General: Fourth-year player … A versatile player prepped to be an impact player in her senior season … Named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll in 2010, 2011 and 2012 … A recipient of the Provost’s Award for Academic Excellence in 2012 ... Named a 2012 NFCA Scholar-Athlete.
In 2012: Played in 39 games with 34 starts, primarily at third base … Hit .200 for the season … Recorded four multiple hit games … Hit six doubles and a home run … Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI.
In 2011: Played in 48 games with 48 starts, primarily at second base … Finished the season with a .254 batting average and a .380 slugging percentage … Hit seven doubles, a triple and three home runs … Six multiple hit and four multiple RBI games … Went hit a two-RBI double at Missouri Western on April 22 and a three-RBI double at Drury on April 27 … Was 2-for-2 with three runs scored, an RBI and two walks in game one against Southwest Baptist on April 29 … Followed that up with a 1-for-2 performance with three runs scored, three, RBI, a home run, a walk and a hit by pitch.
In 2010: Played in 17 games with three starts ... Finished with a .250 batting average (3-12) ... Played either third or served as a pinch runner
In High School: A 2009 graduate of Raymore-Peculiar High School ... Earned second-team all-conference and second-team all-district honors as a senior ... Also a good student who was on the principal’s honor roll.
Personal: Born January 27, 1991 ... Daughter of Karen and Pat Birchfield ... Sister, Lindsay was a catcher for the Gorillas and graduated in 2010 ... Has a 3.86 GPA as a physical education major.
Career Bests
AB – 5, three times; last at Newman, 4/4/11
R – 3, two times; last vs. Southwest Baptist, 4/29/11
H – 2, 11 times; last vs. Southwest Baptist, 4/29/11
RBI – 3, three times; last vs. Southwest Baptist, 4/29/11
2B – 2 vs. Emporia State, 4/7/12
3B – 1 vs. Cameron, 2/26/11
HR – 1, four times; last vs. Arkansas Tech, 4/17/12
BB – 2, four times; last vs. Missouri Southern, 4/4/12
SB – 1, two times; last vs. Northwest Missouri, 4/1/11
PO – 6, two times; last vs. Central Missouri, 4/30/11
A – 7 vs. Truman, 3/18/11
