2023 Softball Roster

Craig Houtz
Craig Houtz
Mark Selders/Penn State Athletics
Mark Selders
Ben Solomon
Craig Houtz
Craig Houtz

7 Lilia Crouthamel

  • Position
    Outfield
  • Class
    Senior+
  • Major
    Marketing

Biography

2023 • FIFTH-YEAR SEASON  
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten…Easton/NFCA Scholar Athlete.
 
Season: Appeared and started in all 47 games for the Nittany Lions in centerfield…Saw career-best marks in walks drawn (16) and on base percentage (.256)…Logged a .959 fielding percentage with 70 putouts and an assist…Hit .144 on the year with 15 hits on 104 at-bats, adding a home run, two triples and a double…Recorded eight RBI with 12 runs scored. 
 
vs. Bethune Cookman (2/18): Recorded her first hit of the season, going 1-for-3 overall. vs. Kent State (2/24): Was 1-for-2 in the box and scored a season-high two runs. vs. Delaware (3/4): Drove in a season high-tying two RBI. vs. St. Francis (3/10): Was 1-for-4 with a pair of RBI and a run scored. Iowa (3/24): Tied a season-high with a quartet of putouts. Iowa (3/26): Went 1-for-2 at the plate with a run scored. at Northwestern (4/8): Hit her first home run of the season and fourth of her career, finishing 1-for-2 on the afternoon. Rutgers (4/16): Tallied a brilliant outfield assist, her only of the season, against the Scarlet Knights. at Purdue (5/6): Put a solid 2-for-4 outing together with a double and a walk drawn…Added a season high-tying four putouts. Big Ten Tournament vs. Michigan (5/10): Drew a leadoff walk to open the bottom of the seventh, scoring the game-winning run on a Wolverine throwing error after a PSU sac bunt attempt…Led Penn State to its first postseason win over Michigan. Big Ten Tournament vs. Indiana (5/11): Published a 2-for-3 line at the plate with a pair of triples…Became the first player in B1G Tournament history to hit two triples in a single game and just the second to hit two triples in an entire tournament.
 
2022 • SENIOR SEASON  
Awards: Big Ten All-Defensive team.  
 
Season: Started and appeared in 51 games…Recorded career highs with a .196 batting average, 27 hits and 19 RBIs…Two grand slams...Career best 76 putouts with only one error for a .988 fielding percentage 
 
vs. Cleveland State (2/18): Recorded one RBI in win. at FIU (2/20): Contributed two RBI in dominant 10-0 win. at North Carolina (3/4): Two hits and two RBI in win. vs. Cornell (3/20): Two hits and two runs. vs. Saint Francis (3/22): Completed 5 putouts. vs. Bucknell (3/29): First career grand slam in win. at Rutgers (4/23): Second career grand-slam and 6 RBIs in win…Third-most RBI in a game in school history. at Ohio State (4/26): Recorded five putouts.
 
2021 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for second-straight season.

Season: Started 37 games and made 39 appearances in the outfield...Recorded career highs with 15 hits and 10 RBI...Scored seven runs...Had four multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games...Was perfect 9-for-9 in stolen bases.

vs. Purdue (2/27): Went 2-for-3 at the plate for first multi-hit game of season...Batted in two runs and scored one run...Had a stolen base...Continued four-game hitting streak. at Nebraska (3/28): Hit two-RBI single up the middle in first inning to give Nittany Lions a cushioned lead...Added a stolen base. Rutgers (4/9): Hit first career home run in second game of doubleheader...Had another hit for second multi-hit game of season...Scored season-high two runs...Added stolen base to stat line. Rutgers (4/10): Led Nittany Lion comeback bid with two-out two-RBI double to left field in sixth inning...Recorded career high with three total RBI. at Indiana (5/8): Went 2-for-3 with a run scored. at Michigan State (5/11): Had one hit and scored one run in game one win of doubleheader...Added stolen base.

2020 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards:
 Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.

Season: Made 13 appearances with eight starts in the outfield…Had four hits with three RBI…Scored one run…Had one multi-hit game and one multi-RBI game…Season shortened and no championship held due to COVID-19 pandemic.

at Georgia State (2/28): Made first start of season in game two of doubleheader…Had two putouts in outfield. at Georgia Tech (2/29): Recorded double for first hit of season. at Kennesaw State (3/1): Hit sacrifice fly to score lone run of game…Had one double. vs. Robert Morris (3/7): Went 2-for-3 at the plate with two doubles…Collected two RBI for first career multi-RBI game…Scored one run…Contributed on three of eight runs in shutout victory.

2019 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season:
 Made 49 appearances, mostly as a pinch runner and defensive specialist, and had seven starts…Had one multi-hit game.

at Duke (2/15): Subbed into the outfield in the fifth inning…Had one appearance at the plate and recorded first career hit…Drove in a run for first career RBI…Also recorded first career stolen base. vs. Duke (2/17): Made first career start in outfield. vs. Central Michigan (3/3): Scored first career run as pinch runner in victory in final game of Madeira Beach Invitational. at No. 22 Michigan (4/26): Went 2-for-3 at the plate in near upset ranked Wolverines…Recorded first career multi-hit game.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played four years of varsity softball at Salisbury High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania…Captained team as a junior and senior…Helped Falcons advance to the final game in the Colonial League Championships in 2018 and 2017 for first time since 1990…Earned second-team honors from the Pennsylvania High School Softball Coaches Association in 2018…Garnered Colonial League All-Star Softball First-Team Outfield honors in both the 2018 and 2017 seasons…Named to the Pennsylvania High School Softball Association All-State 3A First Team Outfield and the Allentown Morning Call All-Area Softball and Lehigh Valley Live All-Area Softball Second Team Outfield as a junior…Garnered Allentown Morning Call All-Area Softball Third Team Outfield and Lehigh Valley Live All-Area Softball Honorable Mention Outfield honors as a sophomore…Played four years of varsity tennis.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Kate and Terry Crouthamel Jr….Has one sister, Claudia…Father, Terry, wrestled for one year at Drexel University…Majoring in marketing.

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2019Freshman

    OF
    5'4"
    7
  • 7

    2020Sophomore

    OF
    5'4"
    7
  • 7

    2021Junior

    OF
    5'4"
    7
  • 7

    2022Senior

    OF
    5'4"
    7
  • 7

    2023Senior+

    Outfield
    5'4"
    7