Biography
Career: NCAA Division III Third Place in 2014 … 2014 Bloomington Super Regional Champions … 2014 Chicago Regional Champions … Three-time NCAA Division III Tournament Participant … WIAC Champions in 2014 and 2015 … Three-time WIAC Tournament champions (2013, 2014 and 2015) … 2nd in the WIAC regular season standings in 2012 and 2013 … NFCA Division III Player of the Week ... First Team NFCA All-Great Lakes Region ... First Team All-WIAC ... Capital One Division III District 6 All-Academic Team by CoSIDA ... Tied for first in the WIAC career record book with three doubles against UW-Stout on April 20, 2013
2015: National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Scholar-Athlete ... Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Scholastic Honor Roll … Selected to the Academic All-District Six First Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America … Second Team Academic All-America by the College Sports Information Directors of America … First Team All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference … Selected to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Great Lakes Region Second Team … Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's 2015 NCAA Woman of the Year nominee … Recognized as a 2014-2015 Chancellor's Scholar-Athlete … Started all 45 games … Batted a team-high .422 (57-135) with thirty-nine (39) RBIs, twenty-five (25) walks, ten (10) homeruns, nine (9) doubles, and two (2) triples … Team high slugging percentage (.741) and on base percentage (.515) … Tied for first all-time for most home runs in an individual game (2) against Illinois Wesleyan on 3/30/15) … Tied for third all-time for walks in an individual season (25) … Tied for sixth all-time for home runs in an individual career (22) … Tied for sixth all-time for base on balls in an individual career (56) … Ranked third in the WIAC for a batting average (.422) … Ranked second in the conference for hits (57) ... Ranked fifth in the conference for runs scored (35) … Ranked third in the conference for total bases (100) … Ranked sixth in the conference for RBIs (39) … Ranked second in the conference in walks (25) … Ranked second in the conference for on base percentage (.515%) … Ranked third in the conference for slugging percentage (.741%) … Ranked first on the team in batting average, slugging percentage, on base percentage, home runs, total bases, starts, and assists … Ranked second on the team in hits, RBIs, triples, walks, total plate appearances … Batted two for three (2-3) with two (2) RBIs, one (1) walk, and scored one (1) run in the Warhawks 6-3 win over Endicott in the second game of a double header on 3/20/15 … Batted one for two (1-2), scoring two (2) runs, collecting one (1) RBI, and walking two (2) times in the 7-0 Warhawk’s win over Elmhurst College on 3/22/15 … Went two for three (2-3) with two (2) RBIs on an inside the park homerun in an 8-0 Warhawk win over Carthage College on 3/24/15 … Finished three for four (3-4) at the plate, scoring two runs, collecting three (3) RBIs, and hitting a two-run homerun in the Warhawks’ 8-1 win over the University of Dubuque on 4/16/15 … posted two hits, including a home run, two runs scored and two RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 9-2 win over Dubuque (Iowa) on April 16 … Connected on a walk-off grand slam in a game that saw her collect four (4) RBIs, score one (1) run, and finish one for three (1-3) at the plate in the Warhawks’ 8-5 victory over the University of Chicago on 4/18/15 … tallied three hits and two RBI to help UW-Whitewater to a 9-3 triumph over St. Norbert on April 19 … knocked a two-run homer to help the Warhawks to a 3-2 victory over UW-La Crosse on April 23 … finished 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 6-0 win at Lake Forest (Ill.) on April 28 … finished 3-for-5 with one run scored in the Warhawks’ 10-3 triumph over UW-La Crosse in the WIAC Tournament on May 2 … Batted two for two (2-2), scoring one (1) run, reaching base via walk, and collecting two (2) RBIs in an 8-0 win over UW-Oshkosh in the WIAC Tournament on 5/3/15 … plated one run and scored another to help UW-Whitewater to a 4-0 triumph over UW-River Falls in the WIAC Tournament championship game on May 3 … collected two hits, one walk and one run scored at Lake Forest (Ill.) in the NCAA Tournament on May 8
2014: 52 games started ... 138 at-bats ... 23 runs scored ... 52 hits ... 7 doubles ... 9 homeruns ... 33 RBI ... 18 walks ... .377 batting average ... Named NFCA Division III Player of the Week after posted .739 batting average in 10 games, 17-23 from the plate with 9 runs, 5 RBI, 1 doubles, 3 homeruns, 2 intentional walks, 3 walks, 6 lead-off hits and 2 lead-off homers ... NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete ... NFCA All-Great Lakes Region ... First Team All-WIAC ... Capital One Division III District 6 All-Academic Team by CoSIDA... Hit 2 homeruns in a 5-0 win over East Texas Baptist in the NCAA III Championship ... Hit a leadoff double in the seventh inning to open a 6-run 7th en route to a Warhawk win ... Hit a solo homerun to open a 6-run fourth inning in a win over UW-Chicago ... Went 7-for-7 from the plate with 4 runs and 3 RBI in a doubleheader sweep of UW-Platteville ... Member of the team that recorded the second most wins in a season – 39, broke the school record in hits – 500, posted the fifth most doubles in a season – 71, recorded the third most runs – 297, hit the second most homeruns – 52, tied for the second highest number of runs batted in – 273, pitched the most innings – 345.0, and struck out the fifth most batters – 250 in school history … Tied for eighth most homeruns in season - 9
2013: 39 games started ... 98 at-bats ... 18 runs scored ... 31 hits ... 4 doubles ... 2 triples ... 2 homeruns ... 9 RBI ... 8 walks ... Opened the season on a 16-game win streak, tied for the longest in school history … Member of the team that tied for the third fewest losses - (32-7), registered the fifth best win percentage - .820, posted the third most shutouts - 12, allowed the fifth fewest earned runs - 57 and recorded the fifth lowest seven-inning ERA - 1.52 in program history … Member of a NFCA All-Academic Team
2012: 20 games started ... 60 at-bats ... 6 runs scored ... 15 hits ... 2 doubles ... 1 homerun ... 14 RBI ... 5 walks ... Member of the team that broke the school record in stolen bases - 70, tied for second in doubles in a season - 75, recorded the third most hits per game in season - 9.72 and tied for the fifth best team batting average in a season - .345 in program history … Member of the team that recorded Coach Volk’s 400th career victory
Personal: Majoring in elementary education … college achievements include national player of the week, all-conference, all-region, academic all-district, dean’s list and WIAC scholastic honor roll … president of student-athlete advisory committee, member of sigma alpha lambda national honors organization and fellowship of Christian athletes … played softball, volleyball and basketball at Palatine high school where she was 3rd team all-state, all-area, all-conference, member of national honor society and on the honor roll … career ambition is to be an elementary teacher and coach … hobbies include traveling, listening to music and coloring … favorite professional sports team is the Chicago Blackhawks … favorite movie is “Tangled” … favorite TV show is “Grey’s Anatomy” … chose to attend UW-Whitewater for the competitive athletic programs
