Lisa Birocci Banse Season HOF

Years Lettered: 2002-05

Two-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American, earning third-team honors in 2003 and 2005… three-time NFCA first-team all-region selection (2003, 2004, 2005)… 2003 Big Ten Pitcher of the Year after winning 29 games with 15 shutouts… two-time All-Big Ten selection, earning first-team honors in 2003 and second-team honors in 2004… two-time Big Ten All-Tournament team selection, earning MVP honors in 2003… named to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament team in 2005… team Most Valuable Player in 2005… four-time Big Ten Pitcher of the Week selection… won 90 career games, posting a 1.20 ERA over 175 appearances with 946 strikeouts in 842 innings with 40 shutouts and 81 complete games… also hit 17 career home runs… still ranks in the top-seven all-time in appearances, innings, complete games, ERA, wins and strikeouts… tossed two career no-hitters (April 20, 2003 vs. Indiana; March 4, 2005 vs. Georgia Southern)… led team to four NCAA Regional appearances… won the Big Ten regular season and tournament title in 2003… team placed in top three of Big Ten standings all four seasons… two-time Academic All-Big Ten (2004-05)… played professional softball in Italy, Guatemala and Taiwan… was a member of the Italian National Team (2005-2006, 2009, 2019-21)… played in the 2019 Olympic Qualifer in addition to winning three European Championships (2005, 2019, 2021) for Team Italy… also served as the pitching coach for Team Italy (2017-18) at the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, and was pitching coach for Team Spain (2022-23)