High School: Twelve-time All-State selection across four varsity sports (softball, basketball, volleyball, track & field) … Four-time letterwinner and two-time captain for each of the softball, basketball, and volleyball programs … Three-time ICA All-State First Team and three-time All-Area First Team selection in softball under head coach Alyse Morefield … As a junior in 2025, hit .579 with a .760 on-base percentage, 39 RBI, 45 runs scored, 22 stolen bases and seven home runs … Hit .671 with 50 RBI and 57 runs scored as a sophomore in 2024 … Batted .652 with 35 RBI, six homers and 47 runs scored as a first-year in 2023 … Has combined for over 1,000 career kills in volleyball and surpassed 1,000 career points in basketball, earning multiple Player of the Year honors … Also a state finalist in long jump, triple jump and sprint events … Plays club softball for Premier Fastpitch 18U National, coached by Brad Sturdy … Parents are Scott and Cara Lucht … Father, Scott, was a pitcher at Joliet Junior College and Southern Illinois University Carbondale before playing professionally for the Springfield Capitals in the Frontier League.

Lucht on Choosing Northwestern: “I chose Northwestern because the coaches and people made me feel like family. It checked every box for me both athletically and academically. I knew it would be the right place for me to grow both on and off the field.”