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Sara Groenewegen

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities '17

Hometown: White Rock, British Columbia

2020 Olympic bronze medalist with Team Canada

Personal: Most memorable sports thrill was winning her Canadian national championship game in the bottom of the seventh inning … diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of nine  … uncle, Leo, played 17 years in the Canadian Football League … sister, Marina, played softball at Bradley in 2013 and 2014 after transferring from Southern Idaho … hobbies include going to coffee shops, cooking and being in nature … began playing softball at the age of five. 

2022 Championship Season: Second-year performer who tallied 746 leaderboard points … appeared in eight games with two starts in the circle … ranked third in the league with 3.56 earned run average over 19.2 innings … accumulated 13 strikeouts, including season-high four against Team McCleney in Week Five … also had three strikeouts in season finale against Team Mulipola … threw season-high 4.0 innings three times. 


2021 Championship Season: Accumulated 1,032 leaderboard points in Athletes Unlimited debut … tied for the league lead with 13 appearances in the circle, including three starts … fashioned 3-5 record … ranked fourth in the league with 32.0 innings … ninth in the circuit with 16 strikeouts … hit by a pitch twice, which was tied for third in the league. 


International Experience: Member of the Canadian National Team since 2013 when she was 17 years old … led Team Canada to Bronze medal at 2020 Tokyo Olympics … went 2-for-6 at the plate in five games with a double … also posted a 1-0 record in five appearances in the circle, striking out 14 hitters in 13.1 innings … tallied four strikeouts in 2.0 innings against Team USA … earned win in Bronze Medal Game against Team Mexico, throwing 3.0 shutout innings in 3-2 victory … led Team Canada to Gold medal at 2015 Pan American Games, which marked Canada’s first Gold medal in 32 years … also became youngest starting pitcher in Team Canada history to earn a Gold medal … became first Team Canada pitcher to throw a perfect game on Aug. 5, 2019, against Venezuela at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.  


Other Professional Experience: No. 2 overall selection in the 2017 NPF Draft by the Akron Racers … garnered All-NPF honors in 2019 after accumulating a 6-4 record with three saves and a 1.52 earned run average … made 17 appearances, including 11 starts, with 64 strikeouts. 

At Minnesota: Four-year letter winner for the Golden Gophers who appeared in 233 games from 2014-17 … first player in program history to earn NFCA All-America honors three times, including a pair of First-Team commendations in 2016 and 2017 … two-time selection as Big Ten Conference Pitcher of the Year (2014, 2017) … named 2015 Big Ten Player of the Year in addition to 2014 Big Ten Freshman of the Year … First-Team Senior CLASS Award All-America pick in 2017 … four-time NFCA All-Region and First-Team All-Big Ten honoree … member of 2017 Big Ten All-Defensive Team … tabbed Most Outstanding Player at 2017 Big Ten Tournament … Third-Team CoSIDA Academic All-America pick in 2017 … compiled .305 career batting average with 36 home runs and 157 runs batted in … also tallied 196 hits, including 37 doubles with two triples, while scoring 99 runs … made 152 appearances in the circle, including 125 starts … fashioned 107-21 record as a pitcher with eight saves and a 1.58 earned run average … tallied school-record 1,214 strikeouts in 797.0 innings with 82 complete games and 31 shutouts … ranks fourth in Minnesota history in career pitching appearances … also stands fifth in career complete games … one of two pitchers in school history with 100 or more career victories … owns three of the top five single-season win totals as a pitcher in Golden Gopher history … posted 0.63 earned run average as a senior, the second-best mark in Minnesota annals … ranks second on school’s single-season list with 379 strikeouts during sophomore season … also threw 336 strikeouts as a junior to stand fourth on the list … threw eight career no-hitters, including a perfect game against Florida Atlantic on Mar. 12, 2016 … holds school single-game record with 19 strikeouts against Purdue on May 2, 2015.

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Career Stats

Year
W-L
ERA
APP
GS
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
HP
SO
NP
B
S
WP
B/AVG
2022 Championship*
0-0
3.56
8
2
-
-
-
19.2
26
15
10
5
7
1
13
357
140
217
2
.310
2021 Championship*
3-5
4.59
13
3
-
-
-
32.0
40
26
21
6
14
2
16
577
214
363
4
.296
Career Totals
3-5
4.20
21
5
-
-
-
51.2
66
41
31
11
21
3
29
934
354
580
6
.301

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Game Log

Date
Home Team
Away Team
W-L
ERA
APP
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
HP
SO
NP
B
S
WP
B/AVG
8/28/22
Team MulipolaTeam Chidester
0-0
8.75
1
-
-
-
4.0
7
6
5
2
2
1
3
79
27
52
-
.350
8/27/22
Team ChidesterTeam McCleney
0-0
-
1
-
-
-
3.0
1
-
-
-
-
-
4
37
11
26
-
.100
8/20/22
Team MulipolaTeam Jaquish
0-0
-
1
-
-
-
1.0
1
-
-
-
2
-
1
27
12
15
-
.250
8/19/22
Team McCleneyTeam Jaquish
0-0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/14/22
Team JaquishTeam Chidester
0-0
8.38
1
-
-
-
1.2
4
2
2
-
-
-
1
35
12
23
-
.444
8/13/22
Team McCleneyTeam Chidester
0-0
14.00
1
-
-
-
1.0
3
2
2
1
1
-
-
32
17
15
-
.500
8/12/22
Team ChidesterTeam Mulipola
0-0
1.75
1
-
-
-
4.0
4
2
1
1
2
-
1
64
29
35
1
.267
8/7/22
Team EberleTeam Jaquish
0-0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/6/22
Team JaquishTeam Harshman
0-0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8/5/22
Team JaquishTeam Mulipola
0-0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7/31/22
Team OcasioTeam Chidester
0-0
-
1
-
-
-
4.0
6
3
-
1
-
-
1
72
29
43
1
.353
7/29/22
Team ZerkleTeam Ocasio
0-0
-
1
-
-
-
1.0
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
11
3
8
-
-

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Awards & Honors

2020 Olympic bronze medalist with Team Canada

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