2026 Softball Roster

Ashley Steltenpohl
Ashley Steltenpohl
Ashley Steltenpohl
Ashley Steltenpohl
Ashley Steltenpohl
Ashley Steltenpohl
Ashley Steltenpohl
Ashley Steltenpohl
Ashley Steltenpohl
Ashley Steltenpohl

23 Hilary Blomberg

  • Position Catcher/Thirdbase
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Verona, Wis.
  • Highschool Verona Area High School
  • Instagram hilaryblomberg
  • Twitter BlombergHilary

Biography

Honors

  • 2025 All-Big Ten Second Team
  • 2025 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District
  • 2024 All-Big Ten First Team
  • 2024 All-Big Ten Freshman Team (Unanimous)
  • 2024 All-Big Ten Tournament Team
  • 2024 NFCA Great Lakes All-Region Second Team


2025: Preseason ranked by D1Softball at No. 11 in its catcher rankings…Preseason ranked by Softball America at No. 90 in Softball America’s Top 100 Player rankings…Started all 54 games at thirdbase…Led team with 12 home runs – tied for the fourth most in program history in a single season…Second on the team with 12 doubles…Had 18 multi-hit games and 10-multi-RBI games…Held a seven game hitting streak from March 9-March 21…Had first-career multi-home run game at Washington with two solo home runs (April 6)…Hit first-career triple against Seton Hall (Feb. 15)…Went 5-for-12 in three-game series against Illinois (March 14)…Went 6-for-17 with two home runs, two doubles and seven RBI at the Chanticleer Showdown…Went 5-for-12, four RBI, and game winning home run at the Saluki Invite (March 7)…Name All-Big Ten Second Team…Earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District

2024: Put together one of the best seasons ever by a Wisconsin freshman batter, appearing in 50 games and starting 47. Broke freshman records for doubles (13) as well as batting average (.365)...slashed .365/.401/.613, each ranking in the top-ten all-time among Wisconsin freshman... Went on a torrid Big Ten Tournament run, going 6-for-11 across three games while setting Wisconsin tournament records in home runs (3) and RBI (8)... Went 3-for-5 against Rutgers in the Big Ten Quarter Finals, with a record five RBI... Pitched 9.0 innings across six games, picked up her first career win and save against Indiana on April 27, while also going 2-for-4 at the plate with a home run.

High School: Played under coach Todd Anderson, 3x 1st team all-conference, 3x 1st team all-district, 1st team all-state, 2x 2nd team all-state. Big 8 Player of the year. 

Personal: Daughter of Amanda and Larry Blomber... has two brothers, Derek and Kellen La Haye... as well as three sisters, Mia, Addison, and Avery La Haye

Why Wisconsin: It's always been my hometown school and the Badgers have always had this positive energy about them that makes you want to be a part of them.

What Goals do you Have for Your First Season at UW: I’m hoping to become a player that can impact the game and to represent all the girls from my hometown of Verona.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2024Freshman

    Catcher
    5'7"
    23
  • 23

    2025Sophomore

    Catcher/Thirdbase
    5'7"
    23
  • 23

    2026Junior

    Catcher/Thirdbase
    5'7"
    23