Grand Valley State University Athletics

As a Junior (2021)
Honorable mention All-GLIAC and member of the GLIAC All-Academic team... Started all 55 games for the Lakers in center field... Hit .315 (51 hits) with 10 doubles and a triple... Scored 28 runs and drove in 26... Went 4-5 with three doubles and four runs scored in win over Davenport (April 10)... Drove in five runs in another win over the Panthers (May 1)... Had 15 total multi-hit games, including College World Series elimination game against West Chester... Helped the Lakers to a fourth straight GLIAC regular season title, third consecutive GLIAC Tournament championship and second straight College World Series appearance.

As a Junior (2020) **Season canceled early due to COVID-19**
Started all 16 games, recording 12 hits and nine walks... Scored nine times and drove in three runs... The Lakers were 13-3 and on an 11-game win streak when the season was cut short due to global pandemic.

As a Sophomore (2019)
Named to the D2CCA All-Midwest Region Second Team…All-GLIAC First Team honoree...Earned GLIAC All-Academic Team honors…Played in 55 games, making 53 starts…Finished second on the team with a .418 on-base percentage and fourth with a .340 batting average…Tallied 48 hits, including four doubles, a triple, and her first two career home runs…Knocked in 20 runners while scoring 35 herself…Picked up 20 walks on the season and struck out just 12 times in her 141 at-bats for a .418 on-base percentage…Also committed just one error in the field all season…Hit her first ever home run in a victory over Saginaw Valley State (4/4) as she finished with two RBI’s and a run scored…Notched her second career homer a few weeks later at Davenport (4/13), finishing that game 1-3 with a pair of RBI’s…Finished with 12 multi-hit games, including three three hit games…Also drove in two or more RBI’s on six separate occasions and rattled off a nine-game hitting streak during the season…Has now committed just two errors in her two seasons as a Laker.

As a Freshman (2018)
Earned All-GLIAC Honorable Mention honors as an outfielder…Saw action in 45 games, making 44 starts…Hit .316 with 37 hits, five doubles, and three triples…Scored 20 runs while batting in another 10…Posted a .410 slugging percentage and a .352 on-base percentage…Recorded her first career hit with a double in a win over Lewis (2/23)…Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI against Missouri S&T…Went 2-for-2 with two runs scored in an NCAA Midwest Tournament Appearance victory over Hillsdale (5/12)…Tallied eight multi-hit games as a true freshman and two multi-RBI games.

High School: Prepped at Northwestern High School in Kokomo, Indiana…Four-time member of the All-Hoosier Conference team, including First Team all-league honors during each of her final three seasons…Four-year varsity starter on the softball team, while being a team captain during senior softball and soccer seasons…Received Academic All-Conference honors and was a scholar-athlete all four years…Named to the all-county team during her final three seasons…Owned four-year high school batting average of .405, which included a .447 mark as a junior and a .424 average as a senior…Helped Northwestern win a pair of sectional championships (2015, 2017) and a Hoosier Conference title in 2017, which was the first in school history…Led team to 2015 sectional title, which was the first since 1996, by going 4-for-4 with a pair of RBI in the win…Also played three years of varsity soccer at Northwestern…Participated in Rotary Club, Student Athlete Leadership Team, Student Council, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Students Against Drunk Driving, and National Honor Society.
 
Personal: Daughter of Matt and Kim Thatcher…Enjoys watching movies and hanging out with friends.