Sara Moulton

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Eagan HS
Hometown:
Eagan, Minn.

2014 ? SENIOR SEASON:
Academic All-Big Ten and NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete ? Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ? Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient, the second Minnesota softball player to earn the accolade ? named an NFCA Second Team All-American, the first Gopher to receive the honor as a pitcher ? NFCA All-Great Lakes Region First Team honoree ? CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District 6 First Team member ? All-Big Ten Second Team ? was a top-25 finalist for the USA Softball National Player of the Year Award and was a top-30 finalist for the Senior CLASS Award ? University of Minnesota Outstanding Student-Athlete Achievement Award winner ? named Minnesota's Pitcher of the Year for the fourth-straight season ? finished her Gopher career with a 112-50 record, holding the program records for wins, appearances (178), innings pitched (1,017), complete games (108), no-hitters (five) shutouts (47), and strikeouts (1,184) ? as a senior, went 27-8 with a 1.97 earned run average ? led the conference in wins with 27, strikeouts with 244, and was one of three pitchers in the league with a sub-2.00 ERA ? was 25th in the nation in strikeouts, was 18th in wins, and was sixth with 12 shutouts ? season shutout and win totals both ranked third in school history ? was named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week three times ? Coastal Carolina Chanticleer Classic All-Tournament Team (March 14-16) ? had nine double-digit strikeouts performances ? tied a career-high with 15 strikeouts against Georgia State (March 14), the most by a Big Ten pitcher in a single game all season ? earned road victories against ranked foes No. 17/19 LSU (Feb. 7), No. 3 Arizona State (March 2), No. 15/17 Nebraska (March 21), and No. 3 Michigan (April 18) and defeated the Wolverines a second time to help Minnesota capture its second Big Ten Tournament (May 10) ? named to Big Ten All-Tournament team ? threw a no-hitter against Hampton (Feb. 22) and four one-hitters ? started the season with 28-straight scoreless innings ? was named the LSU Tiger Classic Most Valuable Player (Feb. 7-9) ? was selected fifth overall in the National Professional Fastpitch League Collegiate Draft by the Chicago Bandits.

2013 ? JUNIOR SEASON:
Made 48 appearances, including 45 starts, with a career-best 32-12 record ? broke her own single-season wins record and tied the shutouts record ? named to the NFCA All-Region First Team ? All-Big Ten First Team ? named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ? earned two Big Ten Pitcher of the Week awards ? pitched 14 shutouts, including two consecutive no-hitters ? ranked among NCAA leaders in shutouts (t-4th), wins (t-7th) and strikeouts (9th) led the Big Ten in ERA (1.57), wins (32), starts (45), innings pitched (275.2) and strikeouts (308) ? tied for first in the conference in home runs allowed (eight) ? her season IP and strikeout totals ranked fourth in Minnesota history? held opponents to a .199 batting average, third in the Big Ten ? tallied 29 complete games ? picked up her first win of the season with a shutout at UNLV (Feb. 10) ? shut out Northern Iowa with 12 strikeouts, allowing just one hit and two walks (Feb. 16) ? won the second game of the day vs. the Panthers with a one-run performance ? gave up one hit and three walks while striking out nine to shut out Florida Gulf Coast (Feb. 22) ? threw a seven-inning, one-walk no-hitter vs. Albany, striking out 12 batters (Feb. 24) ? followed up with a five-inning no-hitter vs. Middle Tennessee State (March 1) ? struck out a season-high 15 batters in a win vs. Gardner-Webb (March 3) ? held Pacific scoreless and surrendered just three hits with seven strikeouts (March 8) ? allowed one run in seven innings to beat FGCU (March 10) ? pitched a one-hit shutout vs. Georgia Southern (March 16) ? held Iowa to one run in seven innings (March 22) ? beat Wisconsin allowing only one run, and pitched five shutout innings to win the second game of a doubleheader the next day (April 6-7) ? struck out Illinois and gave up a single run at Illinois (April 13) ? pitched a one-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts at Ohio State (April 26) ? held Indiana scoreless for 13 total innings, including an eight-inning second game of the doubleheader (May 4) ? pitched back to back seven-inning shutouts vs. Penn State and Nebraska (May 10-11) ? shut out Portland State with 13 strikeouts in the NCAA Tournament (May 18) ? Academic All-Big Ten.

