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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2021 Softball Roster

Megan Connelly

28 Katie Schroeder

  • Position P
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Camas, Wash.
  • Highschool Camas HS
  • Prev School Utah State
  • Connect JR

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2021 Academic All-Big Sky Conference 
2020 Academic All-Big Sky Conference
2019 2nd team All-Big Sky Conference
Big Sky Conference Pitcher of the Week (2/18/19)

2021 - REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON 
Made 13 appearances and seven starts in the circle… Had a 6.97 ERA and a 1-7 record… Tossed one complete game against Sacramento State allowing just three hits (4/23)… Pitched 41.1 total innings… Allowed 56 hits and 32 earned runs… Struck out 25 batters and held her opponents to a .331 batting average… Struck out a season-high five batters against Simpson (3/17) and Sacramento State (4/23)… Ended the season with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.

2020 - SENIOR SEASON
Pitched in 10 games, making five starts… compiled a 1-3 record and 7.14 ERA… struck out 19 and walked only nine in 33.1 innings… picked up the win in the season opener, 13-2, over Western Michigan (2/7), pitching four innings and allowing four hits… had an eight-inning stint with a season-high six strikeouts against Loyola Marymount (3/7) as the Vikings eventually lost in nine, 9-8… earned Academic All-Big Sky Conference… maintains senior eligibility due to COVID-19-shortened season.

2019 - JUNIOR SEASON
Appeared in 24 games for the Vikings, starting 17 of them… finished with a 9-8 record and a 3.33 ERA. She threw nine complete games and had one shutout. Schroeder also had a save and pitched 130.1 total innings. She struck out 48 batters and held opponents to a .291 batting average… Picked up fourth win with a complete game, fourth of the season, at Tennessee State (3/1). Allowed four earned on eight hits, while striking out a season-high five batters… Allowed five runs, four earned, on 11 hits in a complete-game win at UC Riverside (2/24)… Picked up the win over UNLV (2/23) after allowing three runs, two earned on eight hits over seven complete innings… Picked up first win with a complete-game one-hitter against Pacific (2/15). Faced 22 batters and needed just 75 pitches and did not walk a batter… Earned first save after throwing three scoreless innings to close out the Vikings’ win over Cal Poly (2/9)… Allowed three runs, two earned, on seven hits over 6 2/3 innings in her Portland State debut at San Diego (2/8) in a loss… Picked up a win against Santa Clara (4/6), throwing 5.2 innings in relief. She allowed two earned and six hits… Threw eight innings against Southern Utah (4/19) in a 3-2 extra-inning win. She allowed just four hits and two runs in the win while striking out five… Picked up a complete-game win against Sacramento State (4/26). She allowed five hits and just a single run in a 3-1 Viking victory, striking out one batter while giving up zero walks… Struck out a career-high six batter in a loss against Weber State (5/3)… Threw all 11 innings in a 2-1 win against Sacramento State at the Big Sky Championship (5/8). Allowed just six hits and zero earned runs, striking out four batters.

BEFORE PORTLAND STATE 
Played in 12 games, making five starts as a sophomore at Utah State… Had a 7.37 ERA in 19.0 innings pitched… Threw one complete game and had one shared shutout…. Allowed 34 hits and 28 runs... Struck out 10 batters and walked six… Had a season-high five strikeouts against Binghamton (March 4)… Posted a 2-2 individual record… Earned Academic All-Mountain West honors and was a Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.

Played in 25 games, making 14 starts in the circle as a freshman at Utah State … Threw 84.0 innings and four complete games and recorded a team-best 7-1 record.. Ended the year with a 5.00 ERA, allowing 60 runs and 108 hits… Struck out 34 batters and walked 27… Earned her first-career shutout at UNLV (April 2)… Had her first-career save against Boise State (April 22)… Was named an NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete… Earned academic All-Mountain West honors and was a Mountain West Scholar-Athlete… A Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award recipient. 

Four-year letterwinner at Camas (Wash.) High School… Batted .474 as a senior, while recording 261 strikeouts with a 0.95 ERA as a pitcher… Had a .397 career batting average with 25 doubles and eight home runs… Posted 38 career wins as a pitcher with 509 strikeouts and 18 shutouts… Named all-region Player of the Year as a senior… Earned first-team all-league and all-Southwest region honors as both a sophomore and a senior… Helped 2015 team to a fourth-place state finish, winning the district and league titles… Played club softball for Something Special and Explosion. 

PERSONAL
Daughter of Jim and Jean Schroeder… Has one younger sister… Majoring in Exercise Science.

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2019Junior

    P
    5'6"
    28
  • 28

    2020Senior

    P
    5'6"
    28
  • 28

    2021Redshirt Senior

    P
    5'6"
    28
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