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Lewis & Clark College

2025 Softball Roster

Seth Orensky
Ella Ruark
Ella Ruark

22 Tallulah Sickels

  • Height 5-5
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Walla Walla, Wash.
  • High School Walla Walla
  • Position P
  • Major Rhetoric & Media Studies

Biography

2024 SEASON HIGHS (Single Game Highs)

Appearances / Starts: 9/2
Record: 1-0
Innings: 11.1 (3.0 vs. Bushnell February 10 GM2)   
Earned Run Average: 8.65
Strikeouts: 15 (4 vs. Bushnell February 10 GM2) 
Batting Average Against: .377

NOTABLES
  • Served as one of the Pioneers top relievers in her second season 
  • Finished third on the team in appearances, starts, innings pitched and strikeouts  
  • Registered five appearances where she did not allow an earned run 
  • Threw 2.2 scoreless innings of one-hit relief and struck out two to earn the win in the Pioneers 5-3 victory over Willamette on March 10 
  • Earned her first collegiate save on March 23 after throwing the final two innings of a 12-6 victory 
  • Struck out one and did not allow a base runner in two scoreless innings of relief against Puget Sound as part of an 8-0 shutout win on April 27 
2023 SEASON HIGHS (Single Game Highs)

Appearances / Starts: 14/11 
Record: 4-5
Innings: 41.0 (7.0 two times)  
Earned Run Average: 4.95
Strikeouts: 16 (6 Bushnell Feb. 11 GM2)  
Batting Average Against: .268

NOTABLES
  • Carved out a role as one of the Pioneers starting pitchers and also hit for herself in some games and played DP in several games 
  • Led the Pioneers in opponent’s batting average and shutouts (3) and tied for the team lead with three complete games 
  • Posted the third-most shutouts in a single-season in program history with three
  • Offensively, finished the season 8-30 (.267) with four runs, five RBI, two doubles and two walks 
  • Threw a complete-game (5.0 innings) shutout, with four hits allowed and a career-high six strikeouts, on Opening Day in a game two win over Bushnell 
  • Scattered two hits and one hit by pitch in a complete-game shutout over Whittier on February 17 in her second-career start
  • Extended her scoreless streak to 16 innings (eventually reached 18) to begin her career after giving up four hits and four walks in four scoreless innings in her third career start (Cal Lutheran February 18) 
  • Put together her best conference outing of the season on March 27, when she limited host Pacific Lutheran University to four hits and five walks in a 1-0 shutout victory 
At Lewis & Clark: Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

Prior to Lewis & Clark: Attended Walla Walla High School ... Played club for USA Explosion ... Named the Conference Player of the Year junior and senior year, including by a unanimous decision as a senior ... Earned First Team All-Conference honors as a pitcher her final two seasons ... Voted the team MVP by her teammates as a junior and senior ... Led her team to two Conference Championships ... Won the District Championship and finished in second place in the Washington 3A State Tournament as a senior ... Finished first in her conference in home runs as a senior ... Served as the Executive Treasurer for ASB as a senior and the class treasurer as a junior ... Member of the National Honor Society and the ASB ... Earned Summa Cum Laude honors all four years. 

Why Lewis & Clark?: For a balanced athletic and academic experience

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2023First Year

    P
    5'5"
    22
  • 22

    2024Sophomore

    P
    5'5"
    22
  • 22

    2025Junior

    P
    5'5"
    22