2020 Big Ten Conference Year in Review

2020 BIG TEN IN REVIEW

2019 ALL-BIG TEN TEAMS AND HONORS^

Player of Year: Kayla Konwent (WIS) Pitcher of Year: AMBER FISER (MINN) Fresh of Year: Danielle Williams (NU) Coach of Year: Kate Drohan (NU) FIRST TEAM

C Bella Loya So. ILL OF Kiana Sherlund Sr. ILL DP Maddie Westmoreland So. IND P Meghan Beubien So. MICH OF LEXI BLAIR Fr. MICH 2B Faith Canfield Sr. MICH 1B Hope Brandner So. MINN OF NATALIE DENHARTOG Fr. MINN P AMBER FISER Jr. MINN 2B MaKenna Partain Jr. MINN SS Tristen Edwards Jr. NEB C Jordyn Rudd Fr. NU P DANIELLE WILLIAMS Fr. NU 2B Emily Clark Sr. OSU SS LILLI PIPER Sr. OSU 3B Jenny Behan Sr. PUR UTL Taylor Johnson So. WIS 1B KAYLA KONWENT Jr. WIS SECOND TEAM

OF Carly Thomas Sr. ILL SS Grayson Radcliffe So. IND P Tara Trainer Sr. IND P Allison Doocy Jr. IOWA DP Sammie Stefan So. MD OF Natalie Peters Sr. MICH 1B Alex Sobczak Sr. MICH SS Catie Ladd So. MSU OF Maddie Houlihan Sr. MINN OF Alyvia Simmonsi Sr. NEB 2B Rachel Lewis So. NU SS Maeve Nelson Fr. NU OF Bri Betschel Sr. OSU 3B Ashley Prange Fr. OSU P Morgan Ray Sr. OSU OF Toni Polk Sr. PSU C Katie Wingert Fr. RU P Kaitlyn Menz Jr. WIS ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM

OF LEXIE BLAIR Fr. MICH P Alex Storako Fr. MICH C Charla Echols Fr. MSU OF NATALIE DENHARTOG Fr. MINN SS Maeve Nelson Fr. NU C Jordyn Rudd Fr. NU P DANIELLE WILLIAMS Fr. NU 3B Ashley Prange Fr. OSU UTL Chelsea Bisi Fr. PSU P Corah Price Fr. RU C Katie Wingert Fr. RU ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM

P Meghan Beaubien So. MICH C Claire Nicholson So. OSU 1B Alex Sobczak Sr. MICH 2B Faith Canfield Sr. MICH SS Allie Arneson Sr. MINN 3B Katelyn Kemmetmueller Jr. MINN OF Carly Thomas Sr. ILL OF Michaela Abbatine So. MD OF Kasey Wilhoit Fr. PUR CAPS indicate unanimous selection Bold indicates Penn State player.

Pl. Team

1 Iowa 2 Michigan 3 Minnesota 4 Purdue 5 Wisconsin 6 Indiana 7 Maryland 8 Illinois 9 Ohio State 10 Northwestern 11 Penn State 12 Rutgers 13 Nebraska 14 Michigan State

2020 BIG TEN FINAL STANDINGS*

Conference

Overall W L Pct. W L Pct.

0 0 .000 17 5 .773 0 0 .000 15 8 .652 0 0 .000 15 9 .620 0 0 .000 15 10 .600 0 0 .000 14 10 .583 0 0 .000 12 9 .571 0 0 .000 12 11 .522 0 0 .000 11 11 .500 0 0 .000 9 9 .500 0 0 .000 11 12 .478 0 0 .000 11 15 .423 0 0 .000 10 14 .417 0 0 .000 9 14 .391 0 0 .000 6 16 .273

PENN STATE IN THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT

Season/Site Seed Opponent Result Score Champion

1999 at Michigan #3 vs. #2 Minnesota L 1-2 Minnesota vs. #5 Iowa W 1-0 at #1 Michigan L 0-11 2000 at Iowa #3 vs. #6 Purdue W 4-3 Michigan vs. #2 Michigan L 0-2 vs. #5 Wisconsin W 10-1 vs. #4 Northwestern W 3-1 vs. #2 Michigan L 0-2 2001 at Michigan #5 vs. #4 Illinois W 6-1 Iowa at #1 Michigan L 0-2 vs. #3 Ohio State W 5-4 vs. #4 Illinois L 1-4 2002 at Michigan #5 vs. #4 Wisconsin W 3-0 Michigan at #1 Michigan L 3-4 vs. #3 Iowa W 6-0 vs. #6 Illinois W 5-3 vs. #2 Ohio State L 3-4 2004 at Michigan #7 vs. #2 Illinois L 0-1 Michigan State 2005 at Michigan #6 vs. #3 Iowa L 0-1 Michigan 2006 at Northwestern #5 vs. #4 Ohio State L 6-9 Michigan 2007 at Ohio State #8 at #1 Ohio State L 2-10 Ohio State 2013 at Nebraska #11 vs. #7 Illinois W 5-2 Michigan vs. #3 Minnesota L 0-4 2014 at Northwestern #10 vs. #7 Ohio State L 2-6 Minnesota 2015 at Ohio State #9 vs. #8 Maryland W 10-6 Michigan vs. #1 Michigan L 1-16 2016 at Penn State #4 vs. #5 Nebraska W 8-7 vs. #1 Michigan L 1-6 Minnesota 2017 at Michigan #12 vs. #5 Nebraska W 5-0 vs. #4 Illinois L 3-0 Minnesota 2019 at Indiana #10 at #7 Indiana L 4-2 Michigan Totals: 12 appearances 30 games 13-17

Note: No Big Ten tournaments were held in 2009-12. Also, the 2004-08 tournaments were held under a single-elimination format.

