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2026 Softball Roster

Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Elsye Jones, NIU Athletics
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU

22 Danielle Stewart

  • Class Senior
  • Position P/UTL
  • Hometown Frankfort, Ill.
  • High School Lincoln-Way East

Biography

2025: Named to First Team All-MAC….Earned NFCA All-Region (Midwest) honors…Named MAC Player of the Week (4/14) Saw action in all 51 games…..50 starts….. one of three Huskies to play in every game…..Batting average of .322….49 hits…12 runs…12 doubles….3 home runs…30 RBIs….slugging percentage of .461…on-base percentage of .383…. perfect on stolen bases (1-1)….Mad 21 appearances in the circle for NIU….pitched 102.2 innings…record of 5-14….19 starts as pitcher….5 complete games….1 shutout win….49 walks….led the team with 77 strikeouts…held opponents to a .282 batting average…..fielding percentage of .975…..169 putouts….28 assists….6 double plays....CSC Academic All-District member….. Academic All-MAC

2024: All-MAC First Team….NFCA All-Region (Great Lakes) Third Team…..Pitched the first no-hitter since 2006 against Bowling Green on April 26…..Had first grand-slam against Bradley on April 10…..Third in the MAC for ERA….top 10 in the MAC for wins…..tenth in the MAC for innings pitched…..Seventh in the MAC for strikeouts and walks….second lowest opponent batting average in the MAC…..Saw action in 46 games with 46 starts…batting average .344….slugging percentage .611…on-base percentage .437…45 hits….28 runs…12 doubles….1 triple…7 home runs…29 RBIs…6-for-6 stolen bases….made 25 appearances in the circle for the Huskies (24 starts)…10-10 record…..ERA of 2.54….2 shutouts…8 complete games…..129.1 innings pitched…opponent batting average .211….WHIP 1.22…86 putouts….18 assists.......CSC Academic All-District.....Academic All-MAC.....Easton/NFCA Scholar All-America

2023: Established herself as one of the best pitchers in the MAC as a freshman … Led the team with a 3.06 ERA (No. 10 in the MAC) and a 13-10 record …  Her 13 wins ranked No. 4 in the league … Notched a pair of saves, the fourth-most in the conference … Batters could only muster a .230 batting average against her, the fourth-best mark in the MAC … Struck out the side on two separate occasions, most recently against Buffalo on April 30 … Tossed eight complete games, including a shutout against USC Upstate on March 3 … Ended the season with four-straight wins … Pitched 15.0 innings in NIU’s series sweep over Miami … Fanned 101 batters … Named the MAC Pitcher of the Week March 28 … NFCA All-Region Third Team … MAC All-Freshman Team … All-MAC First Team.

High School: Two-year letterwinner for the Lincoln Way Griffins ... Earned all-conference accolades as a junior ... Garnered second team all-area honors and third team all-state awards in 2021 ... Honor roll student ... Gained membership into the National Honor Society and Math Honor Society ... Plays for Orland Park A's softball team.

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2023Freshman

    UTL
    5'7"
    22
  • 22

    2024Sophomore

    P/UTL
    22
  • 22

    2025Junior

    P/UTL
    22
  • 22

    2026Senior

    P/UTL
    22