2015 Senior CLASS Award® Candidate
2015 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Second Team
2015 NCAA Eugene Regional All-Tournament
2015, 2014 NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team
2015, 2014 Summit League Tournament MVP
2015, 2012 Summit League Pitcher of the Year
2015, 2014 All-Summit League First Team
2015 Summit League April Female Athlete of the Month
2015, 2012 Summit League All-Tournament Team
2015, 2014, 2012 Summit League Pitcher of the Week (19x)
2015, 2014, 2013 Summit League Softball All-Academic Team
2012 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
2012 NFCA All-Midwest Region Second Team
2012 All-Summit League Second Team
2012 Summit League Freshman of the Year
2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 Summit League Winter/Spring Honor Roll
2015, 2012 Summit League Distinguished Scholar
Pitched professionally in 2015 summer for DSS Haarlem in Netherlands
2015 SEASON (SENIOR): Dominant senior year ... CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team ... NFCA All-Midwest Region first team ... Senior CLASS Award candidate ... NCAA Regional all-tournament team ... Led NDSU to NCAA regional runner-up finish, Summit League tournament regular season titles and national ranking in both polls (No. 24 ESPN/USA Softball, No. 25 NFCA/USA Today) ... Compiled 34-6 record with 13 shutouts, three saves and 2.11 earned run average ... Tossed 4 of 5 career no-hitters during season vs. IUPUI, at Fort Wayne (5 innings), vs. Purdue (8), and vs. Green Bay (5) ... Struck out 391, walked 105 and hit 39 batters in 266 innings pitched ... Allowed 158 hits and 80 earned runs ... Opponents hit .168 ... No errors in 19 fielding chances ... In final NCAA statistics, ranked No. 2 in wins, strikeouts and shutouts ... Set NDSU single-season records in strikeouts, 10.29 strikeouts per 7 innings pitched and hit batters ... Summit League Tournament MVP after compiling 3-0 record one combined shutout and 2.33 ERA ... Struck out 23 and walked four in 15 innings pitched ... Summit League Pitcher of the Year after putting together 11-0 record and a save in 13 league appearances with 10 complete games, four shutouts including two no-hitters, and 1.03 ERA ... Struck out 123 and walked 33 in 74.2 innings pitched ... Struck out a career-high 16 batters on three occasions against IUPUI, vs. Bowling Green, and vs. Montana ... Had 23 games with double-figure strikeouts to push career total to 30 games ... Had six two-hitters and five one-hitters ... Summit League All-Academic team ... Distinguished Scholar on Summit League Honor Roll ... Made 156 career appearances with 131 starts including 108 complete games and 34 shutouts ... Compiled 97-35 record with 2.34 earned run average and seven saves ... Struck out 938 and walked 332 in 862.1 innings pitched ... Graduated as program's all-time leader in appearances, innings pitched, 3,646 batters faced, 131 hit batters, games started and saves; No. 2 in wins, complete games, and No. 3 in strikeouts and strikeouts per 7 innings pitched (7.61) ... Opponents hit only .197.
2014 SEASON (JUNIOR): Compiled 29-9 record with nine shutouts, three saves and 2.07 earned run average … Struck out 263, walked 98 and hit 38 batters in 253.1 innings pitched … Opponents hit .196 out of 1,060 batters faced … Allowed 176 hits and 75 earned runs during the season … Named MVP of the Summit League Softball Championship tournament after pitching five elimination games over three days including three on Saturday, May 10, and the second championship game on Sunday, May 11 … In the NCAA statistics, ranked No. 9 in victories (29), No. 17 in strikeouts (263), No. 18 in shutouts (9), No. 29 in hits allowed per 7 IP (4.86 avg/g) and No. 41 in saves (3) … Tossed three one-hitters vs. Fort Wayne (G1, 4-19-14), at South Dakota State (G1, 4-12-14) and Southeast Missouri State (3-18-14) ... Recorded four two-hitters ... Reached double-figure strikeouts five times, including a career-high 14 vs. Fort Wayne (G1, 4-19-14) … Named to NFCA all-Midwest Region first team and all-Summit League second team … Five-time Summit League Pitcher of the Week during the season … Led the league (based on regular season SL games only) in wins (11-2), complete games (11), innings pitched (86.2), games started (12), saves (1) and opponent batting average (.126); 2nd in strikeouts (8.80 avg.), and 3rd in shutouts (4) ... Summit League Winter/Spring Honor Roll.
