Career Highlights:

• 24 career games played
• Earned MVC Player and Newcomer of the Week (Mar. 28, 2023) after posting second one-hitter in the series sweep over Valparaiso
• 17 mound appearances, 13 starts, 5 complete games, and 2 shutouts
• Earned 7 wins in rookie season (2023)

Sophomore (2024): Made 6 appearances on the mound with 5 games started...AFNI Honor Roll Member...Earned 8 strikeouts in 20.2 innings of work...Had 10 at-bats and earned one hit while starting and appearing in four games...Had one put out and three assists for a 1.000 FLD%...Sat out the rest of the season due to injury. 

Freshman (2023): Played 18 total games for the ‘Birds with 13 starts while posting 21 at-bats…MVC Player and Newcomer of the Week (Mar.28) after posting second one-hitter in the series sweep over Valparaiso…On the mound she earned a record of 7-2 while appearing 11 times making 8 starts, to combine for 44.2 innings, 3 complete games, and 2 shut outs…Her first-career victory came against Jacksonville State where she went 5.0 innings giving up only one hit, and earning two strikeouts, one of which was her first career…She earned the complete game victory in the 5-2 win over Pennsylvania, where she struck out 2 while only giving up 5 hits…She struck out 19 on the season, while holding opponents to a .218 BA and earning a 3.13 ERA…At the plate, she had 3 hits and 3 RBIs, in 21 at-bats, all of which were doubles…Slugged for .286 with an OB% of .143…Making one putout on the season with 8 assists, she posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.

High School: Four-year starter for the Neuqua Valley Wildcats under head coach Christina Chrencik … Her freshman season the team went 18-7 earning a conference championship in the Dupage Valley Conference (DVC) and a regionals berth … Meeks pitched 57.2 innings with a 2.67 ERA and 50 Ks … Offensively she averaged .333 at the plate with 12 hits and seven RBI … sophomore season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Junior season the Wildcats went 26-4 with another DVC championship and were Sectional Final runner-up, the farthest Neuqua has gone in nine years … Meeks pitched 98.0 innings with a 1.07 ERA and 166 Ks …  At the plate, she had a .355 BA with 33 hits, 8 HR, and 27 RBI … Meeks also earned the Most Valuable Player and Best Defensive Player honors in her time with the Wildcats … Awarded Academic All-Conference as well … Meeks will graduate from Neuqua Valley HS in the spring of 2022. 

Club: Meeks has played for the Tennessee Mojo for two years under head coach Mike Richy … In the summer of 2021 she had 36 hits, 5 HR and 20 RBI while averaging .387 at the plate.

Personal: Daughter of Darren and Maureen Meeks … has one sister, Abby … her sister currently plays softball at Indiana University … another relative, Caitlyn Meeks, plays volleyball at Clemson University … Meeks is currently deciding between going into business or Kinesiology at ISU … She chose Illinois State because it feels like home and she loves the environment on campus and on the softball team.