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21 Megan Kugelmann

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Merritt Island, Fla.
  • High School Cocoa Beach HS

Biography

Career
First player in school history to throw two no-hitters in the same season (2016)
Conference USA All-Freshman Team (2016)
2016 Conference USA Pitcher of the Week: 2/29, 3/7 & 3/14
2019 Conference USA Pitcher of the Week: 3/11

2019 (Senior) - Appeared in 28 games while starting in 18 games for the Panthers...Posted a 9-6 record in the circle with a 4.28 ERA in 113.2 innings of work...Earned five complete games and one shutout...Struck out 73 batters (ranks second on the team), while walking 25....Had a season high nine strikeouts against Georgia Southern (3/1/19)...Senior picked up C-USA honor after tossing 18.1 innings at the FAU/FIU Invitational and registering a pair of wins against North Dakota State and East Carolina...The senior inked a 0.38 ERA and allowed just two runs, one earned, on 12 hits, two walks and 13 strikeouts. 

2018 (Junior) - Appeared in 18 games and started seven games in the circle... Pitched to a 5-7 record with a 3.69 ERA over 87 1/3 innings... Earned seven complete games with one shutout... Struck out 38 batters, while walking 29... limited opposing batters to a .298 average... Hit five batters and gave up 10 homeruns. 

2017 (Sophomore) - Appeared in 24 games, making 15 starts, including one in the NCAA Regionals... Tossed six complete games, two shutouts and part of a combined shutout, also recording two saves to go with her 15 wins, which were tied for sixth-most in Conference USA... Her first Postseason appearance turned out to be a shutout, a 3-0 win over Florida A&M, striking our two with no walks and eight hits allowed in the seven-inning outing... FIU was the first pitching staff in the country to produce three 10-game winners... Tossed 109 innings, striking out 53 batters... Part of the Conference-USA leading staff ERA (1.77)... Her 1.93 ERA was third-best in C-USA... More than doubled her win total from the freshman campaign, winning 15 games, with an improved 1.93 ERA... Won 11 games as a starter (11-2, with two no-decisions) and won four games in relief... ERA drops to 1.70 in relief, with a 4-2 record and two saves in nine relief appearances... Struck out a season-high seven batters in win at Middle Tennessee, 3/25, after tossing five innings, allowing just three hits... First outing of the season was a complete-game shutout of Georgetown, a 4-0 three-hitter, 2/10... Team was 20-4 in games in which she appeared... Produced a 5-3 conference mark in five starts and nine appearances... Tied with Shannon Saile for assists by a pitcher, with 24.

2016 (Freshman) - Appeared in 24 games, making 11 starts... Tossed no hitters on 2/27 at home against Central Connecticut State and in Gainesville, Florida against Florida A&M on 3/5 to become first player in team history with two no-hitters in a single season... Led team with a 2.08 earned run average and three shutouts... Tied for third in C-USA in ERA and opposing batting average (.219) at the end of the regular season... Appeared in five games in which she did not allow a hit, including three relief appearances, a total of 16 innings... Tied for team lead with two saves and tied for second with seven wins... Seven complete games were also second on the squad... Allowed less than a hit (71) per inning pitched (87.1) for the season... Threw only one wild pitch and only hit five batters... Did not allow an earned run in half (12 of 24) of her season appearances... Set season high strikeout total of seven in home win over Charlotte, 3/12, during opening conference weekend of play.

Prep: A six-year letter winner with the Minutemen, posted a 45-21, including a 20-win season during her junior campaign (20-5)... Began playing varsity ball for Cocoa Beach in seventh grade... Finished her high school career with 582 strikeouts in 290 innings of work, while fanning 253 in 2014... Following a stellar junior season spearheading the Minutemen’s rotation, the captain pulled in MVP honors, along with being named to the All-Cape Coast Conference Team and All-Space Coast team... Twice she went on to earn All-State honors (2012, 2013)... Also a threat at the plate, the 5-foot-8 righty batted at a .519 clip with four home runs and 32 RBI in 2014... Also plays travel ball with the Tampa Mustangs, where she helped the team to the 2014 ASA 18A National Championship.

Personal: Daughter of Warren and Maria Kugelmann... Has two siblings, Marisa (19) and Chelsea (22)... Majoring in business and hopes to own her own business someday.

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Historical Player Information

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    2016Freshman

    Pitcher
    5'8"
    21
  • 21

    2017Sophomore

    Pitcher
    5'8"
    21
  • 21

    2018Junior

    Pitcher
    5'8"
    21
  • 21

    2019Senior

    Pitcher
    5'8"
    21