2009: Earned NFCA Scholar-Athlete honors and was named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team...Appeared in 49 games, making 41 starts in the outfield...Hit .187 on the year, while totaling 12 RBI and scoring 11 runs...Tied for third on the team with seven sacrifice bunts and was a perfect 4-for-4 on stolen bases...Went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double in 4-3 win over West Chester (3/3)...Notched a 2-for-3 performance with a triple, a run scored, and two RBI in 6-4 win over Cornerstone (3/27), which followed game one against CU in which she was 1-for-3 with a double, a run scored, and a career-high three RBI, as the Lakers won 9-1.
2008: Named an NFCA Scholar-Athlete...Started in all 43 games for the Lakers as the team's first baseman...Team's leading returning hitter, as she finished fifth on the team with a .328 batting average and 43 hits...Was tied for fourth with 20 runs and added 19 RBI...One of four Lakers to have at least one double (eight), triple (three), and homer (one)...Led GVSU with eight stolen bases...Struck out just five times in 131 at-bats, ranking second in the GLIAC in fewest strikeouts per game (0.12)...Also ranked 17th in the league in batting average (.328)...Defensively, Plummer finished fourth in the conference in putouts (301) and sixth in total chances (317)... Had nine games of 10 or more putouts...Recorded at least one hit in 31 games, including a base hit in nine of the team's first 10 games to start the season...Had 10 multi-hit contests and four multi-RBI games...Totaled a 3-for-3 performance with three runs scored in 8-0 win vs. Hillsdale (4/25), followed by a 2-for-4 game with two doubles, two runs, and two RBI in second game of doubleheader, a 11-3 victory...Tallied a double and a triple in consecutive 2-for-3 games against Upper Iowa (3/9) and Olivet (3/19)...Recorded season-high in hits (three) twice: vs. West Virginia State (3/22) and vs. Hillsdale (4/25).
2007: Earned NFCA Scholar-Athlete honors...Batted .265 in 98 at-bats with 26 hits...Started in 22 of the 49 games that she appeared in...Scored 15 runs and batted in another six...Hit one double on the year...Went 4-4 with two RBIs against Florida Gulf Coast (3/10)...Scored twice and brought in one more run against Nova Southeastern (3/11).
High School: Prepped at Lowell High School under head coach Bob Rodenhouse...Tallied 1050 strikeouts in four years as a pitcher...Had a 1.05 ERA her junior year, while hitting .496 with 15 triples...As a senior, she recorded a 0.57 ERA and hit .532 with 11 doubles and 13 triples...She tallied a career .455 batting average, recording 31 doubles, 36 triples, and 114 RBI...Also posted a career 1.22 ERA, with a four-year record of 87-38...Led team to district championship and regional runner-up her junior season...Earned all-conference and all-district honors three times...Named to all-region and honorable mention all-state teams following her junior year...Was team captain and team MVP twice...Also played tennis for four years...Member of sports medicine, Lady Arrows Varsity Club, and the International Club.
Personal: Daughter of Thomas and Jill Plummer...Enjoys tennis.
Plummer's Career Statistics |
Year | Avg. | Gp-Ga | Ab | R | H | 2B | 3B | Hr | Rbi | Tb | Slg% | Bb | Ob% |
2007 | .265 | 49-22 | 98 | 15 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27 | .276 | 2 | .280 |
2008 | .328 | 43-43 | 131 | 20 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 60 | .458 | 4 | .362 |
2009 | .187 | 49-41 | 123 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 28 | .228 | 8 | .242 |
Total | .261 | 141-106 | 352 | 46 | 92 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 115 | .327 | 14 | .297 |