University of Minnesota Athletics
Honors & Awards
Minnesota Softball Hall of Fame
1986 Judy Knight, Shelly Medernach, Mary Owen, Vicki Swanson
1987 Gretchen Larson
1988 Peg Bradley, Barb Solberg
1989 Chris Paulos, Lynn Schlichting-Knight, Linda Wells
1990 Ann Flis, Mary Lee Hanson, Cindy Kommers
1991 Danne Leininger, Judy Oliverius, Will Schmidlin
1992 Lezlie Anderson, Barb Drake-Lindgren, Diane Portner
1993 Kathy Casull, Trish Johnson
1994 Nancy Jundkans, Julie Zieminski
1995 Kari Blank, Brendy Bixby
1996 Robin Bumpus, Lezlie Weiss
1997 Sarah Maschka, Tabbetha Woody-La Panta
1998 Richard Burke, Mischel Doerr, Jennifer McGuinness
1999 Melissa Wold
2000 Sage and John Cowles, Lisa Sojka
2001 Diane Field-LeComte, Rachel Nelson
2002 Amber Hegland
2003 Shannon Beeler, Steph Klaviter, Steph Midthun
2004 Jennifer Johnson, Chris Voelz
2006 Tammi Hays
2007 Angel Braden
2008 Piper Marten, Laura Peters
2009 Les Novak, Jordanne Nygren
NCAA / NFCA All-America (Team)
1983 Gretchen Larson, UT (1)
1984 Barb Drake, UT/DP (2)
1986 Barb Drake, UT/DP (2)
1991 Kari Blank, at large (2)
1992 Lezlie Weiss, 3B (2)
1995 Rachel Nelson, OF (3)
1996 Rachel Nelson, OF (1), Amber Hegland, OF (2)
1998 Shannon Beeler, at large (1), Steph Midthun, OF (3)
2013 Kaitlyn Richardson, 3B (3)
2014 Kaitlyn Richardson, 3B (2), Sara Moulton, P (2)
2015 Sara Groenewegen, UT/P (2)
2016 Sara Groenewegen, UT/P (1)
2017 Sara Groenewegen, P (1), Kendyl Lindaman, C (1)
2018 Kendyl Lindaman, C (2)
2019 Amber Fiser, P (1)
2023 Autumn Pease, at large P (2), Taylor Krapf, C (3)
2024 Jess Oakland, at large SS (2)
Senior CLASS Award All-America (Team)
2015 Kaitlyn Richardson (1)
2017 Sara Groenewegen (1)
AIAW All-America (Team)
1981 Gretchen Larson, UT (1)
NCAA / NFCA All-Region (Team)
1983 Gretchen Larson, UT/OF (1)
1984 Barb Drake, UT (1)
1985 Ann Flis, 1B (1)
1986 Ann Flis, 1B (2), Judy Oliverius, 2B (1), Barb Drake, UT/DP (1)
1988 Deb Lange, OF (2), Kathy Casull, 3B (2), Brenda Bixby, P (2)
1989 Sarah Winslow, C (2)
1991 Kari Blank, 2B (1)
1992 Mischel Doerr, OF (2), Brenda Bixby, P (2), Lezlie Weiss, 3B (1)
1993 Jennifer McGuinness, DP (2)
1994 Jennifer McGuinness, DP/3B (2), Rachel Nelson, OF (1)
1995 Amber Hegland, 2B (2), Rachel Nelson, OF (1)
1996 Steph Klaviter, P (2), Amber Hegland, OF (1), Rachel Nelson, OF (1)
1997 Steph Klaviter, P (2), Rachel Nelson, OF (2), Amber Hegland, UT (2)
1998 Laura Peters, 2B (2), Amber Hegland, UT (2), Steph Midthun, OF (1), Shannon Beeler, SS (1)
1999 Jordanne Nygren, 2B (1), Steph Midthun, OF (1), Steph Klaviter, P (1)
2000 Tammi Hays, OF (2), Jordanne Nygren, 2B (1)
2001 Tammi Hays, OF (2), Angel Braden, IF (2)
