Christine Lux Class: Junior Hometown: Glendale Heights, IL High School: Glenbard West Height: 5-11 Position: Infield Birthdate: 11/04/1987 Bats/Throws: L/R

AS A SOPHOMORE (2008): Established herself as one of the most prolific home run hitters in Irish history through only two years with the program ... set a school record with 14 homers during the regular season and tied the BIG EAST Conference's second-place mark with eight bombs in league play ... Notre Dame led the BIG EAST with 39 overall homers during the regular season, 22 of which were hit in conference games ... ninth in school history with 18 career home runs ... her slugging percentage of .661 was fifth-best while her 17 runs scored tied for first in the league ... was on the receiving end of eight double plays at first base and her 19 putouts against Connecticut on April 29 was the highest total recorded by any conference player in any game throughout the season ... homered six times in Notre Dame's last 10 outings of the regular season ...was batting .182 heading into an April 9 doubleheader against Eastern Michigan ... two games and a few hits later, that average was bumped up to .223, aided especially by a recordsetting performance at the plate ... she hit for the cycle over the two-game swing with the Eagles, knocking a homer, double and a single in game one ... she settled for a triple and one single in the second contest ... that effort tied a school record with seven RBI to open the day, matching Meagan Ruthrauff's total from a 2006 conference game at Pittsburgh, which was played exactly two years prior ... though Lux accomplished the feat in an abbreviated five-inning game, seeing the plate only three times ... Ruthrauff had four hits in her five atbats, including three home runs ... took part in the team's record-setting three home runs in a single inning against Wisconsin (April 16) with a two-run homer ... duplicated the feat with Linda Kohan and Katie Fleury exactly one month later in the NCAA Regional contest with Kent State (May 16) ... filled the stat line with one hit, one run and one RBI at the Kajikawa Classic against Utah (Feb. 15) ... started that contest against the Utes at first, registering 11 putouts ... worked the count to earn a walk with the bases loaded against Western Kentucky (Feb. 16) to push in a run ... had a hit - her first double of the season - and scored once against California (Feb. 17), starting a three-game hitting streak that ended with a double in a 1-for- 2 effort against North Florida (Feb. 22) ... drove in one run against Gardner-Webb (Feb. 22) with a single, while also laying down a sacrifice in the contest ... had one hit, was walked, and wore a pitch for a free bag at UC Riverside (March 4) ... had two of Notre Dame's four hits against UCLA (March 7), which included a double, and scored once versus the Bruins ... laced a triple against Long Beach State (March 4) ... went 2-for-3 against Virginia Tech (March 8) and its All-American pitcher Angela Tichner ... in the sixth inning against the Hokies, she mashed a two-out double that dropped into leftfield which scored a pair of runs to give Notre Dame a 2-1 comeback win ... her next multi-RBI effort came against Towson (March 14) when her first homer of the year was belted long and hard to score two Irish runs ... she followed that performance with a four-RBI effort at Charleston Southern (March 14), as one of her two hits went into the books as her second dinger of the day ... had one hit, one RBI, and scored once at Charleston Southern less than 24 hours later ... had two hits in two at-bats during the home opener versus IUPUI (March 26) ... her second-inning solo homer cleared the scoreboard at Ivy Field ... was hit by a pitch at DePaul (March 30) ... went 3-for-3 with three RBI and a homer at Louisville (April 19) ... homered for the second time in as many days with a two-run jack at South Florida (April 20) ... both of her hits at Purdue (April 22) were doubles ... drew two walks against Providence (April 26) without recording a hit but managed to come around and score twice in the contest ... homered in game one and game two against Connecticut (April 27) while driving in three runs during the doubleheader ... hit a solo homer at Pittsburgh (May 2) ... turned in the first two-homer game of her career at Syracuse (May 4) with a pair of launches ... had four hits and two RBI during NCAA Tournament games (May 16-17) ... recorded at least 10 putouts in 24 contests with only three errors ... was hit by 10 pitches ... laid down three sacrifices ... finished with a .277 batting average, 46 hits, 42 RBI, eight doubles and two triples ... started and played in 59 games.

