HALL OF FAME
2004: Named Academic All-America of the Year for the second straight season by College Sports Information Directors of America ... First-team All-Region and All-Great Lakes Valley Conference ... Named the Richard F. Scharf Paragon Award winner by the GLVC ... Helped SIUE to NCAA Tournament in all four seasons ... Led team in batting average (.358), runs (41), triples (3), home runs (8), RBI (36) and walks (27) ... SIUE's all-time leader in batting average (.395) and runs (166) ... Second on the all-time list in hits (233), home runs (29), doubles (56) and stolen bases (87) ... Blasted walk-off home run in victory against rival Missouri-St. Louis ... Registered two four-hit games and two four-RBI games. 2003: First team All-American ... Verizon Academic All-American of the Year for softball ... First team All-GLVC and All-Region ... Led GLVC in batting average (.439), slugging percentage (.749), on base percentage (.497), runs (48), hits (75), RBI (48) and total bases (128) ... She also stole 22 bases ... Had team-high 21 multi-hit games ... Once held a 20-game hitting streak ... Played in every game for the Cougars in the outfield and did not allow an error ... Named to the Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District team. 2002: GLVC Player of the Year ... Second team Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-American ... Named GLVC's Scholar Athlete for softball ... First team All-Region pick ... First Cougar player to record more than 10 home runs and 30 stolen bases in a season ... Led GLVC in runs scored (56), hits (83), runs batted in (48), doubles (22), stolen bases (30) and total bases (141) ... Her hits and runs scored total broke SIUE single-season records. 2001: Batted .364 in 44 at bats ... Scored 21 runs .. Stole 14 bases. High School: Named Best Offensive Player and team Most Valuable Player her junior and senior seasons at Steeleville High School ... Participated in the 2000 IHSA Hitting Derby ... All-Conference her senior season ... Also named MVP her senior season for the volleyball team ... President of National Honor Society ... High Honor Roll ... National Qualifiers in 1997-98 with the Southern Express summer league team ... Personal: Born 7/24/82 ... Parents are Tony and Mary ... Graduated: May 2004 with a bachelor's degree in Physics.
Career Statistics
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT
2001.... .364 50-11 44 21 16 3 0 0 7 1 7 14-18
2002.... .395 62-62 210 56 83 22 0 12 48 13 25 30-32
2003.... .439 55-55 171 48 75 18 4 9 48 20 25 22-25
2004.... .358 54-54 165 41 59 13 3 8 36 27 27 21-25
TOTAL... .395 221-182 590 166 233 56 7 29 139 61 84 87-100
