Biography
2018: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Softball Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete … honorable mention All-WIAC … one of 25 finalists for the Schutt Sports/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III National Player of the Year … one of 50 players named to Schutt Sports/NFCA Division III National Player of the Year Watch List … NCAA Whitewater Regional All-Tournament Team … UW-Whitewater Chancellor’s Scholar-Athlete … Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete ... WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll ... first team Fastpitch News Preseason All-America … finished career with 573 at-bats, second-most in program history and fourth-most in WIAC history … finished career with 176 runs, second-most in program history and third-most in WIAC history … finished career with 232 hits, most in program history and second-most in WIAC history … finished career with 35 doubles, tied for the seventh-most in program history … finished career with 12 triples, tied for the fourth-most in program history and tied for 17th-most in WIAC history … finished career with a .405 batting average, fifth-highest in program history and 17th-highest in WIAC history (minimum 200 at-bats) … finished career with 34 stolen bases, tied for the fifth-most in program history … finished career with 63 walks, third-most in program history and 17th-most in WIAC history … appeared in 43 games, all as a starter … batted .371 with nine doubles, three triples, four home runs and six stolen bases … led the WIAC in runs batted in (34) and tied for first in the conference in hits (49) … led team and ranked second in the league in total bases (74), third in walks (17), fourth in runs scored (33), fifth in on-base percentage (.443) and ninth in slugging percentage (.561) … didn’t commit an error and had 34 putouts … finished 2-for-4 with one home run and three RBI against Tufts (Mass.) on March 22 in Clermont, Fla. … compiled two hits, including one double, and knocked in one run against nationally ranked Williams (Mass.) on March 22 in Clermont, Fla. … tallied two doubles, one run scored and three RBI in the Warhawks’ 11-0 win over New Paltz (N.Y.) on March 23 in Clermont, Fla. … collected four hits, including one double and one triple, and added two runs scored and four RBI in UW-Whitewater’s doubleheader split against nationally ranked St. Thomas (Minn.) on March 24 in Clermont, Fla. … reached base three times with two hits and one walk and scored one run in the Warhawks’ 6-3 triumph over Tufts (Mass.) on March 25 in Clermont, Fla. … totaled two hits, including one double, and added one run scored and two RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 10-2 victory over Wellesley (Mass.) on March 25 in Clermont, Fla. … compiled four hits, including one home run, and added one walk, one stolen base, four runs scored and five RBI in the Warhawks’ doubleheader sweep over UW-Stout on April 8 … mashed a walk-off grand slam and added one walk in UW-Whitewater’s 10-2 win by run rule over UW-Stevens Point on April 11 … tallied four hits, including one double, one triple and one homer, and added one walk, two runs scored and five RBI in the Warhawks’ doubleheader sweep over Carthage on April 12 … finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 10-2 triumph over UW-River Falls on April 20 in Platteville, Wis. … reached base three times on two hits and one walk and added two runs scored in the Warhawks’ 6-2 victory at UW-Eau Claire on April 28 … posted two hits, including one double, and added two runs scored and one RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 7-0 win over UW-Eau Claire in the WIAC Tournament on May 4 … reached base three times with two hits, including the go-ahead single with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, and one walk to help UW-Whitewater to a 6-5 win over Benedictine (Ill.) in the NCAA Whitewater Regional on May 12 … recorded two hits to help the Warhawks to a 1-0 triumph over Coe (Iowa) in the NCAA Whitewater Regional on May 13 … tallied the go-ahead, RBI hit – the program-record 231st of her career – in UW-Whitewater’s 1-0 victory at Illinois Wesleyan in the NCAA Bloomington Super Regional on May 18
