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Hillsdale College

2016 Softball

10 Sarah Grunert

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Fairbanks
  • Hometown Plain City, Ohio

Biography

2015: Had third straight impressive offensive campaign, being named Second-Team All-GLIAC…Has received all-conference honors in all three of her seasons with the Chargers…Third on the team with a .340 batting average while starting 44 games…Went 4-for-4 with 3 runs scored in a win over Tiffin April 1…Set career-high with 27 runs scored and 53 total hits…Had seven straight two-hit games between April 11-15, raising her batting average 60 points in the process…Started 9 games at pitcher among 12 total appearances…Won 3 games and struck out 23 batters in 47.2 innings pitched…Her 8 home runs were tied for the fourth-most in a season in school history...Named to the GLIAC Academic Excellence Team.

2014: Was unstoppable at the plate and nearly unhittable on the mound over the season’s final weeks, turning in another terrific campaign…Was named honorable mention All-GLIAC for the second year in a row…Finished the season on an eight-game hitting streak, and had two hits in each of the final four games of the season…Led the team with a .355 batting average and belted four home runs, while tying for tops on the team with 7 doubles…Also led the Chargers with 38 hits and 17 walks, in addition to leading the team in several advanced stats categories, like runs created (29.17) and OPS (1.018)…On the mound, led the team with a 9-6 record and a 2.96 earned run average…Won five straight decisions to end the season, and averaged five strikeouts per game in that streak…Tossed a five-hit shutout in a 1-0 win over Ashland on the road April 6.

2013: Made a huge impact in her freshman season, getting named honorable mention All-GLIAC while registering the 10th-best single season batting average in program history (.404)…Started 30 games, playing primarily first base…Had a 13-game hitting streak that went from April 4-26, during which time her batting average shot up from .297 to .416…Had seven multi-hit games in that 13-game streak…Tied for second on the team with 36 hits, and was sixth in the GLIAC in batting average…Hillsdale’s first .400 hitter since Jessica Guertin and Jennifer Berlet in 2010…Hit her first collegiate home run against Lake Superior State April 14…Had two hits against NCAA semifinalist Grand Valley State April 26…Also pitched 31.2 innings on the season and got her first collegiate victory on the mound April 14 vs. LSSU.

High SchoolOutstanding pitcher for the Panthers of Fairbanks High School…In her four seasons on varsity, never had an earned run average above 1.70 for a season, with a career-best mark of 0.78 as a sophomore in 2010…Team improved from 13 wins in her freshman season to 20 in 2012…Named District MVP and Second-Team All-State in 2012…Northwest Central Conference Player of the Year…Winner of the Archie Griffin Award…Batted .469 at the plate in 2012, and hit over .395 in each of her four seasons…Led team to three conference championships, two district titles and one finish as regional runner-ups…Played travel softball for the Heart of Ohio Explosion for coaches Lyndsay and Becky Eirich…Had a 1.50 earned run average in the summer of 2012 with a .420 batting average…Member of FCA and FFA for four years, as well as the Science Club and the National Honor Society…Graduated with honors and was a Marines Scholar-Athlete…Born June 25, 1994…Parents are Kurt and Renee.

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2013Freshman

    P/1B
    10
  • 10

    2014Sophomore

    P/1B
    10
  • 10

    2015Junior

    P/IF
    10
  • 10

    2016Senior

    P/IF
    10