2024 Softball Roster
Ettema, Lydia
Jersey Number 21
Lydia Ettema
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Peosta, Iowa
- High School:
- Hempstead
Bio
Sophomore (2025)
- Saw action in 46 games, starting 37 as designated player
- Earned a team-best seven home runs, including two against Providence (March 21)
- Led the team in OPS (.922), slugging percentage (.550), and RBIs (25)
- Stole nine bases on 11 attempts, good for second on the squad
- Made three appearances in the circle, conceding five earned runs in four innings of work
Freshman (2024)
- Appeared in 29 games and earned 12 starts throughout the season.
- Saw time in the circle, as well as in the designated player position.
- Tallied nine hits in 36 at bats for a .250 batting average. First career hit came against St. John’s (March 29).
- Threw 14.1 innings, giving up 17 hits and striking out seven batters.
- Recorded her first career home run against Villanova (April 21).
High School
- Played varsity softball from eighth grade until senior year.
- Earned Mississippi Valley Conference Championship two consecutive seasons.
- Named a four-time Mississippi Valley First Team All-Conference player.
- Earned three nominations to the First Team All-Area.
- Named Mississippi Valley Conference Player of the Year during her senior season.
- Played AAU for the Lady Expos.
Personal
- Daughter of Curtis and Dani Ettema. Father, Curtis, played football at Western Illinois and mother, Dani, played softball at Western Illinois.
- Has two sisters, Lilah and Braelyn, and one brother, Trenton.
- Majoring in Health Science
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