2017 Softball Roster
Anna Petersen
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Metea Valley
- Hometown:
- Aurora, Ill.
2017: Appeared in 53 games, starting 48 games in the outfield and four times as the designated player ... Also had one pinch hit appearance ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Collected two hits, an RBI and a run scored against No. 21 Baylor (2/10) ... Finished 2-for-4 with an RBI against Fordham (2/11) ... Was 2-for-4 at No. 3 Florida State (2/17) ... Batted a team-best .444 at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (2/24-2/26), led by a career-best day against N.C. State (2/25) ... Went a perfect 3-for-3 with a grand slam and two doubles, driving in a career-best five runs against the Wolfpack ... Doubled home a run in a win over Fresno State (3/4) ... Finished 1-for-1 with an RBI double, a sacrifice fly and two hit-by-pitches in a 10-2 win over Long Beach State (2/19) ... Smoked a two-run double at Saint Mary’s (3/21) ... Hit two home runs including an inside-the-park walk-off in the bottom of the eighth inning in a win over No. 22 Wisconsin (3/25) ... Smashed a line-drive home run in a victory over UIC (3/29) ... Doubled twice in NU’s series at No. 20 Michigan (3/31-4/2) ... Was named the Big Ten Player of the Week on April 10 after batting .750 and slugging 1.750 in Northwestern’s series win against Maryland ... Began by going 1-for-2 with an RBI double and a sacrifice fly in the first game of a doubleheader before finishing 2-for-3 with a three-run home run in the nightcap (4/8) ... In the finale, was a perfect 3-for-3 with a walk, clubbing a double and another home run while driving in three more runs (4/9) ... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI at No. 6 Minnesota (4/15) ... Doubled home a run, finished 2-for-3, walked and stole a base in a win over Purdue (4/22) ... Recorded base hits in all three games of NU’s series win at Iowa (5/5-5/7), including a double in the second and third contests ... Scored twice in Game Two (5/6) ... Was 1-for-2 with a walk, an RBI and a run in NU’s opening round win of the Big Ten Tournament (5/11).
2016: Appeared in 29 games with 15 starts, 13 in the outfield and two as the designated player ... Also had four defensive replacement assignments and 11 pinch-hit appearances ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run in a record-breaking 22-4 (5) run-rule victory over Virginia (2/12) ... Crushed a solo home run, walked and scored twice in a win at North Carolina (2/20) ... Walked in all four plate appearances against Oregon State (2/26) ... Did not record a hit against Quinnipiac, but walked three times, stole the first two bases of her career, scored twice and drove in a run (3/18) ... Pinch hit in all three games of Northwestern’s series sweep against Iowa (4/9-4/10), and walked in all three plate appearances ... Drove in a run with a pinch-hit single against Loyola (Chicago) (4/27) ... In a late-game pinch hitting appearance in an NCAA Tournament elimination game against Oklahoma State (5/21), clubbed a deep sacrifice fly to tie the score and send the contest into extras.
2015: Appeared in four games this season, earning pinch-hit assignments against UC Santa Barbara (2/6), No. 14 LSU (2/21), Ball State (3/8) and Wisconsin (3/28) ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Ripped a pinch-hit single and scored a run against the Cardinals ... Smashed a pinch-hit RBI double, later scoring herself in a win over Wisconsin (3/28).
2014: Appeared in three games as a pinch hitter ... In the first appearance, against Boise State (2/8), on the third pitch she faced in college and the first swing she took, launched an incredible, towering solo home run to left field for her first collegiate hit ... Drew a walk against Penn State (2/16) as a pinch hitter.
High School: A multi-sport athlete who earned 12 letters across golf, basketball and softball, already has accumulated five Upstate Eight All-Conference awards in those sports (two in golf, two in softball and one in basketball) ... Two-time all-area honoree in softball with one basketball selection ... Two-time sectional qualifier in golf ... As a sophomore, batted .442 with a 1.279 OPS, 10 home runs and 45 RBIs ... As a junior, hit .495 with a 1.473 OPS, nine home runs and 34 RBIs ... Played club with the Illinois Chill 18U Gold Quinn team ... Eight total Upstate Eight Academic All-Conference awards ... National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist ... High Honor Roll all semesters of high school ... Carries a 4.67 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
Personal: Born Anna Therese Petersen ... Daughter of Bob and Molly Petersen ... Father played baseball and football at Iowa State ... Grandfather is a Northwestern alum ... Oldest of six children ... Younger sister, Ellie, plays volleyball at West Point ... Younger brother, Jacob, plays baseball at the University of Chicago ... Chose Northwestern over Michigan State and Illinois ... Majoring in mechanical engineering.
