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Six Titans Earn All-WIAC Awards; Bougie Named Pitcher Of The Year And Coaching Staff Honored

 MADISON, Wis.- Kwik Trip Pitcher of the Year Brianna Bougie (Oshkosh/Oshkosh West) and Coaching Staff of the Year honors highlight UW-Oshkosh softball's selections to the 2025 All-WIAC Softball Team.
 
Bougie secured Oshkosh's sixth WIAC Pitcher of the Year award, joining Maddie Fink (2021), Sara Brunlieb (2015), and four-time selection Ronessa Stampfli (2005-08).
 
The UW-Oshkosh (36-6, 10-4 WIAC) coaching staff, led by Scott Beyer and assisted by Kaitlyn Krol and Hannah Ritter, was named the Kwik Trip Co-Coaching Staff of the Year, sharing the award with UW-Platteville's staff. Beyer, Krol, and Ritter led the Titans to a 10-4 mark in WIAC competition to secure the No. 2 seed in the WIAC Tournament (presented by Culver's) before the team won both of its games over UW-Stevens Point and UW-Platteville to secure the third conference tournament title in program history and the league's automatic berth into the NCAA Division III Championship. Beyer and Krol were on the 2021 staff that earned the same honor and Ritter was playing on the team.
 
Bougie, Abby Garceau (Mishicot/Mishicot), and Sarah Hammerton (Appleton/Appleton West) were each selected to the 20-player All-WIAC Team for UW-Oshkosh. Bougie and Hammerton each made their first appearance on the top team while Garceau made her third (2022, 2024).
 
Haylie Wittman (Kaukauna/Kaukauna), a 2024 All-WIAC Team member, was named to the 13-player Honorable Mention Team along with Grace Nardi (Marquette, Mich./Negaunee).
 
Bougie has compiled a 10-1 record this season with seven saves in 23 appearances and five starts, including a 4-1 mark in conference games, a 0.60 earned run average, and 62 strikeouts across 81.2 innings pitched. Her ERA is the lowest in Division III. Bougie, who has not recorded a win or a save since a two-inning no decision during Oshkosh's 7-4 win over UW-Stout in Menomonie on April 26, leads the WIAC with a .157 opposing batting average, 10 runs allowed, and seven earned runs allowed.
 
In nine appearance and two starts against WIAC opponents, Bougie posted a 0.53 ERA, a 0.73 WHIP, threw two complete games and one shutout for a 4-1 record and two saves. She allowed more than three runs just once in her 23 appearances and struck out a career high seven batters three times this season.
 
Bougie fanned seven across five innings against Edgewood College at the UW-Oshkosh Rec Plex on March 2 and held the Eagles scoreless on one hit before repeating the one-hit, seven-strikeout feat against Amherst College (Mass.) in Clermont, Florida on March 22. She struck out seven batters for the third time against UW-Eau Claire at home on May 4.
 
Garceau is currently hitting .364 with 48 hits, nine doubles, a triple, 26 runs, and 19 RBIs. She leads the Titans with 132 at-bats and ranks second in runs, hits, and walks (15).
 
In 42 games for the Titans, Garceau has 14 multi-hit games, headlined by a 3-for-5 performance against Amherst on March 22 with a double, a run, and a season-high four RBIs.
 
The starting right fielder hit a team best .362 across 14 conference games with 17 hits including a double, scoring five runs and recording five RBIs. She walked four times for a .795 on-base plus slugging percentage and successfully stole a base in each of her four attempts.
 
Hammerton, Oshkosh's walks leader at 17, is hitting .324 entering the national tournament. Across 111 at-bats, she owns a .880 OPS with 36 hits, four doubles, three triples, a pair of home runs, 26 runs, and 19 RBIs. She has also stolen seven bags.
 
Against conference teams, Hammerton owned a .359 batting average, the second highest on the team, while pacing Oshkosh with an OPS of .894. Her 12 runs and one home run were team bests while she sat second with 14 hits.
 
Wittman is hitting .288 this season with 34 hits, seven doubles, two triples, 25 runs, and 20 RBIs while sporting a .952 fielding percentage on 145 total chances with 52 assists and a WIAC-leading mark of six double plays for a team that ranks fourth in the country with a .977 fielding percentage.
 
During the Titans' 14 WIAC games, Wittman batted .317 with a .764 OPS, 13 hits, two doubles, a triple, eight runs, and eight RBIs. She has four multi-RBI games this season including a 2-for-3 trip to the plate with a walk, a double, two runs, and three RBIs against Lawrence in Florida on March 27.
 
The newcomer to the Titans' pitching staff this season, Nardi is 11-0 across 17 appearances and 15 starts, posting a 1.27 ERA, which ranks 22nd in Division III, in 66.1 innings of work. She fanned a season high 11 batters across four innings against Union College (N.Y.) during Oshkosh's Florida trip on March 25, allowing a hit and two walks across four innings.
 
With a matching 1.27 ERA during the conference slate, Nardi went 3-0 in six starts, struck out 21 batters in 27.2 innings pitched, and held opponents to a .175 batting average. She tallied a complete game shutout against UW-Eau Claire on May 4, striking out six Blugolds while walking two and allowing one hits.

Reese Koski (Appleton/Appleton North) was UW-Oshkosh's representative on the all-sportsmanship team.
 
UW-Platteville's Melissa Dietz was named the Kwik Trip Position Player of the Year, Caitlyn Kressel of UW-River Falls was named the Kwik Trip Newcomer of the Year, and Kyra Lard from UW-La Crosse was named the Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete.
 
The Titans will host a regional tournament of the NCAA Division III Championship for the third consecutive year from Thursday to Saturday (May 15-17) at the UW-Oshkosh Softball Park. They will face Concordia University Wisconsin (31-11) on Thursday at noon before playing either Central College (Iowa) (26-11) or UW-Stevens Point (28-12) on Friday.
 
UW-Oshkosh holds a 27-24 record across its previous 11 appearances in the national tournament and has advanced to the World Series three times: 1989, 2021, and 2024. Sophie Wery (Seymour/Seymour Community) was named to the All-World Series Team last year in Marshall, Texas.
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Players Mentioned

Brianna Bougie

#14 Brianna Bougie

RHP
5' 8"
Sophomore
boo-zhee
Abby Garceau

#21 Abby Garceau

OF
5' 5"
Senior
gar-soh
Sarah Hammerton

#5 Sarah Hammerton

UT
5' 5"
Sophomore
Reese Koski

#1 Reese Koski

UT
5' 4"
Senior
kah-skee
Sophie Wery

#10 Sophie Wery

C
5' 9"
Senior
weer-ee
Haylie Wittman

#3 Haylie Wittman

IF
5' 7"
Junior
Grace Nardi

#20 Grace Nardi

RHP
5' 6"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Brianna Bougie

#14 Brianna Bougie

5' 8"
Sophomore
boo-zhee
RHP
Abby Garceau

#21 Abby Garceau

5' 5"
Senior
gar-soh
OF
Sarah Hammerton

#5 Sarah Hammerton

5' 5"
Sophomore
UT
Reese Koski

#1 Reese Koski

5' 4"
Senior
kah-skee
UT
Sophie Wery

#10 Sophie Wery

5' 9"
Senior
weer-ee
C
Haylie Wittman

#3 Haylie Wittman

5' 7"
Junior
IF
Grace Nardi

#20 Grace Nardi

5' 6"
Freshman
RHP
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