2021: Made 24 appearances for Mason, 11 starts, finishing the season with an overall record of 7-7. Ansbro led the Patriots in ERA (2.16), strikeouts (103), complete games (6) and saves (4) in 2021... Finished her career first in program history in saves (9), second in the program's history in strikeouts (402) and appearances (120) and eighth in wins (31) and innings pitched (481.2)... Threw a complete game against La Salle on May 8, where Ansbro allowed just one earned run on two hits in her seventh victory of the season... Tossed 6.0 innings, allowing just one earned run and seven strikeouts at Dayton on April 17... Recorded a career-high 14.1 innings pitched, including a career best 21 strikeouts, in a 15-inning contest against Saint Louis on April 9... Tallied nine strikeouts in 5.2 innings of work in a win at St. Bonaventure on April 3... Earned a complete-game shutout, allowing just one hit and three walks against St. Bonaventure on April 2. The right-hander recorded 13 strikeouts in 7.0 innings of work... Notched her fourth win of the season against Towson on March 27, hurling three strikeouts and allowing just five hits and one earned run in a complete game performance... Recorded a complete-game shutout victory over St. Bonaventure on March 14, where she earned 10 strikeouts and allowed just three hits in seven innings of work.
2020: Made nine appearances for the Patriots, earning a record of 3-3 before the season was shut down for the remainder of the spring because of the rapidly changing environment regarding the spread of the coronavirus... Ansbro rung up 23 batters in 30.0 innings pitched, moving herself up to fourth all-time in strikeouts (306) and appearances (96)... Dealt four strikeouts in 5.0 innings of work in her season debut at Stetson on Feb. 7... Struck out four in 4.2 innings of work versus Sam Houston State on Feb. 8... Earned a win in 4.1 innings of work versus Lafayette on Feb. 29... Notched two wins in back-to-back appearances, including a complete game against Cornell where Ansbro racked up a season best nine strikeouts in six innings of work on March 7.
2019: Two-time A-10 Pitcher of the Week…First on the team and third in the conference in ERA (2.42) and second on the team and fifth in the A-10 in strikeouts (100)…Tossed her first career no-hitter on March 9 vs. Lafayette…Recorded a career-high 13 strikeouts vs. Cornell (March 15)…Finished the season with a 8-11 record…Provided eight complete games, including a team-high two shutouts…Struck out 11 batters at Rhode Island (April 6)…Dealt a one-hitter, complete-game shutout at Saint Joseph’s (April 13).
2018: Named to the A-10 All-Academic team... Leader in A-10 only strikeouts with 83... Finished the season with 127 strikeouts and a 7.36 K/7 to lead the team and set a new personal best... Made 23 starts and appeared in 31 games... Recorded her first win against Abilene Christian (Feb. 18)...Threw 70 pitches in an eight inning effort against Cornell (March 11)...Tallied a complete game against Bethune-Cookman allowing only one earned run in a win (March 13)...Posted a complete game for the fourth time this season in a winning effort allowing only one earned run against Saint Louis (March 30)...Allowed no hits in two innings of work against Georgetown (April 11)...Tallied a then-season high in strikeouts, fanning nine, while giving up no walks in a complete game effort at La Salle (April 21)... Threw her first complete game shutout of the season vs. Dayton (April 28) with a career-high 11 strikeout outing... Notched her third save of the season in the second game of that doubleheader - a four-out save with three strikeouts... Registered a complete game with seven strikeouts in the A-10 Tournament opener (May 9) while only giving up three earned runs... Picked up seven more strikeouts on just four innings pitched later that day vs. Dayton...
2017: Pitched 29 games for the Patriots as a freshman and started 16 of them for a total of 101.0 innings in the circle. Ansbro finished the season with a 4-11 record and had the second-best ERA among Mason’s pitching staff (3.67). The Woodstock, Va. native pitched four complete games over the course of the campaign, including the 6-5 win over Dayton in the Atlantic 10 Championship, which earned Mason the right to move on to day two of the conference tournament. Ansbro’s first collegiate win came against the Flyers as well (April 1), on a day on which the Patriots won a doubleheader at a stadium where they had never won a game before. Contribution to that series win earned Ansbro the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week honor on April 3, making her the first of two Patriots to earn a weekly honor for 2017. She struck out 49 batters this season, including career-high six strikeouts at Dayton (April 1)…had four games with at least four strikeouts…gave up no hits in 3.1 innings in the season finale against Saint Joseph’s (May 13)…picked up her first and only career save at Bethune-Cookman (March 14).
PREP: It is hard to determine whether Bekah Ansbro was more successful academically or athletically at Central High School. For four years on the Falcons' varsity softball team, Ansbro achieved unprecendented success and was recognized at all levels - team, conference, state, even in the media - and that resulted the pitcher's jersey being retired at the end of her last season at Central in the spring. After winning the Coach's Award as a freshman, Ansbro followed up with three consecutive team MVP honors. In addition, she was featured on the All-Area, All-District, All-Conference, and All-Region teams for the three seasons between 2014 and 2016. As recognition continued piling up, Ansbro kicked it up a notch her junior and senior seasons when she was chosen as Bull Run District Player of the Year twice and earned a spot on the All-State Team twice. From media standpoint, Ansbro was selected as the Northern Virginia Daily Student Athlete of the Week at least once in each of her four seasons and was recognized as the WHSV TV Student-Athlete of the Week as a senior. Ansbro capped off a phenomenal senior season and high school career with the reception of the prestigious Angela Jenkins High School Female Student Athlete Award. The pitcher is currently among the top 10 players in the Virginia High School League history in four categories: consecutive shutouts (7th), most strikeouts (9th), average strikeouts per game (5th) and most strikeouts in a season (9th). She excelled in the classroom as well and graduated with magna cum laude, was a National Honor Society member in her junior and senior year, was named as English Student of the Year in back-to-back years (2015-16) and as Government Student of the Year in 2015.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Mike and Margaret Ansbro. Enjoys watching sports just as much as playing them and that is demonstrated in her choice of major, Sport Management.
