Megan Betsa | |||
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Michigan Wolverines – No. 3 | |||
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Born: McDonough, Georgia |
March 7, 1995 |||
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Megan Renee Betsa (born March 7, 1995) is a right-handed pitcher for the Michigan Wolverines softball team.
Betsa grew up in McDonough, Georgia. Her father, Howard Betsa, played college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball program. Betsa attended Union Grove High School where she was selected as an all-state softball player all four years. She was also named the Georgia player and pitcher of the year in both 2011 and 2012. In 2013, she was named the Gatorade Softball Player of the Year.
Betsa enrolled at the University of Michigan in the fall of 2013. As a freshman during the 2014 college softball season, she compiled an 18–4 record with a 2.15 earned run average and 150 strikeouts.
In 2015, Betsa appeared in 46 games, 38 as a starter, and earned a 31–5 record with a 1.72 ERA and 333 strikeouts in 211 1⁄3 innings pitched. She received multiple honors during the 2015 season, including the following:
In the 2016 season—as of May 10, 2016,[ref]—Betsa has appeared in 32 games, 23 as a starter, recording a 22–3 win–loss record with a 2.05 ERA and 236 strikeouts. In the first two games of the NCAA regional, she gave up only two runs. She threw a shutout victory against LSU in the Women's College World Series on June 3, 2016.