* - Season shortened and no championship held due to the COVID-19 pandemic ^ - Due to the shortened season and no Big Ten Conference games being played, no All-Big Ten awards were given.

2020 BIG TEN LEADERS

TEAM STATS

BATTING 1. Ohio State 2. Purdue 3. Iowa 4. Maryland 5. Indiana 6. Nebraska 7. Minnesota

Games Average 18 .290 25 .286 22 .283 23 .272 21 .270 23 .265 25 .262 8. Michigan 23 .258 9. Michigan State 22 .258 10. Northwestern 23 .257 11. Rutgers 24 .245 12. Wisconsin 24 .243 13. Illinois 22 .226 14. Penn State 26 .226

PITCHING 1. Wisonsin 2. Iowa 3. Michigan 4. Minnesota 5. Illinois 6. Purdue

Games ERA 23 2.01 22 2.15 23 2.18 24 2.24 22 2.73 25 3.11 7. Indiana 21 3.12 8. Northwestern 23 3.22 9. Penn State 26 3.38 10. Michigan State 22 3.46 11. Ohio State 18 3.55 12. Rutgers 23 5.19 13. Maryland 23 5.34 14. Nebraska 23 5.54

FIELDING 1. Iowa 2. Minnesota 3. Michigan 4. Rutgers 5. Wisconsin 6. Penn State 7. Purdue 8. Indiana

Games Pct. 22 .976 24 .975 23 .972 23 .962 23 .961 26 .960 25 .959 21 .958 9. Illinois 22 .955 10. Northwestern 23 .953 11. Ohio State 18 .953 12. Maryland 23 .952 13. Nebraska 23 .949 14. Michigan State 22 .938

BATTING LEADERS

BATTING AVERAGE 1. Nia Carter (IOWA)................................ .509 2. Avery Clark (OSU) ............................... .444 3. Tristen Edwards (NEB) ........................ .434 4. Natalie DenHartog (MINN)................... .429 5. Anna Kufta (UMD) ............................... .424

HITS 1. Tristen Edwards (NEB) ........................... 33

Natalie DenHartog (MINN)...................... 33 3. Skye Webb (PUR) ................................. 30 4. Kalena Burns (IOWA).............................. 29

MaKenna Partain (MINN) ....................... 29

RUNS SCORED 1. Tristen Edwards (NEB) ........................... 28 2. MaKenna Partain (MINN) ....................... 22

Skye Webb (PUR)................................... 22

Rachel Lewis (NU).................................. 22 5. Natalie DenHartog (MINN)...................... 20

RUNS BATTED IN 1. Natalie DenHartog (MINN)...................... 28 2. Skye Webb (PUR)................................... 25 3. Jordyn Rudd (NU) .................................. 22

Tristen Edwards (NEB) ........................... 22 5. Kalena Burns (IOWA).............................. 20

DOUBLES 1. Tristen Edwards (NEB) ........................... 10 2. Lexie Blair (MICH) .................................... 9

Cam Ybarra (NEB).................................... 9 4. Anna Kufta (UMD) .................................... 8 5. Aralee Bogar (IOWA) ................................ 7

Julia Jimenez (MICH) ............................... 7

MaKenna Partain (MINN) ......................... 7

TRIPLES 1. Skye Webb (PUR)..................................... 4 2. Emily Hansen (MINN) ............................... 2

Becca Jones (PUR) .................................. 2

Taylor Lambert (IND) ................................ 2

Katie Quinlan (MSU)................................. 2

HOME RUNS 1. Tristen Edwards (NEB) ........................... 11 2. Maeve Nelson (NU) .................................. 7

Kayla Konwent (WIS)................................ 7

Natalie DenHartog (MINN)........................ 7 5. Delaney Rummell (ILL) ............................. 5

Caroline Hedgcock (WIS) ......................... 5

Avery Clark (OSU) .................................... 5

Kalena Burns (IOWA)................................ 5

Anyssa Iliopoulos (RU) ............................. 5

PITCHING LEADERS

EARNED RUN AVERAGE 1. Meghan Beaubien (MICH)................... 1.52 2. Allison Doocy (IOWA) .......................... 1.54 3. Kaley Winegarner (NU)........................ 1.62 4. Lauren Shaw (IOWA) ........................... 1.71 5. Emily Goodin (IND).............................. 1.76

WINS 1. Emily Goodin (IND)................................. 10

Amber Fiser (MINN)................................ 10 3. Lauren Shaw (IOWA) ................................ 9

Sydney Bates (PUR)................................. 9

Kaitlyn Menz (WIS) ................................... 9

STRIKEOUTS 1. Amber Fiser (MINN).............................. 145 2. Alex Storako (MICH)............................. 141

3. Bailey Parshall (PSU) ......................... 129

4. Emily Goodin (IND)............................... 111 5. Allison Doocy (IOWA) ........................... 102

INNINGS PITCHED 1. Emily Goodin (IND)............................ 107.2 2. Amber Fiser (MINN)........................... 100.0

3. Bailey Parshall (PSU) ........................ 89.1

4. Kaitlyn Menz (WIS) .............................. 86.2 5. Sydney Bates (PUR)............................ 86.0

APPEARANCES 1. Amber Fiser (MINN)................................ 21

2. Bailey Parshall (PSU) ........................... 20

3. Sarah Ladd (MSU).................................. 19

Ashley Hitchcock (RU) ........................... 19 5. Emily Goodin (IND)................................. 18

Olivia Ferrell (NEB) ................................. 18

SAVES 1. Sydney Sickels (ILL) ................................. 5 2. Trinity Schlotterbeck (UMD) ..................... 2

Meghan Beaubien (MICH)........................ 2 4. 14 tied with............................................... 1

Bold indicates current Penn State student-athlete.