Biography
As a Senior (2019)
Named the 2019 Schutt Sports/NFCA National Pitcher of the Year…Earned NFCA All-American First Team honors…Also earned D2CCA All-American First Team honors…Named to the NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team…Earned the D2CCA Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year award and was named to the All-Midwest Region First Team…Named the GLIAC Pitcher of the Year for a record three straight seasons…Also a member of the All-GLIAC First Team…Was named the GLIAC Pitcher of the Week six times throughout the season…Also named the Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player of the Week on 3/13...Earned GLIAC All-Academic Team honors…Finished the season with a 0.94 ERA and a 33-4 record in the circle which sets a new single-season program record for wins…Tossed a Division II leading 18 shutouts while also leading the nation with 362 strikeouts to just 51 walks in her 252.0 innings in the circle…Allowed just 141 hits and held opposing lineups to just a .158 average…Tallied 20 total games with 10+ strikeouts and four games with 15+ K’s…Posted a new season and career-high 18 strikeouts in a win over Indianapolis (5/16) that tied the previous single-game record set 15 years ago…Pitched the final 12 games of the season for the Lakers, all of which were in postseason play…Set the single-season program record for wins in a season with a victory over Indianapolis (5/17) in the Super Regional Championship game to improve to 31-2 on the season…Finished the season ranked inside the top-10 nationally in seven different categories, including top-five finishes in victories (33), hits allowed per seven innings (3.92), and strikeouts per seven innings (10.1)…Leaves GVSU with nine single-season program records including wins (33), shutouts (18), strikeouts (362), strikeouts looking (98), and innings pitched (252.0) from this season…Also holds the career program record for lowest opponent batting average (.154) and strikeouts per seven innings (9.76)…Ranks second in career shutouts (44), strikeouts (968), strikeouts looking (235) and third in earned run average (1.04).
As a Junior (2018)
Named as an NFCA First Team All-American…Selected as a D2CCA All-American Second Team honoree…Named the D2CCA Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year…Garnered D2CCA All-Midwest Region First Team honors…Earned NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team honors…Named the GLIAC Pitcher of the Year…Earned All-GLIAC First Team honors…Three-time GLIAC Pitcher of the Week (Weeks 3, 8, 10)…Earned All-GLIAC Academic honors…Wrapped up the season with a 22-5 overall record and 191.0 innings pitched…Finished the season ranked first in the nation in strikeouts per seven innings (11.30), second in both shutouts (14) and total strikeouts (309)…Ranked third nationally in hits allowed per seven innings (3.37) and fourth in ERA (0.81)…Led the league with a .139 opponent batting average…Tossed a 14-strikeout perfect game against Notre Dame College to become the second Laker in program history to do so…Spun a season-high 16 K’s in a complete game shutout of Saginaw Valley State (4/11), allowing just four hits…Tallied an 11.0 inning, 140 pitch, 0 run outing against Davenport (5/6) to secure the GLIAC Tournament Title, striking out nine and walking just one while giving up three hits in the process…Allowed just one hit while striking out 15 batters in GVSU’s victory over Indianapolis in the NCAA Midwest Region Tournament…Tallied 20 games with at least 10 strikeouts and four games of 15+ K’s…Finished the season ranked 1st in single-season program history with 11.32 K’s/7 innings, second in total strikeouts with 309, and third in opponent batting average at .139…Currently ranks first in career program history with an opponent batting average of .151 and 9.59 K’s/7 innings…Also ranks third with 606 career strikeouts and fourth in ERA (1.09) and shutouts (26).
