2019: Went 1-for-2 with a double, a walk and a run scored against Utah State (2/8) … Hit a solo home run to lead off the second inning in Northwestern’s 7-0 victory over Pacific (2/8) … Drove in the game-winning run on a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning of a 1-0 win vs. Louisville (2/9) … Scored the game-tying run in the seventh inning of a 7-3 defeat of Idaho State (2/10) ... Batted .538 (7-for-13) with three RBIs and four runs scored in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, earning her the tournament's Most Valuable Player honors ... Hit an RBI-single and scored a run during the Wildcats five-run comeback in the seventh inning vs. Louisville (2/15) ... Reached base four times, going 3-for-3 with an RBI-double and two runs scored against North Carolina (2/15) ... Finished the weekend by going 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored to help defeat Louisville (2/17) ... Reached base with a double in a victory vs. BYU (2/22) ... Recorded two hits, two RBI and a double against Utah (2/23) ... Reached base twice and scored a run to help defeat Cal Poly (3/1) ... Walked and came around to score in a 4-0 win over Montana (3/3) ... Singled twice and scored two runs, including the eventual game-winner against Grand Canyon (3/9) ... Knocked in a run on a single in a victory over Rutgers (3/22), before homering and hitting in the eventual game-winning RBI in the next day's doubleheader to complete the sweep of the Scarlet Knights (3/23) ... Doubled in a run and then reached base twice, stole a base, and scored twice in consecutive games against Iowa (3/22-3/23) ... Drove in a run with a single in a win over Loyola (4/3) ... Doubled and hit her first career triple to drive in three runs and help defeat Nebraska (4/5) ... Contributed a clutch two-run single to extend the lead over the Cornhuskers (4/7) ... Doubled and scored the go-ahead run against Notre Dame (4/9) ... Went 1-for-3 with an RBI against Wisconsin (4/12) ... Recorded two hits, including a solo home run, in a win over Wisconsin (4/13) ... Went 2-2 with a RBI and run scored against Purdue (4/19).
2018: Started every game at first base ... All-Big Ten Defensive Team selection at first base ... Had a breakout performance at the season-opening Kajikawa Classic, batting .500 across NU’s five games ... Started by driving in a run against No. 7 Arizona (2/9) ... Finished 2-for-3 with a double, a run and an RBI in a win over San Diego State (2/9) ... Again was 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI, and added a stolen base in a run-rule victory against Boise State (2/10) ... Recorded one RBI in all four of her at-bats in a run-rule of South Dakota (2/11), finishing 2-for-2 with a walk, a sacrifice fly, four RBIs and a run scored ... Was a perfect 2-for-2 with a double and a walk versus Long Beach State (2/23) ... Was 2-for-3 with two RBIs in a win over St. John’s (2/25) ... Doubled, walked, was hit by a pitch and scored twice in a productive game against Portland State (3/3) ... Ripped a walk-off double in the bottom of the seventh to defeat Iowa State, 1-0 (3/9) ... Doubled twice and scored twice—including the game-ending run in the eighth inning—against Minnesota (3/24) ... Hit .800 (4-for-5) in a doubleheader at Illinois (3/28), reaching base eight total times with three walks and an HBP ... Finished 1-for-2 with two walks, a run and a steal in Game One ... Was 2-for-3 with a walk and an HBP in Game Two ... Doubled twice in the series opener against Nebraska (3/30) ... Singled, walked and scored twice in a win at Purdue (4/8) ... Walked twice, stole a base and scored two times in a run-rule win over No. 22 Ohio State (4/15) ... Smashed her first-career home run during a seven-run, seventh-inning comeback in an 8-7 victory at Rutgers (4/22) ... Finished 2-for-4 with a run in a win over Iowa (4/29) ... Finished 2-for-3 with a run scored in a win at Wisconsin (5/5) ... Broke out of a late-season slump to hit .444 at the Big Ten Tournament, including a 2-for-3 performance in the championship game against Minnesota (5/13) ... Started a seventh-inning comeback in an elimination game against Cal at the NCAA Athens Regional, singling with one out in the bottom of the seventh to help NU come back from a 3-1 deficit to win 4-3.
2017: Started 14 games, six times at first, seven times at second base and once as the designated player ... Appeared in 12 others as a pinch hitter and once as a defensive replacement ... Walked twice in her first collegiate start against Tulsa (2/10) ... Was hit by a pitch as a pinch hitter against Fordham (2/11) ... Collected the first hit of her collegiate career with an infield single against No. 3 Florida (3/3) ... Also made an outstanding diving stop and flip of a ball up the middle with the bases loaded against the Gators, preventing many runs ... Walked twice in a win at Santa Clara (3/19) ... Had an RBI pinch-hit single against No. 22 Wisconsin (3/26) ... Walked twice and scored twice in a win over UIC (3/29) ... Finished 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored in a win over Maryland (4/8) ... Singled home a run at No. 6 Minnesota (4/14) ... Collected a pinch-hit single in a win over Purdue (4/22).
2016: Appeared in one game this season as a pinch runner ... Ran against Virginia during a school-record 14-run inning, scoring and then coming up to the plate for an at-bat later in the frame (2/12).
