2005-06: Deans' List student both semesters ... Academic All-GLVC ... Played in 51 games ... started 19 games at catcher, 17 as designated player and 15 at first base ... All-GLVC second team ... posted career high in batting average (.338) ... was second on team in RBI (35), tied for second in walks (11), tied for third in hits (48) and doubles (8) ... in GLVC games, ranked 15th in the league with .359 average (23-for-64), and collected 17 RBI, three doubles and one home run ... led team with 14 multi-RBI games and posted 12 multi-hit games ... posted a nine-game hitting streak (3/10-3/26) ... threw out 5-of-10 base stealers ... registered season highs of three hits, three RBI and two doubles against Philadelphia (3/8) ... went 3-for-5 with a double, four RBI and two runs scored in doubleheader against Kentucky Wesleyan (3/25) ... went 10-for-20 with eight RBI and four doubles during first seven games of the season (3/4-3/8) ... was 2-for-3 with a home run at Robert Morris-Springfield (3/30) ... hit a two-run homerun at Quincy (3/18).

2004-05: Spring Deans' List student .... played and started in 26 games as catcher and 24 at first base ... was first on team with 18 walks, third in RBI (27) and sacrifice bunts (6), fourth in doubles (4) and fifth in hits (34) ... threw out a team-high 10 base stealers over 19 attempts ... recorded eight multi-hit and six multi-RBI games ... posted 11 hits, including a home run and a triple, and 10 RBI in GLVC contests ... registered a season-high three hits against Saint Xavier (4/26) ... had a season-best three RBI against Missouri-St. Louis, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored (4/2) ... went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run scored against East Stroudsburg (3/5) ... went 5-for-11 with six RBI in a three-game stretch against Saginaw Valley State, Ferris State and St. Francis (3/19-3/20).

2003-04: Spring Deans' List student ... All-Great Lakes Region first team ... All-GLVC first team ... GLVC Freshman of the Year ... starting catcher and designated player ... led the team in RBI (35) and home runs (3) and was second in doubles (9), third in walks (17) and fourth in batting average (.292) ... threw out seven of 12 potential base stealers ... had six multi-hit games and a team-best eight multi-RBI contests ... batted .375 (18-for-48) with five doubles, two home runs, 16 RBI and nine runs scored in GLVC games ... drove in a season-best five runs vs. Robert Morris-Springfield (4/1) ... went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI vs. Quincy (4/25) ... first collegiate hit was a single against Rollins (3/2) ... first collegiate home run was a solo shot vs. Saint Joseph's (4/9) ... hit a two-run home run in a 3-2 victory over Wisconsin-Parkside (4/15) ... hit a two-run home run vs. Southern Indiana (4/18) ... delivered the eventual conference championship-winning base hit with a two-run single against Northern Kentucky (5/2) in the GLVC title game ... was 2-for-4 vs. Grand Valley State (5/8) in the NCAA tournament.

High School: Earned three varsity letters as a catcher and third baseman at Downers Grove South ... was a three-time All-West Suburban Gold Conference honoree and was named to the Downers Grove Reporter all-area first team as a junior ... improved her offensive numbers each successive season, batting .333 with 16 runs and 13 RBI as a sophomore, .378 with 19 runs and 19 RBI as a junior, and .480 with eight home runs, 17 doubles and 47 RBI as a senior ... her home run and doubles marks from her senior year established school records ... helped lead the team to three conference championships ... led team to a regional championship her junior year.

Personal: Daughter of Paul and Sue Vanek ... elementary education major.