Bio

2018 at Taylor: One-of-five players to start all 47 games for Taylor … Finished with 35 hits, seven doubles, four home runs and a .273 batting average … Had nine multi-hit contests … Drove in a career-high 21 runs and scored a career-best 22 runs … Batted in a career-high four runs against Goshen on April 20 and belted two home runs to finish with eight total bases for a career-high … Recorded a career-high of three hits against Rio Grande on March 3 and Spring Arbor on March 28 … Started the season with six hits in the first three games, as the team started 3-0 … Tied the team-lead with 11 stolen bases and finished tied for 12th in the Crossroads League … Had two four-game hitting streaks during the season … Hit in seven runs during a four-game span between April 19-20 and April 21-25 … Stole two bases against Grace on April 23 … Finished fifth in the CL with 305 fielding chances and 202 chances during league play … Led the team and finished fifth in the CL with 281 putouts … Part of 12 double-plays … Tabbed for Google Cloud Academic All-District II First-Team.

2017 at Taylor: Played in 39 games, starting 25 times during her freshman campaign with the Trojans, primarily at first base … Batted .243 on the season, with 17 hits, including three doubles and four home runs … Scored 15 runs and drove in 13 more, posting a .457 slugging percentage … Tied for third on the team with 11 stolen bases in 12 attempts … Tallied a hit in each of the first three games of her career … Notched two multi-hit games and three games with multiple RBI … Recorded two hits and three RBI in a win over Bethel on April 25 … All four of her long-balls came in the final 12 games of the season … Hit the go-ahead home run in the seventh inning of TU’s 3-2 upset of No. 6 Lindsey Wilson in the Opening Round of the NAIA National Tournament, the program’s second-ever win in the national tournament … Posted a five-game hitting streak from April 25 to May 8 … Owned a .985 fielding percentage, recording a team-best 181 putouts, while being involved in 11 double-plays.

Prep: Lettered all four years in softball and was named all-section team twice at Lakeville South High … Selected as team captain for one year … Also earned three varsity letters in basketball … Named Academic All-South Suburban Conference all four years and received four academic letter awards … Member of National Honor Society for two years … Played club softball with MN Force.

Personal: Daughter of Scott and Trish Cozad … majoring in public relations at Taylor.