SIUE

The first-ever softball All-American at SIUE in 1981, Denise Schaake was well-known for her versatility as a two-sport athlete for the Cougars. The first women's basketball Cougar to break the 1,000-point barrier (1,095), Schaake continues to hold the school record for single-season scoring with 656 in the 1980-81 season. In softball, she led the 1979 pitching staff in earned run average of 1.04 and later hurled for a 9-2 record in 1981. Her bat was equally as strong as Schaake currently is No. 6 all-time in runs batted in (108) and triples (12).

Career Statistics

 Year       Avg   GP-GS     AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR  RBI   BB   SO   SB-ATT 1979....  .263   22-0      57    2   15    0    0    0   11    7    3    0-0 1980....  .292   47-0     137   24   40    3    1    1   18    8    3    1-1 1981....  .394   40-0     132   35   52    6    6    0   49    4    6    3-3 1982....  .320   59-0     181   16   58    9    5    2   30    8    3    3-3 TOTAL...  .325  168-0     507   77  165   18   12    3  108   27   15    7-7  Year       ERA   W-L   App  GS  CG SHO/CBO  SV    IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO 1979....  1.37   3-4     7   0   7   0/0     1  46.0   36   18    7   14    6 1980....  4.50   0-0     1   0   0   0/0     1   2.0    2    2    1    4    1 1981....  2.76   9-2    11   0  12   0/0     4  75.0   75   44   23   11   12 TOTAL...  2.27  12-6    19   0  19   0/0     6 123.0  113   64   31   29   19