Senior (2017): Illinois State and Missouri Valley Conference career RBI record holder ... Illinois State career home run and slugging percentage record holder ... Illinois State 200 Hit Club Member, ranks second all-time … Illinois State single-season slugging percentage, RBI and total bases records holder … Tied Illinois State single-season home run record ... MVC Player of the Year .. MVC First Team All-Conference … MVC All-Defensive Team … NFCA All-Mideast Region First-Team Selection … MVC Preseason All-Conference selection ... MVC Player of the Week on March 20, April 24, and May 1 ... Selected as an NFCA top performer of the week on May 2 … Ranked top-25 nationally in home runs per game (10), home runs (8), RBIs (8), RBIs per game (7), slugging percentage (18) and total bases (6) … Started every game for Illinois State (57) … Led the team in hits (68), RBIs (69), home runs (19), slugging percentage (.828), batting average (.391), and on-base percentage (.468) … Led the Missouri Valley Conference in slugging percentage, RBIs, home runs, and total bases … Slugged 18 multi-hit games … Has 20 multi-RBI games, including four games with five RBI … Totaled 165 outs and 36 assists from behind the plate, including 10 caught stealing and three pickoffs … Tied for the team’s second-longest hitting streak of 12 games (April 15-May 7) … Logged three consecutive multi-hit games at the Hilltopper Spring Fling (Feb. 23-24) … Logged a single-game high of nine putouts from behind the plate twice: at Western Kentucky (Feb. 23) and versus Austin Peay (Feb. 24) … Slugged two home runs in a game four times: versus Rutgers (March 12), vs. Loyola (April 9), vs. Bradley (April 19), and at Evansville (April 28) ... Went 4-for-5 with five RBIs at Indiana State (March 18) … Slugged two doubles against Loyola (April 8) … Hit 3-for-4 against Bradley with five RBIs (April 19) … Hit 5-for-6 with three home runs and 10 RBIs in the doubleheader at Evansville (April 28) … Went 2-for-3 versus Michigan State in the NISC Regional final (May 18) … Assisted a single-game high of four from behind the plate at Liberty (May 22).Â
Junior (2016): Named to the NFCA All-Mideast Region Third Team ... All-MVC First Team selection ... All-MVC Defensive Team selection ... named MVC Defensive Player of the Year ... ends season ranked fourth in program history in home runs, fifth in RBIs and third in slugging percentage ... started all 53 games, primarily at catcher ... hit .333 with 54 hits, 32 RBIs and 21 runs scored ... hit 10 doubles, a triple and seven home runs ... led the team in home runs, RBIs, walks and fielding percentage ... threw out 18 runners stealing, including eight of 11 in MVC play ... went 4-for-4 with two home runs, a double, three runs and five RBIs Feb. 13 vs. Virginia Tech ... finished 8-for-20 with five RBIs over the course of five games at Arizona State ... went 2-for-4 with three runs and four RBIs during doubleheader against Missouri State ... went 6-for-6 with three RBIs during doubleheader against Indiana State ... compiled a six-game hit streak from April 2-9.Â
Sophomore (2015): Notable...All-MVC Second Team selection...led ISU in home runs (18), RBIs (47), slugging percentage (.727), walks (34), on-base percentage (.442)...led the team in multi-RBI games with 13 and had the longest reached-base streak on the team at 19 games...Season...started all 56 games...went 2-6 with two runs and two RBIs in a win over Jacksonville (Feb. 6)...finished 3-4 with three home runs, four runs and four RBIs in a win vs. North Texas (Feb. 13)...hit a grand slam and finished 2-4 with a run and four RBIs vs. No. 21 Arizona State (Feb. 13)...hit a home run in three-straight games from March 15-21...finished 2-4 with a run and four RBI vs. Indiana State (March 21)...drove in three runs and scored two more in a 2-4 effort against Evansville (March 28)...went a perfect 2-2 with two runs and two RBIs against Southern Illinois (April 4)...hit a double and a home run in a 3-4 effort against Wichita State (April 11)...went a perfect 5-5 with two doubles, a home run, three RBIs and three runs in a doubleheader vs. Bradley (April 15)...hit two home runs and drove in four runs vs. Loyola (April 25)...finished the season on a three-game hit streak and hit two home runs in the MVC Tournament.
Freshman (2014): Notable…All-MVC First Team selection…led ISU and ranked in the top-four of the MVC in home runs (11), RBI (44) and slugging percentage (.582)…Season...went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI against Bethune-Cookman in the second game of her career (Feb. 7)…hit a two-run home run against Hofstra (Feb. 22)…tallied two hits, runs and RBI, including a solo home run, against No. 17/19 Missouri (March 1)…hit .313 (5-for-16) with two home runs and four RBI at the Diamond 9 Citrus Classic (Feb. 28-March 1)…went 3-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI against Ohio State (March 8)…hit her seventh home run of the season, a solo blast, against Northern Iowa (March 22)…tallied a career-high five RBI in the contest against the Sycamores…blasted a game-tying grand slam against Indiana State (March 29)…went 6-for-11 with four RBI and four runs in the series at Southern Illinois (April 5-6)…hit two home two home runs against Evansville (April 19)…clubbed her team-leading 11th home run of the season against Wichita State (May 3).
Moline HS: Four-year starter for head coach Mark Gerlach at Moline High School...three-time all-conference and all-state choice, including second-team honors as a senior in 2013...left Moline tied for 11th in state history with 30 career homers...batted .535 with 11 doubles, 15 homers and 63 RBI in 2013...hit .354 with eight homers and 49 RBI as a junior in 2012...led Maroons to a 31-11 record and a third-place finish in the state...won state championship as a sophomore in 2011, as the Maroons went 30-8-1...hit .380 with six home runs...played in 19 games as a freshman in 2010, batting .346 with one home run and 18 RBI...Maroons finished third in the state...high school teammate of current ISU players Brittny Drish and Kaitlyn Knary...member of Quad City Firebirds `95 ASA summer team, coached by Brent Prior...played golf as a freshman and sophomore and basketball all four years
Personal: Born: July 10, 1995...Parents: Juan and Laurie...Sibling: Anthony (older)...Major: horticulture & landscape management.