2011 saw the Knights' best season in four years, with several strong performances. Newcomer Jenny Ramey became the first Carleton softball player ever to be named the conference’s Rookie-of-the-Year and joins just a handful of Knights, including Kelsey Parsons '14, to earn All-MIAC as a first-year. Jocelyn Friedman and Parsons earned spots on the Honorable Mention All-Conference Team.

Carleton improved its record in each of head coach Amy Erickson's first three seasons and won a school-record 21 games in 2000 and 19 games in 2002, the second-most in school history. Erickson is the school's all-time winningest coach.