batting average of .420 with 11 home runs ... As a junior, earned second team all-state as well as Suburban Conference Red player of the year honors ... Also named team MVP, all-area and the Herald News player of the year after her standout season.
PERSONAL
Born in Enid, Okla. ... Daughter of Stephanie and Dave Grein ... Sister Sydney Grein played softball for four years at Ohio University and graduated in 2024 ... Majoring in psychology.
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