Biography
Lindenwood:
2021 – Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete ... GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award ... Academic All-GLVC selection … played and started in all 39 games for Lindenwood … appeared in 15 games while making 13 starts on the mound … batted .305 on 39 base hits with four doubles, three triples, and 10 runners batted in … tallied two walks, 24 runs scored, and six stolen bases … recorded a .988 fielding percentage with 68 putouts and 13 assists … notched a career-best 2.81 ERA in 72.1 innings on the mound with 66 strikeouts … went 6-4 while tossing five complete games … first in the conference and ninth in the nation in strikeout-to-walk ratio (8.25) and second in the GLVC in triples … led the league in walks allowed per seven innings (0.77) … tied a career-high with four base hits at Missouri S&T on April 11, tied for the most hits in a single-game in team NCAA-era history … scored a season-high three runs three times during the season … on the mound tossed seven innings in four different games … struck out a season-high eight batters against Lewis on April 2 and at Southern Indiana on May 1 … led the team in hits and triples, and was second in runs scored and stolen bases … second on the squad in wins, innings pitched, and batters struck out … tallied 10 multi-hit games, including two games with three or more base hits … finished with three hits and three runs scored at Illinois Springfield on March 12.
2020 – Played and started in 15 games for Lindenwood, including five starts on the mound … 2019-20 GEICO Academic All-GLVC honoree … batted .382 with seven RBIs, while going 6-1 on the mound with a 3.05 ERA … tallied 12 runs scored, two doubles and a triple … struck out 17 batters … recorded a pristine 1.000 fielding percentage … 21 hits on the season were tied for fourth in the GLVC … stole seven bags, which put her in sixth amongst conference players … her six pitching victories during the season, which was tied for second in the conference … tied for the team-lead with three complete games and one shutout … finished the season with the highest number of at bats on the team (55) … career-high four hits against STLCOP on March 3, which is tied for first for hits in a game in program history … season shortened due to COVID-19.
2019 – First team All-MIAA P/UTIL, making 46 starts in the field and 28 appearances as a pitcher ... led team with a .394 batting average (second all-time at Lindenwood) while maintaining a .509 slugging percentage and a .422 on-base percentage (seventh all-time) ... her 65 hits and seven triples are the second-highest single-season totals at Lindenwood and her 42 runs scored are third ... in the circle, her 17 wins are a Lindenwood record and her 3.06 ERA is fourth for a single season ... notched 23 multi-hit games, including six three-hit performances ... on March 23, against Fort Hays State, threw a complete game shutout, striking out 11.
2018 – One of the top two-way players in the country, earning D2CCA All-Region honors as a Utility/Pitcher as well as first-team All-MIAA ... led team with .375 batting average, the second-best single-season average in the NCAA era of Lindenwood ... her on-base percentage of .406 is eighth all-time ... set Lindenwood NCAA records with 48 runs scored and 66 hits ... seventh for a single season with 10 doubles... her 12 steals are fourth on the Lindenwood NCAA single-season list ... in the circle, bested her own Lindenwood record with 16 wins ... had the fewest walks per seven innings in Lindenwood history at 1.05 ... threw 16 complete games, matching her own Lindenwood record ... at the plate, finished the season with two strikeouts in 176 at-bats, making her the toughest player in NCAA DII to strike out.
2017 – In her freshman campaign, Galka set six individual season records for Lindenwood in its NCAA era: Wins (13), Appearances (33), Games Started (26), Complete Games (16), Innings Pitched (160.2), and Walks Per Seven Innings (1.09) ... her ERA of 3.53 is the fourth-best during the school's NCAA play ... her 9.2 innings pitched against Ashland is the third-highest mark in a single game during Lindenwood's time competing in the NCAA ... led the team with a .333 batting average and nine stolen bases ... totaled a .365 on-base percentage and scored 22 runs ... was an all-MIAA Honorable Mention.
High School:
Attended Ray High School ... career ERA of 0.85 and struck out 159 hitters in 114.2 innings pitched ... hit .637 in 102 at-bats, including 52 runs scored and 56 runs batted in ... All-Section and All-Division Player of the Year her senior season.
Personal:
Daughter of Rikki and David ... has three siblings (Michael, Josh, and Lacee) ... majoring in exercise science.
