Career: UND's career leader in runs batted in (112) ... Ranks third all-time at UND in home runs (16), tied for third in walks (42), fifth in doubles (23), eighth in batting average (.329) and runs scored (65) and is tied for 10th in triples (four).
2008 (Junior): Named to Daktronics All-Region second team ... Also earned spot on All-North Central Conference team ... Started and played in all 53 games at first base ... Enjoyed a six-game hit streak from April 10 at Minnesota, Crookston to April 16 vs. Minnesota, Crookston ... Tallied 15 multiple-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games ... Led the Sioux in home runs (13), RBI (49), and sacrifice flies (three) ... Third on the team in at-bats (154), runs scored (33), doubles (eight) and fourth in hits (53) ... Named to the All-NCC team ... Shared UND’s US Award with teammate Shelly Wolf ... Earned third letter.
2007 (Sophomore): Appeared in 50 games and ranked third in the NCC with a school-record 45 runs batted in, breaking the previous record by nine ... Finished eighth in the NCC batting race with a career-high .344 average ... Also hit a career-high four triples to rank second in the conference ... Her 75 total bases tied for the fifth-most in UND single-season history ... Her 54 hits are tied for sixth on UND’s single-season list ... Drove in a career-high five runs in the NCC Tournament against South Dakota (May 4) ... Named NCC Player of the Week (March 13) after hitting .542 with seven RBI in UND’s first eight games at the Gene Cusic Classic in Fort Myers, Fla. ... Enjoyed a seven-game stretch at the Cusic Classic in which she drove in 18 runs ... Enjoyed a team-high 13 multiple-RBI games on the season ... Also had a pair of two-triple games at the Cusic Classic ... Earned second letter.
2006 (Freshman): Appeared in a team-high 41 games, including 39 starts ... Ranked fourth on the team in hitting (.292) ... Her .292 averaged ranks as the 10th-best average by a freshman in Sioux history ... Tied for the team lead with 18 runs batted in, tied for seventh most by a freshman in UND history ... Ranked second on the team in hits (35) and runs scored (16) ... Had a team-high seven sacrifice bunts ... Had eight games with two or more hits ... Had a career-high three hits against West Chester (March 12) ... Drove in two runs in a game five times ... Hit her first career home run at Winona State (April 13) ... Made her collegiate debut March 3 at Missouri Western ... Registered her first career hit in the second game of that doubleheader ... Earned first letter.
Before UND: A 2005 graduate of Adolfo Camarillo High School ... Lettered three times in softball ... Named to all-league second team in 2003 ... Injured in 2004 ... Named team’s best defensive player in 2001 and best offensive player in 2002 ... Received Character is First Award ... Also competed in volleyball and basketball.
Personal: Majoring in air traffic control ... Daughter of Therese Puerling.
