Western Illinois University Athletics

Awards & Recognition
2010 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League Selection
2010 All-Summit League Second Team Selection
2010 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine All-District V First Team Selection
2010 Student-Athlete Provost Award
2010 Western Illinois Scholar-Athlete of the Week (3/22)
2010 Western Illinois Department of Biological Sciences Most Outstanding Student
2010 Metrodome Classic All-Tournament Team Selection
2009 All-Summit League Second Team Selection
2008 All-Summit League Tournament Team Selection

Career Highlights
2010 (Senior): Named to the all-Summit League Second Team... selected to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine All-District V First Team... named the Western Illinois Scholar-Athlete of the Week (3/22)... selected as the Western Illinois Department of Biological Sciences Most Outstanding Student... batted .245 with 22 RBI, 38 hits, 16 runs, seven doubles and three home runs... posted a .308 batting average in conference action... posted a six-game hit streak from March 7-16... had eight multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games... scored a career-high two runs against UMKC on March 26... posted a 10-6 record from the circle and a 2.28 overall ERA in 110.2 inning of work... made 20 appearances and recorded 11 complete games... tossed a career-best 101 strikeouts... posted a conference-best 0.88 ERA while only allowing six earned runs in 47.2 innings during conference play... tied a career-high with 10 strikeouts on April 16 against North Dakota State... threw a shutout against Centenary on April 9... finished her Western Illinois career ranked eighth in career strikeouts (288).
Game-By-Game Stats

2009 (Junior):  Hit her first career home run against IUPUI on April 29... posted a nine-game hit streak from April 18-29... registered a season-high three hits against South Dakota State on April 24... drove in a career-best four RBI against Centenary on May 8... helped her team set the school record for most runs scored in a season (270) and most RBI in a season (243)... posted a 6-7 W-L record from the circle with a 3.45 ERA... pitched six complete games and one shutout in 91.1 innings of work... struck out 94 batters and only allowed 33 walks... threw a career-best 10 strikeouts in the 5-2 win over UMKC on March 14... threw nine strikeouts against SIU-Edwardsville on March 7 and against Southern Utah on April 10...  helped Western earn NFCA Girls Got Game Top 10 All-Academic Division I honors, posting the nation’s ninth-best team grade point average (3.446) among Division I softball programs.
Game-by-Game Stats

2008 (Sophomore): Led the Western Illinois pitching staff in number of innings pitched with 136.1... held a team-low 3.29 ERA while striking out 79 batters... struck out a season-high nine batters in the 5-4 win over IUPUI on April 15... allowed one earned run while striking out five batters in the 6-1 win over Southern Utah on April 19... struck out five batters and only allowed two earned runs in the 17-2 victory over IPFW in the conference tournament championship game... picked up the win in Western’s first NCAA Tournament win against Drake, 3-1, as she only allowed four hits while striking out two batters in the victory.
Game-by-Game Stats

2007 (Freshman): Posted a 4.13 ERA, striking out 14, allowing 44 hits and walking 17 in 39 innings of work... had three complete games with six starts and a total of 10 appearances... took wins from Arkansas, Missouri and UIC... was the recipient of the Roy M. Salee Award for outstanding freshman of biological sciences at Western Illinois.
Game-by-Game Stats

High School
Named all-district and all-conference all four years... earned MVP honors in 2002 and 2005... recorded 114 career wins and 1,281 career strikeouts... was a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal
Born Dec. 1, 1987... daughter of Becky and Gary Pankratz... majoring in pre-physical therapy... accepted early admittance into the University of Iowa’s physical therapy master’s degree program for the fall of 2010... her team calls her Pank.

In Van Vlymen’s Words
“Lori was voted a captain by her teammates this year and has really proved that she is an all-around leader. She has stepped up at the plate, played a solid second base and continues to do well on the mound.

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