Northern Illinois University Athletics

2022: Batted .313 and started all 45 games for the Huskies ... Logged the most at-bats on the team with 144 ... Saw a career-high 30 runs scored through 2022 ... Drove in 12 RBI, nine more than the year prior ... A tough at-bat, was walked 15 times for the third time in her career ... Stole 12 bags, the third-most on the team ...  Owned a near-perfect fielding percentage of .950 ... Had a six-game hit streak from Feb. 25 - March 4 ... Posted two or more hits in 14 games ... Academic All-MAC selection for the second time ...  Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.

2021: One of two Huskies to start all 56 games, starting 40 in left field, 16 in center…Has made 96 consecutive starts dating back to April 2, 2019 when she started the second game of a doubleheader against Ball State…Established career bests in in six offensive categories…Ranks in the top five on the team in six offensive categories…Tied for the team lead in stolen bases with 11 and second on the squad in batting average (.291) and hits (44)…Tallied 11 multi-hit games, including a season-high three at Buffalo (5/2)...Academic All-MAC selection 

2020 (Season Halted Due to COVID-19): Started all 21 games she played, all in the outfield…Batted a career-high .323 with 21 hits, which ranked second on the team and 65 at bats…Tied her career-best in runs scored with 14, which tied for the team lead…Recorded six multi-hit games, including a season-high three hits against Delaware State (2/14).

2019: Named to the 2019 MAC All-Freshman Team…Started 29 of 35 games, 28 in the outfield…Recorded five multi-hit games, tallying 17 base hits on the season and 15 walks to rank fifth on the team in on-base percentage (.376).

High School: Fourth in school history with 47 stolen bases… Member of the Class 4A State Softball Tournament as a freshman with an overall record of 36-4-2… Placed fourth in the 2017 Class 4A State Softball Tournament… Three-year varsity letterwinner… Two-time team captain… Member of the Illinois Sparks and won the 2015 PGF Platinum National Championship and won the 2014 PGF Oklahoma Hall of Fame Championship.
 
Personal: Daughter to Mary and Robert Apato. Major: Health Sciences