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2024 Softball Roster

Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Brian McWalters

3 Caitlyn Shumaker

  • Class Senior
  • Position INF
  • Hometown Bellefontaine, Ohio
  • High School Bellefontaine
  • Prev School North Dakota

Biography

2024: Broke the school record for career stolen bases in under three years (Record fell on March 29-30 against Kent State) …. Third in the MAC for triples (4)…..led the team with 25 stolen bases….third in the MAC for stolen bases….batting average of .300…..slugging percentage .533…on-base percentage .378….saw action in 51 games with 51 starts….45 hits…35 runs…6 doubles…4 triples…7 home runs…31 RBIs….150 putouts….56 assists….10 double plays.......CSC Academic All-District......Academic All-MAC.....Easton/NFCA Scholar All-America

2023: Started 49 games and played in 50 … One of the fastest base runners in the nation through the 2023 season … Broke the program’s single season stolen base record with her 27th swipe in NIU's road game against Toledo on April 22 … Capped the season with 34 steals and averaged .68 per game, the 13th-most in D-I softball … Had a .301 batting average and garnered 46 hits – including a seven-game hit streak from March 3-12 - and 30 runs in the box … Academic All-MAC honoree … CSC Academic All-District Team member.

2022: Started 16 games and played in 33 ... Homered versus DePaul on April 20 ... Logged five putouts versus Indiana on Feb. 12 ... Had a season-high three hits against Western Michigan on May 4 ... Academic All-MAC honoree.

North Dakota: Played in 36 games for the Fighting Hawks ... Logged 15 hits and scored nine times ... Went yard twice - versus Winthrop and Central Michigan ... Had seven RBI.

High School: Starred at four sports at Bellefontaine ... Finished first team all-conference on the diamond in each of her four seasons ... Hit .662 with five homers, eight doubles, 10 triples, 16 RBIs and 14 stolen bases as a senior ... Also finished as a four-time all-conference selection while earning the league's player of the year honors in 2019 in soccer ... Was an honorable mention all-conference selection in basketball ... Named the team's top middle-distance runner in 2019 in track.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2022Sophomore

    INF
    3
  • 3

    2023Junior

    INF
    3
  • 3

    2024Senior

    INF
    3