Biography
AWARDS
2019 All-GLVC First Team
2018 Mary L. Baumgartner Team MVP
2017 Mary L. Baumgartner Team MVP
4x Academic All-GLVC
4x NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
2019
Started all 66 games at third base while earning All-GLVC First Team accolades ... led the conference in walks, with her 35 free passes matching the fourth-highest total in program history ... finished in the UIndy career top 20 in a number of categories, including walks (6th), home runs (7th), runs batted in (7th), doubles (t-8th), runs (11th), triples (t-12th), hits (13th), slugging (18th) and stolen bases (t-20th) … became a four-time Academic All-GLVC and NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete recipient.
2018
Named the team’s Most Valuable Player for the second straight season … started all 59 games at third base and spent the entire season in the three-hole in the lineup … finished the year with a .307 batting average, .384 on-base and a club-high .540 slugging percentage … topped the team in both multi-hit (17) and multi-RBI games (12) … tied for second in the GLVC in runs batted in with 54, good for the sixth-highest single-season total in program history … also ranked third in the league in triples (5) and seventh in stolen bases (15) … homered in both ends of a doubleheader sweep versus Drury (3/9) … delivered a two-run game-winning triple at Rockurst (4/21), capping a career-best five-RBI performance … also had four ribbies versus both Southern Indiana (3/25) and William Jewell (4/22) … went a combined 5-for-9 with four RBIs in three elimination-game wins at the GLVC Tournament … managed a two-run single versus GLVC Pitcher of the Year Ali Haesele to help eliminate top-seeded Illinois Springfield from the conference tourney (5/4) … garnered third consecutive Academic All-GLVC and NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete nod.
2017
Named team MVP … broke through as the team’s everyday third baseman, starting all 54 games at the hot corner … finished the season with a slash line of .248/.316/.425 … upped those numbers significantly in GLVC play, slashing .295/.364/.564 in 28 conference games … garnered six hit by pitches, good for a share of fifth in the program's single-season annals … strung together a 10-game hit streak in March … Went 4-for-4 with three runs and two doubles versus Saint Joseph’s (4/4) … had a stellar day versus perennial-power Missouri-St. Louis, earning three walks and an RBI double in game one and scoring twice and hitting a solo homer in game two (4/24) … earned Academic All-GLVC and NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete honors for the second straight season.
2016
Versatile reverse saw time in 26 games, making 10 starts in right field and five at shortstop … finished 6 for 32 (.188) with a .357 on-base percentage and nine runs scored … collected first collegiate hit with a single at Montevallo (2/19), later scoring … coaxed a bases-loaded walk, forcing home the game-winning run in a 2-0 win versus in-region Hillsdale (2/27) … started both ends of a doubleheader at Illinois Springfield (4/9), compiling two hits, including an RBI double, as well as three runs, a walk and a stolen base … garnered eight plate appearances in the Hounds’ three NCAA regional games, reaching base five times in that span … had a pinch-hit single and a successful sac bunt in the NCAA opener versus Trevecca Nazarene (5/5) … got the start in right the next day, reaching base all three times (2 HBP, 1 BB) in the Hounds’ regional win versus Southern Indiana … had a single and a run scored in a sixth-inning rally against Grand Valley in the season finale (5/6) … earned Academic All-GLVC recognition as well as NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete laurels.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letterwinner on the softball diamond … finished prep career with a massive senior season, compiling a .436 batting average, 44 runs, 15 doubles, seven homers and 33 RBI … hit leadoff and played shortstop that year … named the area’s Softball Player of the Year by the Beacon News as a senior … also voted the Upstate Eight Valley Player of the Year … captained WAHS to a conference and a regional title ... also tasted travel team success, winning the 2015 ASA 18u Chicago Metro Tournament and placing seventh in the 2015 ASA/USA National Championship … four-year “Lamp of Honor” Scholar Athlete as a prep … also played two years of basketball and one of volleyball.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Ed and Terri Podschweit … father ran track and cross country at Carthage College … twin sister Kendall plays softball at NCAA DIII North Park University in Chicago … born 8/10/97 ... studying Sport Management.
