Maia Pietrzak

Maia Pietrzak home run celebration vs. NIU

Position:
Infield
Height:
5-4
Class:
Junior
High School:
Marist
Hometown:
Chicago, Ill.

BALL STATE CAREER NOTES ENTERING 2026 SEASON
- 2025 First Team All-MAC
- 2025 MAC All-Tournament Team
- 2025 CSC Academic All-District Softball Team
- 2025 Academic All-MAC
- Two-Time Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2023-24 & 2024-25)
• Played in 95 of a possible 109 games over her career, earning 70 starts with 56 at shortstop and 14 at second base
• Scored nine game-winning runs and driven in seven game-winning RBI over her Ball State career

2025 (So.): Earned second letter at Ball State ... earned First Team All-MAC honors and was named to the MAC All-Tournament Team ... member of the CSC Academic All-District Softball Team ... Academic All-MAC and an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete ... started all 51 games for the Cardinals, with 47 starts at shortstop and four at second base ... ranked second on the squad with a .376 batting average ... led the MAC and ranked 35th nationally with 60 runs scored ... drove in 25 RBI ... boasted a .483 slugging percentage, adding 21 walks and 14 hit-by-pitches to her team-leading 62 hits ... registered eight doubles, two triples and seven home runs ... stole 14 bases in 16 attempts ... scored seven game-winning runs and credited with five game-winning RBI ... reached base safely in 18 straight game starting in the second game of the April 5 doubleheader at Kent State and ending after the May 9 MAC tournament victory over Akron ... led the team with 23 multiple hit games, while ranking fourth in the squad with nine multiple RBI games ... registered three hits in four games and two hits in 19 outings ... season-high three RBI in the 14-6 (6) win over Evansville ... her first game-winning run scored came in the season-opening 4-1 win over Oregon State (Feb. 7) ... her first collegiate home run was a two-run blast in the second inning of Ball State’s 13-1 (5) win at Cal Poly (Feb. 8) ... scored the game-winning RBI in both win over Albany (Feb. 21 & Feb. 23), in the series finale at Akron (March 15), and in the second game of the doubleheaders at Bowling Green (March 29), at Ohio (April 29) and versus Central Michigan (May 3) ... her first game-winning RBI came off a fourth-inning single in the 7-0 win at Butler (March 18) ... used a two-run triple in the top of the eighth to drive in the game-winning run in the 12-6 (8) victory over Kent State (April 5) ... followed with a two-run double in the fourth inning to help give the Cardinals a 3-0 victory over MAC regular season and tournament champion Miami (April 12) ... used a fifth-inning sac fly to drive in the game-winning run in the opener at Western Michigan (April 16) ... her sixth-inning single drove in the game-winner in the 5-4 MAC tournament victory over Akron (May 9) ... finished the season with a .932 fielding percentage, collecting 79 putouts and 128 assists ... had a hand in 10 of the team’s 18 double plays.

2024 (Fr.): Earned first letter at Ball State … named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete … played in 44 games, earning 19 starts … made 10 starts at second base and nine starts at shortstop … finished the season with a .249 batting average, including five doubles and a triple … scored 14 runs while driving in eight RBI … her first collegiate hit was a double at North Florida (Feb. 11) … first career RBI came via a RBI single to open the scoring versus Western Kentucky (Feb. 18) … credited with three RBI in the 7-3 victory over Canisius (March 2), including a two-run double in the bottom of the fifth which drove in what proved to be the game-winning run … scored the game-winning run in Ball State’s 13-9 victory over Marshall (March 7) … produced her first two-hit game in the nightcap at Buffalo (April 6) and added her second versus Central Michigan (May 10) in the MAC Softball Championship … her RBI single in the top of the seventh versus CMU drove in what proved to be the game-winning run in the 7-6 victory, helping keep the Cardinals alive in the tournament … provided her first career triple in Ball State’s 9-7 elimination game victory over Toledo (May 10) later in the day … scored what proved to be the game-winning run in Ball State’s 5-1 victory over Ohio (May 10) to cap the three-game day and send Ball State to the title game of the MAC Softball Championship … stole nine bases on the season … credited with 43 putouts and 46 assists on the year, while logging a .937 fielding percentage … had a hand in three of Ball State’s 16 double plays.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner for coach Colleen Phelan at Marist … helped guide the Redhawks to Illinois Class 4A State Championship titles her sophomore and senior seasons, as well as a runner-up finish her junior campaign … team was a combined 106-9 over the three-year span … earned Third Team All-State honors as a senior after producing a .427 average with 45 RBI and 53 runs scored … belted eight home runs on the team’s state championship run, while adding 13 doubles and one triple … also stole nine bases on the year … team captain and an Extra Innings Softball All-America First Team infielder as a senior.

CLUB TEAM: Played four seasons for the Tennessee Mojo.

WHY BALL STATE: I chose ball state because of the family atmosphere that my teammates and coaches have created. Also, because of the academic and athletic support that is given.