Biography
2004-05: Spring Deans[apos] List student ... starting pitcher ... led team in starts (20), wins (13), complete games (12), shutouts (5), earned-run average (1.87), innings pitched (127.1) and strikeouts (67) ... also started 17 games at first base ... tied for team lead in home runs (4), tied for second on team in triples (3), had second-highest slugging percentage (.494), fourth-best on-base percentage (.356) and was fifth in runs scored (20) ... posted a 6-3 record with a 1.99 ERA, five complete games and 49 strikeouts in GLVC contests ... hit .244 (11-for-45) with two doubles, two triples, two home runs and eight RBI in GLVC games ... earned first collegiate win against Merrimack (3/6) ... pitched first collegiate complete-game shutout, yielding three hits and striking out a team season-best seven batters against St. Francis (3/20) ... struck out five batters over five innings in a win over Saint Joseph[apos]s (3/22) ... tossed a complete-game shutout with three strikeouts against Kentucky Wesleyan (4/10) ... limited Southern Indiana to four hits and no runs in a complete-game win (5/6) ... nailed a two-RBI triple against Kutztown for her first collegiate hit and RBI (3/5) ... hit her first collegiate home run against Saint Joseph[apos]s (4/16) ... went 1-for-3 with a season-best three RBI against Quincy (4/3) ... had a season-best three hits with one RBI and one run scored against Saint Xavier (4/26) ... was 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run scored against Southern Indiana (5/6) ... went 2-for-2 against Ferris State (3/19). High School: Earned four varsity letters ... set the school records for career wins (62) and triples (24) ... as a senior, was named Suburban Prairie Conference MVP, All-SPC first team, Illinois Coaches Association all-state second team, Chicago Tribune all-state first team, Chicago Sun-Times all-area first team and DuPage Herald [quote]DuPage Dozen[quote] ... in 2004, helped lead her team to a 33-3 record by batting .465 with 10 doubles, six triples, three home runs, 27 RBI and a .706 slugging percentage, and going 24-3 with a 0.23 ERA and 16 shutouts ... earned all-conference honors four times ... hit .427 as a freshman and set the school record for highest batting average by a freshman ... hit lower than .400 just once during her high school career--she batted .339 with 26 RBI as a sophomore ... as a sophomore, was all-state third team, all-conference and Daily Herald all-area ... as a junior, hit .407 with 27 RBI, a .486 on-base percentage and a .610 slugging percentage ... registered a 26-7 pitching record with a 0.74 ERA, while leading her team to a conference championship and its first-ever appearance in the IHSA Elite Eight ... postseason accolades as a junior were: second-team all-state, all-conference, team MVP and Daily Herald all-area honors ... was a member of the National Honor Society and an Illinois State Scholar ... also was a member of the Spanish National Honor Society and spent her entire career on the high honor roll. Travel/Club: Played for the Wheaton Briarcliffe Jaguars (1994-96, 1999, 2000), Lisle Grand Slam (1997-98), Illinois Thunder (2001-02) and the Chicago White Sox Academy 18U (2003-04). Personal: Daughter of Mike and Ginni Roney ... sport management major.
