Sara Groenewegen
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Sara Angeline Groenewegen (born April 12, 1995) is a Canadian professional
Early life
Groenewegen was born on April 12, 1995, in
College
Groenewegen finished her senior season at the University of Minnesota in 2017, where she developed a reputation as one of the most feared pitchers in the entire country, winning Big Ten Pitcher of the Year as a freshman, and repeated her senior year. She also won Big Ten Player of the Year her sophomore season for both her stellar offense and pitching performance throughout the season.[10] Groenewegen has also become a feared hitter, hitting 36 career home runs in her time at Minnesota.
Groenewegen debuted on February 8 defeating the
On February 13, the junior tossed 15 strikeouts against the
International career
Groenewegen has been a member of the Canada women's national softball team since 2013, straight out of high school. Groenewegen has played a key role as mainly a pitcher on Team Canada. She led Canada to a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, which was the first gold medal for Team Canada softball in 32 years.[23] Winning that game also made Sara the youngest starting pitcher to earn a gold medal. At the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, Groenewegen became Canada's first pitcher to throw a perfect game on August 5, 2019, versus Venezuela.[24]
Groenewegen started for Team Canada throwing three shutout innings in the bronze medal game, eventually defeating Team Mexico 3–2 on July 27, 2021. She posted a win and had two hits for the team at the Tokyo games.[25][26]
Professional career
Groenewegen was drafted in the first round of the 2017 NPF Draft by the Akron Racers as the second overall pick.[27] In her second season in the National Pro Fastpitch league, Groenewegen was one of the league's top pitchers, earning All-NPF honors. She ended the 2019 season with a 1.52 ERA going 6–4 with three saves. She made 17 appearances, 11 starts, had 73.2 innings pitched, and struck out 64. She threw four complete games and one shut out.[28] Groenewegen also plays in Athletes Unlimited and was one of the first athletes to sign their contract in 2019. After not competing in 2020 due to COVID, she debuted in the league's second season. She will return in 2022 for the third season.
Statistics
Minnesota Golden Gophers
YEAR | W
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L
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GP | GS | CG | SHO | SV
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IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | WHIP
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2014 | 14 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 116.1 | 70 | 38 | 37 | 42 | 192 | 2.23 | 0.96 |
2015 | 31 | 7 | 44 | 39 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 234.1 | 141 | 69 | 56 | 78 | 379 | 1.67 | 0.93 |
2016 | 31 | 7 | 43 | 39 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 234.2 | 169 | 85 | 68 | 55 | 336 | 1.64 | 0.95 |
2017 | 31 | 4 | 37 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 211.2 | 107 | 29 | 19 | 30 | 307 | 0.63 | 0.65 |
TOTALS | 107 | 21 | 152 | 125 | 82 | 31 | 8 | 797.0 | 487 | 221 | 180 | 205 | 1214 | 1.58 | 0.87 |
YEAR | G | AB
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R | H | BA | RBI | HR
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3B | 2B | TB | SLG | BB | SO | SB | SBA |
2014 | 55 | 157 | 21 | 47 | .299 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 93 | .592% | 28 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
2015 | 60 | 180 | 26 | 67 | .372 | 44 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 117 | .650% | 27 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
2016 | 55 | 142 | 30 | 42 | .296 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 82 | .577% | 38 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | 61 | 164 | 22 | 40 | .244 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 53 | .323% | 23 | 22 | 2 | 2 |
TOTALS | 231 | 643 | 99 | 196 | .305 | 157 | 36 | 2 | 37 | 345 | .536% | 116 | 85 | 2 | 3 |
Year | W
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L
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GP | GS | CG | SHO | SV
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IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
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2014 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.1 | 38 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 39 | 3.29 |
2015 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21.2 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 0.97 |
2016 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 59 | 2.58 |
References
- ^ "Sara Groenewegen Bio :: University of Minnesota Official Athletic Site :: Softball". Gophersports.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ^ "2015 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "2016 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "2017 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "Career Records". Gophersports.com. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "2020-21 Big Ten Records Book" (PDF). Bigten.org. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "Division I Softball Records" (PDF). Ncaa.org. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "Sara Groenewegen". Gophersports.com. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "Sara Groenewegen". Olympic.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "Big Ten Announces Softball Postseason Honors Big Ten Conference Official Site". Archived from the original on 2017-06-10. Retrieved 2017-08-29.
- ^ "Gophers Win Twice in Baton Rouge". Gophersports.com. 2014-02-08. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "2014 SOFTBALL SCHEDULE". Gophersports.com. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "Gophers Sweep Senior Day Twin Bill". Gophersports.com. 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "Gophers Sweep Stetson, Improve to 7-0". Gophersports.com. 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "Gophers Power Way to 14-2 Win over Illinois". Gophersports.com. 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "Gophers Win Twice on Senior Day". Gophersports.com. 2015-05-02. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "Gophers Split Second Day in Vegas". Gophersports.com. 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "Groenewegen Throws Perfect Game". Gophersports.com. 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "Groenewegen Hits 1,000 Career Ks In Top-25 Win". Gophersports.com. 2017-03-15. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "Macken, Groenewegen Come Up Big". Gophersports.com. 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "2017 SOFTBALL SCHEDULE". Gophersports.com. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "Historic Season Comes To An End". Gophersports.com. 2017-05-21. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "Pitcher Sara Groenewegen leads way as Canada beats USA for gold in women's softball".
- ^ "Pitch perfect: Canadian women's softball team determined to get back where they belong". CBC Sports. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "MEX 2, CAN 3". Olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ "Groenewegen". Olympicssoftball.wbsc.org. 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ "FSU's Burroughs picked first in NPF draft". 24 April 2017.
- ^ "STATS". Archived from the original on February 27, 2008.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Canada | Summer 2016 | Adult Softball | GameChanger". Gc.com. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ^ "Team Canada | Summer 2014 | Adult Softball | GameChanger". Gc.com. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
External links
- Official website
- Sara Groenewegen on Twitter
- Sara Groenewegen - Minnesota Softball Feature on YouTube
- Canada v Mexico - WBSC Softball Americas Qualifier - Super Round on YouTube