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: Appeared in 51 games and made 42 starts as an outfielder...hit .233 with a double, a home run and 18 RBI...committed just one error in the outfield for a .979 fielding percentage...provided the game-winning RBI in the season opener vs. Maine (Feb. 10)...drove in a career-high four runs on three separate occasions vs. Florida Gulf Coast (Feb. 12), vs. Drake (Apr. 14) and vs. Creighton (Apr. 29)...tied a career-high with three hits in four at bats at Bradley (Apr. 21)...hit her first-career homer, a three-run blast, vs. Creighton (Apr. 29).
2011: Started 52 games for the Redbirds...named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Team...finished her first full season at ISU with a .285 batting average, three triples, two doubles and 10 RBI...went 2-for-3 with a career-high two RBI in the Redbirds' senior day win over Southern Illinois (May 1)...finished 3-for-3 with a run scored in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament game at Missouri State (May 13)...tallied six assists in the outfield and committed just four errors.
2010: Redshirted the 2010 season
Bloomington HS: Played summer softball for the Bloomington/Normal Girls Softball Association (BNGSA) Avanti's Angels, along with fellow teammate Lauren Kellar ... a three-sport athlete who participated in softball, basketball and track and field ... named All-Big 12 First Team ... Bloomington High School won a share of the conference title in 2008 for the first time since 1982 ... won sectionals her senior year...member of the BNGSA Avanti's Angels team that won the ASA Northern National Championship in 2004, 2006 and 2008 ... member of the Bloomington High School 4x400-meter relay team in track and field that placed ninth at the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class AA State Meet in 2007 and set a school record with a time of 3:56.8 ... her Bloomington High School track and field squad won the Intercity Championship her sophomore year, as well as the Big 12 Conference Championship and earned a sectional championship.
Personal: October 24, 1991 ... Parents: Michael and Nicola Harrison ... Siblings: Michael Jr. and Justin ... her father, Michael, played football and baseball at Milikin, while her brother, Justin, played football at Illinois and brother, Mike, played football and baseball at McKendree ... her uncle, Eric Wright, played football for the San Francisco 49ers ... her father and two brothers are also coaches at McKendree, Illinois and Illinois Wesleyan ... AFNI Honor Roll ... Major: Athletic Training.
