Career Highlights:
- 30 career games played, 61 mound appearances
- MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team (2024)
- 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
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.