Western Michigan University Athletics

High School: Played four years of varsity softball for Paw Paw High School... 2025 MHSSCA Division 2 All-State First Team... Three time All-District First Team selection... Two time All-Region First Team selection... Three time Wolverine All-Conference First Team selection... Played in 14 games to start the 2026 season before being sidelined by a hand injury.. Returned for the Red Wolve's final game of the season against Lakeshore in the Division 2 Regional Semifinal... Helped lead the Red Wolves to the 2025 Division 2 State Finals...  Hit a Paw Paw program record 17 home runs and had a record 65 RBIs in during her junior season with a batting average of .455 with 21 other extra base hits, 56 runs scored, and 15 stolen bases... In the circle pitched 44 innings with a 6-0 record for a 2.39 ERA and 50 strikeouts in 2025... plays travel softball with the Michigan Firecrackers. 

Personal: Daugher of Chad and Miranda Vander Meeden ... has two younger siblings, sister Maci and brother Preston.