AS A SENIOR: Capped her Notre Dame experience with a career season in 2003 ... earned all-BIG EAST first team honors for the third straight season ... finished fifth on the team in batting with a .309 average ... started all 55 games for the Irish at first base ... third on the team in RBI with 31 ... posted career highs in RBI (31), home runs (six), hits (54) and doubles (11) ... had 13 mulit-hit games and six multi-RBI games ... stepped up in the second half of the season, raising her batting average from .200 on April 11 to .315 on April 26 ... enjoyed several noteworthy single-game performances ... two for five with a solo home run at CS Northridge ... two for two with a triple vs. Loyola Chicago ... two for three with an RBI in game one vs. St. John’s ... posted a 12-game hit streak from April 13 - 26 ... compiled 23 hits and 17 RBI during the streak ... was five for seven with six RBI in the doubleheader vs. IPFW ... played well during the postseason, hitting safely in all seven Irish tournament contests (BIG EAST Championship, NCAA Regional) with nine hits and three RBI ... worked hard on defense, committing just five errors at first base for a .988 fielding percentage ... hit home runs vs. McNeese State, CS Northridge, IPFW, Valparaiso, Boston College and Villanova ... performance at Boston College might be her best single-game performance ... with first place in the BIG EAST on the line, went three for three with four RBI and a home run as the Irish dominated the Eagles 11-0 in five innings ... led the team in hitting during BIG EAST Conference play with a .383 batting average (18 for 47) ... had five doubles and seven RBI in conference play.

AS A JUNIOR: Responded well in her first season as the Irish every day first baseman, putting together another outstanding offensive season ... earned all-BIG EAST first-team honors for the second consecutive season ... appeared in 58 of the 61 games in 2002, starting 57 of them ... became the sixth Irish player to hit two home runs in one game at Providence, going three for three with four RBI ... ran through a five-game stretch of multiple-hit games (two for three vs. New Mexico, two for two, two runs, RBI, HR at Pittsburgh, two for four at Pittsburgh, two for two, RBI at Loyola Chicago, three for four, four RBI, one run vs. Illinois-Chicago) ... provided a memorable moment in the NCAA Region VII Tournament against the host team, Iowa, drilling a walk-off two-run single in the bottom of the seventh as the Irish defeated the Hawkeyes 3-2 ... that game-winning hit was the third of the season for the junior ... ended the year with 13 multiple-hit games and four multiple-RBI games ... tied for the team’s second-best hitting streak with a 10-game run from March 16 - April 9 ... ended the season one for two with a solo home run against #7 Nebraska at the NCAA Region VII tournament ... named to the Region VII all-tournament team.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Earned all-BIG EAST first-team honors as a designated player after hitting .393 in conference competition with five doubles and five RBI in 2000 ... finished the season with a .303 average, 22 hits and nine RBI ... saw action in 49 games, including 18 starts ... developed into Notre Dame’s most reliable option at designated player ... notched first hit of the season vs. UAB ... raised her average from .250 to .302 with a six-for-13 surge (.461) over seven games, adding four doubles and four RBI (April 19 - 25) ... posted the game-winning RBI vs. #10 DePaul with a double into the gap, scoring Andrea Loman in the fourth inning ... finished two for four in game one vs. the Blue Demons ... responded to a pinch-hitting opportunity in game one at Virginia Tech with an RBI double in the fifth inning ... went two for two in game two vs. Toledo ... relieved Andrea Loman in the first game vs. Providence and posted her first career triple in her only at bat ... two for four with an RBI and her seventh double of the season in the second game at Rutgers.

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 35 games in 2000, mainly as a pinch hitter ... started in three games as the designated player and also saw time at first base and catcher ... first collegiate hit came against Utah at the 2000 Las Vegas Tournament ... garnered second hit in the team’s upset win over sixth-ranked and eventual national champion Oklahoma ... went two for two at the plate in the team’s game with Toledo, recording her first career RBI and first career run scored ... had a pinch-hit double to drive in Lizzy Lemire from third base in Notre Dame’s 5-2 victory over Eastern Michigan ... continued hot hitting with a two-for-two performance at the plate against Providence with a run scored, an RBI and two doubles ... was only Irish player to record at least two hits in the first game of the doubleheader vs. the Friars ... had five putouts in four innings of work at first base vs. Butler ... also made first catching appearance of the year vs. Butler.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Earned four letters in both softball and basketball ... played her junior and senior seasons at Penn High School in Mishawaka, Ind., and freshman and sophomore seasons at Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Mich. ... was the conference MVP and a finalist for the Indiana Miss Softball award in captaining Penn to the state championship as a senior in 1999 ... a two-time all-state, all-conference and all-city selection at Penn ... set Penn High School record for most home runs in a season ... named Northern Indiana Conference rookie of the year in her first year at Penn ... earned similar honors at Ann Arbor Pioneer, helping the team to two conference and two regional championships ... two-time all-conference and all-city honoree for Pioneer ... father, Greg, is part of the defensive coaching staff for the Notre Dame football team ... younger brother, Brian, plays football at Iowa ... born April 26, 1981, in LaCrosse, Wis. ... graduated in May of 2003 with an American studies degree.