Career Highlights:
- 99 mound appearances with 60 starts
- Preseason All-MVC Honorable Mention (2026)
- MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team (2024, 2025)
- Earned MVC Newcomer of the Week for first career victory, which was a no-hitter at the Littlewood Classic against Weber State (Feb.17)
- Earned 6 wins in rookie season, including going 7.0 in the 3-2 victory over Illinois (April 18)
- Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete (2023, 2024)
- AFNI Honor Roll Member
Junior (2025): Made 38 appearances on the mound and started 25 games...Posted a 3.34 ERA with a team-best 91 strikeouts across 176 innings pitched...Went 13-11 on the mound with three saves and two shutouts...Pitched 10 complete games, including a seven-inning outing against Valparaiso on April 13, when she fanned eight batters and allowed just one run on two hits...Named MVC Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 18 after not allowing an earned run in 14.1 innings pitched at the Puerto Vallarta Challenge...Earned MVC Scholar-Athlete Second-Team honors after going 9-3 in Valley play and achieving at least a 3.5 GPA...
Sophomore (2024): Made 37 appearances on the mound, starting 27 games...Also made six starting appearances in the Redbird line up...MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team honoree...Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete...AFNI Honor Roll member with a perfect 4.0 GPA...Posted a 4.26 ERA with 7 wins and 8 complete games...Posted a career-high three saves, as well as career-highs in wins (7), appearances (37), starts (27), complete games (8), shutouts (3), innings pitched (143.0), and strikeouts (60)...Posted career-highs in hits (2), at-bats (11), batting avg (.182), and OB% (.182)...Made 8 putouts and 30 assists for a .974 FLD%...Pitched a career-high 8.2 innings against USF and a season high for the Redbirds...Earned first win of 2024 and the first for the 'Birds going 7.0 innings and shutting out UT Arlington (Feb.23)...Shutout St. Thomas going 5.0 innings with 4 strikeouts and just three hits in the victory (Mar.1)...Earned first-career hit against Grand Canyon, going 1-for-3 (Feb.17) while earning her second hit against Illinois, going 1-for-1 (Mar.19).
Freshman (2023): Played in 24 games for the ‘Birds making eight starts on the mound…NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete…Earned a perfect 4.0 GPA...Combined for 76.1 innings with 6 wins, 7 losses, four complete games, one shutout, one save, and a 3.48 ERA…Tossed 39 Ks while keeping opponents to a .255 BAA…Earned MVC Newcomer of the Week for first career victory, which was a no-hitter at the Littlewood Classic against Weber State (Feb.17) as well as going 8 innings with 4Ks in the 2-1 loss to BYU…Earned the 3-2 victory over Big 10 rival Illinois (April 18) going the distance with 2Ks while only giving up 4 hits and 2 earned runs…Posted career-highs in strikeouts with 4 against BYU (Feb.18), Central Michigan (Feb.25), Valparaiso (Mar.24), and UNI (April 22)…Made one putout on the season with 10 assists to earn a .917 fielding percentage.
High School: Four-year starter for the Hortonville High School Polar Bears under the tutelage of head coach Bob Pethke … First Team All-Conference selection as a freshman with a 7-1 conference record as a pitcher, 2.39 ERA, 62 Ks in 52 & 2/3 innings … Helped lead her team to a 21-6 overall record, second in conference and a regional championship … sophomore season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Earned First Team All-Conference, First Team All-District, First Team All-State and Team MVP honors as a junior … Pitched 117 innings with 157 Ks, a 0.84 ERA and ended with a 14-2 record as a pitcher … The team had an overall record of 23-5 and earned another regional championship title in her junior season … Also played volleyball for three years for the Polar Bears … Meshnick will graduate from Hortonville High School in spring of 2022.
Club: She has played for the Wisconsin Bandits in Horicon, Wis. for two years under head coach Roger Schliewe … Played in Nationals in California over the summer and ended with a 68-15 record.
Personal: Daughter of Scott and Denise Meshnick … has one sister, Paige … Meshnick is currently undecided on her major at ISU … She chose Illinois State for the coaching staff, the atmosphere, and the location to home.
