Career Notes
Entering her fourth season with the program... May be playingsecond base, outfield or as the designated player.
2009 Junior Season
Appeared in all 50 games and made 49 starts... Started 47 times inleft field and twice at second base... Posted seven multi-hit gamesand three multi-RBI contests... Recorded three doubles, three homeruns, 16 runs batted in and scored 13 times... Went 3-for-4 with adouble against George Mason (2/22)... Posted an eight-game hittingstreak (2/22-3/11)... Batted .367 with home run, double and sixruns batted in during that span... Hit a two-run home run againstHoly Cross (3/7)... Went 2-for-5 with two runs scored againstLoyola (3/21)... Tied two school single-game records with two homeruns and six runs batted in against Akron (4/21)... Went 3-for-4and scored twice against the Zips... Went 2-for-3 againstValparaiso in the Horizon League Softball Championship (3/8).
2008 Sophomore Season
Appeared in 39 games with 34 starts... Batted .250 with sixdoubles... Had three multi-hit games... Went 2-for-4 with a doubleagainst Niagara (4/1)... Collected two singles against Detroit(4/3)... Batted .389 (7-for-18) with two runs scored and two runsbatted in over the last seven games... Collected at least one hitin six of the last seven contests... Went 2-for-3 against Butler inthe Horizon League Tournament (5/9).
2007 Freshman Season
Played in 34 games and started 32... Named to the All-HorizonLeague Second-Team and All-Newcomer Team... Batted .336 with fourdoubles, six home runs, 17 RBIs and a slugging percentage of.531... Ranked second on the team with 12 multi-hit games and fivemulti-RBI games... Went 3-for-4 with a double against Miami (Ohio)(3/24) and followed with a 3-for-5 outing against the RedHawks thefollowing day... Belted three home runs in three consecutive games- two against UIC (3/31 and 4/1) and Cleveland State (4/3)...Batted .545 (6-for-11) with four RBIs and two home runs inthe series against UIC... Cranked a home run in both games of adoubleheader against UW-Green Bay (4/14)... Went 2-for-4 in gameone and 2-for-3 in the nightcap against the Phoenix.... Rippedthree singles with two RBIs in a 9-8 win over Toledo (4/18)...Batted .424 with four home runs, eight RBIs and a .818 sluggingpercentage against Horizon League opponents.
High School
Earned four letters in softball at Canton Central Catholic... Earnthe team's Offensive Production Award three times... Was named tothe 2005 Stark County All-Star Team... Batted .426 with 19 runsbatted in and a .721 slugging percentage as a senior.
Personal
Daughter of Mitch and Gayle Grove... Has a sister... Major isexercise science... Born 11/23/87...2009-10 recipient of WatsonFamily Scholarship...2009-10 recipient of Watson FamilyScholarship.
