Career Highlights: 

• 24 career games played
• NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2023)
• First career run scored Feb.10 (2023)
• Has six runs scored

Sophomore (2024): Played in 9 games for the 'Birds with 11 at-bats, while making 4 starts...Had 8 putouts on the year and earned a 1.000 FLD%...Member of the Illinois State AFNI Honor Roll.

Freshman (2023): Played in 15 games for the ‘Birds…NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete...Earned a perfect 4.0 GPA...Scored six runs while earning one chance at the plate…Scored first run of her career in the 8-3 win over St. Joseph’s (Feb.10).

High School: Four-year starter for the Rockridge Rockets under head coach John Nelson … Freshman season, Bognar helped lead the Rockets to a 32-7 record and third place at state in the 2A division … Also earned Three Rivers Conference Honorable Mention as a catcher … Sophomore season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Chosen as a team captain as a junior and led the team to be undefeated 2A State Champions (29-0) … First undefeated team at Rockridge since 2013 … Batted .390 with 32 hits and 22 RBI … Bognar was selected as First-Team All-Conference and First-Team Catcher Quad Cities All-Western Team … Awarded Most Valuable Player and Leadership awards as well … She is also National Honor Society President and has been on the High Honor Roll every semester … Bognar will graduate from Rockridge in the spring of 2022.

Club: Played for Heartland Havoc '03 and currently plays for Heartland Havoc 18u in East Moline, Illinois … Has participated in this club for four years under head coaches Josh Bognar ('03) and Greg Marty (18u) … In this current fall season, Bognar hit .425 with 5 HR and 30 RBI while catching 7 stealing and picking off 3 runners. 

Personal: Daughter of Josh and Sarah Bognar … has three siblings (Estellah, Annah and Veirah) … She chose Illinois State because she can still be around for her younger siblings while also playing for an amazing softball program and Illinois State feels like home … Bognar plans on studying biology with a pre-med track in hopes of becoming a doctor.