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Illinois State University Athletics

2018 Softball Roster

23 Sarah Finck

  • Position P
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • B/T R/R
  • Hometown East Peoria, Ill.

Biography

Senior (2018): Started 24 games in the circle for the Redbirds, making 29 appearances overall ... Pitched 10 complete games with a pair of shutouts ... Finished the season with the second-best ERA (4.10) in at least 50 innings pitched ... Fanned a season-high seven batters against Evansville (Apr. 13) ... Concluded her career with the fifth-most appearances (129) and third-most starts (99) ... Has the eighth-most career wins (48) and fifth-most complete games (54) all time ... Pitched 617.1 career innings - the seventh-most at ISU, while facing the third-most batters all-time with 2,816. 

Junior (2017): MVC First-Team All-Conference selection … Named to the NISC and MVC All-Tournament teams … Earned the MVC Pitcher of the Week honor on April 24 … Ranked 28th nationally with 23 wins on the season, holding a 2.54 ERA … Went 14-3 in the Missouri Valley season, tossing 12 complete games and two shutouts … Held her opponents to a .254 average … Pitched 22 complete games with three shutouts … Tossed two one-hitters at Drake (April 15) and at Evansville (April 28)… Struck out a single-game high of seven at Western Kentucky … Has one save, tossing 2.2 scoreless innings versus Missouri State … Tossed 11 consecutive wins in 13 appearances from April 8 through April 28 … Went the distance for Illinois State’s first win over No. 17 Missouri since 1995 … Tossed the Redbirds’ pair of Big Ten wins vs. Rutgers (March 11) and Michigan State (May 22) … Logged the fourth-most assists on the team with 88 from the circle, including a single-game high of seven versus Southern Illinois in the MVC Tournament (May 12). 

Sophomore (2016): Made 33 appearances and 23 starts in the circle and pitched 10 complete games and three shutouts ... finished season with a 7-15 record and 3.24 ERA ... threw a team-high 151.1 innings and allowed 70 earned runs, while striking out a team-high 89 and walking 50 ... appeared in 16 games at the plate and hit .290 with nine hits, eight runs scored and seven RBIs ... hit one double and three home runs, while slugging .613 ... earned the win in the circle in three of her first four appearances ... pitched 9.2 innings of four-hit ball March 8 at UCF, allowing only one run, which was a walk off home run in the bottom of the 10th ... pitched seven innings and allowed only one run in a 1-0 loss to No. 2 Michigan March 12 ... pitched seven inning shutout April 23 at Loyola.

Freshman (2015): Notable...named MVC Newcomer of the Week (March 16)...Season...finished season 8-5 with seven wins coming against Valley opponents...made debut vs. No. 22 Texas A&M (Feb. 27)...recorded first career win vs. Louisville, going eight innings and allowing no earned runs on seven hits while striking out eight (March 9)...struck out season-high nine batters vs. No. 8 Tennessee (March 10)...pitched 11 games in a row from March 14-April 7 without a loss...won two games against Northern Iowa to open MVC play (March 14-15)...pitched a complete game and allowed no earned runs in a win over Indiana State (March 21)...threw six innings and allowed no earned runs in win over Evansville (March 28)...allowed just one run in six innings in a 2-1 victory over Bradley (April 15).

East Peoria: Three-year starter at East Peoria Community High School, first for head coach Debi Neff and now for Denee Menzione...two-time all-state, three-time all-area and three-time all-conference selection...named first team all-state as a junior in 2013 after posting a 0.72 ERA...captained the Raiders to a 33-2 mark and regional title...earned second team all-state honors as a sophomore in 2012, helping EPCHS to a 32-2 record and conference title...posted a 0.92 ERA as a freshman in 2011...named Peoria Journal Star Player of the Year...led Raiders to regional title...played for Midland Magic ASA summer team coached by Ed Heineman...posted a 1.06 ERA with the squad, averaging one strikeout per inning, en route to a 16UA state championship...also a four-year volleyball player.

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2015Freshman

    P/1B
    5'6"
    23
  • 23

    2016Sophomore

    P/1B
    5'6"
    23
  • 23

    2017Junior

    P
    5'6"
    23
  • 23

    2018Senior

    P
    5'6"
    23