2022 Softball Roster

Lou Allan
- Class:
- Senior
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Height:
- 5-5
- Hometown:
- Hesperia, Calif.
- Position:
- INF
- Prev School:
- Oak Hills HS (Michigan)
Previous School
• Graduated from Michigan in 2021 after a four-year career with the Wolverines
• Enrolled at Liberty as a graduate transfer
• 2021 NFCA All-Great Lakes Region first team
• 2021 All-Big Ten first team
• Posted a .303 career batting average in 125 career games played (93 starts) at Michigan, totalling 92 hits, 19 doubles, 17 homers, 80 RBI, 34 runs scored, a .383 on base percentage and .533 slugging percentage
• during her time at Michigan, the Wolverines went 142-42 overall, including 76-10 in the Big Ten
• Had a career year as a senior in 2021, batting .383 with nine doubles, 11 homers, 45 RBI, a .440 on base percentage and .681 slugging percentage as Michigan’s starter at first base
• Broke a scoreless tie with a sixth-inning solo homer in U-M's 2-1 win at #6 Washington in NCAA Regional play (May 22); also posted two RBI singles vs. Washington in the regional finale (May 23)
• Belted a three-run walk-off homer in the seventh as part of a 3-for-4, four-RBI game vs. Northwestern (April 24)
• Posted two-homer game against Maryland (April 18)
Prep
• Graduated from Oak Hills High School (2017)
• Twice named the Mojave River League Player of the Year (2016, '17); also selected as the 2015 Mojave River League Offensive Player of the Year
• Named the 2016 High Desert Player of the Year and 2017 Citrus Belt Athlete of the Year
• Selected First Team All CIF Southern Section (2016)
• Posted a .644 batting average with a .693 on-base percentage and 1.260 slugging percentage as a senior (2017); also registered .600/.660/1.270 slash line as a junior (2016)
• Tallied 44 career home runs and 103 career RBI
• School record holder in career home runs, RBI, batting average, slugging percentage and putouts
• Selected to the 2017 USA Softball Junior National Team, helping Team USA to a gold medal at the Jr. Women's Softball World Championship
• Played travel ball with the Firecrackers-Rico club; contributed to four straight top-five finishes at PGF Nationals, including an 18U national championship in 2016
• Rated the No. 8 overall prospect in FloSoftball's 2017 Hot 100 Rankings
• Honor Roll
Personal
• Daughter of Jason and Tracy Allan
• Grandmother, Sheila Cornell-Douty, was teammates with current Liberty head coach Dot Richardson on UCLA’s 1982 national championship-winning team and on Team USA’s Olympic gold medal teams in 1996 and 2000
• Cousin, Jim Abbott, pitched at Michigan before pitching in the Major Leagues from 1989-99 with the California Angels, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Brewers
• Graduated from Michigan with a bachelor’s degree in political science
• Pursuing a criminal justice: forensic psychology major at Liberty
• Birthday is July 4