General: Fourth-year player with a powerful bat ... Played first base and catcher for the Gorillas … Named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll in 2010, 2011 and 2012 … A 2012 All-MIAA Honorable Mention selection.
In 2012: Played in 56 games with 56 starts … Started 25 games at catcher and 31 games at first base … Played both positions in four games … Hit .308 on the season with a .515 slugging percentage and a .398 on base percentage … Led the team with 23 walks … Recorded nine doubles, a triple and eight home runs on the season … Had 15 multiple hit and seven multiple RBI games … Had a nine-game hit streak from March 13 to March 28 in which she hit .379 (11-29) with six RBI and six runs scored … Was a perfect 3-for-3 against Texas A&M International on Feb. 24 … Went 5-for-7 with four RBI, five runs scored, a double and a home run in the doubleheader against Newman on March 6 … 2-for-3 with three RBI, a double and a home run against Bortheastern State on March 10.
In 2011: Played in 48 games with 48 starts, with all but 10 starts at catcher … Hit .300 with 30 runs scored and 30 RBI … Hit 11 doubles and five home runs on the year … Had 12 multiple hit and six multiple RBI games on the season … Had three straight games going 2-for-3 against Missouri S&T, Northeastern State and Upper Iowa … Hit two doubles against Upper Iowa and earned four RBI … Was 2-for 3 with three RBI, two runs scored and a home run against Nebraska-Omaha on PAril 2 … Had a perfect 4-for-4 performance with two doubles, a home run, four RBI and a run scored against Southwest Baptist on April 29 … Went on a Eight-game hit streak from April 2 to April 9.
In 2010: Played in 48 games with 44 starts, with all but one at first base ... Hit .252 with a .327 slugging percentage ... Recorded four multiple hit games on the season including a 2-for-2 performance against Kansas Wesleyan with two runs, two RBI and two doubles.
In High School: A 2009 graduate of Neosho High School ... Earned all-state honors as a senior ... Received all-district and all-conference honors all four years ... Named the Neosho Daily News all-area player of the year ... Hit .494 as a senior with a .916 slugging percentage ... Academically was in the top 10 percent of her class and a member of the National Honors Society.
Personal: Born December 27, 1990 ... Daughter of Greg and Kim Ketcham ... Older sister Gregan also played for the Gorillas and graduated in 2005 ... Has a 3.45 GPA as a social work major.
Career Bests
AB – 5, three times; last at Central Missouri, 4/14/12
R – 4 vs. Newman, 3/6/12
H – 4 vs. Southwest Baptist, 4/29/11
RBI – 4, three times; last vs. Newman, 3/6/12
2B – 2, four times; last vs. Abilene Christian, 2/26/12
3B – 1 at Saint Leo, 2/17/12
HR – 1, 13 times; last vs. Northwest Missouri, 4/26/12
BB – 2, four times; last at Central Missouri, 4/14/12
PO – 17 vs. Southwest Oklahoma State, 2/27/11
A – 3, two times; last vs. Texas A&M International, 2/24/12
