Groenewegen finished her senior season at the
University of Minnesota in 2017, where she developed a reputation as one of the most feared pitchers in the entire country, winning
Big Ten Pitcher of the Year as a freshman, and repeated her senior year. She also won
Big Ten Player of the Year her sophomore season for both her stellar offense and pitching performance throughout the season. Groenewegen has also become a feared hitter, hitting 36 career home runs in her time at Minnesota. Groenewegen debuted on February 8 defeating the
Murray State Racers with 7 strikeouts and six shutout innings; she also drove in a run with a
hit. From February 8–23, Groenewgen posted a career best 10 game hit streak: she batted .414 (12/29) and accumulated 9
RBIs, four
home runs, three
doubles, 5
walks, scoring 5 runs for a .931%
slugging percentage and striking out 5 times. Later on April 26, she
no hit the
Penn State Nittany Lions. In her sophomore campaign, Groenewegen achieved a career high of four hits to help defeat the
Stetson Hatters on February 13, hitting two home runs and a double. On March 20, she also tallied two more home runs in a match with the
Illinois Fighting Illini, collecting a career best six RBIs. Finally, on May 2 she struck out 19 batters vs. the
Purdue Boilermakers in 8 innings for another career best total. On February 13, the junior tossed 15 strikeouts against the
Texas Tech Red Raiders to win the 7–4 game, the strikeouts were her high in regulation. Groenewegen would pitch her first
perfect game over the
FAU Owls on March 12. In her senior year, Groenewegen whiffed 9 of the
California Golden Bears on March 15 to cross 1,000 for her career. She also had two career best streaks: beginning on April 2 to May 13, she won 16 consecutive games. During the streak she threw 98.1 innings, allowing 48 hits, 9 earned runs, 15 walks and fanned 155 batters for a 0.64 ERA and WHIP. In one of the games on April 28, she won her 100th game by no-hitting the
Purdue Boilermakers in 5 innings with 12 strikeouts. During the same time on April 14–26, she also pitched 38.0 consecutive scoreless innings with 23 hits, four walks and 59 strikeouts for a 0.71 WHIP. Groenewegen made her last appearance as a Gopher on May 21 in a loss to the
Alabama Crimson Tide, going for four innings, allowing a run and totaling 8 strikeouts during the NCAA Regionals. ==Professional career==