Angel Bunner
Current position
TitlePitcher
ConferenceNPF
Biographical details
Born (1989-11-02) November 2, 1989 (age 34)
Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania
Playing career
2008–2012Auburn
2012Carolina Diamonds
2013New York Comets
2014–2015Pennsylvania Rebellion
2016Chicago Bandits
2017USSSA Pride
2018–2019Beijing Eagles
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2014Northwestern State (volunteer asst.)
2015Gardner-Webb (asst.)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2013Auburn (dir. of ops.)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards

Angelique "Angel" Bunner (born November 2, 1989)[1] is an American, former professional softball pitcher. Bunner pitched collegiately for Auburn from 2008 to 2012. In the 2012 NPF Draft, she was drafted seventeenth overall by the Carolina Diamonds. During her professional career in the National Pro Fastpitch, she played for the USSSA Pride, Chicago Bandits, Pennsylvania Rebellion, Carolina Diamonds, NY/NJ Comets and most recently the Beijing Eagles. She currently ranks in career innings pitched and won a Cowles Cup championship with the Bandits in 2016.[2]

Early life

Bunner was born in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania to George and Debbie Bunner. Bunner has two older siblings. She attended at Conwell-Egan Catholic High School the same school American football running back Steve Slaton attended. At Conwell-Egan Catholic High School, Bunner lettered four times in softball and three in field hockey.[3] Bunner currently has Conwell-Egan records for wins (70), strikeouts (818) and shutouts (38).

Career

College career

Bunner played college softball at Auburn from 2008 to 2012. She set the third-best single-season ERA at 1.53 in 2011, set ninth-best single-season batting average against at .205 in 2011, tied for seventh-most wins in single-season with 16 in 2011, and set single-season record for fewest walks with 22 in 2012.

Bunner recorded eight wins in her freshman season; red shirted her sophomore year due to injury; 7 in her second full season; 16 in her third full year; and 13 in her last season for a career total of 44 wins. In that stretch, Bunner struck out a total of 326 batters.

After Bunner finished college she ranked top ten in several categories, and currently ranks as fourth in WHIP, seventh in ERA, and ninth in wins, shutouts and innings.[4]

Professional career

Bunner was drafted seventeenth overall by the Carolina Diamonds in the 2012 NPF Draft. She was the first Auburn softball player to be taken in the NPF draft.[5]

In February 2013, it was announced that the team had folded and the roster would now be picked up by the NPF expansion team, the New York/New Jersey Comets.[6]

Bunner joined the Chicago Bandits midway through the 2016 season. She was the winning pitcher, pitching in the first six innings of game 3 of the championship series against the USSSA Pride.[7]

Personal life

In 2016, Bunner became a teacher at Belleview High School in Belleview, Florida.[8]

Career statistics

Auburn Tigers
YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2008 8 1 27 4 2 1 2 84.0 72 39 30 17 67 2.50 1.06
2010 7 9 29 15 2 0 1 92.2 104 58 44 22 48 3.32 1.36
2011 16 7 33 20 10 4 2 156.0 116 44 34 43 124 1.53 1.02
2012 13 5 29 16 11 5 1 126.1 99 47 39 22 87 2.16 0.96
TOTALS 44 21 118 55 25 10 6 459.0 391 188 147 104 326 2.24 1.08
National Pro Fastpitch[1]
YEAR W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
2012 5 7 17 15 8 0 1 89 102 66 51 35 41 4.01
2013 3 11 21 15 8 0 0 102 153 107 92 77 56 6.31
2014 2 6 19 8 2 0 0 68.0 82 45 34 33 32 3.50
Totals 10 24 57 38 18 0 1 259 307 218 177 145 129 4.78
National Pro Fastpitch Playoffs[1]
Year W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
2012 playoffs 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 5 5 4 1 2 9.33
2013 playoffs 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
2014 playoffs W L GP GS -- -- 0 IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Totals 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4.1 6 5 4 2 2 6.83
Conwell-Egan High School[3]
Year W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
TOTALS 70 L GP GS CG 38 SV IP H R ER BB 818 ERA

References

  1. ^ a b c "Angel Bunner". Pro Fastpitch. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
  2. ^ "Angel Bunner". Auburntigers.com. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  3. ^ a b "Player Bio: Angel Bunner". Auburn University. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
  4. ^ "2020 Auburn Softball Media Guide" (PDF). Auburntigers.com. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  5. ^ "Former Tiger Angel Bunner Signs With NY/NJ Comets". 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
  6. ^ "New NPF Team Returns Professional Softball To Northeast". National Pro Fastpitch. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2013.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ Hays, Graham (August 24, 2016). "Led by an unlikely star in the circle, Chicago Bandits win second straight NPF championship". espnw.com. ESPN. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  8. ^ Moulton, Sarah (March 6, 2017). "NPF Update: Where are they now? Angel Bunner, USSSA Pride". Fastpitch News. Retrieved June 17, 2018.

External links

Chicago Bandits 2016 National Pro Fastpitch Champions
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