Bradley University Athletics

2019 (Senior): Entered her senior season already owning the Bradley career record for relief appearances, but started 13 of her 19 appearances in the circle … Led the team with nine wins and had a team-high eight starts … Finished the year with a 9-4 record, while pacing the team with a 3.62 ERA … Held hitters to a .274 average … Had a stretch where she surrendered just one run over 20.2 innings, which included 13.2 consecutive scoreless innings … Opponents hit just .257 with runners on base and .236 with two outs … Went 6-2 with a 3.17 ERA in MVC action, leading the team with 53.0 innings pitched in league play … Closed her career with a school record 64 relief appearances and is tied for fifth in Bradley history with four career saves … Went 8-2 with a 2.63 ERA over her last 13 appearances, with one of the losses to MVC regular-season champion Drake … Was Bradley’s first pitcher to earn at least eight wins in back-to-back seasons since Madeline Lynch-Crumrine in 2013 (14) and 2014 (18) ... Earned a win against South Alabama, giving up just two hits in 4.1 scoreless innings out of the bullpen ... Struck out a career-high six batters in the series opener against Indiana State and scored her only run of the season in the series finale against the Sycamores ... Held Northern Iowa to just one run to earn the win ... Five of her seven victories came on the road ... Owned a 2.28 ERA in home games.

2018 Season (Junior): Pitched in 29 games, making 12 starts and had 34 outings in which she appeared in the lineup … Tied for the team lead with eight victories and had a team-best three saves … Made 17 of her 29 appearances out of the bullpen … Tossed a complete game in six of her 12 starts … Boasted a 3.47 ERA for the season in 103.0 innings of work … Hit .250 with five doubles, three homers and 13 RBI on the year … Was 4-3 with a 3.60 ERA and two saves in MVC action … Did the bulk of her damage at the plate in Valley play, owning a .278 average with two doubles, three homers and 11 RBI against conference opponents … Hit .347 with runners on base … Belted all three of her homers in a five-game stretch in which she was 5-for-14 with three runs and seven RBI … Six of her final eight appearances in the circle were starts after appearing out of the bullpen in 15 of her first 21 outings … Her first five pitching appearances came against ranked teams … Pitched 2.2 innings of scoreless relief against nationally ranked South Carolina … Was 8-7 with a 2.55 ERA in her outing against teams not ranked in the top 25 … Surrendered just one earned run in an eight-inning complete game effort at Indiana State 

2017 Season (Sophomore): Made five starts and a total of 22 appearances in the circle in addition to playing in the outfield … Appeared in the Bradley lineup in 44 games with 43 starts to her credit after not having a plate appearance as a Brave during her freshman season … Tied for third on the team with four home runs … Owned a 1-2 record in the circle with one save in 54.1 innings of work … Homered in her first career at bat at Bradley against Northern Colorado and followed it up with a homer the next day against Grand Canyon … Collected 10 of her 15 RBI in the first month of the season …  Picked up her lone victory of the year, tossing 3.0 innings of scoreless relief against Oregon State as she held the Beavers to one hit and faced just 10 batters … Scored three runs in the victory against Oregon State, despite collecting just one hit in the contest … Earned her one save on the year in the series finale against Missouri State … Struck out five batters out of the bullpen in the series opener at Evansville … Owned a team-best 3.29 ERA in MVC play in 34.0 innings.

2016 Season (Freshman): Led the team with seven wins despite making just one start … Had a Bradley season record with 24 relief appearances, breaking the previous mark of 18 … Battled injuries to post a 7-2 record in 55.0 innings of work to go with a 5.35 ERA in 25 appearances … Went 4-2 in 13 outings in MVC play … Made her first appearance in the season opener against Nevada … Tossed two shutout innings in relief against Boise State (Feb. 13) to earn her first career victory … Picked up wins in her first five decisions … Made her only start of the year against Northwestern to close the opening weekend … Tossed 4.2 innings against Bowling Green for second win of the year …. Fanned four batters in another 4.2 innings in a win against Boise State on March 5 … Held Indiana State scoreless for three innings in a 12-4 victory to earn the win … Picked up the series opening win against Illinois State, striking out a season-best five in 4.2 innings … Also tossed 4.2 innings and matched a season-best with five strikeouts in the win over Loyola … Had 2.2 scoreless innings of work in the MVC Tournament game against Missouri State.  

High School: A four-time all-conference and first-team all-area selection, she hit .463 with five homers and 37 RBI as a senior … Also had a 13-7 record with a 2.11 ERA , while striking out 194 hitters as a senior … Owned a .409 average as a junior with 32 RBI in addition to posting a 1.27 ERA in the circle … Tallied 180 career hits and was a .471 hitter during her prep career … Notched 542 career strikeouts … Helped the Tigers to a conference title as a sophomore. 

Personal: The daughter of Dawn and Tim Mahaffy, Megan was born in Woodstock, Ill. … Has an older sister: Katie … Majored in psychology .