2002 Jordanne Nygren, 3B (2), Piper Marten, P (1), Tammi Hays, OF (1)
2003 Hailee Nanchy, 1B (2), Piper Marten, P (2)
2004 Piper Marten, P (1), Megan Higginbotham, C (1)
2005 Megan Higginbotham, C (2), Stephanie Sward, OF (1)
2011 Sara Moulton, P (2)
2013 Sara Moulton, P (1), Kaitlyn Richardson, 3B (1), Tyler Walker, SS (2)
2014 Sara Moulton, P (1), Kaitlyn Richardson, 3B (1), Tyler Walker, SS (2), Sara Groenewegen, UT/P (2), Erica Meyer, 2B (3)
2015 Katie Richardson, 1B (1), Sam Macken, 3B (1), Sara Groenewegen, UT/P (1), Danielle Parlich, 2B (2), Tyler Walker, SS (2), Hannah Granger, DP/UT (2), Taylor LeMay, C (3)
2016 Sara Groenewegen, UT/P (1), Sam Macken, 3B (1), Sydney Dwyer, DP/UT-Non-P (1), Taylor LeMay, C (2), Maddie Houlihan, 1B (3), Danielle Parlich, 2B (3)
2017 Sara Groenewegen, P (1), Kendyl Lindaman, C (1), Sydney Dwyer, 1B (1), Maddie Houlihan, OF (1), Dani Wagner, OF (2), Danielle Parlich, 3B (3), MaKenna Partain, 2B (3)
2018 Amber Fiser, P (1), Kendyl Lindaman, C (1), Ellee Jensen, OF (2), MaKenna Partain, 2B (3)
2019 Amber Fiser, P (1), Natalie DenHartog, OF (1), Hope Brandner, 1B (2), MaKenna Partain, 2B (2), Maddie Houlihan, OF (3)
2021 Amber Fiser, P (2), Natalie DenHartog, OF (2), Autumn Pease, P (2), MaKenna Partain, 2B (2)
2022 Natalie DenHartog, OF (2), Makenna Dowell, SS (3), Lauren Espalin, DP (3), Chloe Evans, OF (3)
2023 Natalie DenHartog, OF (1), Taylor Krapf, C (1), Autumn Pease, P (1), Jess Oakland, SS (2), Kayla Chavez, 3B (3)
2024 Jess Oakland, SS (1), Taylor Krapf, C (2), Morgan DeBord, CF (2), Sydney Strelow, 2B (3)
U.S. Tri-Nations Team
1983 Gretchen Larson
Big Ten Player of the Year
1986 Barb Drake
1991 Kari Blank (co)
2015 Sara Groenewegen
2017 Kendyl Lindaman
2018 Kendyl Lindaman
2024 Jess Oakland
Big Ten Pitcher of the Year
2014 Sara Groenewegen
2017 Sara Groenewegen
2019 Amber Fiser
2023 Autumn Pease
Big Ten Freshman of the Year
1988 Brenda Bixby
2011 Sara Moulton
2014 Sara Groenewegen
2016 Maddie Houlihan
2017 Kendyl Lindaman
Big Ten Medal of Honor
1999 Shannon Beeler
2014 Sara Moulton
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
2017 Sam Macken
2018 Ellie Cowger
2019 Emily Hansen
2021 Carlie Brandt
2022 Ali Lindner
2023 Nani Valencia
All-Big Ten (Team)
1984 Barb Drake (1), Barb Solberg (1), Mary Lee Hanson (2), Danne Leininger (2)
1985 Ann Flis (1)
1986 Barb Drake (1), Ann Flis (1), Deb Lewis (1), Judy Oliverius (1)
1987 Carla Cray (2), Barb Drake (2), Trish Johnson (2)
1988 Brenda Bixby (1), Kathy Casull (1), Deb Lange (1), Kelly Darrow (2)
1989 Kari Blank (2), Dottie Conroy (2), Deb Lange (2)
1990 Robin Bumpus (2), Mischel Doerr (2)
