2027 Softball Roster
Roster
Hilary Blomberg
- Position:
- Catcher/Thirdbase
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Verona, Wis.
- High School:
- Verona Area High School
Honors
- Big Ten Player of the Week (March 30, 2026)
- 2026 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District
- (2024-25, 2025-26) Academic All-Big Ten
- 2025 All-Big Ten Second Team
- 2025 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District
- 2024 All-Big Ten First Team
- 2024 All-Big Ten Freshman Team (Unanimous)
- 2024 All-Big Ten Tournament Team
- 2024 NFCA Great Lakes All-Region Second Team
2026: Earned Big Ten Player of the Week for the week of Mar. 30 for performances versus Maryland; first of career...Named to 2026 Big Ten Softball Watch List...Started nearly every game at catcher for the Badgers, 53-of-54 games...Barreled her 20th home run of her career against Army at the Paradise Classic (02/09)...Hit her first career grand slam against Iowa State, accumulating four RBIs in a single game for the fifth time in career (02/16)...Blomberg ranks second all-time in program history for most games with four RBIs at seven. Chloe Miller holds the record at nine between 2014-17 (03/29)...Hit 7-for-16 (.438 BA) at the ASU/GCU Invitational, including five extra base hits...Became just the fifth Badger to hit 30 home runs in a career (03/29), tied for the third-most in program history...Leads team with 19 multi-hit games, recently tallying a pair of hits against Michigan, including a HR (04/20)...Barreled two HRs in a single game for the second time this season, earning a combined seven RBIs versus the Terrapins (03/29)...Stands at No. 2 all-time for most HRs in program history, tallying her 32nd and 33rd HR of her career against Michigan. Kayla Konwent (2017-23) holds the record with 43...Earned her 150th career hit against Loyola on Wednesday night (04/08)...Notched 50 career multi-hit games in her career, good for the ninth-most in program history (04/26)...Became just the fourth Badger in program history to produce 50 or more RBI in a single season, as Kayla Konwent (2019) holds the all-time record at 53 (05/11)...Joined Kayla Konwent for the most HRs in a single season at 15, launching a solo shot against No. 11 Oregon (05/11)...Broke Kaylor Konwent’s program record for most home runs in a single season (16) on May 16 against Baylor at NCAA Regionals in Austin
2025: Preseason ranked by D1Softball at No. 11 in its catcher rankings…Preseason ranked by Softball America at No. 90 in Softball America’s Top 100 Player rankings…Started all 54 games at thirdbase…Led team with 12 home runs – tied for the fourth most in program history in a single season…Second on the team with 12 doubles…Had 18 multi-hit games and 10-multi-RBI games…Held a seven game hitting streak from March 9-March 21…Had first-career multi-home run game at Washington with two solo home runs (April 6)…Hit first-career triple against Seton Hall (Feb. 15)…Went 5-for-12 in three-game series against Illinois (March 14)…Went 6-for-17 with two home runs, two doubles and seven RBI at the Chanticleer Showdown…Went 5-for-12, four RBI, and game winning home run at the Saluki Invite (March 7)…Name All-Big Ten Second Team…Earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District
2024: Put together one of the best seasons ever by a Wisconsin freshman batter, appearing in 50 games and starting 47. Broke freshman records for doubles (13) as well as batting average (.365)...slashed .365/.401/.613, each ranking in the top-ten all-time among Wisconsin freshman... Went on a torrid Big Ten Tournament run, going 6-for-11 across three games while setting Wisconsin tournament records in home runs (3) and RBI (8)... Went 3-for-5 against Rutgers in the Big Ten Quarter Finals, with a record five RBI... Pitched 9.0 innings across six games, picked up her first career win and save against Indiana on April 27, while also going 2-for-4 at the plate with a home run.
High School: Played under coach Todd Anderson, 3x 1st team all-conference, 3x 1st team all-district, 1st team all-state, 2x 2nd team all-state. Big 8 Player of the year.
Personal: Daughter of Amanda and Larry Blomber... has two brothers, Derek and Kellen La Haye... as well as three sisters, Mia, Addison, and Avery La Haye
Why Wisconsin: It's always been my hometown school and the Badgers have always had this positive energy about them that makes you want to be a part of them.What Goals do you Have for Your First Season at UW: I’m hoping to become a player that can impact the game and to represent all the girls from my hometown of Verona.
