AS A JUNIOR (2010-11): Played in 44 and started 43 games ... scored 10 runs and tailed 33 hits ... had five home runs, tying for third on the team ... had a season-high seven game hitting streak between March 12 and March 27 ... posted seven multi-hit games ... drew 14 walks. AS A SOPHOMORE (2009-10): Season highlighted by a five-inning, 12 strikeout no-hitter at Detroit on May 1 ... named league Player of the Week on May 3, after surrendering eight hits and fanning 24 over 18.1 innings over work against Northwestern, Loyola and Detroit the week of April 28-May 2 ... improved batting average in league play to .313 with five homeruns and 20 RBI, the second-most on the team ... went the distance in an 11-inning win against Green Bay on April 21, striking out 11 and picking up one earned run, while driving in the walk-off run with her first hit of the day ... had 11 multi-hit contests, with six coming against league foes ... knocked a pair of doubles against UMass in the opening weekend of the season on Feb. 13 ... 296 career strikeouts after two seasons ranks ninth in program history. AS A FRESHMAN (2008-09): Horizon League All-First Team and All-Newcomer Team Selection ... started in 44 of 45 games, splitting time between the circle and the outfield ... ranks 10th in single-season strikeouts in the career record books with 158 and made the seventh-most appearances (39) in a season in UIC history ... had a 1.97 ERA in league play, going 9-1 with 75 strikeouts in 15 appearances ... picked up first career save against Butler on March 21 ... held league opponents to a .226 average ... season-best 12 K's against Green Bay on April 16 ... team's second-highest batting average overall (.336) as well as in league play (.393) ... drove in a season-high four RBI in the opening round of the Horizon League tournament against Green Bay ... highest batting average for a freshman starter since former All-American Amanda Rivera in 2001 ... drove in 11 runs off of 22 hits in 19 league contests. PREP AND PERSONAL: Three-time letterwiner in softball (pitcher and first base) at John F. Kennedy (Calif.) ... assisted her team to an undefeated season as a freshman ... four-time conference champion ... earned a national ranking as a senior ... selected as team captain during her freshman campaign ... two-time team MVP ... first team all-conference in 2008 ... MVP Defensive Player of the Year in 2008 ... Southern section all-star team in 2008 ... earned a letter in volleyball as a senior ... born Sept. 6, 1990, in Bellflower, Calif. ... daughter of Todd and Sharon Hewett ... has two siblings, Evyn and Casey ... four-time Academic Achievement Award recipient ... greatest athletic thrill to date is winning the Horizon League Conference Championship and advancing to the NCAA Regional Tournament ... currently enrolled as a Psychology major. |
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