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2024: Selected Academic All-District by College Sports Communicators … Pitched all 16 innings of a 2-1 home victory over Southern Indiana, the longest game in Division I during the 2024 season … Led team in appearances (31) and starts (25) while finishing season with a 3.48 earned run average … Collected team-leading 104 strikeouts in 145 innings pitched … Tossed short-game shutout against Morehead State (5/4).

2023: Second team All-Ohio Valley Conference pitcher ... Named to the All-Tournament team at the Ohio Valley Conference Championships after leading the Cougars to a runner-up finish ... Won four games and knocked out four opponents from the OVC Championships, including a no-hitter against Morehead State ... Academic All-District selection by College Sports Communicators ... Recorded career-best 17 victories in the circle with a 2.17 earned run average and threw for a team-best 154 2/3 innings ... Topped her career high for season strikeouts with 101 .. Opponents batted .226 in 34 appearances ... Posted first career save.

2022: Tossed complete-game win against Purdue in a one-run, three-ht triumph in the circle ... Threw complete-game victory over Jacksonville State in season opener, allowing two runs and striking out four ... Finished season with season-high four strikeouts four times ... Collected road win at Eastern Illinois with effective 1 2/3 innings of relief.

2021: Named to the Ohio Valley Conference All-Newcomer team ... Won her last six outings of the season, including four innings of shutout pitching against Belmont in season finale ... Led pitching staff in wins (10), complete games (12), appearances (30), starts (20), innings pitched (132 1/3) and strikeouts (93) ... Threw season-high 145 pitches in eight-inning win over Southeast Missouri ... Set season high with 12 strikeouts in seven innings over Belmont (5/7)  ... Recorded better than 2-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio for the season.

Previous: Led Hardin Calhoun High School to a fourth-place finish at the state championships ... Earned first team All-State honors last season as well as a second All-Conference honor ... Named the Small School Alton Telegraph Player of the Year ... A member of National Honor Society, Baalman serves as the Class President after being Vice President and student council secretary ... A three-sport athlete, Baalman also has been active in volleyball and basketball for Hardin Calhoun ... Played select softball for St. Louis Chaos 02' Beatty.