Hall of Fame
In Torie (Bunzell) Kueker’s time at Quincy from 2008-11, she was named First Team All-GLVC four times, GLVC Freshman of the Year, GLVC Pitcher of the Year twice, Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year, and All-American twice by two different organizations. She also won the GLVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in softball and GLVC Richard F. Scharf Paragon Award her senior year, as the league’s top female student-athlete. Once the holder of the career strikeouts record in Division II, (Bunzell) Kueker’s 1,539 punchouts are still the gold standard for the Hawks’ program to this day, including 524 during her senior season – also a school record. The Hawks made it to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments her last two years on campus, picking up wins both of those years as part of her 95 career wins for the most in program history. (Bunzell) Kueker owns two other school records in innings pitched (930.2) and shutouts (46) while also sitting fourth all-time in career earned run average (1.14). Part of her 46 shutouts were the 10 career no-hitters she posted, along with tossing three perfect games. Moreover, her senior campaign was capped with several single-season records for Quincy, including wins (30), innings pitched (307.1), shutouts (14), and strikeouts (524).