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2024 MIT Softball Roster

Gil Talbot

12 Katia Pendowski

  • Class Senior
  • B/T R/R
  • Height 5-8
  • Hometown Elk Grove Village, Ill.
  • High School Elk Grove
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Career Highs
Hits 3 Five times - Most Recently at Salve Regina (April 19, 2024)
Runs 3 Twice - Most Recently vs. Kalamazoo (March 25, 2024)
Doubles 2 Three times - Most recently at Smith (April 27, 2024)
Triples 1 Twice - Most Recently vs. Coast Guard (4/30/22)
Home Runs 2 vs. Elmhurst (3/23/22)
RBI 5 vs. Elmhurst (3/23/22)
Walks 3 vs. Emerson (April 26, 2024)
Stolen Bases 1 Twice - Most Recently vs. Springfield (4/16/22)

In the Record Books:
- Single season home runs (1st)
- Career home runs (2nd)
- RBI in a season (5th)


Accolades:
- NEWMAC Player of the Week (3/29/22)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2022, 2023, 2024)
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference (2022)
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (2024)
- CoSIDA First Team Academic All-America (2022)
- CSC Second Team Academic All-America (2023)
- CSC Academic All-District (2024)
- CoSIDA Academic All-District (2022)
- NFCA Scholar Athlete (2021, 2022, 2023)
- NFCA First Team All-Region (2022)
- NFCA Second Team All-American (2022)
- NFCA Player of the Week Honorable Mention (3/30/22)


2024:
- Started in 41 of 43 games played in
- Recorded 30 hits and seven doubles
- Had 20 runs with 19 RBI

2023:
- Saw action in 31 games
- Recorded 27 hits and 17 RBI
- Had six multi-hit games


2022:
- Appeared in all 50 games making 49 starts
- Hit first collegiate HR on 3/23 against Allegheny
- Recorded 16 multi-hit games during the season
- Knocked in multiple runs 11 times


2021:
- Season Canceled due to COVID-19


Off the Field at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in music
- Mechanical Engineering Intern at Shure Incorporated in Niles, IL
- User-Centered Design of High-Performance Cookstoves with the MIT Ideation Lab
- Coordinator of Teen Programming at Camp Kesem at MIT
- Secretary in Pi Tau Sigma MechE Honor Society
- Pi Tau Sigma - Mechanical Engineering Honor Society
- Surfrider Club at MIT 


Favorite Memory as an MIT Student Athlete:
- The iconic van rides with my teammates down in Florida over spring break.


High School:
- A 2020 graduate of Elk Grove High School
- Earned four varsity letters in softball
- 2019 Illinois First Team All State
- Three-year Daily Herald All-Area
- Three-year MidSuburban League All-Conference
- 2017 and 2019 Regional Champion
- 2018 MSL Champion
- Also competed for the Heat Premier Club team
- Academic Accolades: Senior Mathematics Medallion; Senior Physics Medallion; Senior Orchestral Medallion; Highest Honors
- Musical Accolades: ILMEA Honors All-State Orchestra; ILMEA District 7 Honors Orchestra 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021First Year

    C/INF
    5'8"
  • 12

    2022Sophomore

    C/IF
    5'8"
    12
  • 12

    2023Junior

    C/IF
    5'8"
    12
  • 12

    2024Senior

    C/IF
    5'8"
    12