Biography
Honors
NFCA All-Region: 2024 (3rd Team)
All-MVC: 2024 (1st Team)
MVC Player of the Week: 4/30/24
NFCA Scholar-Athlete: 2024
MVC Honor Roll: 2020-21, 2022-23, 2023-24
MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024
Career Summary
Appeared in 178 career games, earning 154 starts over her four-year career…Owned a career .222 batting average that featured 93 hits, 17 doubles, 23 home runs, 77 RBI and 32 walks…Also slugged .432 over four seasons and committed just five errors for a .973 career fielding percentage…Ended her career as the single-season record holder in home runs (19), RBI (51) and total bases (107).
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2024 (Senior)
NFCA All-Region Third Team selection…All-MVC First Team honoree...Started all 51 games of the season in right field…Batted .291 on the year with 43 hits, 26 runs, five doubles and 15 walks…Set the Missouri State single-season records for home runs (19) and RBI (51)…Led the team with a .723 slugging percentage…Ranked first in the MVC in home runs, second in RBI, third in slugging percentage and fourth in OPS…Ranked nationally in home runs (15th), home runs per game (10th), RBI (59th) and slugging percentage (62nd)… Tallied 13 multiple-hit and 14 multiple-RBI games…Drove in two runs and contributed two hits, two runs and walk in MSU’s extra-inning win over Army in the NFCA Leadoff Classic (Feb. 9)…Hit her first home run of the season at Southern Miss, a two-run shot in the first inning (Feb. 17)…In four games at the Tennessee Invitational in Knoxville, she recorded five hits, three RBI, two doubles, a triple, a home run and scored two runs (March 8-10)…Went 3-for-3 and smacked a two-run homer in a run-rule win against Illinois State (March 15)…Drove in one run and doubled at No. 8 Oklahoma State (March 26)…Helped MSU tie the series versus Murray State after a 3-for-4 outing that included a two-RBI single and a two-run home run (March 29)…Once again aided Missouri State in evening the series - this time at Northern Iowa – with an RBI single, a solo homer, two walks and two runs scored (April 5)…Tied Missouri State’s single-game RBI record with eight runs driven in against Valparaiso – consisting of an RBI single, grand slam and three-run home run (April 20)…Launched a three-run homer in the series finale victory versus the Beacons (April 21)…Blasted the game-winning three-run home run on the road against eventual MVC champion Southern Illinois (April 24)…Named MVC Player of the Week on April 30 for her performance at Evansville, where she went 6-for-12 with four runs, three homers and five RBI (April 26-28)…Broke MSU’s single-season home run record with her 15th of the season in the first inning at Evansville (April 26)…Also broke MoState’s single-season RBI record in game three of the series with a two-run bomb in the second inning (April 28)…Walked it off against Indiana State in the opening round of the MVC Tournament with an RBI single to right field (May 8)…Cut MSU’s deficit in half with a solo home run in the semifinals of the MVC Tournament versus Northern Iowa and was intentionally walked in the sixth inning as she represented the go-ahead run in the eventual 2-1 loss for the Bears (May 10)...Earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors…Named to the MVC Honor Roll and to the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2023 and Spring 2024.
2023 (Junior)
Appeared in all but one game this season, making 44 starts in right field…Logged 24 hits, 12 runs, 10 walks and nine RBI…Was also 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts…Recorded a pinch-hit single against Nebraska at the Shocker Classic (March 12)…Scored a run in each game of the series against Drake, while collecting two hits, three RBI and a two-run homer in three games versus the Bulldogs (March 17-19)…Went 2-for-4 with a run and a stolen base in the series opener at Valparaiso (March 31)…Collected two hits against Illinois State to open the series (April 7), before adding a single and a walk in the third game of the series against the Redbirds (April 9)…Smacked an RBI double in MSU’s extra-inning victory versus UIC (April 15)…Knocked an RBI double and scored a run as MSU secured an undefeated season at home with a 4-3 victory over Southern Illinois (April 26)…Recorded two hits and scored MSU’s only run as the Bears fell in 15 innings to Belmont in the MVC Tournament quarterfinals (May 11)…Named to the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Spring 2023.
2022 (Sophomore)
Played in 46 games, while earning 42 starts in the outfield as a sophomore…Ranked fourth on the team with seven doubles…Owned a .968 fielding percentage after committing just one error on the season…Knocked a double in the season opener at No. 21 Arizona State (February 11)…Went 2-for-2 with a double, home run, four RBI and two walks in game one of the doubleheader at Evansville (April 15)…Hit a bases-clearing double in a series-opening victory against Bradley (April 30)…Hit her third home run of the season and went 2-for-4 with two RBI in the second game of a doubleheader at Drake (May 6)…Logged an RBI-single in MSU’s opening game of the NCAA Tournament at No. 15 national seed Missouri (May 20).
2021 (Freshman)
Made 31 appearances with 17 starts in her freshman season … Earned her first collegiate start against Western Illinois (March 25) where she collected her first hit as well … Recorded the game-winning RBI in MSU’s 1-0 win over Loyola on April 25 … Cracked a double in conference games against Drake (March 27) and Bradley (April 3) … Scored a run in three out of four games to close the regular season (May 1-7) … MVC Honor Roll … MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters.
High School
Blasted 41 career home runs for coach Tonya Lewis at Pacific (Mo.) High School, which ranks No. 2 in Missouri prep history ... Hit .506 with 12 home runs, 39 RBI and 21 walks as a senior in the fall of 2019 for a 17-12 Indians squad ... As a junior, she hit 15 homers, batted .405 and drove in 41 runs while earning St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro and all-state honors ... As a sophomore, she batted .439 with 8 homers and 23 RBI after a freshman campaign that saw her bat .525 with 6 home runs and 38 RBI ... She earned all-region, all-conference and all-district honors four times and was a Four Rivers Conference All-Academic Team honoree her first three seasons ... Was also named a high school All-American by Extrainnings.com in 2018 and Flosports.com in 2017 ... Was also the starting point guard at Pacific ... Played travel softball for St. Louis Chaos.
Personal
Anastasia Grace Mueller was born 6/4/02 in St. Louis, Mo. ... Daughter of Dan Mueller and Chris Weber of Pacific, Mo. ... Has two brothers, Brent and Todd ... Majoring in Physical Education ... Her great grandmother, Anastasia Maguire Weber graduated from Missouri State in 1934 ... She also has a great aunt, Catherine Maguire, who participated in the high jump at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.
