Northeastern State University Athletics

Alex Files is serving as a student assistant coach during the 2016 season. She played four years as a member of the RiverHawks softball team from 2012-15. Her full career bio can be found below:

NORTHEASTERN STATE – A three-year letterwinner . . . has appeared in 43 career games with 33 starts in the circle . . . owns a career 8-15 record and a 6.57 ERA in 131.0 IP . . . has 72 career strikeouts with five complete games . . . has thrown 7.0 innings three times in her career . . struck out a career-best eight batters against Bacone College (Feb. 22, 2014) . . . is a three-time member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll (2013-15) . . . suffered an injury early in her true sophomore campaign and was awarded a medical redshirt .
 
Junior (2015) – Made 12 appearances overall with eight starts in the circle . . . finished the season with a 2-4 record and a 10.07 ERA in 32.2 IP . . . tossed one complete game and had 15 strikeouts . . . threw 3.2 innings in a victory over Minnesota State (Feb. 13) . . . threw a season-high 5.0 innings and had a season-best five strikeouts in a victory against Bacone (Feb. 19) . . . named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
 
Redshirt Sophomore (2014) – Saw action in 13 games and made nine starts in the circle . . . tossed 41.1 innings and finished with a 2-2 record . . . posted a 6.10 ERA and threw three complete games . . . also had 29 strikeouts . . . registered a complete-game shutout victory with eight strikeouts over Bacone College (Feb. 22) . . . earned the win over Bethany College (March 1) after conceding just two earned runs . . . struck out seven in a complete-game effort against Northwestern State (Feb. 9) . . . named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
 
Sophomore (2013) – Pitched in seven games with six starts . . . posted a 2-3 record with a 6.75 earned-run average in 18.2 IP . . . also recorded 11 strikeouts . . . struck out a season-best four batters against both Ouachita Baptist (Feb. 9) and Bacone College (Feb. 24), earning wins in both contests . . . longest outing of the season was 5.0 innings against Bacone . . . suffered a season-ending injury against Arkansas Tech (March 13) and was awarded a medical redshirt . . . named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
 
Freshman (2012) – Participated in 11 games and made 10 starts during her true freshman campaign . . . compiled a 2-6 record and a 4.02 ERA in the circle . . . posted one shutout and 17 strikeouts in 38.1 IP . . . struck out a season-high five batters against both Cameron University (Feb. 25) and Drury University (Feb. 26) . . . lone complete game of the season came in a 1-0 loss to Drury . . . picked up her first-career win against Cameron after throwing a scoreless first four innings . . . also earned a victory against Truman State (March 3).
 
High School – Was a three-year all-conference performer at Sapulpa HS . . . was also named academic all-conference all four years as a member of the Chieftains . . . coached by Dave Willhite.
 
Personal – Majoring in elementary education . . . daughter of Arbin and Lana Files . . . born April 1, 1993.