Sarah Harness Season 2024

Honors & Awards

• Big Ten Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 27, 2023) 
• All-MVC First Team (2022)
• All-Mideast Region Second Team (2021)
• All-MVC Second Team (2021)
• MVC Tournament MVP (2021)
• MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team (2021)
• Seven-time MVC Pitcher of the Week 
• Two-time MVC Newcomer of the Week 
• NFCA D1 Freshman of the Year Finalist 
• Academic All-District (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2024)
• Two-Time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2023, 2024)

Senior Season (2024) 

• Appeared in 33 games with 22 starts and went 9-6 with one save
• Led Nebraska in starts (22) and shutouts (1)
• Was 2nd on the team in appearances, innings and strikeouts
• Allowed two earned runs or fewer in 23 of her 33 appearances
• Earned the start and the win in game two at New Mexico State
• Tossed 4.0 innings and allowed only one run against the Aggies
• Did not allow an earned run in a start against Montana
• Made four appearances with four starts at the Mary Nutter Classic
• Posted a 0.55 ERA in a team-high 12.2 innings
• Threw 2.0 innings of shutout relief against No. 19 UCLA
• Started and tossed 3.2 shutout innings against No. 23 Oregon
• Did not allow an earned run in a 4.2-inning start vs. No. 20 Utah
• Earned a save with a perfect seventh inning against Cal State Fullerton
• Tossed a 5.0-inning shutout against Maine with six strikeouts
• Threw 4.0 scoreless innings of two-hit relief against Omaha
• Allowed three runs on just two hits in 4.0 innings of relief vs. Illinois
• Got the win after allowing one run in 2.2 innings of relief at Wisconsin
• Started vs. Penn State and got the win allowing one run in 3.0 innings
• Earned the win in game three at Rutgers, allowing one run in 5.0 innings
• Allowed one earned run in 3.1 innings in a start in game one at Michigan
• Started and earned the win in game two against Iowa
• Matched her then-season high with 6.0 innings against Northwestern
• Pitched well in the series at Minnesota with a heavy workload
• Went 2-1 in the series while throwing 16.2 of Nebraska’s 20.0 innings
• Went 2-0 with a 1.75 ERA in the first two games of the series
• Tossed 5.1 innings of relief in game one and gave up two runs
• Threw a season-high 6.2 innings in game two and allowed one run
• Marked her 65th career victory
• Tossed a three-hitter in a win vs. Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament
• Then threw an 8.0-inning complete game against Indiana

Junior Season (2023) 

• Started 25 games in the circle and made 31 appearances 
• Finished the season with a 10-5 record 
• Tallied 104 strikeouts on the season while holding opponents to a .230 batting average
• Made her first career appearance in the circle as a Husker against Lamar (2/11/23) 
• Held Lamar to one hit while striking out 11 in her season-opening performance 
• Pitched 3.1 innings in the win over RV Texas A&M at the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational 
• Tallied her second career no-hitter and first as a Husker against New Mexico State in the Troy Cox Classic 
• Received Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors after going 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA at the Troy Cox Classic 
• Picked up two wins at the Hillenbrand Invitational with wins over Texas A&M Commerce and Weber State 
• Went 1-0 with seven strikeouts in two appearances during the Purdue series 
• Made four appearances at the NCAA Stillwater Regional 

Sophomore Season - at Southern Illinois (2022)

• First-Team All-MVC 
• Finished the season with a 16-10 record 
• Made 32 appearances with 22 starts 
• Pitched 181.0 innings 
• Tallied 151 strikeouts 
• Held opponents to a .249 batting average 

Freshman Season - at Southern Illinois (2021) 

• Appeared in 38 games with 26 starts 
• Finished 22-7 with two saves and a 1.77 ERA
• Had a league-best 22 wins 
• One of 30 finalists for the NFCA D1 Freshman of the Year award 
• Named MVC All-Tournament MVP after she went 3-0 with a 0.33 ERA in 21 innings of work to help SIU win the 2021 MVC Tournament title 

COVID-19 Season - at Southern Illinois (2020)

• Two-time MVC Pitcher of the Week
• Two-time MVC Newcomer of the Week
• Made 15 appearances in the circle including eight starts 
• led MVC in wins (9) and finished second in innings pitched (71.0) and strikeouts (76)
• Threw 25.2 consecutive scoreless innings to end the 2020 season 

Before Nebraska 

• Spent three seasons at Southern Illinois 
• Named to three-straight All-State teams, including back-to-back turns on the All-State First Team
• Helped the Bowling Green Lady Cats win back-to-back Missouri State Championships
• Four-time All-District and All-Region honoree
• Held a 59-9 career record in the circle with a 0.83 career ERA 
• Played travel ball for the Illinois Force 

Personal

• Born on Sept. 28, 2000
• Daughter of Cecil Harness Jr. and Marlee Keele 
• Has two siblings 
• Majoring in child, youth and family studies