AS A FRESHMAN (2007): Took part in 45 games, starting 41 of those contests ... knocked 26 hits in her 106 at-bats ... 12 of those hits went for extra-bases, including nine doubles and a team-high three homers ... drove in a total of 19 runs over the course of the season ... started the first game of her career against Alabama-Birmingham (Feb. 17) ... started at first base in each of the team's five games at the Judi Garman Classic (March 15-17) ... picked up the first hit of her career against Fresno State (March 16) ... 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI against Louisiana-Lafayette (March 16) ... 1-for-2 with a double against Texas (March 17) ... had a double, one run scored and a walk against IUPUI (March 22) ...went 2-for-2 with two walks and three RBI in the doubleheader against St. John's (March 24) ... drove in the game-winning run in the second game against St. John's ... had a hit and drove in the gamewinning run in the first of two games with Seton Hall (March 25) ... went 1-for-2 with a double and a sacrifice against Toledo (March 29) ... wrapped up a doubleheader with Syracuse (April 1) with a 4-for-7 day along with one double, run scored, five RBI and her first career homer ... in the second game of the twinbill, she drove in a career-high four runs ... laid down a sacrifice against Eastern Michigan (April 10) ... had a hit in each of the two games against Providence (April 14) including her sixth double of the season ... walked twice and scored a run in the doubleheader with Western Michigan (April 17) ... drove in a run with a fielder's choice against Ball State (April 18) ... went 2-for-3 with a double, run scored and one RBI against Valparaiso (April 19) ... had a single, one RBI and drew a walk over the two-game stretch against Louisville (April 21) ... had a hit against South Florida (April 22) ... hit her second home run of the season in the first game of an April 29 doubleheader with DePaul ... posted a 2-for-3 afternoon with two RBI and a double against Loyola-Chicago (May 1) ... had a hit and a sacrifice during the meeting with Northwestern (April 24) ... laid down a sacrifice against Connecticut (May 10) during the BIG EAST Tournament ... hit her third home run of the season - which proved to be the game-winner - in the semifinals of the BIG EAST Tournament to help knock off DePaul (May 11) ... hit a double in the championship game of the BIG EAST Tournament against Louisville (May 12) ... drew a walk and laid down a hit against Illinois State (May 18) in the NCAA Tournament ... scored a run and was hit by a pitch twice in an elimination game against Illinois State (May 19).

THE LUX FILE: A four-year letterwinner in softball at Glenbard West (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) ... hit .414 with an on-base percentage of .488 during the 2006 season ... as a senior, led Glenbard West in home runs (4), doubles (15), runs scored (27) and RBI (30) ... finished with a career high school batting average of .404 ... won her high school's softball player of the year award as a senior ... was named the 2006 Glen Ellyn News All-Area High School Softball Player of the Year ... member of the 2005 and 2006 Daily Herald All-Area team ... led her softball team to the Illinois Sectional Championship in 2006 ... an all-state choice as both a junior and senior ... four-time allarea and all-conference selection in softball ... named to the 2006 Illinois High School Association Super 60 Classic All-Star Player list, which recognizes the state's top athletes in all sports ... also a four-year letterwinner in basketball and volleyball ... named team captain in each of her three sports as senior ... led the volleyball team in blocks, while playing every minute of every match as a senior ... led the basketball team in scoring and rebounding during her senior campaign ... named the Glenbard West Female Athlete of the Year in 2006 ... first female athlete at Glenbard West High School to earn 12 varsity letters in a career ... also won four of her high school's annual academic awards ... represented Glenbard West in the 2005 Wendy's High School Heisman national competition ... member of the National Honor Society, and the Spanish National Honor Society ... an Illinois State Scholar ... founder of high school's "Incoming Freshman Dance", which has since continued each year since ... daughter of Anna and Tom Lux ... father Tom ('78) graduated from Notre Dame ... her grandfather ('53) and aunt ('89) also attended Notre Dame ... Notre Dame football team won national championships during the senior years of her father, grandfather and aunt ... grandfather helped gild Notre Dame's Golden Dome ... has a younger sister, Kathryn ... graduated high school in the top-two percent of her class ... played prep ball at same school as baseball's Billy Bookford and former Notre Dame football player Marty Detmer ('80) ... born Nov. 4, 1987 in Winfield, Ill. ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business as an accountinging major ... a ballet dancer for 10 years ... enjoys thunderstorms and fighter planes.