Grand Valley State University Athletics

As a Junior (2021)
Second team All-GLIAC and GLIAC All-Academic Excellence team member... Started all 55 games at second base... Hit .296 with 12 doubles, four home runs, 31 RBI and 33 runs scored... Led the team with nine sacrifice hits and three sacrifice flies... Started the season on an eight-game hit streak... Drove in three runs and scored twice in win over Kentucky Weslyan (March 5)... Had four three-hit games throughout the season and 15 multi-hit games... Drove in the tying run in the seventh inning during elimination game in the College World Series against West Chester... Helped the Lakers to a fourth straight GLIAC regular season championship, third consecutive GLIAC Tournament title and second straight College World Series appearance.

As a Junior (2020) **Season canceled early due to COVID-19**
Started all 16 games, hitting .438 (21-48) with four doubles and four home runs with 18 runs scored and 18 RBI... Drove in at least one run in ten straight games to end the season as the Lakers went 13-3 with 11 straight wins before the season was cut short due to the global pandemic.

As a Sophomore (2019)
All-GLIAC Honorable Mention honoree...Earned GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team honors…One of five Lakers to start all 61 games…Hit .293 with 61 total hits, including the second most doubles on the team with 15, the third most homers with 10, and the third most RBI’s with 51…Posted a .538 slugging percentage and a .329 on-base percentage while going 4-4 in stolen base attempts…Also committed just eight errors all season long for a .948 fielding percentage…Opened the Lakers College World Series run with a home run in the top of the first inning against Texas A&M Kingsville (5/23)…Tied for third on the team with 17 multi-hit games and was third with 14 multi-RBI games…Tallied her first three hit game of the season in a win over Stonehill (3/5), going 3-5 with two RBI’s and a run scored…Tallied back-to-back games of three RBI’s in wins over Cedarville (3/16) and Wayne State (3/23), going a combined 5-8 with six RBI’s and three runs scored…Went 3-3 for three RBI’s and two runs scored in the Lakers GLIAC Tournament opening round victory over Ferris State (5/3)…Hit home runs in three straight games (4/13-4/16), picking up six RBI’s and two doubles in the process…Tied for 10th in home runs in a single season in program history and 13th in doubles…Also currently ranks 15th in career slugging percentage (.507).

As a Freshman (2018)
Played in and started 45 games for the Lakers as a true freshman to help them to their eighth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and their 16th overall…Hit .307 with 39 hits and ranked third on the team with 29 RBI’s…Also ranked third on the squad with 10 doubles and three home runs…Held a .457 slugging percentage and a .370 on-base percentage…Was also 2-for-2 on stolen base attempts…Tallied her first collegiate hit in her first career start at McKendree (2/18)…Totaled 10 multi-hit games in her first season and eight multi-RBI games…Went 2-for-3 with two RBI’s, a run scored, and recorded her first career double against Missouri S&T (2/24)…Against Westchester (3/10) she went 3-for-3 with three runs scored, three RBI’s, two doubles, and a homer.

High School: Prepped at Napoleon High School in Napoleon, Ohio under head coach Ken Boland…Named offensive player of the year for the Ladycats during her first three seasons…Earned Division II Second Team All-State honors as a freshman and a junior, while collecting Division II First Team All-State plaudits as a sophomore…Received All-Northern Lakes League accolades all three seasons, including a First Team NLL selection as a junior in 2016…Also played tennis and basketball at Napoleon…Participated in National Honor Society, Art Club, and Student Council.
 
Personal: Daughter of Steven and Melisa Rieger…Enjoys art and athletics…Majoring in engineering.