Western Kentucky rising redshirt senior Kelsey Aikey ranked 23rd on D1Softball’s Top-100 Pitchers List, which has been incrementally released on a weekly basis since April 15.
Based on analytics, D1Softball broke pitching into three categories: zone control, pitch ability and durability. Zone Control is how well the pitcher controls the strike zone with strikeouts, walks, wild pitches and hit by pitch. Pitch ability refers to the pitcher’s ability and uses statistics like WHIP, FIP and opponent slugging. Durability is largely based on innings pitched and batters faced, according to the organization.
The Cedar Falls, Iowa, native posted an overall mark of 89.