PREP AND PERSONAL: Three-time all-conference choice while prepping at Mater Dei (Calif.) ... competed on the travel circuit with the California Angels ... led Angels to the 2011 ASA 18-under Champions Cup title, while also winning the same event in 2009 in the 16-under division ... team Most Valuable Player as a senior ... missed the bulk of her junior season with an injury but managed to hit .423 in 15 games with 13 RBI ... first team all-Trinity League choice in 2010 while Mater Dei claimed the league title ... named team's defensive MVP as a sophomore ... first team all-league selection as a freshman ... also earned team's "Clutch Hitter" award after Mater Dei won the Trinity League trophy in 2009 ... follows the footsteps that Mater Dei graduate and Irish All-American third baseman Heather Johnson (`11) took to the Golden Dome ... Heisman Trophy winner John Huarte also prepped at Mater Dei ... daughter of Marie O'Beck, who played softball at Long Beach ... member of the National Honor Society, California Scholarship Federation, campus ministry and Renaissance Club ... hails from the same area as Irish teammates Lauren Stuhr and Casey Africano ... enrolled in the First Year of Studies.
