Lillie Goetz

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Owensboro Catholic
Hometown:
Owensboro, Ky.

As a sophomore (2017): Played in 32 games with 20 starts at third base or designated player... Had 10 hits with five doubles and two home runs on the season... Scored seven runs and drove in nine... Hit a two-run single in the 5-2 win over Pitt (3/18)... Connected on two doubles and three RBIs in the 4-3 loss to Ohio State (2/19)... Hit a solo home run in the 9-0 win over Ohio State (2/17)... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

As a freshman (2016): Played in 41 games with 37 starts at third base, second base or shortstop… Fourth on the team with a .327 batting average… Scored 27 runs and drove in 22… Connected on six doubles… Put together a team-best 21-game reached base streak from Feb. 27 - April 9… Scored two runs in the 8-3 win at No. 18/19 Notre Dame (5/1)… Went 3 for 4 with a double in the 8-7 loss at No. 18/19 Notre Dame (5/1)… Connected on her second grand slam - in as many games - in the 12-0 win over WKU (3/30) becoming the first Louisville player to have two grand slams in her freshman year… Went 2 for 2 with her first career home run - a grand slam - in the 19-3 win over NC State (3/26)… Went 2 for 3 with a double and three RBIs in the 12-9 win over NC State (3/25)… Went 3 for 4 with her first career triple and two runs in the 7-1 win over Lipscomb (3/2)… Went 2 for 4 with a double, a run, and an RBI in the 13-9… Drove in runs in the 7-2 win over Iowa (2/13)… Scored two runs in the 6-1 win over Sam Houston State (2/14)… Named to the ACC All-Academic Team and All-ACC honor roll… NFCA Academic Scholar Athlete…Named to the Athletic Director’s honor roll in the fall and spring.

High School/Travel: Played for Owensboro Catholic... Earned five varsity letters while helping her team to four regional and district championships and a 2013 state runner-up showing... Four-time Class A first team all-State selection... Two-time Kentucky Class A Player of the Year (2014 and 2015).. Four-time all-district 9 honors (2012-14)... Named to the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) all-state tournament team (2013)... Tabbed 3rd Region Most Valuable Player (2013)... Two-time all-region tournament selection (2012, 2013)... Played for the Louisville Sluggers which finished fourth in the 2014 Colorado Fireworks tournament and a fifth in 2015 as well and posted a ninth place finish in the Junior Olympic Cup... Three-time KHSAA Academic All-State selection... NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete and KSCA Academic All-State team member... Also lettered in swimming and competed in the 2013 state meet.

Personal: Full name is Lillie Lynn Goetz... Nickname is Lil... Birthdate is February 20, 1997... Daughter of Jimmy and Cindy Goetz...Has two younger siblings: J.R. and Warren... Major is exercise science/pre-physical therapy… Post college ambition is to be and physical therapist and coach softball... Chose Louisville because she loved the atmosphere and everything about the university... Wears No. 20 because it was her high school number… Favorite softball memory was her first collegiate hit… Most people don’t know she is obsessed with dogs...Hobbies include reading and swimming.