Grace Glanzer

Photo by: Romeo T Guzman

Photo by: Rebecca S. Gratz

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Photo by: Rebecca S. Gratz

Photo by: Rebecca S. Gratz

Position:
Pitcher
Height:
5-3
Class:
Junior
High School:
Roosevelt H.S.
Hometown:
Sioux Falls, S.D.
Major:
Early Childhood Education

PRONUNCIATION

Honors and Awards

2022 Summit League Pitcher of the Year
2022 All-Summit League First Team
2022 Summit League All-Tournament Team
2022 Summit League Academic All-League Team
2022 NFCA All-Midwest Region Third Team
2021 All-Summit League First Team
2021 Summit League Freshman of the Year
2021 NFCA All-Region Third Team

2022: The 2022 Summit League Pitcher of the Year and an All-Summit League First Team selection … Pitched in 30 games and went 21-7 with a 1.85 ERA … her win total was second best in The Summit League and 33rd best in Division I … her ERA was third best in The Summit League and 46th best in the nation … threw a career-high 173.2 innings while making 28 starts … had 18 complete games with five outings featuring three hits given up or less … threw a one-hitter with no runs given up in a 6-0 victory over CSU Northridge on March 16 … gave up three hits with no earned runs in a March 13 2-1 win at UC Santa Barbara … allowed just one earned run in a six-inning, 16-4 victory at Nebraska March 5 … opened NCAA Tournament on mound and gave up two runs on six hits in a 2-1 loss to Michigan … had six games with no walks allowed … completed seven games with seven or more strikeouts with a season high of nine against Northern Iowa on Feb. 12 … earned two Summit League Pitcher of the Week awards … named to The Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence and Academic Honor Roll … an Easton/NFCA Scholar Athlete honoree.

2021: Made 28 appearances with 26 starts … named the Summit League Freshman of the Year and was selected to the All-Summit League First Team and NFCA All-Region Third Team … posted a 1.78 ERA which ranked tenth all-time in SDSU single season history and was second in the Summit League, only behind teammate Tori Kniesche … pitched 169.0 innings and tallied a 19-5 record … tossed a no-hitter and struck out four batters against an Oregon State team that was receiving votes (3/5) … tossed 22 complete games, tied for the 10^th-most in a season in school history … recorded seven shutouts which ranked 20^th in the nation and tied SDSU’s single-season record … registered 19 wins which is tied for the fourth-most in a season in school history … held opposing batters to a .193 average, which is the fifth-best in school history … struck out 106 batters which ranked fifth in the Summit League … struck out a season-high seven batters against Drake (2/13) … did not allow a run in three consecutive outings against Oregon State and back-to-back games against Colorado State … tossed two one-hitters against Northern Colorado (3/19) and North Dakota State (5/7) … allowed on three hits and one run against Stanford in an NCAA Regional game … earned three Summit League Player of the Week honors.

2020: Started 13 games in the circle and made 14 appearances … led Summit League (and team) with 74 strikeouts, a 1.73 ERA and 12-2 record … put together 11 complete games and allowed only 22 earned runs (28 total) over 89 innings pitched … held opponents to a .215 batting average against ... struck out five or more in 10 games, including a season-high eight against Toledo (3/10) … did not allow a baserunner in three innings of relief against Montana (2/23) … strung together a streak of 10 consecutive wins (2/16 to 3/11) to finish the season … did not allow a run in a 2-0 shutout of Ohio (3/8).

BEFORE SDSU: Graduated from Roosevelt High School (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) in May 2019 … listed as No. 23 of FloSoftball's Top 100 recruits in the country for 2019 … played one season of high school softball (2018) and was named First Team All-State, hitting .451 with seven home runs and 26 runs batted in, adding a 1.25 ERA, .658 WHIP and 113 strikeouts in the circle over 14 games … helped high school win 2018 State Tournament and was an All-Tournament team pick and the Argus Leaders' Athlete of the Week after hitting a walk-off, two-run home run in the semifinals… won four consecutive state championships with South Dakota Renegades club program … helped team to second-place finish at 2016 PGF Premier Nationals and the No. 9 spot at 2017 tournament … finished 2018 club season with a .403 batting average, 1.228 on-base plus slugging mark, 12 home runs, 36 runs batted in the box and had a 1.88 ERA in the circle … four-year academic honor roll selection and National Honor Society member.