Sarah Schaefer

Class:
Senior
Position:
RHP
Height:
5-9
B/T:
R/R
Hometown:
West Des Moines, Iowa
High School:
Waukee

Senior (2021)
• Academic All-Big Ten; Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Selected as Michigan's Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree
• Appeared in nine games, starting two in the circle
• Posted a 1.40 ERA and 10 strikeouts through 15 innings pitched
• Contributed to four combined shutouts, including three innings in a 3-0 win vs. Wisconsin ((March 13)
• Tossed three innings in a Senior Day start vs. Rutgers (May 16), allowing one run off three hits and two strikeouts
• Also posted a pair of strikeouts in two relief appearances at Penn State (April 30-May 1)

Junior (2020)
The 2020 season was canceled after 23 games due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
• Did not see game action; missed all of 2020 season with injury

Sophomore (2019)
• Appeared in 12 games, starting one in the circle
• Posted a 1-1 record with a 3.17 ERA and five strikeouts through 17.2 innings pitched
• Earned the win in relief against Lehigh (March 8), allowing just two hits through four scoreless innings
• Earned a save against Memphis (Feb. 23), entering to record the final two outs and preserve a 4-2 Michigan win
• Tallied a season-high two strikeouts in two relief innings against Toledo (April 3)

Freshman (2018)
• Appeared in 26 games, starting five in the circle
• Posted a 2-3 record with a 1.57 ERA and 41 strikeouts through 62.1 innings pitched
• Threw a perfect game -- the eighth in school history -- with six-strikeout effort through five innings against Robert Morris (March 18)
• Combined with Meghan Beaubien for a five-inning no-hitter vs. Detroit Mercy (March 28)
• Registered a six-strikeout, three-hit shutout vs. Dayton for first collegiate win (March 17)
• Made collegiate debut in relief vs. Illinois State (Feb. 11)

Prep
• Graduated from Waukee High School (2017)
• Four-time Iowa All-State Softball Player, earning three first team honors and a second team nod
• Four-time All-Class 5A West District selection and All-Central Iowa Metro League selection
• Named to the 2016 Des Moines Register All-Iowa Softball Team
• Posted a 0.66 ERA with 199 strikeouts -- to 10 walks -- en route to a 22-0 regular-season record as a senior (2017); also batted .459 with 10 home runs and 57 RBI
• Helped guide Waukee HS to a 2015 Iowa state championship and a runner-up finish in 2017
• Named captain of 2015 state all-tournament team and earned 2017 all-tournament team selection
• Played travel ball with the Iowa Premier, contributing to a third-place 16U finish at 2016 PGF Nationals, a 16U ASA Northern national championship (2014) and an 18U and 16U state championships.
• Named a 2017 National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) All American Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year
• National Honor Society, Honor Roll and four-year academic letterwinner

Personal
• Sarah Marie Schaefer was born on March 18, 1999
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in sociology
• Daughter of Gary and Angela Schaefer
• Sister, Megan, is currently on the dance team at the University of Iowa