Softball

Honors and Awards

• 2012, First team NAIA all-Nebraska
• 2012, First team all-MCAC
• 2011, First team all-MCAC
• 2011, NFCA Southwest all-Region team
• 2011, MCAC Player of the Week (April 4)
• 2011, Honorable mention NAIA all-Nebraska
• 2010, First team all-MCAC
• 2010, Honorable mention NAIA all-Nebraska

Career Charts

• Most runs batted in: 2nd (131)
• Most home runs: 4th (25)
• Most walks: 4th (57)
• Highest slugging pct.: 6th (.574)
• Highest on base pct.: 6th (.424)
• Most runs scored: 8th (104)

2012 Season (Senior): Named to the first team all-MCAC squad for the third time in her career ... Played and started in all 60 games at first base ... Hit .378 with 47 runs scored, 12 doubles, one triple, 12 home runs, 52 RBIs and 10 stolen bases ... Led the team with a .456 on-base percentage ... Recorded 18 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games ... Went 4-for-6 with four runs, three home runs and seven RBIs in a doubleheader at Northwestern (Iowa) College on March 20 ... Recorded six hits, in seven at-bats, in a doubleader sweep against Oklahoma Wesleyan University (April 14), tallying four runs, six RBIs, one double and one home run.

2011 season (Junior): A first team all-MCAC selection at first base for the second straight season ... Named to the NFCA Southwest all-Region team ... Earned honorable mention NAIA all-Nebraska honors by the Omaha World-Herald ... Only player to start in all 51 games ... Batted .319 with 30 runs scored, eight doubles, one triple and 10 home runs ... Led the team with 46 RBIs ... Named the MCAC Player of the Week on April 4 after going 6-for-12 at the plate with four home runs, four runs scored and nine RBIs in four games ... Hit three home runs and added seven RBIs in Bellevue’s doubleheader sweep against Doane College on April 1 ... Blasted a grand slam in the Bruins’ 12-2 win at College of Saint Mary (April 27) ... Recorded her first career triple versus Midland University on April 20.

2010 Season (Sophomore): Starting first baseman in all 49 games ... First team all-MCAC selection ... Second on the team with a .365 batting average and 33 RBIs ... Blasted eight doubles and three home runs on the season ... Recorded a .982 fielding percentage with just five errors in 279 chances ... Earned honorable mention NAIA all-Nebraska honors by the Omaha World-Herald.

At Marshalltown CC: Played one season at Marshalltown Community College ... Earned second team all-Region honors ... Set four school records, including single-season home runs (12), putouts (415), hits (71) and RBIs (49).

High School: Two-time all-conference and honorable all-state selection at Carlisle High School under coach Jim Flaws ... All-district honoree ... Honor Roll ... Four-year letterwinner in softball, basketball, and golf.

Personal: Daughter of Mark and Lori Ellis ... Born on July 12, 1989 ... Majoring in health and human performance ... Has three siblings, Jordann, Maegan and Logan ... Sister, Jordann, played softball for the Bruins, earning second team All-American honors in 2009.