2025 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 24
Stevie Meade
- Position:
- Outfielder
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Olathe, Kan.
- High School:
- Saint Thomas Aquinas HS
 All-Big Ten Freshman Team |
SENIOR - 2025
- Team Captain
- Played in 48 games, starting 45
- Slashed .273/.489/.340
- Posted 38 hits, 17 runs and 27 RBI
- Logged 18 extra-base hits including 11 doubles, two triples and five home runs
- Recorded 11 multi-hit games
- Added three hits against Wisconsin (3/15/25), Western Illinois (4/1/25) and at Northwestern (4/5/25)
- Recorded three RBI against Wisconsin (3/15/25)
- Hit a pair of doubles at Mizzou (3/18/25), at Purdue (4/18/25) and at Rutgets, (4/26/25)
- Went 3-for-3 in stolen bases
JUNIOR - 2024
- Academic All-Big Ten
- CSC Academic All-District
- Started all 52 games this season in the outfield
- Team Captain
- Slashed .296/.428/.410
- Logged 14 multi-hit games
- Tallied a season-high three RBI against Missouri (3/13/24) and at Saint Louis (3/11/24)
- Posted a pair of doubles at Maryland (4/6/24)
- Scored a pair of runs on 10 separate occasions
- Amassed a home run at Maryland (4/6/24 and 4/7/24), at Saint Louis (3/11/24) and against Missouri (3/13/24)
- Mashed three hits at Saint Louis (3/11/24), Michigan State (4/19/24), Maryland (4/6/24)
- Went 4-for-5 in stolen bases
- Logged a team-best 11 sacrifice hits, tied for fourth all-time at Illinois
- Led the team with 25 walks
SOPHOMORE - 2023
- Academic All-Big Ten
- CSC All-District
- Started all 56 games as a sophomore
- Slashed .295/.452/.362 on the season
- Second on the team with 15 multi-hit games
- Tied for first on the team with three triples
- First on the team with 11 doubles
- Recorded 9 hits and 33 runs
- Logged 17 extra-base hits including three home run
- Logged 23 RBI and earned 15 walks
- Went 3-for-4 in stolen bases
- Tallied a season-high three hits against Rutgers (3/26/23)
- Scored four runs against Rutgers (3/26/23)
- Tallied three RBI against Ohio State (4/15/23)
- Hit a home run against Louisville (2/17/23), at Mizzou (3/14/23) and SIUE (3/28/23)
- Notched a triple against Marist (3/11/23), Valparaiso (3/15/23) and Rutgers (3/26/23)
- Posted a .955 fielding percentage with 83 putouts, two assists and two errors.
Freshman - 2022
- Big Ten All-Freshman team
- Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week 3/8/22
- Started all 52 games she appeared in for the Illini
- Slashed .280/.314/.427
- Tallied 46 hits and 10 doubles while driving in 28 runs
- Went 8-for-10 in stolen bases
- Struck for a team-best 13 sacrifice hits
- Made Illini debut going 2-for-4 with three RBI vs. Central Arkansas (2/11/22)
- Went 2-for-4 with three RBI and first-career home run vs. Western Illinois (2/19/22)
- Connected for 14 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI performances
- Season-best 10 game hitting streak and reached base streak
High School
- 2018 Second-Team All-Conference EKL
- 2019 Second-Team All-State Honorable Mention, EKL First-Team All-Conference
- Ranked 85 in the class of 2021 by Extra Innings Softball
- Played club ball for the DeMarini Aces
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