2013 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Completed her sophomore year with a 9-7 record, two shutouts, one save and a 3.72 earned run average ... That included a 4-0 record in Summit League games ... Struck out 74 and walked 42 in 88.1 innings pitched ... Pitched ninth career two-hitter vs. Indiana State (3-3-13) Matched career-high with an eight-inning 8-4 win at Fort Wayne (4-20-13) and struck out a season-high nine ... Landed spot on the Summit League Softball All-Academic Team and Winter/Spring Honor Roll.
2012 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Completed freshman year with a 25-13 record with 10 shutouts and a 2.36 earned run average ... Earned second-team NFCA All-Midwest Region honors ... Selected The Summit League's Pitcher and Freshman of the Year, and also picked all-tournament honors in the league championship tournament ... Struck out 210 and walked 87 in 254.2 innings pitched ... Opponents hit only .202 when she pitched ... Recorded a no-hitter vs. Liberty, a game started on March 9 and finished on March 10 ... Reached double-figures in strikeouts twice including a season-high 11 vs. IPFW (3-30-12) ... Two-time CollegeSportsMadness.com National Pitcher of the Week ... Five-time Summit League Pitcher of the Week ... Outstanding student named to the NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete team ... Earned Summit League All-Academic and Distinguished Scholar honors.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2011 graduate of Friend High School ... Following her senior year she was named to the Lincoln Journal Star's Super Softball first team, the Omaha World Herald's All-Nebraska Softball second team and selected the Class C All-State softball pitcher by both newspapers ... As a junior, she was a Super Softball and All-Nebraska second team pick, and a Class C All-State softball pitcher and honorary captain selection by both newspapers ... Academic all-state in softball, basketball and track and field ... Her sophomore year she was named to the Class C All-State softball Lincoln Star Journal first team and Omaha World Herald second team ... During the 2009 summer, she was a member of the Nebraska Flames third place USSSA World Series 18U Central B team and was named all-tournament ... Also was a member of the Beaver Crossing Nebraska ASA Class C state champion squad ... In 2008, Menke was tournament MVP on the Nebraska Flames' COUSSSA Fall Classic 18U Open championship team ... State qualifier ... An all-around student, she was a member of the National Honor Society, involved in the band and lettered in One Act Play.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Edward and Kimberly Menke ... Has two sisters, Nicole, Taylor and Raeleigh ... College major is exercise science ... Uncles, Tom and Tim played football at Doane College and Hastings College, respectively ... Active in NDSU's Student-Athlete Advisory Council.
THE MENKE FILE
Favorite Movie: White Chicks
Favorite Foods: Cinnamon toast, Chinese
Favorite Group/Singer: Country and Drake
Favorite Holiday: Christmas!
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Actress: Jennifer Lawrence because she makes me laugh every time
Favorite TV Shows: Vampire Diaries; Prison Break; One Tree Hill
Favorite Songs: See You Tonight by Scotty McCreery; Live Like You Were Dying by Tim McGraw
Favorite Book: Hunger Games
Favorite Athlete: Kerri Strug
KRISTA'S CAREER BESTS
Pitching
Innings Pitched: 11 vs. Fort Wayne, 4-19-14
Strikeouts: 16 vs. IUPUI, 5-2-15; vs. Bowling Green, 3-14-15; vs. Montana, 3-1-15
Games W/Double-Figure Strikeouts: 30 games (23, 2015 / 5, 2014 / 2, 2012)
No-Hitter: 5 games vs. IUPUI, 5-2-15; at Fort Wayne, 4-18-15 (5); vs. Purdue, 3-7-15 (8); vs. Green Bay, 2-6-15 (5); vs. Liberty, 3-10-12
One-Hitters: 9 games, last vs. Fort Wayne, 4-19-14 (5, 2015 / 3, 2014 / 1, 2012)
Two-Hitters: 20 games, last vs. Fresno State, 2-14-15 (6, 2015 / 5, 2014 / 1, 2013 / 8, 2012)
Fielding
Fielding Chances: 4 vs. Monmouth, 3-11-12
Putouts: 2 vs. Auburn, 5-16-14; vs. South Dakota, 5-3-13
Assists: 3 at Texas A&M, 3-10-12