2017: NFCA first team All-American … NFCA first team All-Great Lakes Region … first team All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference … Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete ... WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll ... Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III National Player of the Week (March 20-26) … WIAC Position Player of the Week (March 20-26) … NCAA Whitewater Regional All-Tournament Team … appeared in 45 games, all as a starter … ranked sixth in NCAA Division III in hits (71, most in one season in program history), seventh in total bases (116), 14th in runs per game (1.27), 21st in batting average (.470, fourth-most in one season in program history), 32nd in on-base percentage (.531) and slugging percentage (.768) and 33rd in home runs (9) … ranked first in the WIAC in batting average (.470), slugging percentage (.768), runs scored (57, second-most in one season in program history), hits (71) and total bases (116), second in home runs (9) and walks (21, T-6th most in one season in program history), tied for second in sacrifice flies (3), tied for fourth in triples (2), fifth in runs batted in (35) and doubles (14, T-10th in one season in program history) and seventh in stolen bases (11) … tied for the third-most runs in one season in WIAC history (57), tied for the fifth-most hits (71) and tied for the 16th highest batting average (.470) … totaled 151 at-bats, tied for the 10th-most in one season in program history … hit by two pitches … fielding percentage of .913 … posted two hits, including one triple, and added one run scored and one RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 9-1 victory over Roger Williams (R.I.) on March 17 in Clermont, Fla. … reached base three times, including two hits and one walk, and added three runs scored and two RBI in the team’s 10-6 win over Wesleyan (Conn.) on March 18 in Clermont, Fla. … recorded two hits and scored four runs, tied for the second most in one game in program history, to help the Warhawks to an 8-6 triumph over Elmhurst (Ill.) on March 19 in Clermont, Fla. … doubled, homered, scored two runs and knocked in two runs in the team’s 8-2 victory over Buffalo State (N.Y.) on March 21 in Clermont, Fla. … reached base three times with two hits and one walk and added one sacrifice fly, one run scored and two RBI in the Warhawks’ 11-9 triumph over Calvin (Mich.) on March 21 in Clermont, Fla. … finished 3-for-3 with one triple, one hit by pitch and two runs scored in the team’s 7-3 victory over Benedictine (Ill.) on March 22 in Clermont, Fla. … collected four hits, including three doubles, tied for the most in one game in program history, and added three runs scored and one RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 8-1 win over Hendrix (Ark.) on March 23 in Clermont, Fla. … reached base four times with two hits, one walk and one hit by pitch and also had one double and two runs scored in the second game of a doubleheader at Lake Forest (Ill.) on March 28 … totaled four hits, including one home run, and added one walk, one stolen base, four runs scored and one RBI to help the Warhawks split a doubleheader against Chicago on April 2 at van Steenderen Complex … mashed a solo home run and finished 2-for-3 with two runs scored and one RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 8-0 triumph over UW-Platteville on April 12 at van Steenderen Complex … reached base three times with two hits, including one triple, and one walk and added one run scored in the Warhawks’ 11-6 victory at UW-Stevens Point on April 14 … reached base three times with two hits and one walk and also had one double, one run scored and three RBI in the second game of a doubleheader against Illinois Wesleyan on April 19 at van Steenderen Complex … finished 2-for-3 with one walk, tow stolen bases and two runs scored in UW-Whitewater’s 3-0 win at Carroll on April 20 … posted three hits, including two doubles, and added one walk, one run scored and two RBI in the Warhawks’ 9-4 triumph at UW-Oshkosh on April 22 … collected six hits, including one double, and added two stolen bases, five runs scored and one RBI in UW-Whitewater’s doubleheader sweep at Carthage on April 25 … finished 2-for-4 with one home run, one walk, one stolen base, two runs scored and three RBI in the Warhawks’ 11-1 victory at UW-River Falls on April 28 … tallied five hits, including two doubles, and added one stolen base, three runs scored and two RBI in UW-Whitewater’s doubleheader sweep at UW-Stout on April 29 … contributed two hits, including a two-run homer, and added one sacrifice fly, one run scored and three RBI in the Warhawks’ 12-1 win over UW-Stout in the WIAC Tournament on May 5 at van Steenderen Complex … mashed two hits, including one home run, and added one walk, two runs scored and two RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 5-0 triumph over UW-La Crosse in the WIAC Tournament championship game on May 7 at van Steenderen Complex … collected two hits, including one double, and scored a run in the Warhawks’ 4-1 victory over Hope (Mich.) in the NCAA Tournament on May 11 at van Steenderen Complex … finished 3-for-4, including a two-run homer, against Trine (Ind.) in the NCAA Tournament on May 12 at van Steenderen Complex
