Career Highlights:
- 218 career games played, 4th All-Time in Redbird History
- All-MVC Second Team (2021)
- MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team (2024)
- CSC Academic All-District (2024)
- Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2023, 2024)
- MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award (2021)
- AFNI Honor Roll Member
- MVC Honor Roll (2020, 2021)
- MVC Regular Season Champions (2021)
Fifth Year (2024): Started and played in all 54 games for the Redbirds setting career-highs in both games played and games started...Became 4th all-time in career-games played for Illinois State...2024 MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team honoree...CSC Academic All-District...2024 Team Captain...NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete...Earned 33 hits with 5 doubles, 20 runs, and 12 RBI...Earned a .339 OB%, with 3 stolen bases, and a .903 FLD%...Had 4 multi-hit games during the 2024 season...Had a career-day against Valpo going 4-for-4 with 2 runs scored and a double (Apr. 13).
Senior (2023): Started and played in 51 games for the Redbirds…NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete…Earned 36 hits with career-highs in runs scored (28), RBIs (20), and doubles (7)…Had a career-high in putouts (68) as well as assists (4) to earn a fielding percentage of .973…Three-hit performance in the Redbird victory over UIC on April.2 including an RBI…Went 3-for-4 with 4 RBIs, and 4 runs scored in the 14-3 victory over Valparaiso (Mar. 24)...
Junior (2022): Appeared in 50 games while making 49 starts, all in left field…2022 Team Captain…Finished second on the team in runs scored (27), triples (2), and walks (22)…Turned in seven multi-hit and five multi-RBI performances…Hit first career home run vs. Indiana State (April 2) to walk-off the Sycamores in the Redbirds’ first home game of the season…Went 2-for-4 in that game with a three-run home run (walk-off), two runs scored, and a stolen base…Closed out the series against the Sycamores (April 3) by going 1-for-3 with another home run, two RBI, and a run scored…Scored three runs, a career high, against Valparaiso (May 1) while going 2-for-3 with a walk…Reached base safely in eight consecutive contests from Feb. 26 to March 6…Perfect 2-for-2 on stolen bases…Had 48 putouts with one assist and one error for a .980 fielding percentage.
Sophomore (2021): Started all 41 games for the Redbirds in the outfield … Earned a spot on the All-MVC Second Team … Finished second on the team in batting average (.336), runs scored (22), doubles (5) and walks (23) … Turned in the third-most multi-hit games (8) and fourth-most multi-RBI games (4) … Reached base safely in 15-straight contests from March 5-21 … Tallied first career triple as a part of a 3-for-3 day against Dayton (March 12) … Drew a season-high three walks in the MVC tournament against SIU (May 14) … Turned in a season-high three RBIs in a win at Drake (April 3) … Led the team with three sac flies, while finishing second on the team with three sac bunts … Recorded a .920 fielding percentage with 45 putouts and one assist.
Freshman (2020): Made an appearance in all but one game for the Redbirds in the outfield as a true freshman, while starting in 21 contests … Finished seventh on the team, and first among freshmen, in batting average (.262) … Tied for fourth on the team in hits (16), registering her first career hit and RBI in a season-opening win at USF (Feb. 6) … Turned in five RBIs, six walks and a team-best three sac bunts … Tallied four multi-hit games – tied for the third-most on the team … Shortened season due to COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of events and championships by the NCAA.
Oswego East HS: Four-year softball player at Oswego East High School in Oswego, Illinois … Also played basketball for four years and volleyball for two years … Helped her team reach the regional championship game in back-to-back seasons … Finished her career with all-state honors and a pair of all-area distinctions … Named Female Athlete of the Year among her senior class …. Earned all-academic laurels her senior year … Collected Athlete of the Week distinction during her junior softball season, while collecting all-conference and all-area nods … Two-year team captain for her basketball team, earning Defensive Player of the Year her junior season.
Personal: Daughter of Bill and Kerri Chval … Born Oct. 18 in Chicago, Illinois … Has an older sister, Gianna, who is currently a student at ISU, and a younger sister, Hannah … Father, Bill, played baseball at Samford University and is a member of the Marist High School Hall of Fame … Chose ISU because of the campus, familiarity, supportive atmosphere and her sister attends the University.
