Hall of Fame
Two-time Northern Illinois Hall of Famer with unprecedented athletic and academic achievement. Ranked as first Huskie female First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-America (1986) and program's initial "three-peat" First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-America (1986-88) with 3.93 cumulative gpa on 4.00 scale as biological sciences / pre-med major. Completed playing days listed among all-time NIU leaders in career home runs (13), career slugging pct. (.452), career on-base pct. (.395), and single-season doubles (14 in 1987). Set school career marks for game-winning RBIs (18) and first base fielding pct. (.994). Selected First-Team All-Mid-American Conference (1986), First-Team National Softball Coaches Association All-Midwest (1987), plus First-Team All-North Star Conference and First-Team All-NSC Tournament (1988). Batted .319 (ninth-best in MAC) with .450 slugging pct. and 18 RBIs as soph (1986). Produced career-best .323 batting average, plus a .510 slugging pct. and 27 RBIs as junior (1987). Posted .306 average with 32 RBIs on 35-11 Hall of Fame squad that cracked nation's Top 20, ruled North Star tourney and NCAA Regional, plus finished seventh at NCAA College World Series as senior (1988). Named on First-Team MAC All-Academic unit (1986), NSC Senior Honor Roll (1988), and NIU Dean's List for eight semesters (1984-88). Won NIU Alumni Association Scholarship (1987-88), Harvey A. Feyerherm Biology Award (1987), and NI Club Scholar-Athlete Award (1987). Nominated for NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship (1989). Named First-Team All-SICA East first baseman on back-to-back loop softball kingpins at Thornwood High (1983-84). Earned M. D. from University of Illinois College of Medicine-Rockford (1992). Interned and served residency in emergency medicine and internal medicine at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA (1992-97). Works at Alle-Kiski Medical Center in Pittsburgh.
