2026 (JUNIOR): Established herself as one of the best pitchers in the nation en route to NFCA First Team All-America honors … College Sports Communicators Third Team Academic All-American … NFCA All-Region IV First Team … NJAC Pitcher of the Year & First Team … Posted a 15-4 record, tossing 14 complete games in 139.0 innings pitched … Led the nation in shutouts (10) … Ranked second in Division III in WHIP (0.68) and hits allowed per seven innings (3.27), third in ERA (0.86) and eighth in strikeouts (174) … Threw a program-record 60 consecutive shutout innings from 3/7 - 4/7 … Broke the program’s single-season strikeout record and became the fastest player in program history to reach 400 Ks … Fanned season-high 13 batters in complete-game shutout against Greensboro (3/6) … Allowed just six hits while striking out 35 batters in three straight complete-game shutouts against Centenary (3/18), Maine Presque Isle (3/20) and Drew (3/25) … Earned a complete-game shutout and save in consecutive wins over William Paterson (4/4) … Fanned 10 while allowing a lone unearned run in complete-game win against New Jersey City (4/21) … Allowed one run with nine strikeouts in seven innings in NJAC Semifinal win over top-seeded Stockton (4/30) … Drew the start in Game 1 of NJAC Championship series against 17th-ranked Rowan, allowing two runs – one earned – in 4.1 innings (5/2) … Allowed three unearned runs while fanning three in 4.2 innings of relief in decisive Game 3 against the Profs (5/3) … Paired historic season in the circle with a career-best year at the plate … Slashed .367/.412/.656 with 33 hits, 11 runs and nine doubles … Led the Lions in RBIs (25) and home runs (5) … Finished a triple shy of hitting for the cycle in loss against Marymount (3/7) … Went 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs in win over Maine Presque Isle (3/20) … Totaled season-high four RBIs in Game 1 of doubleheader against William Paterson (4/4) … Scored two runs and added two RBIs at Stockton (4/14) … Went 2-for-2 with four RBIs in run-rule win over New Jersey City (4/21)
2025 (SOPHOMORE): Made strides as a sophomore en route to First Team All-NJAC and NFCA Third Team All-Region honors … Named NJAC Pitcher of the Week twice … Finished 14-5 with a team-best 2.67 ERA … Tossed 11 complete games, including four shutouts … Struck out 118 batters across 114.2 innings … Ranked fourth in the NJAC and 48th in Division III in hits allowed per seven innings (5.19) … Also finished third in the NJAC and 62nd in DIII in strikeouts per seven (7.2) … Threw complete-game shutout in 1-0 win over NYU (3/7) … Struck out season-high 10 batters in complete-game shutout against King’s (PA) (3/15) … Allowed three runs and fanned three in seven innings against #20 Tufts (3/16) … Struck out seven in four scoreless innings against Arcadia (3/25) … Struck out nine in back-to-back complete-game wins over #25 Ramapo (3/29) and Stockton (4/1) … Allowed just one hit and fanned six in complete game against Kean (4/4) … Registered 200th career strikeout in win against Rutgers-Camden (4/9) … Fanned nine in combined-shutout win over New Jersey City (4/18) … Allowed one run while striking out five across six innings in NJAC Tournament game against Ramapo (5/3)
2024 (FRESHMAN): Turned in a remarkable rookie campaign ... Named NJAC Rookie Pitcher of the Week three times and earned one Pitcher of the Week and Rookie of the Week nod each ... Pitched to a 9-4 record with a 1.76 ERA in 19 games (15 starts) ... Racked up seven complete games and four shutouts ... Second in the NJAC in strikeouts per seven innings (8.3, good for 31st in D3) and hits per seven (4.88, 42nd in D3), third in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.59), fourth in total strikeouts (122) and shutouts, and sixth in ERA ... Also batted .259 with two home runs and 13 RBIs plus eight runs scored ... Tossed a 1-hitter with eight strikeouts in colleguate debut versus Gwynedd Mercy (3/10) ... Allowed one run with six strikeouts in complete game win against Muhlenberg (3/22) ... Hurled three consecutive shutouts against Stockton (4/7), Rutgers-Camden (4/9), and Montclair State (4/14), allowing one hit against Stockton and two against Montclair with 24 combined strikeouts in the three outings ... Struck out 11 in complete-game win over William Paterson (4/27) ... Threw two scoreless innings in NJAC Tournament win at Stockton ... Racked up a remarkable 14.0 innings of relief in NJAC Tournament loss at Rowan (5/6), allowing just four hits and one run and striking out nine ... At the plate, notched first career hit in debut against DeSales (2/27) ... Went 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI against Gwynedd Mercy ... Huit first career home run against Arcadia (3/26) ... Also went yard against Ramapo (3/30) ... Fieled 39 total chances without an error
BEFORE TCNJ: Named Olympic Conference Player of the Year at Lenape High School ... Also an All-South Jersey All-Star who earned first-team all-division and second-team all-state laurels for the Indians ... Member of National Honor Society and National Latin Honor Society ... National Merit Commended Scholar ... Graduated in top 10 percent of class
WHY TCNJ? I was very impressed by the engineering school and felt that TCNJ was a place I could thrive both academically and athletically.
PERSONAL: Birthday is August 2 ... Parents are David and Arlene Knasiak ... Has one sibling, Logan ... Has memorized 80 digits of pi and can solve a Rubik's Cube ... Enjoys shopping, driving, building legos and making bracelets ... Favorite athletes are Ilona Maher, Sydney Sherril and Nick Castellanos
AWARDS AND HONORS
- NFCA All-America 1st Team (2026)
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-America 3rd Team (2026)
- 2-time NFCA All-Region (1st Team - 2026 | 3rd Team - 2025)
- NJAC Pitcher of the Year (2026)
- 2-time All-NJAC (1st Team - 2025, 2026)
- 7-time NJAC Pitcher of the Week (4/15/24, 4/7/25, 4/14/25, 3/3/26, 3/16/26, 3/23/26, 4/6/26)
- 3-time NJAC Rookie Pitcher of the Week (3/11/24, 4/29/24, 5/6/24)
- NJAC Rookie of the Week (4/1/24)
- 2-time CSC Academic All-District (2025, 2026)
- 2-time NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2024, 2025)
- NJAC All-Academic Team (2025)
