Shelly Lizyness
Shelly Lizyness
Year: HOF Class of '99
Previous College: Siena Heights '93 (Undergraduate) & '96 (Graduate)
Team: Softball

The following was printed on Shelly Liznyess' HOF plaque:

A three-time NAIA All-District pitcher, Shelly Lizyness had a 17-6 record with a 0.94 earned run average as a sophomore in 1990.  She earned District #23 Player-of-the-Year honors that season and was named the District’s top player once again in 1991 as a junior.

Lizyness had a 25-15 record in ’91 and pitched the Saints to a district championship, a regional title and their first appearance in the NAIA Softball World Series. 

In her senior season, Lizyness set a single-season record for wins (30) in the Saints’ 34-9 season in ‘82.

She owns virtually every Siena Heights softball career pitching record including wins (77), strikeouts (358), earned run average (1.43), complete games (105), batters faced (2113) and innings pitched (742).