1991 Brenda Bixby (1), Kari Blank (1), Anne Weisbecker (1), Diane Field (2), Sandy Scott (2), Lezlie Weiss (2),Tabbetha Woody (2)
1992 Lezlie Weiss (1), Kari Blank (1)
1993 Jennifer McGuinness (2), Lezlie Weiss (2)
1994 Rachel Nelson (2), Jennifer McGuinness (2)
1995 Rachel Nelson (1), Amber Hegland (2), Melissa Wold (2)
1996 Rachel Nelson (1), Amber Hegland (2), Steph Klaviter (2), Wendy Logue (2)
1997 Amber Hegland (2), Rachel Nelson (2)
1998 Shannon Beeler (1), Laura Peters (1), Amber Hegland (2), Steph Klaviter (2)
1999 Steph Klaviter (1), Shannon Beeler (2), Steph Midthun (2), Angel Braden (3)
2000 Jordanne Nygren (3)
2001 Tammi Hays (1), Piper Marten (3), Anne Thul (3)
2002 Piper Marten (3)
2003 Piper Marten (1), Jordanne Nygren (2)
2004 Piper Marten (3)
2005 Megan Higginbotham (1), Stephanie Sward (2)
2007 Megan Higginbotham (2)
2008 Briana Hassett (2), Malisa Barnes (3), Colleen Conway (3), Sila Fernandez (3)
2009 Briana Hassett (2), Malisa Barnes (3)
2010 Alex Davis (3)
2011 Malisa Barnes (2), Sara Moulton (2)
2012 Sara Moulton (3), Tyler Walker (3)
2013 Sara Moulton (1), Tyler Walker (1), Kaitlyn Richardson (1)
2014 Sara Groenewegen (1), Tyler Walker (1), Kaitlyn Richardson (1), Sara Moulton (2)
2015 Sara Groenewegen (1), Tyler Walker (1), Danielle Parlich (1), Kaitlyn Richardson (2), Sam Macken (2)
2016 Sara Groenewegen (1), Sam Macken (1), Maddie Houlihan (1), Taylor LeMay (2), Sydney Dwyer (2)
2017 Sara Groenewegen, P (1), Kendyl Lindaman, C (1), Maddie Houlihan, OF (1), Danielle Parlich, 3B (1), Allie Arneson, SS (1), Sydney Dwyer, 1B (2), Sam Macken, OF (2), Dani Wagner, OF (2)
2018 Amber Fiser, P (1), Kendyl Lindaman, C (1), MaKenna Partain, 2B (1), Ellee Jensen, OF (2) (Freshman)
2019 Amber Fiser, P (1), Natalie DenHartog, OF (1), Hope Brandner, 1B (1), MaKenna Partain, 2B (1), Maddie Houlihan, OF (2)
2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic canceling season
2021 Natalie DenHartog, OF (1), MaKenna Partain, 2B (1), Emily Hansen, DP (2), Amber Fiser, P (2), Katelyn Kemmetmueller, 3B (2), Autumn Pease, P (2)
2022 Natalie DenHartog, OF (2), Chloe Evans, OF (2)
2023 Autumn Pease, P (1), Jess Oakland, SS (1), Taylor Krapf, C (1), Kayla Chavez, 3B (1), Natalie DenHartog, OF (2)
2024 Jess Oakland, SS (1), Taylor Krapf, C (1), Morgan DeBord, OF (2), Sydney Strelow, 2B (2)
Big Ten All-Freshman Team
2018 Ellee Jensen
2019 Natalie DenHartog
2021 Sara Kinch
2022 Emily Leavitt
2023 Jess Oakland
Big Ten All-Defensive Team (Position)
2017 Sara Groenewegen (P), Kendyl Lindaman (C)
2019 Allie Arneson (SS), Katelyn Kemmetmueller (3B)
2021 Amber Fiser (P)
2022 Kayla Chavez (3B), Makenna Dowell (SS)
2024 Jess Oakland (SS), Morgan DeBord (OF), Sydney Strelow (2B)
