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2023 Softball Roster

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Transylvania Athletics

6 Natalie Grubczak

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Lake Park
  • Hometown Medinah, Ill.
  • Club Team R-R

Biography

Has earned three letters (2021, 2022, 2023) ...

Career Highs
Innings Pitched - 9.0 vs. North Park, April 25, 2021
Strikeouts - 12 vs Trine, March 20, 2021

Conference Awards
Second Team All-CCIW (2022)
CCIW Pitcher of the Week (April 27, 2021, March 12, 2023, April 24, 2023)

Academic Awards
CSC Academic All-District (2023)
Academic All-CCIW (2022 & 2023)
Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society (2023)


2023: Made 21 appearances in the circle, with 15 starts … Posted an 11-3 record with eight complete games and four shutouts … Threw a five-inning no-hitter at Monmouth, March 23, striking out two … Tossed a complete game shutout with eight strikeouts at UW-Whitewater, April 23 …


2022: Made 17 appearances, including 10 starts … Compiled a career-best 1.91 earned run average over 77.0 innings of work … Went 8-5 in the circle with seven complete games, two shutouts, and a pair of saves … Held opponents to a .210 batting average, while striking out 60 and allowing just seven extra base hits … Struck out a season-high 10 against a top-five ranked DePauw squad, April 12 … Threw a complete game, two-hit shutout at Elmhurst, May 2, where she struck out six … Threw a one-hit shutout against Millikin, May 7, to send IWU to the CCIW Tournament Championship game … Earned a save in the CCIW Tournament Championship against North Central, May 8, where she threw two-thirds hitless with a strikeout … Tossed three shutout innings, allowing just one hit, in IWU’s second NCAA Tournament game against Saint Benedict, May 14 … Went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer against North Park, April 27 … Second Team All-CCIW … Academic All-CCIW …

2021: Named Second Team All-CCIW … Played in 23 games, making 19 starts … Hit .300 with three hits, and boasted a .533 on-base percentage … Led the Titans with a 1.95 earned run average, going 11-6 in the circle … Tossed 12 complete games and recorded one save … Struck out 108 over 118.2 innings of work, while holding opponents to a .228 average … Named the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin "Pitcher of the Week" on Apr. 27 having tossed 14.1 innings and striking out 16 leading the Titans to two wins April 21-25 … Struck out a career-high 12 in a complete game against Trine, March 20 … Threw 5.1 shutout innings, while striking out eight against Augustana, April 21 … Tossed 9.0 innings, with eight strikeouts, in a 7-2 win at North Park, April 25 …


AT HOFSTRA: Named to the Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll for the Fall of 2019 … Dean’s list for the Spring of 2020 … 

AT LAKE PARK HS: Four-year letterwinner in swimming and four-year letterwinner in softball as a pitcher … All-Academic Honors for both swimming and softball … Participated on the sectional swim team, 2015 … Named DVC “Player of the Year”, 2016 … First Team Daily Herald selection in 2016 … DuPage County All-Area softball team pick in 2016 … Voted “Most Valuable Player” in 2019 … Named DuKane Conference “Pitcher of the Year” in 2019 … All-Dukane Conference pick in 2019 … Assisted in DuPage Valley Conference Championship (2016) … DuKane Conference Championship (2019) … IHSA class 4A Regional Championship (2019) … Earned High Honor Roll all four years of high school … Graduated with above 5.0 GPA …

PERSONAL: Majoring in psychology at Illinois Wesleyan ... Other interests include swimming, shopping, playing volleyball, paddle boarding, and reading …

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2021Sophomore

    Pitcher
    6'0"
    6
  • 6

    2022Junior

    Pitcher
    6'0"
    6
  • 6

    2023Senior

    Pitcher
    6'0"
    6