University of Tennessee Athletics
2025 Fall Softball Roster
Roster
Mardjetko, Sage

Jersey Number 6
Sage Mardjetko
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-10
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Lemont, Ill.
- High School:
- Lemont
Bio
CAREER HIGHS
- Innings Pitched: 7.0 (6x) last vs. Nicholls (2/16/2025)
- Strikeouts: 15 vs. Indiana State (3/2/2025)
- Batters Faced: 30 vs. Missouri (5/03/2024)
HONORS
- 2025 CSC Academic All-District
- SEC Freshman of the Week (4/30)
- SEC Spring Honor Roll
- SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll
- NFCA All-Scholar
2025 - SOPHOMORE
- Appeared in 27 games with 16 starts in her first season on Rocky Top
- Finished her sophomore season with a 12-2 record
- Tossed 95.1 innings with 118 strikeouts and an ERA of 2.50
- Made Women's College World Series debut against Florida, tossing two innings in relief (5/30)
- Tossed 3.1 scoreless innings in relief in Super Regional contest against Nebraska (5/23)
- Dominated the NCAA Regional Tournament against Ohio State, tossing five scoreless innings with two hits, two walks, and five strikeouts to improve to 12-2 (5/18)
- Pitched the final two innings of the NCAA Regional Tournament against Miami (Ohio), yielding one hit and one walk and recording two strikeouts (5/16)
- Allowed one run on six hits with no walks and three strikeouts over five innings against no. 2 Texas A&M to pickup her 11th win of the season (5/2)
- Made her 14th start in the circle, striking out three over three innings of one run ball (4/27)
- Only allowed one run on three hits over six innings in start against Auburn, picking up her 10th win (4/19).
- Earned her ninth win of the season, striking out eight over four innings against Auburn (4/18).
- Struck out three in 1.2 innings of relief at no. 1 Texas (4/11).
- Threw 2.1 innings in 5-2 win at no. 2 Oklahoma, allowing one run on two hits, while striking out three (4/2).
- Started in the circle in series-finale against no. 14 Arkansas, tossing 2.2 innings, allowing two runs on three hits, while striking out three (3/25).
- Pitched 1.1 innings of relief, striking out two against no. 14 Arkansas (3/23).
- Earned eighth win of the season, closing out game with two innings of relief, allowing one run on two hits while striking out two against UConn (3/16).
- Opened game with 4 strong innings, only allowing one run on two hits while striking out six against UConn (3/14).
- Delivered a complete game against the Georgia Bulldogs (3/9) while allowing two runs on five hits and three walks. She struke out eight batters securing her seventh win of the season.
- Tossed a complete game versus Indiana State (3/2) striking out a career-high 15 batters while giving up just two hits and one walk
- Closed out the game against Delaware State (2/28), striking out all four batters she faced
- Earned her fifth win of the season, tossing five innings with six strikeouts to close Rutgers (2/21)
- Pitched a one-hit complete-game shutout, striking out a career-high 13 batters to secure her fourth win of the season while only issuing one walk against Nicholls (2/16)
- Threw five shutout innings of relief, giving up one hit, walking two, and striking out five against McNeese State (2/14). Earning her third win of the season
- Tossed five innings to earn her second victory of the season over Pittsburgh, allowing one run on two hits, with three walks and five strikeouts (2/9)
- Made her Tennessee debut in relief against No. 19 Nebraska (2/6) in the sixth inning finishing with two strikeouts on the night
2024 - FRESHMAN
- Made 34 appearances in the circle with 17 starts over 118 innings
- Led the team with 119 strikeouts
- Tied for the team led with three saves
- Threw three complete games
- Earned a complete game shutout at No. 21 Kentucky (4/28)
- Struck out a season-high nine batters against No. 9 Texas A&M (5/10) in the SEC Tournament.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played at Lemont HS in Lemont, Illinois
- Named the 2023 USA TODAY High School Sports Awards National Softball Player of the Year
- Named the Illinois Softball Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior and senior
- Three-time First Team All-State selection
- For her career, she threw 32 no-hitters and five perfect games
- Led Lemont to the back-to-back Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 3A state championships (2022 and 2023)
- Capped off her career with a 12-inning, 24-strikeout, no-hitter in the 2023 IHSA state championship
- Threw a no-hitter in the 2022 IHSA state championship
- In 2023, she finished with a 23-0 record and a 0.00 ERA, leading her team to a 35-1 record, with 340 strikeouts while allowing just 18 hits and 21 walks in 143 1-3 innings over 24 games
- Threw 12 no-hitters, including two perfect games, and allowed just three unearned runs as a senior
- Became only the second pitcher in IHSA history to finish a season with a 0.00 ERA (min. 70 innings)
- Ranked as the nation’s No. 10 recruit in the Class of 2023 by Extra Inning Softball
- Hit for Lemont, batting .348 with five home runs and a .667 slugging percentage
- As a junior, she finished the season with a 21-1 record and a 0.29 ERA
- She reached double figures in strikeouts in 21 of her 22 starts, finishing with 329 strikeouts in 142.2 innings, averaging 16.14 strikeouts per seven innings
- Led the Bandits to a runner-up finish at the 2023 PGF Nationals Premier Division
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Joe and Kim Mardjetko
- Has one brother, Mike, and five sisters, Jade, Nina, Kali, Rhea, Mila
SB | Tennessee Postgame vs. Nebraska (5.25.25)
Sunday, May 25
SB | Tennessee Postgame vs. Nebraska (5.24.25)
Saturday, May 24
SB | Tennessee Postgame vs. Nebraska (5.23.25)
Friday, May 23
SB | Tennessee Postgame vs. Ohio State (5.18.25)
Sunday, May 18