2025 SEASON: Tabbed to the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Second Team … Named to the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Softball Academic All-Conference Team … Started 35 games on the season ... Ranked tied for first on the team with three home runs ... Placed second on the team with 30 RBIs ... Ranked third on the team with a .327 batting avergae, .385 on base percentage, 36 hits, 10 doubles, and two triples ... Drew nine walks and scored 21 runs ... Averaged 0.86 runs batted in per game, which ranked fourth among league leaders ... Also made 17 appearances on the mound, starting 16 games ... Pitched 99.2 innings ... Posted a 10-5 record on the mound ... Her 10 victories placed eighth in the league ... Recorded a team-best 1.76 earned run average, which ranked third in the conference and top 65 in the nation ... Tossed 10 complete games to rank ninth in the NEWMAC ... Threw four shutout games, which ranked fifth in the conference and top 75 in the country ... Struck out 58 batters, while surrendering just 13 walks on the season ... Placed first among league leaders and 27th in the nation averaging 0.91 walks allowed per seven innings ... Led the conference with a 4.46 strikeout-to-walk ratio, which also ranked 49th in NCAA Division III Softball ... Averaged 6.53 hits allowed per seven innings to place eighth in the conference ... Recorded nine multi-hit games on the season ... Batted a career-high 4-5 with a triple, three RBIs, and two runs scored against Washington and Jefferson College on March 11 ... Went 3-4 with a double, home run, career-high four RBIs, and two runs scored against Smith College on April 4 ... Combined to bat a perfect 4-4 with a pair of doubles, four RBIs, and two runs scored against the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on March 20 ... Combined to hit 4-6 with a double, RBI, and a run scored against Clark University on April 6 ... Pitched a complete game three-hit shutout, while striking out a career-high eight batters in the 7-0 victory over DeSales University on March 12 ... Tied a career-high eight strikeouts during the next day against Loras College on March 13 ... Led the Lyons to an impressive complete game four-hit shutout recording seven strikeouts in the 1-0 victory over Babson College on April 14 ... Also tossed a complete game two-hit shutout with six strikeouts in the 1-0 victory over Roger Williams University on March 25 ... Hit a walk-off RBI single to win 2-1 against Johnson & Wales University (R.I.) on April 1 ... Also knocked in another walk-off RBI to give Wheaton the victory in the NEWMAC Tournament against Coast Guard on May 8.
2024 SEASON: Tabbed to the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Second Team … Named to the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Softball Academic All-Conference Team … Received Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete Honors …Appeared in 34 games, making 32 starts ... Led the team with a .430 on base percentage ... Ranked second on the team with a .350 batting average, .460 slugging percentage, 35 hits, and eight doubles ... Also recorded a home run, 13 RBIs, nine walks drawn, 14 runs scored, and two stolen bases ... Also appeared in seven games on the mound, making five starts ... Pitched 39 innings ... Posted a 3-3 record ... Led the team with a 2.15 earned run average, which ranked sixth in the conference ... Recorded three complete games ... Pitched one shutout ... Tallied 27 total strikeouts ... Averaged a 4.50 strikeout-to-walk ratio, which led the NEWMAC and ranked 75th in the nation ... Also averaged 1.08 walks allowed per seven innings to place second in the league and 77th in NCAA Division III Softball ... Made her collegiate debut batting 1-3 with two RBIs against Wentworth Institute of Technology on March 9 ... Recorded 10 multi-hit games ... Went 2-4 with the walk-off RBI to lead Wheaton to a 5-4 victory over Springfield College on April 26 ... Batted a season-high 3-4 with her first career home run against Worcester Polytechnic Institute on May 3 ... Also batted 3-4 with a double, RBI, and a run scored against Springfield College in the NEWMAC Tournament on May 9 ... Combined to bat 4-7 with one double, one RBI, and three runs scored in the doubleheader against Emerson College on May 4 ... Marked her first collegiate start on the mount tossing six innings with five strikeouts against Arcadia University on March 9 ... Pitched her first complete game against Loras College on March 11 ... Recorded six strikeouts in a complete game victory over Johnson & Wales University (R.I.) on April 2 ... Struck out a season-high seven batters, while tossing a complete game seven inning five-hit shutout victory against Emmanuel College (Mass.) on April 16.
BEFORE WHEATON: Graduated from Mira Loma High School in 2022 ... Four-year letterwinner in softball in addition to earning two letters in volleyball and one in basketball for the Matadors ... Named the Golden Empire League Player of the Year for MLHS softball and was also chosen as Mira Loma High School's Female Athlete of the Year as a senior ... Tabbed All-League as a first year, junior and senior for the Matadors softball team ... Selected to the Sacramento Bee All-Metro Team as a junior and to the Honorable Mention squad as a first year for MLHS softball ... Named to the Empire League Academic All-League Team ... Named a Salutatory Scholar and earned the Seal of Biliteracy in Japanese at Mira Loma High School ... Earned the International Baccalaureate Certificate and the IB MYP Certificate at MLHS ... Member of the American Red Cross Club ... Served as a Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services volunteer, American Red Cross Volunteer and Volunteer Youth Softball Coach ... Played softball for the Nevada Stealth.
PERSONAL: Born May 26, 2004 ... Business and Management major at Wheaton ... Daughter of Rhonda Blankenheim and Denny Brown ... Chose to play at Wheaton because of its comfortable and homey feel in addition to having the opportunity for balance between academics and athletics.
