2016: Named all-conference, earning First Team honors in 2016… recorded a .361 batting average during conference games, with 26 hits, four doubles, one triple, six RBIs, 14 runs scored, a .444 slugging percentage, .418 on-base percentage and seven multi-hit games… recorded the eighth-best conference batting average in the MAC and was fifth for hits and in the top 10 for runs scored… led the team with a .315 batting average, recorded 51 hits, nine doubles, two triples, 23 runs scored, five stolen bases, one home run and 14 RBIs… finished career as Western Michigan’s all-time leader in career hits, 219, breaking a 25-year old school record, as well as at bats with 651… started 199 of 200 games over her four-year career and totaled 30 doubles, seven triples, 113 runs and 64 RBIs… fifth all-time in doubles, second in runs scored and her .336 career batting average ranks fourth.
2015: Started all 51 games at second base … selected Second Team All-MAC and to MAC All-Tournament team … named MAC West Player of the Week on April 21 … batted .353 with 10 doubles, three triples, one home run and 29 RBIs … had a team-best eight stolen bases (8-for-9) … had a .311 average during conference play … batted .467 with two triples, a double and five RBIs in the MAC Tournament … had 12 multi-hit games and was only Bronco to total four hits in a contest … had a seven-game hitting streak and a team-best 16 game on-base streak … went 4-for-5 with two doubles, a triple, four RBIs and two runs scored vs. Detroit (4/14) … went 3-for-3 with a home run at Ball State (4/17) during the regular season and 3-for-3 against Miami during the MAC Tournament (5/8).
2014: Started all 50 games played … only Bronco to have five at bats in three games this season … led the team in average (.345), at bats (168), runs scored (33), hits (58), total bases (73) and stolen bases (6) … led team with three runs scored in a game twice, matching a career high … runs scored total tied herself and four others for the fourth most in a season in program history … led the team with 16 multi-hit games … shared team lead with eight-game hit streak … shared team lead by hitting safely in 12-straight games.
2013: Appeared and started in all 49 games … named to MAC All-Freshman Team ... made collegiate debut with first career hit against No. 5/6 Oregon (2/7) … led the team with 16 multi-hit games … led team in batting average (.333), on-base percentage (.395), runs scored (33), hits (56), triples (2), total bases (68) and slugging percentage (.464) … broke freshman records for hits (56) and runs scored (33) … had a season high three hits in a game a team best seven times … recorded doubles in back-to-back games against Massachusetts (3/10) and St. Louis (3/15) ... earned first letter.
High School: Three-sport scholastic athlete captured an OAA championship as a sohomore in 2010 in basketball ... served as a second baseman and shortstop in softball ... named All-OAA in softball each of the past three seasons ... earned all-region, all-district and all-area throughout her career ... set single season records for batting average (.527), runs scored (52) and stolen bases (37) as a junior.
Personal: Biomedical sciences major, carrying a 3.76 GPA ... daughter of Doug and Denise Palmer ... both parents graduated from Western Michigan University ... born June 16, 1994 in Royal Oak, Mich.
