Biography
As a Senior (2018): Named to the D2CCA All-Midwest Region First Team at third base…Earned NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team honors…Named to the All-GLIAC First Team…Garnered CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors…Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team...Earned GLIAC Spring Commissioner's Award honors…Finished the season second on the team with a .404 batting average and 63 hits…Led the team with a .520 on-base percentage, 13 doubles, and 49 runs scored…Tallied a team high 21 multi-hit games and a team best 28 game streak reaching base…Also knocked four homers…Drew 20 walks and 20 hit by pitches, both of which led the team…Finished second on the team with a .577 slugging percentage…In the GLIAC, she finished ranked first in runs and hit by pitches, second in OBP, fourth in hits, and ninth in doubles…Picked up a hit and three RBI’s in the Lakers first game of the season at McKendree (2/18)…Went 3-for-3 with a double and a run scored in a win over eventual national champion Southern Indiana (3/8)…Went 3-for-5 with five RBI’s in two victories over New York Institute and Bentley the following day (3/9)…Went 2-for-2 with three runs scored and two RBI’s in GVSU’s victory over Hillsdale (5/10) in the NCAA Midwest Region Tournament…Posted the fourth best OBP in single season program history and tied for 15th with her 49 runs scored…Leaves GVSU as the career leader in hit by pitches (59), ranks fifth in on-base percentage (.447), sixth in doubles (41), eighth in runs scored (152), and eighth in walks (69).
2017: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team…Played in all 51 games and made 50 starts (31 at third base, 19 at shortstop)…Hit .319 with 53 hits, 32 runs, 11 doubles, two triples, three homers, and 17 RBI…Finished seventh in the league in hit by pitches (five), 11th in at bats (166), and 14th in hits (53), runs (32), doubles (11), triples (two), and total bases (77)…Also ranked 21st in home runs (three) and 23rd in slugging percentage (.464)…Led team with 166 at-bats…Extended career lead in Laker history with 39 hit by pitches, after being hit five times this season…Recorded 18 multi-hit games (second-most on the team) and three games of three hits…Notched a 10-game hitting streak to begin the season and an 11-game ‘reached base’ streak; finished season reaching base in the last eight games…Went 2-for-4 with a double, RBI, and two runs scored in 8-0 win over Missouri S&T (Feb. 24)…Notched a pair of singles against Wisconsin-Parkside and went 3-for-4 in 6-0 victory over William Jewell the same day (Feb. 25)…Doubled, homered, drove in two runs, scored three times, and went 3-for-4 in 13-5 victory over Quincy (Mar. 7)…Totaled two hits and a double in each game of a road doubleheader sweep at Purdue Northwest (Mar. 19), combining to go 4-for-7 with two doubles and a pair of runs…Hit a solo homer and went 2-for-4 in 5-1 road victory at Ashland (Mar. 25)…Recorded two hits in each game of road doubleheader at Hillsdale (Apr. 1), finishing 4-for-8 with two runs and two RBI…Collected two hits in both games of home doubleheader sweep against Findlay (Apr. 8) for a 4-for-8 performance with a double and two runs…Doubled twice and drove in two runs in 7-1 road victory at Saint Joseph’s (Apr. 11)…Posted four consecutive multi-hit outings in back-to-back home sweeps over Aquinas (Apr. 18) and Lake Erie (Apr. 22), combining to go 9-for-14 with a double, triple, home run, four runs scored, and five RBI in the doubleheaders…Homered and tallied four RBI in 5-2 game one victory over Lake Erie (Apr. 22)…Went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored in 7-4 GLIAC Tournament victory at Findlay (May 6).
