Illinois Wesleyan

Career Totals

Has earned four letters (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) ...

2014: Named to the third team of the 2014 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III All-America softball squads ... Chosen to first team of NFCA Division III All-Great Lakes Region softball squads ... Named College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin "Pitcher of the Year" and was first team all-conference ... Chosen as co-winner of team "MVP" award ... Finished her career as the school's all-time leader in shutouts (20) and strikeouts (632) and is second in wins (59), games started (79) and innings pitched (500.0) ... Her 22 wins this year (22-4) is tied for the most in an IWU single season ... Had team-best ERA of 1.54 and struck out 198 in 167 2/3 innings ... Had eight shutouts ... Named CCIW "Pitcher of the Week" on April 15 as she went 4-0 and had two shutouts that gave her IWU career record ...  Named CCIW "Pitcher of the Week" on March 25 ...  Named CCIW "Pitcher of the Week" on March 18...

2013: Named second team all-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin as she was 3-2 with a 3.09 ERA, second in CCIW with 50 strikeouts and fifth with a .248 opponent batting average...Finished the year with a 12-4 record and a 2.64 ERA...Struck out a team high 125 batters in 111.1 innings pitched...Also pitched 10 complete games including four shutouts...

2012: Selected as the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin "Pitcher of the Year"...Threw no-hitter on April 9 vs. Millikin...Set single game strikeout record with 17 vs. Monmouth (March 28)...Chosen College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin "Pitcher of the Week" on April 10 for her 4-0 week with wins over #7 Wis.-Whitewater, #10 DePauw and the no-hitter vs. Millikin…Chosen CCIW "Pitcher of the Week" on March 20 for her 2-0 week with 29 strikeouts and 0 runs in 14 innings…Chosen as the Titans "Most Valuable Player"...Finished the year with an 18-5 record with a 1.20 ERA...Threw 18 complete games including seven shutouts...Struck out a record 203 batters in 140 innings pitched...Opponents hit a measly .138 off her, the lowest opposing batting average of all time in a single season...Led the CCIW with a 1.43 ERA and 61 strikeouts in conference play...

2011: Was team's pitching ace as a freshman with team-leading 7-4 record and 1.64 ERA...Set an IWU single-season record with 9.16 strikeouts per seven innings and her total of 106 is No. 14 all-time at Illinois Wesleyan...Was 2-for-6 at the plate during the season...Chosen College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin "Pitcher of the Week" on April 19 for her 1-1 week vs. Carthage (one-hitter) and North Central…

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in softball and two in basketball…Chosen as team's "MVP" all four years for the Vikings...Softball team's captain as junior and senior...All-conference selection all four years…Named second team all-state as a junior...

PERSONAL: Molly Rebecca McCready ... Born March 24, 1992...Majoring in psychology and environmental studies at Illinois Wesleyan…She is the daughter of Brent and Rebecca McCready.