Jessica Burroughs (born November 2, 1993) is an American former collegiate

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professional

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. She played

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, being named a four-time all-conference and back-to-back Pitcher of the Year in her last two seasons. She would help the Seminoles to a semifinal finish at the

2016 Women's College World Series The 2016 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 20 through June 8, 2016 as the final part of the 2016 NCAA Division I softball season. The 64 Division I (NCAA), NCAA Division I college softball teams were to be selected out of an ...

. Burroughs was selected first overall by the

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in the 2017 NPF Draft. She went on to play for and win consecutive titles with the Pride in 2018 and 2019. She later played in the inaugural season of the

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league in 2020.

Early life

Burroughs was born to parents Alesia Taylor and Joe Burroughs on November 2, 1993, in

Warner Robins, Georgia Warner Robins (WRB; typically ) is a city in Houston County, Georgia, Houston and Peach County, Georgia, Peach Counties in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the state's Georgia (U.S. state)#Major cities, 11th-largest incorpo ...

. Burroughs attended Houston County High School where she lettered in softball four times. She graduated in 2012.

College career

Burroughs signed to play college softball at

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, although she redshirted in 2013. In 2014 and 2015, Burroughs was an effective backup to

Lacey Waldrop Lacey Waldrop (born March 6, 1993) is an American, former collegiate All-American professional softball pitcher and current assistant coach at Houston. Waldrop was a starting pitcher for Florida State, where she is the school career leader in ...

, earning All-ACC second team honors in both seasons. Burroughs was named the ACC Pitcher of the Year in 2016, as well as a Third Team All-American. She was named ACC Pitcher of the Year again in 2017 and a First Team All-American.

Professional career

Burroughs was drafted as the first overall pick in the 2017 NPF Draft by the USSSA Florida Pride, becoming the first player ever out of the ACC to be drafted at number one.

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* 1993 births Florida State Seminoles softball players Living people Sportspeople from Warner Robins, Georgia Softball players from Georgia (U.S. state) USSSA Pride players {{US-softball-bio-stub