Redshirt Senior Year (2019): 2019 NFCA First Team All-American ... first-ever NFCA First Team All-American for Drake ... USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Finalist ... MVC Pitcher of the Year ... All-MVC First Team selection ... MVC Tournament MVP and MVC All-Tournament team selection ... led NCAA in strikeouts (423), strikeouts per seven innings (13.4), strikeouts-to-walk ratio (9.40) and hits allowed per seven innings (2.68) ... her ERA of 1.07 ranked third in the NCAA ... strikeouts total is new Drake and MVC single season record ... set NCAA Division single season record with five perfect games ... fifth perfect game came against Bradley on May 10 in MVC semifinal ... added two hits at the plate against Bradley ... struck out career-tying 18 hitters ... win over Braves tied single season program record at 28 ... drafted No. 13 by Aussie Peppers at NPF (National Fastpitch) College Draft Monday, April 15 ... 10-time MVC Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 11, 25; March 18, 25; April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; May 6) ... threw first career perfect game with 15 strikeouts against Indiana State on March 30 ... followed perfect game with a five-inning, one-hit and 13 strikeout performance ... threw her second perfect game against Valparaiso April 6, her third against Loyola on April 15 and the fourth against Evansville on May 3 ... starting with complete game win over SIU on March 16, she has recorded nine-straight complete games where she strikes out 10 or more batters ... struck out 15 against SIU Feb. 16 in game one and allowed just one hit in complete game ... had another complete game with 14 strikeouts with one run allowed on two hits against Bradley March 23 in game one ... struck out 14 against Nebraska in two-hitter with one run allowed in another complete game in game one ... became school's all-time wins leader at 67 in win over SEMO Feb. 22 ... racked up seven RBI on two home runs against Furman Feb. 15 ... went 2-for-3 with a double against Saint Louis ... finished with 1,223 career strikeouts, which is tops at Drake and the MVC ... finished with 93 career wins, including 29 in 2019, a new single season program record ... overall she was 29-7 with a 1.07 ERA, 423 strikeouts, 28 complete games and career-high 14 shutouts.
Redshirt Junior Year (2018): 2018 NFCA Third Team All-American ... 2018 NCAA Eugene All-Region team selection ... 2018 NFCA Midwest All-Region First Team selection ... MVC Pitcher of the Year ... All-MVC First Team selection ... named to prestigious USA Softball Top 25 College Player of the Year finalists list ... MVC Tournament MVP ... went 22-5 with a league-best 0.89 ERA and 245 strikeouts, which ranked second in MVC and second for single-best season total behind her school record ... became school's all-time leader in career strikeouts with 800 ... tossed the fourth-ever no-hitter in MVC tournament in 2-0 win over Valparaiso (May 11) in semifinal ... struck out 15 ... struck out 10 in title game against SIU (May 12) ... recorded her first career no hitter in 1-0 win at SIU (April 7) with a then career-high 17 strikeouts ... threw her second career no hitter in 4-0 win over Valparaiso (April 15) with career-high 18 strikeouts ... lost chance at her first perfect game with two-out walk in seventh inning ... added three-run home run in win over Valpo ... named MVC Pitcher of the Week eight times (Feb. 12, Feb. 20, March 26, April 2, April 9, April 16, April 23, May 7) ... recorded 16 strikeouts in 10 innings pitched across two games against Bradley...went 3-for-3 in game one against Bradley (March 30) including a fifth inning walk-off homerun...tossed a one-hit complete game with season-high 15 strikeouts in win over Indiana State (March 23) ... pitched another one-hit complete game with 14 strikeouts in win over Purdue (March 11) ... started season 5-0 before suffering first loss at Missouri (March 2) ... finished year number two all-time in career wins with 64 ... needs three more for top mark.
Junior Year (2017): Went 7-3 with 1.27 ERA and 94 strikeouts ... named MVC Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 13) ... had five games with 10 or more strikeouts ... suffered season-ending elbow injury in late Feb. ... led the nation in strikeouts at the time of the injury ... later awarded a medical redshirt.
Sophomore Year (2016): Named MVC Pitcher of the Year ... selected to the All-MVC First Team ... garnered NFCA All-Region Midwest Second Team accolades ... earned MVC Pitcher of the Week honors twice (March 21, April 4) ... went 22-13 with a 2.96 earned run average ... had a MVC-high and program-record 286 strikeouts ... 22 wins ranks second all-time for single season in program history ... recorded 10 or more strikeouts in a game 10 times during the season ... tossed 26 complete games also swung a hot bat late as she finished with her first three career home runs ... drove in 13 runs.
Freshman Year (2015): Named MVC Freshman of the Year ... selected to All-MVC First Team ... garnered NFCA All-Region Second Team accolades ... Named MVC Pitcher of the Week twice (Feb. 16, May 4) ... made 26 appearances with 20 starts in in the circle ... went 13-5 with a league-low 1.94 while striking out 175 batters ... had 10 or more strikeouts in a game four times ... strikeout total ranked third in MVC ... held opponents to league-low .188 batting average ... finished with a then career-high 17 strikeouts in win over Creighton on May 6, including striking out the first 11 batters of the game ... collected four hits at the plate.
High School: Four-year letterwinner in basketball and softball ... two-year letterwinner in volleyball ... three-time first team all-state selection in softball ... Wisconsin State Journal/Wisconsin Prep Zone Player of the Year in softball her senior year ... Wisconsin Softball Gatorade Player of the Year her junior year ... three-time Big Eight Conference Most Valuable Player award winner ... four-time all-conference selection ... four-time all-district selection ... honored by the Madison, Wis. Sports Hall Of Fame as the 2014 Sportswoman Of The Year for softball and basketball.
Personal: Born Oct., 1996 in Madison, Wis. ... daughter of Charles and Cathie Newman ... has one brother, Ryan ... majoring in psychology ... picked Drake for strong academics, campus size and the softball program and coaches.
