Paris Imholz

Photo by: Athletics Communications

Position:
Right-Handed Pitcher
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Antioch HS/Bowling Green State
Hometown:
Antioch, Calif.

Awards and Honors
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2015)

2015 (Senior)
Pitched in 11 games for Iowa State, making two starts … ranked second on the Cyclones with a 4.57 ERA in 23 innings for Iowa State … started senior day game against Kansas … earned save in win over Texas Tech, pitching two innings without allowing a run … was crucial to ISU’s win at No. 16 Baylor, getting two crucial strikeouts to get out of sixth-inning jam … didn’t allow any earned runs in seven of 11 appearances.

2014 (Junior)
Endured a season slowed by an off-season surgery that delayed ISU debut, pitching in 31 games while making 16 starts … threw 95.1 innings for ISU, finishing with a 9.69 ERA and a 4-11 record … did not pitch first weekend of the season, continuing to recover from off-season wrist surgery … made Iowa State debut with start against Weber State, pitching two innings … earned second start same weekend against New Mexico State, but after that mostly worked relief for the Cyclones … pitched one of Iowa State’s best games of the season in second game of Texas doubleheader … after only getting four outs and allowing nine runs in first game against UT, came back to throw first ISU complete game, the only blemish being a seventh-inning 2-run home run by the Longhorns that was the difference in the game … earned first career wins in the North Dakota doubleheader, starting the first game and coming in relief in the second game … earned win for Cyclones at Texas Tech, pitching six innings … finished season by starting final two games of Kansas series.

2013 (Sophomore, Bowling Green)
Named to the All-Mid-American Conference Second Team…appeared in 42 games, making 24 starts…led the Falcons with 16 wins, compiling a record of 16-8 on the season…pitched eight complete games, including five shutout victories…allowed just 47 earned runs over 172.1 IP…had an ERA of 1.91…struck out a career-best 97 batters, while holding opponents to a .244 average at the plate…picked up four saves on the season…earned a save against Ohio in the MAC Tournament, striking out six batters in the final 3.0 innings.

2012 (Freshman, Bowling Green)
Named to the Mid-American Conference All-Freshmen Team…appeared in 47 games for the Orange and Brown, starting in 28 contests…her 47 appearances tied for third most in single-season history…finished the year with a record of 17-9, marking the first time in the history of the program that two pitchers recorded more than 15 wins in the same season…collected seven saves, accounting for the second highest single-season total in program history…led the team with a 1.81 ERA…recorded 81 strikeouts in 186.0 innings pitched, while holding hitters to a .236 batting average…pitched 10 complete games, four of which were shutouts.

High School
Pitched four years of varsity softball at Antioch High School…twice listed in the Contra Costa Times Top 125 Athletes of the Year…named the Contra Costa Times Athlete of the Week during three separate seasons…named the team’s defensive player of the year 2008, 2009, and 2010…collected 217 strikeouts as a senior…in 2011 hit .364 at the plate…named to the 2011 Bay Valley Athletic League First Team

Personal
Daughter of Alex and Debbie Imholz… has two older siblings, Chantz and Nicole… journalism major with a minor in sociology and child, adult and family services.