Profile: Three-year starter...is third inwalks (54), tied for sixth in doubles (22), and seventh in at-bats(333) all-time in Royals's history...makes good contact at theplate and runs the bases well...holds a career batting average of.315, with 22 doubles, nine triples, four home runs and 47RBI...also holds a career slugging percentage of .484 and anon-base percentage of .421...has hit safely in 61 of 100 careergames and has 28 multi-hit games...has made only four errors in 156chances defensively (.974 career fielding percentage)...her mother,Cheryl, is career relations manager in the department of careerservices here at the university.
Junior Year (2010): Started 29games...tri-captain...raised her batting average 38 points from theprevious year by hitting .267, with three doubles, two triples anda home run...also drove in 11 runs...hit safely in 14 games and hadsix multi-hit games...finished fifth on the team in runs scoredwith 15...drove in a season-high three runs twice: had twohits, including a double, in an 11-9 loss to Stevens Tech in Ft.Myers, Florida, on March 16 and finished with two hits, including adouble, and scored twice as the Royals defeated Lycoming College,8-5, to salvage a non-conference split on April 7 at TrippPark...her batting average got as high as .353 17 games into theseason, but went hitless in 10 of her final 12 games to fall to.267...committed only one error in 32 chances defensively to finishwith a .969 fielding percentage...belted a single and drew a walkin Scranton's 7-6 loss to Juniata College in the consolationbracket of the Landmark Conference tournament in a game played atMoravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on May 8.
Sophomore Year (2009): Appeared in all 30games and started 29 times...hit .229, with four doubles, twotriples and a career-best three home runs...also posted a .406slugging percentage and .345 on-base percentage...led the Royals intriples (2), at-bats (96) and total plate appearances (117); tiedfor the team-lead in walks (17); was second in runs scored (16) andRBI (13); third in total bases (39) and home runs (3); and fourthin doubles (4)... defensively, finished tied for first in theLandmark Conference in fielding percentage (1.000%; did not make anerror in 44 chances)...hit safely in 16 games and had fourmulti-hit games...opened the 2009 season with two home runs, threehits, and drove in three runs as the Royals defeated HilbertCollege, 12-4, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on March15...belted a double and a triple and drove in a season-high fourruns in a 6-0 win over Bay Path (Mass.) on March 16 in MyrtleBeach...had two, four-game hitting streak during the season: batted .313 (5-for-16) in the first span from March 16 throughMarch 18 and .308 (4-for-13) in the second span from April 11through April 19.
First Year (2008): Started all 41 games andearned first-team all-Landmark Conference and Eastern CollegeAthletic Conference (ECAC) South honors...led Royals in runs scored(46), doubles (15), at-bats (137), triples (5), walks (23), gamesplayed and started (41), on-base percentage (.488), stolen bases(12), total plate appearances (164); was second in batting average(.401), total bases (80), slugging percentage (.584), hits (55),and sacrifice flies (2)...set Scranton single-season records forruns scored (46) and at-bats (137) and tied the record for walks(23)...her 15 doubles was the second highest single-season total inRoyals' history and her 55 hits and five triples were third andtied for fourth, respectively...led the Landmark Conference inon-base percentage (.488), runs scored (46), doubles (15), walks(23), total plate appearances (164), and stolen bases (12) andattempted (13)...was also ranked in the following categories in theLandmark Conference: hits (2nd, 55), at-bats (2nd, 137),total bases (4th, 80), and batting average (5th, .401)...hit safelyin 30 games and had 18 multi-hit games...batted .419 (13-for-31)during a nine-game hitting streak from March 18 through March29...drove in at least one run in 14 games and had four multi-RBIgames, including a season-high five in a 16-4 victory overHilbert...had three hits, including a double and a triple, in adramatic 12-11 victory over Catholic University in an opening roundgame of the Landmark Conference tournament...solid defensively;committed only three errors in 80 chances (.963 fieldingpercentage).
Awards & Honors
Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Region 1st-TeamSelection (2008)
Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2009, 2010)
Landmark Conference 1st-Team Selection (2008)
Landmark Conference Player of the Week (Apr. 28, 2008)
