Senior (2014): Notable…MVC All-Tournament Team choice… Season...one of two Redbirds to start all 53 games…put together the best offensive season of her career, notching personal bests in average (.269), OBP (.357), slugging percentage (.396), home runs (5), hits (36) and stolen bases (12)...tallied a RBI in each of the season’s first three games…hit a solo home run against Bethune-Cookman (Feb. 7)…walked a career-high three times against No. 11/7 Oklahoma (Feb. 14)…went 2-for-2 with two RBI in the win over San Jose State (Feb. 15)…hit her second home run of the year, matching a single-season high, against SIUE (Feb. 16)…led the Redbirds with a .364 batting average (4-for-11) at the ASU Littlewood Classic (Feb. 14-16)…tallied two hits in the victory over James Madison (Feb. 22)…went 2-for-4 with a run and two stolen bases against No. 17/18 Missouri (March 1)…recorded a five-game hitting streak from March 2-11…snapped a five-game hitless skid with a 2-for-3 performance against Indiana State (March 29)…hit her third home run against Indiana State (March 30), her first since Feb. 16…batted .556 (5-for-9) with three runs, a RBI and a double in the series at Southern Illinois (April 5-6)…hit two solo home runs on Senior Day against Wichita State (May 4).
Junior (2013): Season...made 43 appearances, including 40 starts at second base...recorded career-bests with a .204 average, two home runs and 15 RBI...started offensively for the first time of the season against UIC (Feb. 17), going 1-for-3 with one run and two walks...set or matched career-highs in at bats (4), runs (2), putouts (5) and assists (6) vs. No. 15 Michigan (Feb. 22)...scored runs and recorded a hit in four of six games at the NFCA Leadoff Classic (Feb. 22-24), driving in runs against UMass and No. 14 South Florida...set season-highs with two hits and two RBI against LIU Brooklyn (March 1)...accounted for ISU's only offense with a solo home run vs. No. 14 Michigan (March 9)...recorded one hit in four-straight games from March 3-10, scoring and picking up an RBI in three of them...broke a 14-game hitless streak with an RBI triple and scored a career-high three runs in the victory over Indiana State (April 17)...set a new career-high with four RBI at Wichita State (April 20), also equaling career-bests with three hits and three runs scored.
Sophomore (2012): Season...appeared in 51 games and made 45 starts at second base...hit .152 with a double, two triples, two home runs, 12 runs scored and 12 RBI...was successful on three of her four stolen bases attempts...posted a .943 fielding percentage, committing just eight errors at second...drove in a career-high three runs and hit her first-career triple vs. Iowa State (Feb. 17)...hit her first-career homer and drove in three runs vs. Central Michigan (Feb. 18)...collected a career-high three this in as many at bats vs. Wichita State (Mar. 24)...drove in three runs for the third time on the season with a three-run double vs. Indiana State (Apr. 24)...hit her second homer of the season vs. DePaul in the NCAA Regional (May 19).
Freshman (2011): Season...appeared in 21 games for the Redbirds, primarily as a pinch runner...scored eight runs and stole two bases in as many attempts...made her collegiate debut as a pinch runner at Georgia (Feb. 11).
Dwight Township HS: A member of the all-area team...Most Valuable Player on her softball team her junior season ... recorded a batting average of .389 with three home runs during her junior season ... a member of the all-conference team her sophomore and junior seasons ... a four-sport athlete who participated in softball, basketball, track and volleyball her freshman and sophomore years and softball, basketball and volleyball her junior and senior years ... a member of the Dwight regional championship team her freshman year ... led the volleyball team to the Sweet Sixteen ... the MVP her senior and junior seasons for her performance on the volleyball team ... her brother, Jordan, played football at North Central College ... a three-time state champion in track.
Personal: Born Feb. 29, 1992...Parents: Kevin and Shelly Hoffman...AFNI Honor Roll...Major: business administration...cousins Amy and Katie Kukman played softball at Eastern Illinois and DePaul, respectively.
