University of Illinois Springfield Athletics

• 2021 First-Team All-Region, First-Team All-GLVC, and Academic All-District
• Set the program’s single season record in 2021 with a .411 batting average and a .643 slugging percentage
• For her career, has a .397 batting average, .654 slugging percentage, and .484 on-base percentage

UIS:
2021- First-Team NFCA All-Region … First-Team All-GLVC … appeared in 44 games, and started 43 … had 16 starts at second base, 14 at first base, and 13 at shortstop … ranked 26h in NCAA Division II in doubles with 15 … ranked fourth in the GLVC in batting average, third in hits and on-base percentage, and tenth in stolen bases … set the program’s single-season records with a .411 batting average and a .643 slugging percentage, and had the second-best on-base percentage with a .490 mark … led the team with 53 hits and 15 doubles … recorded 29 runs, five home runs, and 29 RBI … nine-for-nine on stolen base attempts … threw 8 1/3 innings in seven appearances … had a 1-0 record with one save … had a 7.56 ERA and a .444 opponent batting average … struck out eight batters … tied for the team-high with 16 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games … had five games with a pair of runs … had five games with three hits … drove in four runners against Southern Indiana … in three games, hit a pair of doubles … recorded two stolen bases versus Midwestern State … was three-for-four against Nebraska-Kearney with two runs, three RBI, a double, and a homer … had 13 games with at least one run and one RBI … earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors … earned the GLVC Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar Award and named to the GLVC Academic All-Conference team.
 
2020- One of three players to start all 18 games … started 17 games at second base, and one game as the pitcher … ranked 10^th in the GLVC in RBI/game and slugging percentage, and 12^th in stolen bases … on the mound, ranked seventh in the GLVC in strikeouts per seven innings … had a .360 batting average, .680 slugging percentage, and .468 on-base percentage … second on the team with 17 RBI, and fourth with 12 runs … tied for the team-high with three homers, third with five doubles, and second with 34 total bases … walked a team-high nine times, and led the team with two hit-by-pitches … collected 18 hits and one triple, and was five-of-five on stolen bases … on the mound, appeared in seven contests … went 2-3 with a 4.50 ERA … struck out 18 batters in 18 2/3 innings … in the field, was second on the team with 29 assists, and also recorded 21 putouts … tied for the team-high with six two-out RBI … batted .345 with runners on base, including two-for-three with the bases loaded … had five multi-hit games, five multi-RBI games, and two multi-run contests … had a season-high three hits and three RBI in the second game against Northwest Missouri … also drove in three runs in a game with Missouri Western … had two runs versus Purdue Northwest and Missouri Western … had the game-winning RBI doubles in extra innings against nationally-ranked Winona State … hit two homers in the doubleheader against Northwest Missouri … pitched a season-high 4 1/3 innings against Northwest Missouri … struck out a season-high five in her season pitching debut against Ferris State … allowed no run in 3 1/3 innings in that game, and earned the win … also picked up the win against Missouri Western … earned the GLVC Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar Award and named to the GLVC Academic All-Conference team.
 
Prior to UIS:
A transfer from Big Ten, Illinois … played in two games in 2019, with one start … member of a team that won 33 games and advanced to a NCAA Division I Regional Tournament.
 
High School:
IHSA First-Team All-State in 2017 and 2018 … two-time State Journal-Register Prairie Player of the Year … named to the all-area team three times … four-time all-conference, including first-team honors in 2016, 2017, and 2018 … earned the Offensive Award at the All-American All-Star game in her junior and senior seasons … holds her school’s career record with 185 runs, 187 RBI, 25 home runs, and a .474 batting average … also collected 202 hits, 50 doubles, and 11 triples in her career … helped her team finish third in 2018 in the state championship tournament … led Williamsville to four straight conference and regional championships … a member of the Hitting Center club team … led that team to a second-place finish at the 2017 Triple Crown Eastern National tournament, and a fifth-place finish at the 2017 USA-Elite World Championship.

Personal:
The daughter of Lynn and Steven Dennis … has one sibling, Ryan … an exercise science major.