Marian University

Awards:
CSC Academic All-District (May 27, 2025)
All-NACC Honorable Mention (May 12, 2025)
Sabre of the Month - April (May 2, 2024)
NACC Player of the Week (March 6, 2024)

2025: Earned a spot on the All-NACC Honorable Mention team and a spot on the CSC Academic All-District squad.  Pliner was third on the team with 34 base hits and finished the regular season with a .333 batting average.  She also ranked second on the squad with her 24 runs driven in.  She was the top qualifying Marian hitter for slugging percentage at .461 recording four doubles and a team-high three home runs.  Pliner had multiple hits in nine games and drove in multiple runs seven times.  One of her top games came against Adrian where she drove in three runs.  Pliner only committed five errors defensively and finished the season with 202 putouts and a .976 fielding percentage.

2024: Started in all 42 games she appeared in recording 39 hits with a .300 batting average.  Recorded six doubles, two home runs, 31 runs driven in and six runs scored.  Had 12 multi-hit games with three of those performances being three-hit games.  Drove in multiple runs in nine games with two of those performances coming in the NACC Tournament.  Was named the NACC Player of the Week after going 4-for-6 (.667) with a run scored and four runs driven in in a doubleheader against Westminster (Penn.) and Regis.  Three of her hits were doubles in the twin bill for a 1.167 slugging percentage.  Against Westminster (Penn.), she went 3-for-4 with two doubles and four runs driven in.  Was also the Sabre of the Month for April after going 21-for-60 (.350) with 12 runs driven in and a .467 slugging percentage.

Prior to Marian: Spent two season at UW-Whitewater where she played in 40 games recording a .218 batting average with a .338 on base percentage.  Recorded 12 hits as a Warhawk with nine runs driven in.  Helped lead the Warhawks to a conference championship in her sophomore season.

High School: Earned four varsity letters in softball and three in tennis at Mayville High School.  Helped lead the Cardinals to two conference championships and a regional championship in softball.  Was a Second Team All-Conference pick in softball twice before earning First Team All-Conference, First Team All-District, and Honorable Mention All-State recognition as a senior.  Also served as a captain in her final season and set the single season record for home runs.  In tennis, she earned all-conference recognition as a junior and was the team MVP as a senior.

Personal

Parents: Steve and Tanya Pliner
Siblings: One sister (Cailie)
Major: Data Science