2025: Started 21 games in the circle and made nine relief appearances ... went 4-10 with a 5.05 ERA, striking out 71 batters in 94.1 innings of work ... earned win out of the bullpen against Detroit Mercy Feb. 9, throwing 4.1 inning of two-hit shutout ball while striking out five ... earned victories in both of her starts over a 24-hour span Feb. 21-22 ... opened with the win against Monmouth, surrendering just one unearned run in four innings while striking out five ... came back the next day with her first career shutout, earning the run-rule win over UMES with a career-best 10 strikeouts ... delivered 5.2 innings of shutout ball in eventual Valpo win over Green Bay Feb. 28 ... picked up the win March 2 against Western Illinois, tossing five shutout innings and scattering three hits ... started and threw three shutout innings, giving up just one hit in eventual win over Northern Kentucky March 11 ... delivered 3.1 shutout innings out of the bullpen against UIC April 8 ... gave up just a single unearned run in 4.2 innings of work over two appearances against eventual MVC Tournament champion Belmont April 17 & 19 ... started and surrendered just one run in four innings in eventual win over Drake in nightcap April 26 ... named a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honoree.
2024: Workhorse in circle in her first season at Valpo, tossing nearly half the innings in the circle ... posted a 5-23 record with a 4.80 ERA, striking out 63 batters in 143 innings of work ... appeared in 33 games, making 25 starts ... had seven starts on the season where she gave up two or fewer runs while pitching at least six innings ... earned first career victory Feb. 16 against Morehead State, surrendering just three earned runs in 5.2 innings ... had strong stretch of games Feb. 23-March 2 ... opened stretch by taking tough-luck loss against Texas A&M-CC despite surrendering just two runs (one earned) on three hits over six innings while striking out five ... came back the next day and went the distance for extra-inning win over Georgetown, striking out a season-high eight batters in eight innings of work while giving up just two hits and one unearned run ... came out of bullpen for 3.2 innings of relief Feb. 25 against Ohio, surrendering just one earned run ... threw a complete-game three-hitter to earn win March 2 against Bowling Green, with just one earned run out of the three given up ... first Valpo pitcher to throw complete games in three straight starts and give up three hits or fewer in all three since 2008 ... registered first career save with a shutout seventh inning in March 9 win over Rider ... carried a shutout into the 10th inning of March 30 opener against Bradley before giving up three runs in the 10th, taking the tough-luck loss ... first pitcher in program history to throw nine straight shutout innings within a single game ... bounced back in her next start April 6 in the opener against Belmont, earning the win as she gave up just two runs in a complete-game victory ... carried a shutout into extra innings against UIC April 9, eventually giving up two runs over nine innings ... surrendered just two runs in a complete-game loss at UIC April 30 ... came out of bullpen to throw six innings of four-hit, two-run relief to earn win over UNI - which finished second in the MVC - May 4 ... limited Panthers to two runs through eight innings the next day in start before giving up two more runs in the ninth inning ... held Bradley to two runs in a complete-game effort at MVC Tournament May 8 ... represented Valpo on the MVC All-Tournament Team.
Prep: A three-year letterwinner ... three-time All-State honoree — First Team in 2021 and 2023; Second Team in 2022 ... three-time conference Pitcher of the Year ... three-time First Team All-District and First Team All-Conference ... tallied 974 career strikeouts with an ERA of 1.16, earning 67 victories ... threw 11 no-hitters, including six perfect games ... holds program’s career strikeouts record and set single-season (354) and single-game (19) strikeout records as a junior ... helped Portsmouth West claim sectional and district titles each of her final two years and finish as regional runner-up in 2022 ... also a Second Team All-Conference honoree in basketball as a senior, helping team earn first district title in program history ... played travel for Ohio Hawks.
Personal: Daughter of Seth and Erica McDermott ... major is health science (pre-PA).
