Biography
2006-07: Academic All-GLVC, recipient of Lewis[apos] Delahanty Award for academic excellence among student athletes and a Deans[apos] List student both semesters ... Louisville Slugger/National Fast Pitch Coaches Association All-Great Lakes Region first team ... All-GLVC first team ... played and started all 48 games ... led conference in runner[apos]s picked off (5) ... led team in RBI (27), tied for team lead in hits (46), was second in total bases (68), home runs (6) walks (19) ... in GLVC games only, hit .306 (22-for-72) with 12 RBI and five home runs ... tied for team lead with 12 multi-hit games and was tied for second on team with five multi-RBI games ... went 8-for-10 in stolen bases ... threw out 9-of-18 would-be base stealers ... hit .333 (7-for-21) during season-best six-game hitting streak (3/8-3/25) ... went 3-for-4 with two homers and three RBI in game two vs. Missouri-St. Louis (4/28) ... was 3-for-6 with a homer at West Georgia (2/17) ... had three RBI with two doubles against South Dakota (3/7) ... had two doubles and a home run with three RBI and four runs scored in doubleheader vs. Southern Indiana (3/31). 2005-06: Deans[apos] List student both semesters, Delahanty Award recipient and Academic All-GLVC ... All-Great Lakes Region first team ... All-GLVC second team ... starting catcher/second baseman ... played all 54 games with 53 starts ... set Lewis single-season RBI record (49) and tied single-season home run record (9) ... ranked first on team in total bases (107), doubles (13) and triples (3), was second in runs (61), slugging percentage (.652) and hits (44) ... ranked second in conference in RBI and home runs and was third in total bases ... in GLVC games, hit .307 (23-for-75) with 12 RBI, four home runs, three doubles and one triple ... posted 18 multi-hit and 12 multi-RBI games ... named GLVC Player of the Week after hitting .476 with 12 hits, 11 RBI, eight runs and two doubles during the eight-game stretch (4/24) ... hit .667 (16-for-24) during eight game hitting streak (4/23-5/5) ... went 4-for-4 with two home runs and five RBI in GLVC tournament game against Southern Indiana (5/5) ... was 3-for-3 with home run, a double and five RBI versus Northern Kentucky (4/23) ... went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI versus Saginaw Valley State (3/26) ... was 5-for-7 with one home run, one double and five RBI in doubleheader versus Saint Xavier (4/25) ... was 3-for-3 with three RBI and one home run against Ferris State (3/5) ... had three hits against Findlay (3/10). 2004-05: Deans[apos] List student both semesters Delahanty Award recipient and Academic All-GLVC ... starting second baseman ... also started nine games in right field ... led team in doubles (13) and sacrifice flies (5), was second in RBI (28), tied for third in hits (36) and fourth in stolen bases (6) and slugging percentage (.412) ... hit .281 (16-for-57) with 11 RBI, 10 runs scored and four doubles in GLVC games ... posted seven multi-hit and multi-RBI games ... hit first collegiate home run and set season highs in hits and runs scored by going 4-for-5 with three RBI and four runs against Quincy (4/3) ... had a season-best four RBI against East Stroudsburg (3/5) and Merrimack (3/6) ... first collegiate hit was a single against Concordia-St. Paul (2/18) ... went 2-for-3 with two runs scored against Wisconsin-Parkside (4/14) ... was 1-for-2 with two RBI against Kentucky Wesleyan (4/10). High School: Earned four varsity letters ... was the leading hitter and starting catcher for Glenbard North High School ... helped lead the Panthers to a 38-2 record, a DuPage Valley Conference title and IHSA regional and sectional championships in 2004 ... the team was ranked in the state[apos]s top five and advanced to the IHSA supersectional ... during her four years, Glenbard North boasted a 133-24-1 (.845) record ... in 2004, batted .452 with 31 runs, 22 RBI, 11 doubles, one triple, three home runs and 15 stolen bases ... led the DVC in runs and was named the conference Player of the Year ... in addition, she was named all-area first team by the Chicago Sun-Times and Daily Herald and was picked all-state special mention by the Chicago Tribune ... switched from second base to catcher her junior year and earned all-conference recognition ... the Illinois Coaches Association selected her all-state second team after she batted .381 with eight doubles, two triples, one home run, 23 RBI and 25 runs ... defensively, she picked off 20 base runners and threw out seven of eight attempting to steal ... led the team to a 33-5 record and conference and IHSA regional championships ... the starting second baseman as a sophomore, she garnered all-conference and honorable-mention all-state accolades ... hit a team-leading .380 with 12 runs, 20 RBI, four doubles and one home run ... helped the team to a 33-5 record and conference and IHSA regional crowns ... as a freshman, she batted .362 for a team that finished 29-12-1 and placed third in the state ... was a four-year member of the honor roll, academic all-conference four times and a member of the German Honor Society. Travel/Club: Played for the Carol Stream Cyclones from 1995-2002 and the White Sox Training Academy in 2003-04 ... high school teammate of Carla Musillo and summer-league teammate of Musillo and Shannon Roney. Personal: Daughter of Mitch and Carolyn Paine ... finance major.