2016: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team…Appeared in and started in all 50 games in which she played, making all 50 starts at shortstop…Hit .287 with 39 hits, 32 runs, six doubles, three homers, and 12 RBI…Tallied 21 walks and 14 hit by pitches to tie for team-high with .433 on-base percentage…Led the GLIAC in hit by pitches (14), while finishing fifth in walks (21), 11th in on-base percentage (.433), and 13th in runs scored (32)…Totaled 14 hit by pitches this season, which ranks second in GVSU single season history; trailing only her own record of 20 hit by pitches in 2015 and doubling previous Laker single season high…Enters junior season with school-record 34 hit by pitches; previous Laker career record was 19…Owned 16-game ‘reached base’ streak (second-longest on the team) and finished year by reaching base in each of the last 12 games…Combined to go 3-for-6 with an RBI and three runs scored in opening day wins over Missouri S&T and Illinois-Springfield (Feb. 26)…Scored three runs and went 2-for-5 with a double in 13-5 win over Pace (Mar. 12)…Smacked game-tying seventh-inning solo homer, went 2-for-3, and scored both of team’s runs against Lewis (Mar. 22)…Scored three runs despite going just 0-for-1 at the plate, reaching on a walk and hit by pitch in 6-5 home victory over Ferris State (Apr. 5)…Went 3-for-4 with a homer, three runs, and three RBI in 12-6 win over Northwood (Apr. 7), which was followed by a 0-for-0 effort, including four walks and a run scored in 7-2 victory in the nightcap…Became first Laker to walk four times in a game since Kim Biskup did so twice in the 2000 season…Collected pair of RBI singles as part of 2-for-3 outing in team’s 6-3 win over Hillsdale (Apr. 29) in GLIAC Tournament…Went 2-for-3 with a double against Ashland (Apr. 30) in GLIAC Tournament…Reached base all three times (two singles, a walk) and added a stolen base in NCAA Midwest Region Tournament loss to Trevecca Nazarene (May 6)…Supplied two hits in rematch and 4-2 victory over Trevecca Nazarene (May 7), followed by a solo homer in Lakers’ 2-1 Midwest Region Tournament championship game victory over Trevecca Nazarene later that day…Walked and hit by a pitch in both games at College World Series, scoring a run against #16 Armstrong State (May 18)…Tallied a base hit in nine of 12 postseason games and reached base in all 12 of those contests.
2015: Earned All-GLIAC Honorable Mention selection…Started all 49 games at shortstop in true freshman season, one of just four Lakers to start in every game…Hit .314 with team-high 39 runs, 48 hits, 11 doubles, a triple, three home runs, and 19 RBI…Added 19 walks and 20 hit by pitches to own team-high .453 on-base percentage…Led the GLIAC with 20 hit by pitches, which set a new GVSU single season record and also became the new program career record (previous Laker record was 19 career HBP's)…Also ranked fifth in the league in runs scored, and eighth in walks and defensive assists (94)…Finished 10th in the conference in on-base percentage, 13th in doubles, 14th in at-bats (153), and 18th in hits and total bases (70)…Totaled 16 multi-hit games and six games of multiple RBI…Owned a seven-game hitting streak and a 17-game reached base streak, which was the second-longest stretch on the team…Scored a run in 28 games, including eight games of two or more runs…Went 3-for-4 with a triple, stolen base, and three runs scored in season-opening 10-2 win over regional opponent Wisconsin-Parkside (Feb. 20)…Hit first career home run and went 2-for-5 with two runs and two RBI in 8-1 victory over Upper Iowa (Feb. 21)…Recorded two hits apiece in six of nine games in early March, totaling 14 runs, 13 hits, five RBI, three doubles, and a homer during that stretch (Mar. 2-7), while also reaching on six walks and four HBP…Went 2-for-2 with a home run and two hit by pitches in 6-1 victory over Saint Rose (Mar. 5)…Collected two hits in all four games of road doubleheaders at Northwood and Ferris State, totaling an 8-for-17 effort with five RBI, three runs, and a pair of doubles…Smacked a solo homer for GVSU’s first run against #17 Southern Indiana in NCAA Midwest Region Tournament (May 8).
High School: Prepped at Grand Rapids Northview High School…Hit .667 last season with a .716 on-base percentage…Totaled 54 hits, 23 of which went for extra bases, including 19 doubles…Added 44 RBI to go with 24 stolen bases, three triples, and a home run…Walked 11 times, eight of them coming on intentional walks…Earned all-conference, all-district, and all-area ‘Dream Team’ honors twice during her career, while also being named all-region…Also plays basketball for the Wildcats.
Personal: Daughter of Tyler and Lucy Shomin...Enjoys reading and hanging out with friends.