High School: Compiled a career high school batting average of .425 ... Named Central Suburban League South All-Conference and 22nd Century Media All-Area first team in 2013 and 2014 ... Team's Defensive Player of the Year in 2014 ... Nominated for the 2014 Chicago Bandits/Chicago Sun-Times All-Star Game ... Led New Trier to conference and regional championships each year from 2012-14, going undefeated in league play during that time ... Played club ball for three years with Illinois Chill Gold under the direction of coach Glen Nelson ... Team appeared at PGF Nationals and the Boulder Independence Day Tournament in 2013 and 2014 ... Prior to that, played six years of club with Trevians Fastpitch and also trained at Bulls/Sox Academy and with Justin Stone of Elite Baseball Training ... Class of 2015 Wildcat Olivia Duehr served as a travel ball coach for Novak during her prep career ... Illinois State Scholar ... National Spanish Honor Society ... Four-year honor roll member.
2018: Started every game at first base ... All-Big Ten Defensive Team selection at first base ... Had a breakout performance at the season-opening Kajikawa Classic, batting .500 across NU’s five games ... Started by driving in a run against No. 7 Arizona (2/9) ... Finished 2-for-3 with a double, a run and an RBI in a win over San Diego State (2/9) ... Again was 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI, and added a stolen base in a run-rule victory against Boise State (2/10) ... Recorded one RBI in all four of her at-bats in a run-rule of South Dakota (2/11), finishing 2-for-2 with a walk, a sacrifice fly, four RBIs and a run scored ... Was a perfect 2-for-2 with a double and a walk versus Long Beach State (2/23) ... Was 2-for-3 with two RBIs in a win over St. John’s (2/25) ... Doubled, walked, was hit by a pitch and scored twice in a productive game against Portland State (3/3) ... Ripped a walk-off double in the bottom of the seventh to defeat Iowa State, 1-0 (3/9) ... Doubled twice and scored twice—including the game-ending run in the eighth inning—against Minnesota (3/24) ... Hit .800 (4-for-5) in a doubleheader at Illinois (3/28), reaching base eight total times with three walks and an HBP ... Finished 1-for-2 with two walks, a run and a steal in Game One ... Was 2-for-3 with a walk and an HBP in Game Two ... Doubled twice in the series opener against Nebraska (3/30) ... Singled, walked and scored twice in a win at Purdue (4/8) ... Walked twice, stole a base and scored two times in a run-rule win over No. 22 Ohio State (4/15) ... Smashed her first-career home run during a seven-run, seventh-inning comeback in an 8-7 victory at Rutgers (4/22) ... Finished 2-for-4 with a run in a win over Iowa (4/29) ... Finished 2-for-3 with a run scored in a win at Wisconsin (5/5) ... Broke out of a late-season slump to hit .444 at the Big Ten Tournament, including a 2-for-3 performance in the championship game against Minnesota (5/13) ... Started a seventh-inning comeback in an elimination game against Cal at the NCAA Athens Regional, singling with one out in the bottom of the seventh to help NU come back from a 3-1 deficit to win 4-3.
2017: Started 14 games, six times at first, seven times at second base and once as the designated player ... Appeared in 12 others as a pinch hitter and once as a defensive replacement ... Walked twice in her first collegiate start against Tulsa (2/10) ... Was hit by a pitch as a pinch hitter against Fordham (2/11) ... Collected the first hit of her collegiate career with an infield single against No. 3 Florida (3/3) ... Also made an outstanding diving stop and flip of a ball up the middle with the bases loaded against the Gators, preventing many runs ... Walked twice in a win at Santa Clara (3/19) ... Had an RBI pinch-hit single against No. 22 Wisconsin (3/26) ... Walked twice and scored twice in a win over UIC (3/29) ... Finished 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored in a win over Maryland (4/8) ... Singled home a run at No. 6 Minnesota (4/14) ... Collected a pinch-hit single in a win over Purdue (4/22).
2016: Appeared in one game this season as a pinch runner ... Ran against Virginia during a school-record 14-run inning, scoring and then coming up to the plate for an at-bat later in the frame (2/12).
High School: Compiled a career high school batting average of .425 ... Named Central Suburban League South All-Conference and 22nd Century Media All-Area first team in 2013 and 2014 ... Team's Defensive Player of the Year in 2014 ... Nominated for the 2014 Chicago Bandits/Chicago Sun-Times All-Star Game ... Led New Trier to conference and regional championships each year from 2012-14, going undefeated in league play during that time ... Played club ball for three years with Illinois Chill Gold under the direction of coach Glen Nelson ... Team appeared at PGF Nationals and the Boulder Independence Day Tournament in 2013 and 2014 ... Prior to that, played six years of club with Trevians Fastpitch and also trained at Bulls/Sox Academy and with Justin Stone of Elite Baseball Training ... Class of 2015 Wildcat Olivia Duehr served as a travel ball coach for Novak during her prep career ... Illinois State Scholar ... National Spanish Honor Society ... Four-year honor roll member.
Personal: Born Lily Sierra Novak ... Daughter of Joe Novak and Marylou Novak ... "I have wanted to attend Northwestern since I was 4-years-old" ... Grandfather and aunt attended graduate school at Northwestern ... An active volunteer, has spent time with the New Trier Pep Club Board, NT Powerlifting Club, Habitat for Humanity and the Northwestern University Settlement House ... Major is human communication studies and minor is Psychology.