2019 (Senior): Played 54 games, with 53 starts (48 catcher, 5 designated player) … named to All-OVC First Team … recorded two game-winning hits … hit 10 home runs to become first player in program history to have three different double-figure home run seasons … hit two home runs versus Radford (3/1) to become first player in program history to have three two-home run games in a career.
2018 (Junior): Played in all 58 games, including 57 starts … got starts at catcher (39), second base (5), third base (1) and designated player (2) … named to OVC All-Tournament Team … hit 12 homes runs, fourth-most in APSU single-season history … became only the second player in program history to record at least two double-figure home-run seasons … led team with 24 walks, tying for the third-most in program single-season history … recorded four game-winning hits … tied career single-game high with three hits versus Middle Tennessee (4/11).
2017 (Sophomore): Appeared in 47 games, including 46 starts (44 catcher, 2 designated player) … became first APSU player to earn OVC Player of the Week (2/13) honors since 2015 … led team in home runs (10) and walks (20) … single-season home run total (10) tied for third-most and marked only the seventh time an APSU player hit double-figure home runs in a single season … home run total tied for fifth-most in OVC, while walks total ranked 10th … became first player in school history to record multiple home run games twice in the same season (Kennesaw State 2/11 and Samford 3/22) … finished third on team in multiple-hit games (10) … recorded game-winning hit vs. Wright State (2/24) … recorded career single-game bests in walks (3) vs. Wright State (3/24) and putouts (14) vs. Saint Louis (3/10).
2016 (Freshman): Appeared in 39 games, including 30 starts (20 catcher, 5 second base, 5 right field) … first player since 2014 to gain at least five starts at three different defensive positions in the same season … four home runs tied for sixth most in a single season by an APSU freshman … one of three players to record 10 or more extra-base hits … had a career best three hits and three runs scored vs. Murray State (5/7) … drove in career best three runs vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/12) and Southeast Missouri (4/30).
High School: Played shortstop and catcher for coach John DiFrancesca at McHenry Community High School … team won Class 4A regional title all four years … batted .416 as senior, with eight doubles, three triples and 12 home runs … recorded 35 RBI and scored 38 runs … finished with .816 slugging percentage and a .489 on-base percentage … charged with only one error in 142 chances defensively … named to All-Fox Valley Conference and Northwest Herald first-teams … earned Illinois Class 4A third-team All-State … finished fourth in voting for Northwest Herald Female Athlete of the Year … as a junior, batted .364, with five doubles, four triples and six home runs … scored 24 runs and drove in 34 … named to Northwest Herald All-Area second-team … also played basketball.
Personal: Daughter of Kirk and Beth Mattson … birthday is January 2 … has one older brother Adam … graduated with a bachelor’s degree in health and human performance.
