Biography
2019: First team All-MAC selection…CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-American® third team selection…Academic All-MAC honoree…One of only two players to start all 52 games for NIU in 2019…Led the team in nine offensive categories; runs (38), hits (59), RBIs (30), home runs (10), total bases (99), hit by pitch (7), stolen bases (7), plate appearances (191), and at bats (170) and ranked in the top-five in five others…Ranked in the top-10 in the league in six offensive categories…Hit a team and career-high 10 home runs…Tied her career-high in RBIs with 30…Ranks third at NIU in home runs all-time (27) and fifth in hits (198)…Started 210 of her 211 career games at NIU.
2018: Started and played all 56 games as the NIU centerfielder … Earned MAC All-Tournament Team, Second Team All-MAC, and Second Team NFCA All-Great Lakes Region honors … Honored with a spot on the CoSIDA First Team All-District Academic Team … Batted .385, which ranked third in the MAC, slugged .651, which was fourth in the league and had an on-base percentage of .475, which was third in the MAC … Clubbed a season-high seven home runs … Smacked a career-high six triples, including two against Michigan State (Feb. 10) … Had 44 runs scored and ranked third in the MAC … Tallied a team-leading 12 doubles and had three multi-double games, Western Carolina (Mar. 11), Green Bay (Mar. 17), Valparaiso (May 2) … Drove-in four runs against Toledo (May 10) and drove in three runs in three different games, College of Charleston (Feb. 16), Buffalo (Mar. 30), and Ohio (April 7) … Stole 11 bases and stole two bases against Eastern Michigan (April 21) … Drew 22 walks … Garnered MAC West Player of the Week for performance against UIC (3/27) and Buffalo (3/30-31) batting .750 with two home runs and seven RBI … Honored as an Academic All-MAC recipient.
2017: Suited up and started in the outfield for all the Huskies’ 54 games… Batted .287 with five home runs and 25 runs batted in 143 at-bats…Recorded eight multi-hit games... Led the team with 11 doubles and two triples…Fourth on the team on runs scored with 31… Received All-MAC second team honors...Academic All-MAC selection.
2016: Started 48 games as a freshman, primarily in centerfield…Recorded 33 hits, 22 runs, 26 RBIs, and five home runs in 127 at bats for the Huskies…Accounted for three runs against UMKC (5-5)…Tallied five multi-RBI games including four against Robert Morris (3-18) three at Grand Canyon (2-27).
High School: Two-time all-area and all-conference selection at Lincoln-Way East High School...Earned first team all-area and all-conference honors as a junior after hitting .504 with 47 RBIs and six home runs...Garnered first team all-state recognition and was named to the Chicago Bandits All-Star Game in 2014...Helped the Griffins to regional, sectional and super-sectional titles en route to a fourth place finish at state as a junior...Posted a .458 batting average as a sophomore, finishing the year with nine extra-base hits, 21 RBIs and nine stolen bases...Named to the all-area and all-conference teams after the 2013 season...Hit .447 and recorded two doubles and two triples in 11 games as a freshman.
Personal: Born June 29, 1997, in Hazel Crest, Illinois...Daughter of Robert and Hilda Van Geertry... Major: Rehabilitation Services.
