Career Highlights:

• 101 career games played
• Earned MVC Scholar Athlete Weekly Spotlight on May 12, 2022
• First career home run at DePaul on April 12, 2022
• Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2019, 2021, 2022)
• MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award (2020, 2021)
• MVC Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021)
• MVC Regular Season Champions (2021)
• Team's Most Improved Player (2021, 2022)

Senior (2022): Appeared in 32 games while making 21 starts, all in the outfield (17 in RF, 3 in LF, 1 CF)…Earned MVC Scholar-Athlete Spotlight on May 12…Collected first career hit and RBI against Texas-El Paso (Feb. 18), going 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored…Doubled in the game against Dayton (Feb. 27) while also scoring a run…Registered a multi-hit contest at DePaul (April 12) while also smashing her first career home run as she went 2-for-3 with a HR, 2 RBI, and a run scored…Hit another home run against Southern Illinois (May 7) in the final conference game of the season – went 1-for-3, HR, 2 RBI, R…Added another two hits in the win over SIU (May 12) in the MVC Tournament as she was 2-for-3 with an RBI and HBP…Ended senior campaign with 8 RBI on 8 hits while scoring 8 runs…Was a perfect 1-for-1 on stolen bases.

Junior Year (2021): Appeared in 32 games making 20 starts … all starts were made in the outfield, 13 in right field and seven in left field … as a pinch runner scored a run in a 9-5 victory over Pittsburgh (March 6) … against Indiana State (March 21) served as a pinch runner and scored on a passed ball to give the Redbirds a 4-2 lead and a win in Terre Haute … went 1-1 in stolen bases … collected 11 putouts and one assist.

Sophomore (2020): Suffered an injury for the entirety of the season … Served as a pinch runner for the Redbirds, scoring a pair of runs in two wins by ISU against USF (Feb. 6) and Austin Peay (Feb. 28) … Shortened season due to COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of events and championships by the NCAA.

Freshman (2019): Made an appearance in 30 games for the Redbirds with five starts as a true freshman ... scored eight runs as a pinch runner, scoring her first in a 2-1 setback to No. 4 Florida (Feb. 15) ... Stole two bases in contests versus Bradley (April 10) and Valparaiso (May 4) ... Turned in a season-high two putouts in the outfield against San Diego (Feb. 17).

Waubonsie Valley HS: Earned four varsity letters at Waubonsie Valley, starting each season at shortstop ... Named an academic all-conference selection three times and unanimous all conference her senior year ... Owns five Waubonsie Valley all-time top-10 records in batting average, hits in a season, runs scored, doubles in a season and RBIs in a season .... Played for the Wheatland Spikes her entire travel career for the past 11 seasons … Ranked 65th nationally as an 18U team … Garnered over 30 MVP awards … Competed twice in Super 64 Power Pool in TCS Colorado Fireworks Tournament … Also played basketball and sang in the choir at Waubonsie Valley her freshman year ... Named AP English IV Student of the month and Indian Prarie Scholar for earning above a 3.6 GPA every semester of her high school career.

Personal: Michele Macarena Calabrese is the daughter of Michael and Rena … Younger sister to Carla Dolmyer and Sabrina Calabrese … Sister, Sabrina, also plays softball at Cornell College, earning academic all-conference honors … Born January 25 in Naperville, Illinois … Plans to double major in political science and legal studies, accepted into the Honors Program at ISU.