University of St. Thomas Athletics
2021 Softball Roster
Roster
Megan Baniecke
- Position:
- P-IF
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Forest Lake
- Hometown:
- Forest Lake, Minn.
2022
Played in 43 games and made 43 starts...on the mound, made 18 appearances and 15 starts...tallied a 3-13 record...in 76.2 innings worked to a 7.21 ERA...struck out 32 batters and tossed four complete games...offensively, batted .191 with a .294 OBP...picked up 21 hits and 11 RBI...walked 16 times and hit five home runs...stole two bags...scored 12 runs...tallied a .994 fielding percentage in 168 chances (148 putouts and 19 assists)...had a season-high seven innings against Ohio State (March 18) and Omaha (April 15)...her best strikeout output, five, came against Ball State (Feb. 11) and DePaul (Feb. 12)...held Omaha to one run across her seven innings pitched in the win...picked up a pitching with against Ball State with five innings and five strikeouts...also earned a win at Western Illinois (March 26)...her first Division I home run was hit against Bradley on March 4...hit a home run at Western Illinois...had two home runs in the series against South Dakota (April 9-10)...her fifth home run of the season came against Omaha (April 15)...had a season-high two hits at Western Illinois (March 26-27) and against South Dakota (April 9-10)...scored a season-high three runs at Western Illinois on March 26...season-best 12 putouts in an upset win at No. 22 South Florida on March 20...Summit League Academic Honor Roll recipient.
2021
On the mound, pitched eight games while making five starts…struck out 15 batters in 22.2 innings…finished with a 3.45 ERA for the season…offensively, played in 37 games while making 36 starts…batted .388 with a .466 on-base percentage…slugged at a clip of .602…scored 15 runs…finished with 40 base hits, 11 of which went for extra bases…tallied five doubles and five home runs…drove in 27 runs…walked 12 times and was hit by three pitches…stole two bags…tallied a 1.000 fielding percentage in 91 chances.
2020
Made three appearances on the mount with one game started…struck out eight batters in 6.2 innings…played in five games offensively while making four starts…walked one time.
2019
Started 15 games while making 21 appearances as a pitcher…tossed 65.1 innings of 2.79 ERA ball…struck out 40 batters…threw two complete games…accumulated a 10-2 record…played in 42 games while making 36 starts offensively…batted .240…reached base at a .329 clip…finished with 18 base hits and seven runs scored…totaled 21 bases…tallied three doubles…drove in six runners…walked nine times and was hit by a pitch once…recorded a .993 fielding percentage in 146 opportunities.
High School
Varsity letter winner from 2015-18...All-Conference selection 2016-18...All-Section from 2016-18...earned first-team All-State honors in 2018 and second-team All-State honors in 2017...first-team All-Metro Star Tribune in 2018...named to the All Star Series for Team MSCA in 2018...Minnesota Ms. Softball finalist in 2018...team captain in 2018...member of National Honor Society.
Personal
Daughter of Scott and Jeanette...has two siblings (Rachel and Ryan)...majoring in entrepreneurship.
