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.
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