Bio

2019 at Taylor: One of five players to appear in and start all 53 games for the Trojans in her junior campaign, playing exclusively at first base ... Tallied career-highs with a .315 batting average, .483 slugging percentage, .383 on-base percentage, 23 runs scored, 45 hits, two triples, five home runs, 27 runs batted in, and 14 stolen bases ... Ranked third in the Crossroads League with 325 putouts …Tied for 10th in league play in home runs … Performed well on the road and in neutral contests, finishing with a .368 batting average, 18 runs scored, 35 hits, four home runs, and 22 RBI in 35 games … Hit .320 in Taylor’s 36 league games, scoring 20 runs and recording 32 hits … Ranked third in batting average at .333 in Taylor’s 14 non-league games, finishing with 12 hits … Collected four RBI in TU’s five postseason contests, which ranked second on the team … Batted .384 in the Trojans’ 36 wins, finishing tied for second in home runs and sixth in hits with 38 … Recorded an eight-game hitting streak from March 26 to April 5, tallying a .480 batting average with 12 hits, five runs scored and a .708 slugging percentage … Finished with another seven-game hitting streak from April 12 to April 19, recording eight runs scored, a .523 batting average and 11 hits … Named Crossroads Player of the Week from April 15 through 21, batting .500 with a grand slam, two doubles and two stolen bases … Was named a Google Cloud CoSIDA NAIA Division Academic All-District II honor recipient, posting a 3.98 grade-point average, the second-highest GPA among honorees.

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 21 runs and scored 22 runs … Batted in four runs against Goshen on April 20 and belted two home runs to finish with eight total bases … Recorded 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.