As a Sophomore (2017)
Earned NFCA All-Midwest Region Second Team honors…Voted to the D2CCA All-Midwest Region Second Team…Named the GLIAC Pitcher of the Year, the first Laker to win the award since its inception in 2008…Voted to the All-GLIAC First Team…Made 25 appearances and 22 starts, totaling 156.0 innings pitched…Finished with a 16-4 record, a 1.53 earned run average, and 19 complete games, while tossing nine solo shutouts…Recorded 216 strikeouts and just 59 walks, along with 79 hits, 37 runs (34 earned) and opponents hit just .148 off the righty…Led all Division II pitchers in fewest hits allowed per seven innings (3.54), while also ranking sixth in strikeouts per seven innings (9.69), 15th in strikeouts (216), 17th in shutouts (nine), and 29th in earned run average (1.53)…Led the GLIAC in strikeouts (216), strikeouts per game (9.69), and opponents batting average (.148)…Also ranked second in the league in earned run average (1.53) and shutouts (nine), fourth in wins (16), fifth in complete games (19), eight in games started (23), and ninth in innings pitched (156.0)…In conference play, led the league in strikeouts (109) and strikeouts per game (9.54), finished second in shutouts (four) and opponents batting average (.164), third in earned run average (1.49), fourth in wins (nine) and complete games (11), sixth in innings pitched (80.0), and eighth in games started (12)…Ranks fourth in GVSU single season history in strikeouts (216), trailing only top three seasons of assistant coach Jen (Mackson) Rivera…Also tied for eighth in GVSU single season history with nine shutouts…Ranks ninth in Laker history with 297 strikeouts in only two seasons…Tossed the first no-hitter by a Grand Valley State pitcher since the 2014 season with a 1-0 victory over Indianapolis in the NCAA Tournament (May 12), marking just the second NCAA postseason no-hitter in Laker history…Notched 11 strikeouts and three walks during 111-pitch no-hit effort…Named the GLIAC Pitcher of the Week for four consecutive weeks (Apr. 3, 10, 17, 24)…Struck out 10 or more batters 13 times, including a streak of nine consecutive appearances from Apr. 9 to May 6…Tallied a two-hit shutout with nine strikeouts in 8-0 season-opening victory over Missouri S&T (Feb. 24)…Pitched 6.2 innings of one-hit relief, totaling eight strikeouts in loss to Wisconsin-Parkside (Feb. 25)…Struck out 10 batters in complete-game 2-0 loss to Missouri-St. Louis (Mar. 7), allowing two runs on four hits…Fired two-hit shutout with one walk and 11 K’s in 7-0 game one victory at Purdue Northwest (Mar. 19)…Notched complete game victory in 5-1 win at Ashland (Mar. 25), allowing one run on four hits in seven innings…Tossed a four-hit shutout in 1-0 win over Lewis (Mar. 28), walking one and striking out four…Allowed one earned run and struck out six in 8-2 road win at Hillsdale (Apr. 1)…Recorded 10 strikeouts without a walk and just one run on three hits in team’s 1-0 loss at #18 Wayne State (Apr. 2)…Posted back-to-back home shutouts with a four-hitter in 6-0 victory over Findlay and a three-hitter in 1-0 win over Tiffin (eight innings, tallying seven and 11 strikeouts, respectively, in the wins (Apr. 8-9)…Tallied 13 strikeouts and just one run on three hits in 7-1 road win at Saint Joseph’s (Apr. 11)…Supplied consecutive shutouts in 3-0 win over Northwood (Apr. 14) and 2-0 victory against Aquinas (Apr. 18), allowing a total of five hits and recording 15 strikeouts versus NU and 10 punchouts against AQ…Threw eight-inning two-hitter with 13 strikeouts and one walk in 2-0 home win over Walsh (Apr. 23)…Closed regular season with 13 strikeouts against Ferris State (Apr. 28) and 14 K’s at #22 Saginaw Valley State (Apr. 29), as Lakers won both appearances and clinched GLIAC regular season championship at SVSU…Earned complete game victory in 7-4 GLIAC Tournament win at Findlay (May 6), striking out 14 batters...Gave up more than five hits in a game one time all season; and that game (at Ohio Dominican, Mar. 24) went extra innings…Gave up two runs or less in 18 of 25 appearances.
