Softball

Statistics: Junior | Senior

Honors and Awards

• 2012, Honorable mention NAIA all-Nebraska
• 2012, Second team all-MCAC
• 2012, MCAC Player of the Week (March 26)
• 2011, MCAC Newcomer of the Year
• 2011, First team all-MCAC
• 2011, NFCA Southwest all-Region team
• 2011, Honorable mention NAIA all-Nebraska
• 2011, MCAC Player of the Week (March 28)

Career Charts

• Home Runs: 3rd (28)

2012 Season (Senior): Played and started in 59 games batting .293 with three doubles, two triples, 13 home runs and 36 RBIs ... Earned second team all-MCAC honors ... Went 4-for-4 with two runs, three RBIs and a home run versus Dakota State University (March 31) ... Blasted two home runs against Hannibal-LaGrange University on March 8 ... Named the MCAC Player of the Week on March 26 after hitting .462 with a 1.308 slugging percentage, three home runs and a triple ... Recorded nine multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games.

2011 season (Junior): Named the MCAC Newcomer of the Year after batting .368 with 40 runs, eight doubles and 37 RBIs ... Earned NFCA Southwest all-Region honors ... Earned honorable mention NAIA all-Nebraska honors by the Omaha World-Herald ... Led the conference with a .792 slugging percetage and was tied for the lead in home runs with 15 ... Played in and started in 48 games ... Named the MCAC Player of the Week on March 28 after going 5-for-10 from the plate with four runs, two doubles, two home runs and seven RBIs ... Went 3-for-4 with two runs, one double, one home run and four RBIs versus the University of St. Francis (Ill.) on March 11 ... Also recorded four RBIs against Grand View University, Peru State College and Central Christian College ... Went 3-for-4 at College of Saint Mary (April 27) with two home runs, two runs scored and three RBIs ... In Bellevue’s three games in the MCAC Tournament, she batted 4-for-7 with four runs, five RBIs, two home runs and walked four times ... Was 2-for-3 with one run, two doubles and an RBI in BU's 6-4 win against Minot State (N.D.) University in the NAIA National Tournament (May 21) ... Registered 11 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games.

At Paradise Valley Community College: Two-year starting outfielder at Paradise Valley Community College ... Batted .321 with six home runs, nine doubles and 39 RBIs in her two seasons at PVCC.

High School: Named the 2008 Moon Valley (Ariz.) High School Female Athlete of the Year ... Batted .468 with six home runs, five doubles and 14 RBIs during her senior season under coach Tom James ... Earned first team all-Region and honorable mention all-state honors ... Collected the team’s offensive and defensive MVP honors in 2007-2008 ... Garnered scholar-athlete honors all four years of high school ... Named the Gatorade Rookie of the Year during her freshman season ... Also lettered in volleyball, soccer and track.

Personal: Daughter of Mark and Jana Wardian ... Has two older brothers, Eric and Bryan ... Father, Mark, played football from 1978-81 at Peru State College and was inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame ... Cousin, Maureen, was a member of the Bellevue University volleyball team from 2008-11 ... Born on Feb. 18, 1990 ... Majoring in business/marketing.