Great defensive catcher ... Excellent receiver and blocker behind the plate ... Very intelligent catcher with quick feet behind the plate ... Has a great rapport with pitching staff ... Multi-dimensional hitter with a full range of offensive talent ... A leader behind the plate ... Should fill the ninth slot in the batting order again, acting like a second leadoff hitter.
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JUNIOR (2008): One of five players to start every game ... Scored a career-high 30 runs ... Batted a career-best .321, the second straight year of increase ... Cut her strikeouts in half from 31 to 15 ... Committed only one error for a .997 fielding percentage ... Hit .640 (16 for 25) over a nine-game hitting streak from Feb. 2 to Feb. 23 with seven runs and four RBI ... Hit .714 (10 for 14) at the NCAA Division II Leadoff Classic in Phoeniz, Ariz., as the Buccaneers brought home the title ... Threw out 43.5 percent of base stealers (10 for 23), while stealing 11 of 12 bases herself ... Second-Team All-SSC as an at-large selection ... Earned SSC Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll and NFCA Scholar All-America distinction for the third straight year.
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SOPHOMORE (2007): One of only four players to start all 63 games ... Recorded career-highs in hits and RBI and was a perfect 11-for-11 in stolen base attempts ... Ranked second on the team with 412 putouts from behind the plate and fourth in the Sunshine State Conference ... Named to the NCAA Division II South Region All-Tournament team ... Earned SSC Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll and NFCA Scholar All-America distinction.
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FRESHMAN (2006): Played in 38 games with 21 starts behind the plate ... Collected 12 hits with three doubles, two triples, one home run, and four RBI ... Slugged .373 which ranked fourth on the team among starters ... Recorded 77 putouts behind the plate ... Earned NFCA Scholar All-American honors.
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HIGH SCHOOL: Played at St. Mary’s High under coach Bob Pacheco ... Earned four softball letters for the Knights ... Batted .456 as a senior with 25 RBI, 11 doubles, a .534 on-base percentage and scored 20 runs ... For her career, she hit a .410 average and slugged .622 ... Helped lead the Knights to the Class 5A Runner-up title ... Earned Arizona All-State honors, First-Team All-Region honors in 2003, 2004, and 2005 ... Selected to play on the 5A Senior All-Star All-Arizona Team in 2005 ... Earned the 2005 Most Inspirational-Leadership Team Award ... 2003 team Offensive Player of the Year with a .526 batting average ... Earned the starting job at catcher as a freshman in 2002 earning First-Team All-Region honors ... Awarded Senior Class Female Sportsmanship award ... Four-year winner of the Arizona Interscholastic Association Athlete Scholar Award ... Graduated ninth out of 253 in graduating class ... Officer of St. Mary’s Letterman Club as a senior.
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 PERSONAL: Daughter of Kevin and Paula Anderson ... Has one brother, Jeff ... Majoring in physical education.
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Year |
avg |
gp-gs |
ab |
r |
h |
2b |
3b |
hr |
rbi |
tb |
slg% |
bb |
hbp |
so |
gdp |
ob% |
sf |
sh |
sb-att |
po |
a |
e |
fld% |
2006.... |
.203 |
38-21 |
59 |
10 |
12 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
22 |
.373 |
12 |
1 |
12 |
0 |
.347 |
0 |
0 |
5-7 |
77 |
7 |
0 |
1.000 |
2007.... |
.286 |
63-63 |
182 |
29 |
52 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
63 |
.346 |
12 |
1 |
31 |
0 |
.332 |
1 |
1 |
11-11 |
412 |
34 |
4 |
.991 |
2008.... |
.321 |
52-52 |
140 |
30 |
45 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
53 |
.379 |
3 |
3 |
15 |
1 |
.347 |
1 |
3 |
11-12 |
344 |
28 |
1 |
.997 |
2009.... |
.301 |
51-51 |
133 |
15 |
40 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
43 |
.323 |
11 |
1 |
12 |
0 |
.359 |
0 |
3 |
6-8 |
385 |
26 |
3 |
.993 |
TOTAL... |
.290 |
204-187 |
514 |
84 |
149 |
23 |
3 |
1 |
44 |
181 |
.352 |
38 |
6 |
70 |
1 |
.345 |
2 |
7 |
33-38 |
1218 |
95 |
8 |
.994 |