2021 Softball Roster
Roster
Joanna Bartz
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Mattawan
- Hometown:
- Mattawan, Mich.
JUNIOR (2020):  Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten selection ... Wrapped her abbreviated junior season with a career-best .306 average, with a double and a pair of home runs, seven walks, and a .414 on-base percentage ... Appeared in all four games at the FIU Invitational (2/7-9), putting down a 2-for-3 effort with an RBI against Cal ... Hit .364 with four base hits, six walks, and 11 assists in five starts at the FGCU Spring Break Invitational (2/21-23) ... Hit .333 with a double and an RBI at the Amy S. Harrison Tournament at UCR (2/28-3/1) ... Hit .313 over the second weekend of spring break (3/5-7)with a pair of homers and four RBI ...
SOPHOMORE (2019): Academic All-Big Ten ... Appeared in 28 games while dealing with a nagging injury throughout the season ... Hit .154 with nine RBI, smacking a pair of doubles and walking nine times ... Delivered a two-RBI pinch-hit single against Memphis at the FIU Invitational (2/9) to establish a new career best for RBI in a game ... Had a pair of RBI, three walks, and a pair of starts in right field at the ACC-B1G Challenge (2/15-16) ... Has missed several games over the last three weekends with injury ... Entered two games as a pinch hitter in the Penn State series (3/22-24), delivering an RBI double in the first game against the Nittany Lions ... Â Earned two starts as the DP in the Maryland series (4/5-7), going 2-for-4 with three walks ... Delivered a two-run pinch-hit double in the second game vs. Minnesota (4/14) ...
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FRESHMAN (2018): Appeared in 31 games, getting four starts ... Hit .263, with one homer and four RBI ... Earned her first career start at Florida Atlantic (2/9) ... Smacked a homer vs. Cal Poly for her first collegiate hit (3/4) and added a hit vs. Cal State Fullerton in the nightcap ... Had a sac fly vs. San Diego State in the Louisville Slugger Invitational finale (3/8-10) ... Got the start at DP vs. Texas A&M (3/18) and had an RBI single in the fifth inning ... Had an RBI single in the Nebraska series (3/24-26) ... Went 1-for-2 in her start at DH in the Indiana series (3/30-31) ... Appeared in both games of the Minnesota doubleheader as a pinch runner (4/8)...
HIGH SCHOOL: 2017 Michigan Miss Softball... Four-time letter winner at Mattawan High School... Helped her team to the 2015, 2016, and 2017 Final Four appearances... Four-time All-Conference, All-District, and All-Regional selection at third base (2014-2017)... Named to the Kalamazoo Gazette Dream Team in 2014 and 2015... All-State First Team selection as a sophomore, junior, and senior (2015-2017) and Honorable Mention as a freshman (2014) ... Graduated as Mattawan High School's all-time leader in career hits (229), doubles (54) and RBI (194).... Also a four year varsity basketball player, winning the Coaches Award in 2015 and MVP in 2017 ... Team Captain of both the basketball and softball squads...
CLUB: Played for the Indiana Magic Gold in Rochester, Ind. under Coach Brian Green...
PERSONAL: Born January 8, 1999... Daughter of Ed and Denise Bartz... Has two siblings: older brother Sam attends Central Michigan, and twin sister Kate attends Grand Valley State ... Hobbies include baking and watching college football... Graduated Summa Cum Laude...Member of the National Honor Society... Named Wendy's Heisman Scholar Athlete School Winner.... Plans on working in the medical field and aspires to become a Physician Assistant.
