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10/10/2011
Laker Softball Earns Scholar-Athlete Honors
GVSU Posts 3.287 Grade Point Average in 2010-11
2010: Appeared in 30 games and made seven starts, while making several appearances as a pinch hitter...Hit .222 with 10 hits and eight RBI...One of just five players on the team to tally at least one double, triple, and homerun on the year...Notched a 3-for-4 performance with four RBI in a tough 6-5 loss at Findlay (4/11)...Smashed a two-run, pinch-hit homer against Hillsdale (4/10), capping a 2-for-2 day as a pinch-hitter with a double, homerun, and three RBI against the Chargers...Totaled a five-game hit streak from April 3-11 with eight RBI and seven hits.
High School: Prepped at Lapeer West High School under head coach Brad Walker...As a senior, hit .564 with 38 RBI and a .822 slugging percentage, while throwing out 16 of 20 baserunners, which followed a junior year in which she hit .479 with 41 RBI and a .704 slugging percentage...Earned All-Flint Metro League honors three times, including being named First Team All-Flint Metro League and First Team all-state...Tabbed all-state honorable mention as a junior...Won two Flint Metro League championships, including an undefeated conference title during her senior season...Also won a pair of district championships and a regional title at Lapeer West...Played four years of basketball and was named all-conference honorable mention as a senior, played volleyball for the seasons, and competed in swimming for one year...Participated in National Honors Society.
Personal: Daughter of Dan and Cindy Jones...Enjoys drawing, hanging out with friends, shopping, and playing basketball...Majoring in art and design.
