Hall of Fame
NAIA All-American Secon Team: 1998
all-GSAC: 1997, 1998, 1999
NAIA all-region team: 1997, 1998, 1999
NAIA All-Tournament Team: 1995
GSAC Pitcher of the Year: 1998, 1999
GSAC Pitcher of the Week:Â Three times in 1998 and one time in 1997
SCC Co-Female Athelte of the Year: 1999
Gretchen (Brandt) Clements played softball at SCC from 1995 – 1999. During that time she led her team to an overall record of 163-81-1 and her overall pitching record during that stretch was 47-24. She had 517 strikeouts, 17 shutouts, and a 1.76 earned run average in 482 innings pitched.  Some of her career highlights included a no hitter against the University of San Diego on April 9, 1997, a 20 strikeout performance against Biola during the 1999 season, and a 15 strikeout, 1-0 win over Hawaii Pacific University in the 1997 Far West Region Tournament. She also took her God-given softball talent to South America on a summer missionary trip with Athletes in Action while she was a student athlete at SCC.
Gretchen married Daniel Clements in June of 1999 and the couple has two sons, Elijah and Micah, and a third child in early 2005. Following graduation, Gretchen taught Adaptive Physical Education using her first bachelor’s degree. Having a double-majored in Business, she also worked with several at-home businesses, one of which is private softball lessons. Gretchen is active in her church and community of Menifee .
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CAREER HITTING STATS (1998 stats missing)
| YEAR |
AVG |
GP-GS |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
TB |
SLG% |
BB |
HBP |
SO |
OB% |
SB-ATT |
FLD% |
| 1995.. |
.289 |
56-54 |
152 |
16 |
44 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
21 |
52 |
.342 |
6 |
2 |
15 |
.317 |
16-18 |
.871 |
| 1997.. |
.296 |
48-48 |
135 |
15 |
40 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
17 |
51 |
.378 |
8 |
0 |
12 |
.336 |
0-0 |
.879 |
| 1999.. |
.265 |
22-16 |
49 |
6 |
13 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
17 |
.347 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
.260 |
0-0 |
.895 |
| TOTAL.. |
.289 |
126-118 |
336 |
37 |
97 |
14 |
3 |
1 |
47 |
120 |
.357 |
14 |
2 |
31 |
.317 |
16-18 |
.880 |
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CAREER PITCHING STATS
| YEAR |
ERA |
W-L |
APP |
GS |
CG |
SHO |
SV |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
BF |
BAVG. |
WP |
HBP |
| 1995.. |
2.60 |
2-0 |
13 |
5 |
1 |
0/4 |
0 |
34.2 |
26 |
11 |
10 |
23 |
22 |
154 |
.205 |
3 |
1 |
| 1997.. |
2.66 |
8-7 |
20 |
16 |
10 |
2/0 |
0 |
105.0 |
96 |
64 |
31 |
37 |
98 |
470 |
.233 |
4 |
6 |
| 1999.. |
2.14 |
13-8 |
21 |
21 |
15 |
4/1 |
0 |
130.2 |
95 |
45 |
31 |
61 |
167 |
558 |
.201 |
7 |
5 |
| TOTAL.. |
2.40 |
23-15 |
54 |
42 |
26 |
6/5 |
0 |
270.1 |
217 |
120 |
72 |
121 |
287 |
1182 |
.215 |
14 |
12 |
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