Elizabeth Kay is the MVC Player of the Year, while Laura Canopy, Jhavon Hamilton, Taylor Baxter, Nichelle Harrison and Lauren Kellar are All-Valley selections
The Redbirds and Bears split a doubleheader, April 6. ISU won game one, 1-0, before dropping game two, 7-4.
2012: All-Missouri Valley Conference Second Team selection...State Farm MVC Softball Championship All-Tournament Team honoree...started all 60 games at first base...led the team with a .434 on-base percentage and 13 hit by pitches...ranked second on the squad with a .304 batting average and fourth with 49 hits...posted a .994 fielding percentage, coming just two errors and racking up 348 put outs...named MVC Player of the Week (Mar. 19), after going 6-for-9 with a double and four RBI in a series at Missouri State...had a career game in the title game of the State Farm MVC Softball Championship at Southern Illinois (May 12) going 3-for-4 with two three-run home runs, a double and a career-high seven RBI, which tied a State Farm MVC Softball Championship record for RBI in a game...finished 3-for-4 with an RBI at Missouri State (Mar. 16)...went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI at Bradley (Apr. 22)...recorded her first-career triple in a 2-for-3 effort vs. Wichita State (Mar. 24).
2011: Made 45 appearances and started 41 games in her first season as a Redbird...finished the year with a .271 batting average with six doubles, four home runs and 20 RBI...tied for third on the team after drawing 16 walks and reached base at a .397 clip...went 2-for-3, drove in three runs and hit her first-career home run vs. Temple in Tampa, Fla. (Feb. 26)...finished 3-for-4 with two doubles, a homer and three RBI vs. Illinois (Mar. 12)...tallied a home run and two RBI in her first-career NCAA Tournament game at Missouri (May 21)...committed just five errors and finished with a .984 fielding percentage at first base.
Olympia HS: A member of the 2009 Olympia state championship team with a record of 37-2... a three-sport athlete who participates in softball, basketball and swimming ... led her high school softball team in RBIs with 51 during her junior season ... recorded 57 hits, including two grand slams, with a batting average of .479 ... all-state first team and First-Team All-Corn Belt Conference ... a Corn Belt Honorable Mention selection her freshman and sophomore seasons ... a member of the 2008 state runner-up team with a record of 37-5
Personal: Born Jan. 6, 1992...Parents: Alan and Barbara Canopy...Major: math education...Siblings: Erin, Nicholas, Janelle...sister, Erin, played softball at Augustana and cousin, Marlayna Stoetzel was a volleyball player at Western Carolina...AFNI Honor Roll...Major: math.
