Wisconsin Badgers

Awards and Honors: 2018 & 2019 Academic All-Big Ten, 2019 Second Team All-Big Ten, 2019 Second Team NFCA Great Lakes Region, 2017 Team Defensive Player of the Year, NFCA All-Great Lakes Region third team, All-Big Ten second team, Big Ten All-Tournament team, Big Ten All-Defensive team

2019: Pitched in 36 games, starting 25 … named second team All-Big Ten and second team Great Lakes All-Region … went 21-9 in the circle including wins against No. 9 Texas (3/2) and No. 1 Oklahoma in NCAA Regional (3/19) … finished with a career-best 2.13 ERA … struck out a season-high 10 batters against Texas Southern (2/23) … held an Oklahoma team averaging eight runs per game to just three runs through two games … held opponents to a .248 batting average and recorded three saves … threw a season-high eight innings in Wisconsin’s 13 inning game against Indiana (4/20)

2018: Pitched in 30 games, starting 23 … was named to the All-Big Ten Defensive team … went 12-14 in the circle with a 3.30 ERA … struck out a personal-best 10 batters in a one-hit shutout against No. 24 USC Upstate (3/9) … notched her 30th-career win when the Badgers defeated College of Charleston (3/3) 10-8 … pitched 14 complete games and two shutouts … earned the win in UW’s highest ranked win of the season over No. 12 Auburn (2/22) … tied for the third-fastest Badger to reach 200 career strikeouts in Wisconsin’s win over Rutgers (3/25)

2017: Menz had 35 starts in 38 appearances, the second-most starts in a single-season by a Badger pitcher … she collected 24 victories in the circle, the third-most by a UW pitcher and the second-most by a rookie … threw six shutouts, earning a 2.55 ERA and holding opponents to a .234 batting average … became just the second UW freshman to throw a no-hitter during the Badgers’ 10-1 victory at Louisville (3/22) … threw a then-career-high eight strikeouts against Louisiana-Monroe (3/3) … collected her first career win with a 1-0 defeat of UNI (2/10), throwing six strikeouts … threw nine strikeouts in 10.0 innings against Iowa (4/9) … threw a career-high 11.0 innings in the Badgers’ 1-0 victory over Michigan, earning her first career shutout over a ranked opponent (4/21) … dealt 13 strikeouts at the Big Ten Tournament … ­­threw over 7.0 innings six times during her rookie season with a 4-2 record in extras … earned one Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor (2/20) … named to the NFCA All-Great Lakes Region third team and the All-Big Ten second team … named the team’s Defensive Player of the Year

High School: Played four years with Waukee high school for coach Carrie Embree, winning the 2016 Iowa State Championship … finished her career with 75 wins … as a freshman, named third-team all state and first team all conference… named to the all-conference second team her last three years of high school, as well as being selected for the all-state third team and all-district first team as a senior… selected to play in the senior all-star game… also played club softball for Iowa Premier Fastpitch, winning the national championship in 2016 and ending the season as national runner-ups in 2015… between the two tournaments, pitched 50 innings and gave up only two earned runs

Personal: Parents are Jeff and the late Renee … has one brother, Braden … member of the National Honor Society

Coach Healy on Menz
"Kate Menz will help carry on the tradition of outstanding Iowa talent joining the Badgers. Kate is a gifted pitcher, with great Midwest values. She helped lead her club team, Greg Dickle's Iowa Premiere Black, to a second-place finish at PGF Nationals this summer. Her competitive drive and talent will help her make an immediate impact."