2016: Second team NFCA All-Great Lakes Region … honorable mention All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference … Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete ... WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll ... nominee for the Female Rising Warhawk Award at the 2016 Warhawk Awards … started all 43 games … led team and ranked seventh in the WIAC in batting average (.368) … led team and conference in hits (53) … tied for the team and league lead with 41 runs scored … finished second on the team and fourth in the WIAC with 69 total bases … tied for the team lead and tied for third in the conference with three triples … led team and ranked eighth in the league with a .431 on-base percentage … added seven doubles, one home run, 13 runs batted in, 12 walks and eight stolen bases … tied a program record with six at-bats in the Warhawks’ 2-1 victory in 13 innings at UW-Eau Claire in the championship game of the WIAC Tournament on May 8 … finished a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs scored in the Warhawks’ 7-0 victory over Kalamazoo University (Mich.) on March 18 in Clermont, Fla. … totaled three hits and scored once in UW-Whitewater’s 2-5 setback against St. Scholastica University (Minn.) on March 20 … added two hits and scored twice in a victory over Millikin University (Ill.) on March 22 … went 2-for-3 at the plate with a homerun, an RBI and two runs scored in the Warhawks’ 13-2 triumph over St. Norbert College on March 24 … finished 4-for-7 with a double, two RBI and four runs scored in a double-header sweep against Carthage College on March 29 … went a perfect 1-for-1 including a double to go along with three RBI and three walks in UW-Whitewater’s victory over Lake Forest College (Ill.) on April 7 … totaled three hits in five plate appearances including a triple, a run scored and an RBI in a victory over UW-Stout on April 9 … finished 5-for-8 with three runs scored and an RBI in a double-header sweep against the University of Dubuque (Iowa) on April 25 … batted a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs scored in the Warhawks’ 12-4 win against UW-Stevens Point on April 27 … recorded a hit in each of the four games in the WIAC Tournament including two in the WIAC Championship game against UW-Eau Claire where the Warhawks’ defeated the Bluegolds 2-1 in extra-innings to clinch a spot in the NCAA Tournament … finished 1-for-2 with a run scored and two walks in UW-Whitewater’s 4-2 victory over Aurora University (Ill.) on May 14 in the NCAA Tournament
2015: WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll … First Team All-WIAC… Selected to the NFCA All-Great Lakes Region Third Team ... Played in 43 games (all starts)… Finished second on team with a .404 (59-146) average with fifteen (15) RBIs, thirteen (13) walks, five (5) doubles, five (5) triples, and one (1) homerun … Stole nine (9) bases on eleven (11) attempts … Ranks first all-time for most runs scored in individual game (5) against Union (NY) on 3/25/15 … Ranks seventh all-time for runs in an individual season (45) … Tied for seventh all-time for triples in an individual season (5) … Ranked fourth in the WIAC for batting average (.404) … Tied for first in the conference for hits (59) … Ranked third in the conference for runs scored (45) … Ranked first in the conference for triples (5) … Ranked tenth in the conference for total bases (77) … Went three for three (3-3) at the plate, reaching base on one (1) walk, and scoring five (5) runs in UW-Whitewater’s 16-0 win over Union College on 3/25/15 … Went three for four (3-4) at the plate, bringing in one (1) RBI in the Warhawks’ 5-2 victory over Elmhurst on 3/26/15 … finished 3-for-4 with two run scored and one run batted in during UW-Whitewater’s 7-0 triumph at UW-Stevens Point on April 8 … recorded three hits and scored three runs in the Warhawks’ 10-2 win over UW-Superior on April 11 … hit a home run and tallied two (2) runs scored along with two (2) RBI in a 5-2 victory over UW-La Crosse on 4/23/15 … totaled two hits, two runs scored and one RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 9-0 triumph over UW-Platteville on April 24 … recorded three hits and scored two runs in the Warhawks’ 9-0 victory over UW-Platteville on April 24 … Scored two (2) runs and picked up one (1) RBI in a three for four (3-4) batting performance that helped lead UW-Whitewater to a 10-3 win over UW-La Crosse in the WIAC Tournament on 5/2/15
Personal: Majoring in business … college activities include member of leaders in action learning community … played softball in high school where she was 4-time all-conference, 3-time all-suburban, all-district, 3-time all-state, member of national honor society, student athlete leadership team, distributive education clubs of America and an honors student … career ambition is to be a business manager … hobbies include hanging out with her younger sister Camryn … favorite professional sports team is the Green Bay Packers … favorite movie is “Bridesmaids” … favorite TV show is “Pretty Little Liars” … chose to attend UW-Whitewater because of its great reputation
