Biography
As a Junior (2019)
Saw action in 47 games, making 39 starts while hitting .252…Tallied 29 total hits including five doubles, two homers, and 16 RBI’s…Posted a .346 on-base percentage while committing just two errors in the field all season long for a .981 fielding percentage…Tallied a pair of multi-hit games, including a 2-3 performance in the Lakers opening round of the NCAA DII Midwest Region 1 Tournament against Hillsdale (5/9) where she drove in two runs and scored another herself…Also picked up a pair of RBI’s in a win over Purdue Northwest (4/17) going 1-1 at the plate with a double…Totaled four games with multiple RBI’s.Â
As a Sophomore (2018)
Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team…Played in and started in 50 games to help GVSU to its eighth straight NCAA Tournament Appearance and 16th appearance overall…Hit .276 with 40 hits while ranking second on the team with 32 RBI’s…Hit eight doubles and three homers while drawing a tie for the team lead with 20 walks…Also held a .978 fielding percentage, tallying 129 putouts and just three errors…Her walks tied for sixth in the league while her RBI total was 13th in the conference…Tallied 10 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games, which ranked second on the team...Picked up a season-high three hits against Lewis (2/23) and an RBI to help secure a win…Tallied a season-high three RBI’s against Davenport (4/30), going 2-for-3 at the plate.
As a Freshman (2017)
Named to the All-GLIAC First Team…Appeared and started in 50 games as a true freshman, tied for the second-most starts of any player on the team…Hit .318 with a team-high 37 RBI, while adding 49 hits, nine doubles, a triple, and a homer…Ranked fifth in the GLIAC in RBI (37), while leading all players in the league with 22 RBI in conference games…Also finished 20th in the GLIAC in at bats (154), 22nd in hits (49), 23rd in doubles (nine)…Hit .371 with 26 hits in conference play, both figures good for 14th-best in the league, while finishing 20th in on-base percentage (.416)…Ranked 10th in the league in putouts (215) and 13th in total chances (226), while committing just two errors and owning a .991 fielding percentage…Did not commit an error over the final 30 games…Totaled 12 multi-hit games and led the Lakers with 11 games of multiple RBI, including a pair of four-RBI contests…Notched an 11-game ‘reached base’ streak…Collected hits in first five collegiate games, including a 3-for-4 effort with a double, stolen base, two runs, and three RBI in 6-0 win over William Jewell (Feb. 25)…Hit first collegiate homer and went 2-for-3 with two RBI against Minnesota Duluth (Mar. 5)…Drove in two runs three times in a span of five games from Mar. 9-11…Combined to go 4-for-8 with a double and three RBI in road split at Hillsdale (Apr. 1)…Collected three hits, two RBI, two runs, and a double in home sweep over Findlay (Apr. 8)…Finished 3-for-4 with four RBI in 11-3 win over Tiffin (Apr. 9)…Totaled four RBI in 7-2 road win at Northwood (Apr. 14)…Combined to go 4-for-6 with her lone triple of the season, two runs, and three RBI in home sweep of Lake Erie (Apr. 22)…Notched four RBI and three hits as Lakers captured GLIAC regular season championship at #22 Saginaw Valley State (Apr. 29)…Doubled and drove in a run in 7-4 GLIAC Tournament victory at Findlay (May 6)…Scored a run in GLIAC Tournament loss to Ashland (May 6)…Doubled in NCAA Tournament defeat to #9 Southern Indiana (May 11).
High School: Prepped at Dakota High School under head coach Rick Fontaine…Single season and career record holder in Cougar program history in both hits and home runs, while her .467 batting average in 2013 is also the Dakota single season record…Voted team’s Offensive Player of the Year during each of her first three seasons…Helped lead team to 2016 state finals, the first state championship game appearance in program history…Received All-District Team honors in 2013, 2014, and 2015…Named to 2015 All-Region Team and All-County Second Team…Helped Cougars win 2015 Macomb Area Conference Red championship…Selected to MAC Red Division First Team as a sophomore and junior…Voted team captain prior to 2016 season…Earned MAC Red All-Academic Team honors each of first three seasons…Also played basketball and volleyball at Dakota.
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Personal: Daughter of Jack and Tricia LaTour…Enjoys hunting, fishing, and boating.