2012 ? SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Named Third Team, All-Big Ten pitcher ? made 43 appearances with 40 starts and seven shutouts ? hurled 30 complete games, which is tied for fourth in school history ? hoisted a record of 25-14, which is tied for third most victories in Gopher history, and posted a 1.56 ERA, which ranked Top 30 nationally ? pitched 253.1 innings, which ranks fourth in Minnesota history ? garnered 302 strikeouts on the season, which ranks fourth in Minnesota history and 14th in the nation ? ranked Top 10 in the Big Ten in ERA (first), opposing batting average (first), innings pitched (second), strikeouts (second) and wins (second) ? tossed two no-hitters ? had 29 games this season where she allowed five or fewer hits ? recorded double-digit strikeouts in 13 games ? named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week three times (Feb. 13; Feb. 27; Mar. 12) ? recorded her first no-hitter in the season opener against Kent State (Feb. 11) with striking out nine ? pitched three-hitless innings while fanning eight batters against Weber State (Feb. 12) ? tagged Big Ten Pitcher of the Week following the UNLV Tournament (Feb. 11-12) for posting a 2-1 record with a 0.74 ERA in 19 innings of work while also fanning 24 batters ? struck out 12 batters and allowed only one hit in seven innings of work against Central Michigan (Feb. 17) ? had another one-hit performance against James Madison (Feb. 24) where she fanned 10 ? tabbed Big Ten Pitcher of the Week for recording a 2-1 record at the Carolina Classic (Feb. 24-26) and hoisting a 0.67 ERA in 21 innings of work while also striking out 28 batters ? notched 13 strikeouts in a seven-inning, three-hit outing against Rutgers (Mar. 4) ? hurled her second no-hitter against Florida Atlantic (Mar. 10) while also striking out a season-high 14 batters ? named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week following the Embassy Suites Invitational (Mar. 9-11) for going 2-1 and posting a spotless ERA while striking out 34 hitters ? allowed only three hits and fanned 11 batters in a complete-game outing against Green Bay (Apr. 11) ? pitched 11-shutout innings in the midweek doubleheader with North Dakota State (Apr. 18) with allowing only three hits and fanning 20 batters in the two games ? shutout Michigan (Apr. 21) in the series opener by surrendering only two hits and striking out 10 ? pitched two-complete games and struck out 11 combined batters to open the Purdue series (May 5) with a pair of victories ? capped of her sophomore season by allowing one run off six hits in the second game of the Iowa series (May 12).

2011 ? FRESHMAN SEASON:
Started 43 games and appeared in 47 ? garnered most wins in a season by a Gopher pitcher with 28 ? ranked second in the Big Ten with 278.2 inning pitched and sixth with an earned run average of 2.06 ? struck out 330 batters, which ranked her 14th nationally and second on Minnesota's single-season records ? tallied 10 games where she struck out at least 10 batters ? threw 32 complete games and ranked seventh in the nation with 14 shutouts ? pitched three one-hit shutouts ? named to All-Big Ten Second Team and earned Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors ? chosen as a member of the 2011 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-Great Lakes Region Second Team ? acquired first career win in a complete game, seven strikeout performance against Rutgers (Feb. 18) ? tallied 13 strikeouts in a 7-2 win over Loyola Marymount (Feb. 19) ? threw first one-hit shutout versus UNC Greensboro on February 26 while fanning eight and only walking one ? snagged seventh win of the season in a complete game two-hit performance over Utah State 2-1 (March 4) ? defeated No. 18 Oklahoma State on March 13 by throwing a three-hit shutout ? recorded second one-hit shutout on March 19 against North Dakota State ? turned in one of her best performance on March 20 versus Western Michigan by pitching a three-hit shutout and striking out a career high 15 batters ? matched the Western Michigan outing six days later by throwing an identical three-hit shutout with 15 strikeouts at Indiana (March 26) ? struck out another 15 batters in a complete game 10-inning shutout against Iowa State (April 7) ? threw third complete game one-hit shutout in a 3-0 win over South Dakota (April 9) ? her ERA plummeted to 1.89 at the end of April ? hurled 12 innings in a doubleheader at Northwestern on May 4 to acquire two wins after only allowing one combined run off 11 hits and striking out 15 on the day ? ended the season with a complete game, 10 strikeout performance in a 3-2 win over Illinois (May 14).

HIGH SCHOOL:
A 2010 graduate of Eagan (Minn.) High School ? played for coach Courtney Dully ? named the 2009-10 Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year ? honored as Minnesota's Miss Softball in 2010 ? 2009 and 2010 Star Tribune All-Metro Player of the Year ? 2009 Pioneer Press Player of the Year ? a member of the 2008 state championship team and the 2009 state consolation championship team ? a four-time all-state, all-metro and all-conference award winner (2007-10) ? a two-time team captain for Eagan High School ? earned team MVP honors in 2007, 2009 and 2010 ? holds a career 83-13 record with 1,142 strikeouts, a 0.35 ERA, 58 shutouts, 13 no hitters and three perfect games ? high school teammate of fellow Gophers freshman Bree Blanchette ? a four-year letter winner in softball, also lettered once in basketball ? listed on Eagan's A Honor Roll ? earned the 2010 Athena Award, which recognizes one outstanding senior female athlete at all greater Minneapolis schools each year ? also played for the Minnesota Sting (2005-10) alongside current teammates Dannie Skrove and Kari Dorle ? with the Minnesota Sting, finished second at the 2008 18-U ASA Nationals.

PERSONAL:
Daughter of Jeff and Kate Moulton ? has a younger sister, Emily ? credits winning the high school state softball tournament in 2008 as a sophomore as her most memorable sports thrill ? lists yoga and spending time with family and friends as her hobbies ? graduated with a degree in business and marketing education.

Year	ERA	W	L	App	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	BF	BAvg
2011	2.06	28	16	47	43	32	14/0	0	278.2	238	106	82	83	330	1187	.222
2012	1.52	25	14	43	40	30	7/6	1	253.1	171	76	55	71	302	1029	.186
2013	1.57	32	12	48	45	29	14/2	2	275.2	205	84	62	69	308	1125	.199
2014	1.97	27	8	40	37	17	12/4	1	209.1	167	80	59	53	244	896	.205
TOTAL	1.78	112	50	178	165	108	47/12	4	1017.0	781	346	258	276	1184	4237	.204