As a Freshman (2016)
Voted to the D2CCA All-Midwest Region Second Team…Named the GLIAC Freshman of the Year, the fifth Laker rookie ever to win the award…Also earned All-GLIAC Second Team honors…Finished rookie season with an 11-1 record and a 0.95 earned run average, tossing eight complete games and three shutouts in 95.1 innings in the circle…Allowed just 28 runs (only 13 earned) and 61 hits for the year, as opponents tallied just a .180 batting average…Her 28 total runs and 13 earned runs are tied for eighth-lowest and 10th-lowest, respectively, in GVSU single season history…Ranked third in the GLIAC in ERA (0.95), fifth in opponents batting average (.180), sixth in shutouts (three), ninth in strikeouts per game (5.95), 10th in strikeouts (81), 12th in wins (11), 15th in complete games (eight), 20th in innings pitched (95.1), and 24th in games started (14)…Selected as the GLIAC Pitcher of the Week twice - on Mar. 14 and Apr. 18…Allowed two or fewer earned runs in 18 of 19 appearances, including zero earned runs in 10 appearances in the circle…Earned a victory in each of her first six appearances, allowing just seven runs in 34 total innings during that span, walking six batters and recording 44 strikeouts…Threw 5.1 innings of scoreless relief, allowing just three hits and a walk, while striking out nine in 7-5 win over Illinois Springfield (Feb. 26), her first collegiate appearance…Did not allow an earned run in complete game 9-3 victory over William Jewell (Feb. 27)…Tossed a complete game two-hitter with one walk and a season-high 12 strikeouts in 5-0 victory over Quincy (Mar. 7)…Fanned 11 batters and gave up just four hits in 4-3 win over eventual NCAA Tournament participant Trevecca Nazarene (Mar. 10)…Recorded nine strikeouts and allowed one run on three hits in 6-1 victory over Minnesota State Moorhead (Mar. 12)…Logged a season-high 135 pitches in 7-2 home win over Northwood (Apr. 7), scattering four hits and only one earned run…Threw complete game one-hitter in 2-0 road victory at Saginaw Valley State (Apr. 13), totaling one walk and seven strikeouts to move to 8-0 on the season…Gave up just three hits and zero earned runs in only loss of the season, a 2-1 home defeat against Findlay (Apr. 14)…Rebounded in next start with a complete game three-hit shutout in 5-0 win at Ohio Dominican (Apr. 16), posting two walks and eight strikeouts…After missing nearly three weeks due to an injury, she responded by tossing a complete game three-hitter, giving up two runs (one earned) in 4-2 victory over Trevecca Nazarene (May 7) in NCAA Midwest Region Tournament elimination game…Did not allow an earned run in 2.2 innings of relief against #16 Armstrong State (May 18) at the College World Series.
High School: Prepped at Harrison High School under head coach Matt Cooper…Two-time all-state pitcher, including First Team Division 3 honors in 2013, followed by honorable mention plaudits in 2014…Earned All-Jackpine Conference honors each of her first three seasons…Totaled a 64-24 record in the circle with 912 strikeouts from 2012 to 2014…Went 22-8 with 339 strikeouts and a 0.97 ERA in 2014, while hitting .384 with eight homers and 34 RBI…Owned a 22-5 record in 2013, tallying 315 K’s and a 0.86 earned run average; also hit .467 with seven home runs and 45 ribbies…Put together a 20-11 record with 258 strikeouts and 2.01 ERA as a freshman, hitting .344 with five dingers and 35 RBI…Helped Hornets win Jackpine Conference championship in 2013…Named to academic all-state team in 2014…Also played three years of volleyball and two years of basketball at Harrison…Participated in Student Council and National Honor Society throughout high school.
Personal: Daughter of Jamie and Tammi Lipovsky…Enjoys athletics…Majoring in medical science.
