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  Ellen Kresl

Ellen Kresl

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Kankakee, Ill.

High School:
Bishop McNamara

Height:
5-4

Position:
OF

Bats/Throws:
L/L

2009: Had her season interrupted by a wrist injury...had a six-game hitting streak Feb. 21-March 6...tallied six two-hit games...appeared In five games, all as a pinch runner, after injuring her wrist April 4 versus Valparaiso...opened the season by batting .379 through her first 11 appearances...singled and drove in a run in a victory against Minnesota...notched two hits and a RBI in victories at Northern Illinois and Youngstown State...member of the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.

2008: After challenging the single-season school record for batting average, wound up hitting .374, which ranks fourth on the LU single-campaign chart...became Loyola's first-ever First Team All-Mideast Region selection...was hobbled by a leg injury the final month of the season, but still managed to bat a scorching .459 (17-for-37) in Horizon League action...Second Team All-Horizon League selection...batted .400 (16-for-40) at home...recorded 12 multi-hit games, including four three-hit efforts and a career-best, four-hit performance...had one of the best days of any player in college softball on March 1 when she went a combined 7-for-7 in games versus Texas Tech and Oregon State...went 4-for-4 versus Texas Tech before going 3-for-3 with three runs and three steals against Oregon State...had three hits, including a double, versus Pacific...in a doubleheader at UC Santa Barbara, had four hits in six at-bats...went 3-for-3 and swiped a pair of bases in game one of a doubleheader at Valparaiso...doubled in a pair of runs in a 3-1 victory over UIC at the Horizon League Championship...member of the Horizon League Softball All-Academic Team and Horizon League Academic Honor Roll...named a NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.

2007: One of only two Ramblers to start all 42 contests...tied for the team lead with 12 stolen bases and eight sacrifice hits...batted .300 with runners on base...hit .333 (3-for-9) with a double at the Horizon League Championship...got off to a fast start, hitting .357 through the first 19 games of the year...hit safely in each of her first five games as a Rambler...went 1-for-2 with a pair of RBIs in a season-opening win at UC Riverside...registered six multi-hit outings, including a 3 for 4 effort with a RBI in a 14-5 win at Detroit...went a combined 3-for-6 in a pair of games versus #12 UCLA...drove in two runs, swiped a pair of bases and was 3-for-6 in a doubleheader split at #17 Illinois State...ripped a pair of hits at Wisconsin...also had a five-game hitting streak, March 10-27...had single in a victory over #7 Northwestern...went 2-for-4 with a double versus UIC at the Horizon League Championship.

High School: Batted .482 with 43 stolen bases as a senior...four-year varsity starter at Bishop McNamara...three-time all-conference and Kankakee Daily Journal All-Area selection...named to the 2006 Chicago Sun-Times All-Area Team...helped Bishop Mac to a pair of regional championships (2003 and 2005)...honor roll student...member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society...President's Scholar...played for the Stone City Sharks, helping them to the 2003 AFA 16U National Championship.

 

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