2015 Summit League All-Tournament Team
2014 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Third Team
2016, 2014 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
2016, 2015, 2014 All-Summit League Second Team
2016, 2014 Summit League All-Academic Team
2016, 2013 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
2016 Summit League Player of the Week
2016, 2015 Summit League Commissioner's List
2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 Summit League Winter/Spring Honor Roll
2016, 2015, 2013 Summit League Distinguished Scholar
2016 SEASON (SENIOR): Named to all-Summit League second team for third straight season after hitting .292 with three home runs and 26 runs batted in ... Set school record by being hit by pitch 18 times ... Recorded 23 runs scored, 19 walks, seven doubles and one triple ... Finished with .442 slugging percentage and .456 on-base percentage ... Fielded .991 with only two errors in 231 fielding chances ... Career-high 11 fielding chances at Stanford (2-19-16) ... Career best 10 putouts on four occasions including at Louisville (2-7-16) ... Career-high three fielding assists vs. IPFW (4-10-16) ... Summit League Player of the Week (2-29-16) ... Went 4 for 4 with four runs scored and four RBI with a double and triple against DePaul (3-6-16) ... NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete ... CoSIDA Academic All-District first team ... Summit League All-Academic team ... Distinguished Scholar on Summit League Winter/Spring Honor Roll ... Named to Summit League Commissioner's List ... Started in 146 of 157 games played in her career ... NDSU all-time leader with 28 times hit by pitch and tied for No. 7 with six sacrifice flies ... Career .298 hitter with eight home runs, 29 doubles, 64 runs scored and 77 RBI.
2015 SEASON (JUNIOR): Named to all-Summit League second team for second straight season after hitting .331 with three home runs and 24 RBI in 50 starting assignments ... Hit dramatic three-run home run with two outs in the seventh in 5-3 win at Western Illinois (3-22-15) to complete series sweep ... Belted 12 doubles and a pair of triples for .537 slugging percentage ... Issued 23 walks, scored 18 runs and hit by pitch team-high seven times ... Laid down eight sacrifice bunts, stole three bases and had one sacrifice fly ... Made five errors in 160 fielding chances for .969 fielding percentage ... Named to Summit League all-tournament team after batting .556 with two runs scored, a double, triple and RBI ... Went 3 for 3 in Summit League championship game vs. South Dakota (5-9-15) with double and run scored ... Went 2 for 3 with home run and career-high five RBI vs. IUPUI (5-3-15) ... Tied school record after being hit by pitch twice at South Alabama (4-25-15) ... Had six-game hitting streak during the season ... Hit .426 in Summit League action with three home runs, seven doubles, 10 runs scored and 17 RBI ... Distinguished Scholar on Summit League Winter/Spring Honor Roll ... Named to Summit League Commissioner's List.
2014 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Capped off impressive sophomore year with selection to the Capital One All-America® third team ... Solidified the designated player position, starting in 39 of 42 games played ... Hit .330 with two home runs and 25 runs batted in ... Stroked nine doubles and finished with .472 slugging percentage ... Scored 22 runs, walked 16 times and hit by pitch on three occasions ... Had four sacrifice flies, three stolen bases and one sacrifice bunt ... Named to all-Summit League second team after hitting .333 (14x42) with 10 RBI, nine runs scored, eight walks, one double and a home run in regular season play ... Hit .333 (6x18) during Summit League tournament with six RBI, three runs scored, two sacrifice flies, one home run and a double ... Selected to the Summit League All-Academic team ... Had 10 multi-hit games including a career-high 3-for-4 performance against Portland State (3-9-14) that included four RBI and a pair of doubles ... Also went 3-for-3 with three runs scored at IUPUI (3-28-14) and at Southeast Missouri State (3-18-14) ... Named to Summit League Winter/Spring Honor Roll.
2013 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Saw limited action, starting in 9 of 17 games played ... Hit .094 with one double and two RBI ... Added one run scored ... No errors in 34 fielding chances ... Came up with key RBI double in 4-1 win over South Dakota (5-3-13) ... Selected to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar Athlete team ... Distinguished Scholar on Summit League Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter for Glencoe-Silver Lake High School at first and second base ... Hit .424 as a junior with .506 on-base and .591 slugging percentage ... Had 14 runs scored, 11 RBI, five doubles and three triples ... Three-time Hutchinson Leader and KDUZ Radio All-Area team selection ... Three-time all-conference performer ... Hit .400 as a sophomore with 13 RBI, 11 runs scored, four home runs, four doubles and a pair of triples ... All-around athlete, four-year starter on basketball team and five-year No. 1 singles tennis player.
SUMMER LEAGUE: Played for Arctic Blast 18U fastpitch team in 2011... Team placed second at NAFA Nationals in Omaha, where she batted .318 ... During 2010 summer, played for Class A Arctic Blast team that won the Northern Regional National championship ... Hit .308 at USSSA Class A National ... In 2009, Played for Hollywood Booster Club 18U team that won national qualifying tourney, placed second at State Class B tournament and finished third at the ASA Class B Northern Nationals where she hit .424.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Keith and Nina Stifter ... Has two brothers, Andrew and Kyle, and one sister, Amanda ... Father played football for Dakota State (1980-84) and another relative, Willie VanDeSteeg played football for Minnesota (2004-08) ... Majoring in social science education and public history.
THE STIFTER FILE
Favorite Movies: American Sniper, We Bought a Zoo
Favorite Foods: Pork chop, Pizza
Favorite Singers/Group: Garth Brooks, Dierks Bentley, Queen
Favorite Holiday: Easter
Favorite Color: Orange
Favorite Actors: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, James Marsden
Favorite TV Shows: Grey’s Anatomy, How to Get Away With Murder
Favorite Songs: Riser by Dierks Bentley; Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
Favorite Book: The Last Lecture
Favorite Athlete: Jim Thome
JACKIE'S CAREER BESTS
Offense
At-Bats: 4 vs. 13 teams, last vs. Omaha, 5-7-16
Runs: 4 vs. DePaul, 3-6-16
Hits: 4 vs. DePaul, 3-6-16
RBI: 5 vs. IUPUI, 5-3-15
2B: 2 vs. five teams, last vs. South Dakota State, 4-12-15
3B: 1 vs. DePaul, 3-6-16; vs. IUPUI, 5-9-15
HR: 1 vs. 8 teams, last vs. Weber State, 5-21-16
BB: 2 vs. 9 teams, last vs. South Dakota, 5-12-16
HBP: 2 at South Alabama, 4-25-15
SH: 1 vs. 9 teams, last vs. Fresno State, 5-14-15
SF: 2 vs. South Dakota, 5-9-14
SB: 1 vs. 7 teams, last at IUPUI, 4-2-16
Fielding
Fielding Chances: 11 at Stanford, 2-19-16 (10-1-0)
Putouts: 10 vs. 4 teams, last vs. Western Illinois, 4-23-16
Assists: 3 vs. IPFW, 4-10-16
Multi-Hit: 27 games (6, 2016 / 11, 2015 / 10, 2014)
Multi-Run: 7 games (2, 2016 / 2, 2015 / 3, 2014)
Multi-RBI: 19 games (6, 2016 / 5, 2015 / 8, 2014)
Longest Hitting Streak: 7 games, 2016