Big Ten All-Tournament Team
2017 Sydney Dwyer, Sara Groenewegen (Most Outstanding Player), Kendyl Lindaman
2018 Maddie Houlihan (Most Outstanding Player), Kendyl Lindaman, MaKenna Partain, Dani Wagner
2019 Hope Brandner, Amber Fiser, Katelyn Kemmetmueller
Team Player of the Year
2011 Malisa Barnes
2012 Tyler Walker
2013 Kaitlyn Richardson
2014 Kaitlyn Richardson
2015 Kaitlyn Richardson and Tyler Walker
2016 Sam Macken
2017 Kendyl Lindaman
2018 Kendyl Lindaman
Team Pitcher of the Year
2011 Sara Moulton
2012 Sara Moulton
2013 Sara Moulton
2014 Sara Moulton
2015 Sara Groenewegen
2016 Sara Groenewegen
2017 Sara Groenewegen
2018 Amber Fiser
Team Freshman of the Year
2011 Sara Moulton
2012 Tyler Walker
2013 Kayla Wenner
2014 Sara Groenewegen
2015 Danielle Parlich
2016 Maddie Houlihan
2017 Kendyl Lindaman
2018 Ellee Jensen
Team Teammate of the Year
2011 Kelsey Klucas
2012 Dannie Skrove
2013 Hannah Granger
2014 Erika Smyth
2015 Erika Smyth
2016 Hannah Evavold
2017 Tori Finucane
2018 Ellie Cowger
Team MVP
1983 Barb Solberg
1984 Barb Drake
1985 Ann Flis
1986 Barb Drake
1987 Kathy Casull
1988 Brenda Bixby
1989 Kari Blank
1990 Dottie Conroy
1991 Kari Blank
1992 Lezlie Weiss
1993 Sarah Maschka
1994 Ann Bartholmey
1995 Rachel Nelson
1996 Amber Hegland
1997 Rachel Nelson
1998 Shannon Beeler
1999 Steph Klaviter
2000 Michelle Bennett
2001 Angel Braden
2002 Tammi Hays
2003 Piper Marten
2004 Piper Marten
2005 Megan Higginbotham
2006 Megan Higginbotham
2007 Megan Higginbotham
2008 Briana Hassett
2009 Briana Hassett
2010 Alex Davis
Google Cloud/CoSIDA/CSC Academic All-America (Team)
1989 Kathy Casull (1)
1997 Rachel Nelson (3)
1998 Amber Hegland (3)
1999 Steph Midthun (3)
2013 Kaitlyn Richardson (3)
2015 Erica Meyer (1)
2017 Sara Groenewegen (3)
2018 Kendyl Lindaman (3)
2020 Amber Fiser (1)
2022 Natalie DenHartog (3)
2023 Natalie DenHartog (1)
Google Cloud/CoSIDA/CSC Academic All-District (Team)
1991 Tabbetha Woody
1993 Lezlie Weiss
2000 Jordanne Nygren
2005 Megan Higginbotham (1), Valerie Alston (2), Lyn Peyer (2)
2006 Valerie Alston (2)
2008 Shannon Stemper (1), Briana Hassett (1)
2013 Kaitlyn Richardson (1)
2014 Sara Moulton (1)
2015 Erica Meyer (1)
2015 Hannah Granger (1)
2016 Sam Macken (1)
2017 Sara Groenewegen (1), Sydney Dwyer (1)
2018 Sydney Dwyer (1), Kendyl Lindaman (1)
2019 Amber Fiser (1)
2020 Natalie DenHartog (1), Amber Fiser (1)
2021 Natalie DenHartog (1), Amber Fiser (1), Katelyn Kemmetmueller (1), MaKenna Partain (1), Autumn Pease (1)
2022 Natalie DenHartog (1), Autumn Pease (1)
2023 Amani Bradley, Natalie DenHartog, Maddy Ehlke, Sydney Strelow
2024 Jess Oakland, Maddy Ehlke, Sydney Strelow, Taylor Krapf, Morgan DeBord