10/14/2012
Arizona mercied Cypress 10-2 before downing Pima 6-1
10/12/2012
Shelby Pendley and Chelsea Goodacre homered in Arizona's 8-0, five-inning victory over New Mexico
05/25/2012
The Sooners blanked the Wildcats 6-0 in the opening game of the NCAA Super Regional
05/22/2012
Thirteenth-seeded Arizona heads to Norman, Okla. to face fourth-seeded Oklahoma in the NCAA Super Regional
05/20/2012
UA tops Notre Dame, 8-3
2012: Arizona's lone selection to the all-Pac-12 first team ... Despite dealing with numerous injuries, was one of just three Wildcats to start every game ... Started all 57 games at shortstop ... Fell two home runs shy of the Arizona freshman record of 21 set by Brigette Del Ponte in 2010 ... Led the team in slugging (.703) and home runs (19) and was second on the squad in batting average (.331), RBI (55) , total bases (121) and runs scored (39) ... Her 19 homers were tied for 13th nationally while her 55 RBI ranked 30th ... Hit seven doubles on the campaign ... Notched 13 multi-hit games, including four three-hit contests ... Led the team with 15 multi-RBI games including five vs. UC Davis (3/16) and a season-best eight vs. North Dakota (2/17) ... Put together a team-best 10-game hitting streak (3/31-4/14) in which she batted .452 with three homers, two doubles and eight RBI ... Spent the majority of the season batting from the five-hole (24 games), but saw time in the leadoff spot (1 game), three-hole (1 game), four-hole (11 games), six-hole (2 games), seven hole (12 games) and eight hole (six games) ... Picked up 97 assists and 107 putouts while making incredible play after incredible play at shortstop ... Five of her six Kajikawa hits went for extra bases, including a team-high tying three home runs. The freshman also played stellar defense, making a handful of nice plays and connecting on all 18 chances defensively ... Drove in 12 runs while batting .438 at the Hillenbrand Invitational. Had a couple of home runs and pair of doubles over the five games. Both home runs and one double came in Arizona's 14-2, five-inning victory over North Dakota (2/17), in which she drove in eight runs ... Had a couple of bombs and four RBI to extend her team lead in both categories vs. College of Charleston. Pendley led the team with a 1.250 slugging percentage for the weekend ... Drove in five of Arizona's eight runs in the Wildcats' 8-0, six inning win over UC Davis. Pendley went 3-for-5 and ended the game with a walk-off home run to left field ... Hit a home run in back-to-back at-bats in Arizona's 8-6 comeback victory over San Diego State (3/28), the latter of which ended the game; it was her first-career walk-off homer. Hit another home run against Stanford (4/1) that landed on top of the roof Gittings Gym, a four story building that stands roughly 45 feet beyond right field ... Batted .556 with a double, a homer and a pair of RBI against Washington. While her offense was impressive in Arizona's series victory, her defense was phenomenal. While showing great range, the freshman was perfect on four assists and seven putouts, including an incredible diving grab of a pop up behind third base ... Batted .545 with a homer and four RBI against UCLA ... Tucson Regional: Went 2-for-9 with a home run and two RBI on the weekend ... Drew two walks and stole her only base of the season ... Norman Super Regional: Battled illness and injury but did not get a hit in four at-bats ... Drew a walk and was hit by a pitch in the series ... Was perfect in seven defensive chances.
High School: A four-time letter winner under coach Paul Kohman at Rio Rancho High School ... Her senior season was named team MVP ... As a senior, also voted all-conference, -city, -district, -region, and -state ... Cited as Athlete of the Year in high school.
Personal: Born Shelby Lynn Pendley in December, 1992 to Jerry and Jeri Pendley ... Has a brother, Matthew (24) and a sister, Nicole (15) ... Father, Jerry, is a general contractor and mother, Jeri, is a nurse ... Is undecided in her field of academic study at Arizona.
Career Stats:
Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%
2012 .331 57 57 172 39 57 7 0 19 55 121 .703 22 2 38 2 .413 0 0 1 1 97 107 11 .949
TOTAL .331 57 57 172 39 57 7 0 19 55 121 .703 22 2 38 2 .413 0 0 1 1 97 107 11 .949
Career Honors:
2012
All-Pac-12 (First Team)
Pac-12 All-Freshman
Co-Female Freshman of the Year, C.A.T.S.
Career Single-Game Highs:
Hits: 3, 4 times
Doubles: 1, 7 times
Home runs: 2, New Mexico, Apr 18, 2012 ; North Dakota, Feb 17, 2012 ; San Diego State, Mar 28, 2012
Total bases: 10, North Dakota, Feb 17, 2012
RBI: 8, North Dakota, Feb 17, 2012
Runs scored: 3, North Dakota, Feb 17, 2012 ; San Diego State, Mar 28, 2012
Walks: 3, vs Iowa, Mar 16, 2012
Hit by pitch: 1, at Washington, Apr 05, 2012 ; Oklahoma, May 26, 2012
Struck out: 3, Oregon State, May 12, 2012
At bats: 4, 15 times
Stolen bases: 1, North Dakota State, May 18, 2012
Field chances: 8, vs Long Beach State, Feb 26, 2012
Putouts: 5, Oregon State, May 12, 2012
Assists: 5, vs Long Beach State, Feb 26, 2012 ; San Diego State, Mar 28, 2012
