Lakeland University Athletics

2025: As a freshman pitched in 17 games, starting 15... Posted a 5-7 record with a 3.76 earned run average... Threw 83 2/3 innings, allowing 110 hits, 53 runs (45 earned) with 31 strikeouts and 10 walks... Pitched four complete games, including two shutouts... Finished second on the team in innings pitched and strikeouts, and posted the second fewest walks in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference... Won NACC Pitcher of the Week honors after pitching a complete game shutout allowing six hits with two strikeouts in a win over Benedictine March 28...  Hurled her second shutout with a three-hitter against Concordia Chicago April 19… Threw season-high 8 1/3 innings and struck out season high six against Rockford April 12... Recipient of NACC Scholar-Athlete Award.

High School: Four-year letter winner on softball team and also lettered two years in volleyball… Captain on softball team and was a three-time all-Southwestern Activities League conference selection, including first team as a junior and senior and honorable mention as a sophomore… Member of WIAA regional champion teams as a freshman and sophomore… Captain on volleyball team as a senior and was an honorable mention all-conference pick as a senior… First team all-area in volleyball as a senior and named to second team as a junior… Named school’s outstanding senior athlete… Honor roll student all four years.
 
Personal: Daughter of Joe & Kim Pettit and has one brother (Myles) and two sisters (Rena and Brynne)… Majoring in exercise science.


Career ambition/goal: Physical therapist
Favorite food: Ice cream
Favorite holiday: Christmas
Hero(es)/most influential people: My parents, my hitting coach Drew Richard and my pitching coach Arin Opperman
Greatest sports accomplishments: Starting in our sectional final game my freshman year; being a varsity letter winner all four years in softball; winning the outstanding senior female athlete award for my high school
When not playing sports you will find me: Shopping, lifting, at the beach
Why did you choose Lakeland? I chose Lakeland because of the amazing team atmosphere and I loved how small the school was.