AS A FRESHMAN (2012): BIG EAST Academic All-Star ... posted a .286 batting average with 36 hits ... tied with Chloe Saganowich for the team lead in triples (2) ... 29 runs scored led all Notre Dame freshmen ... second on the Irish with 10 stolen bases in 13 attempts (.769) ... 2-for-4 with a stolen base in first career start at San Diego (Feb. 17) ... contributed a single and a run scored against Ohio State (March 3) ... career-high two RBI at Loyola Marymount (March 13) ... stroked two hits, including a triple, and scored one run against Western Michigan (March 27) ... chipped in an RBI double in the first game of a doubleheader against Toledo (March 28) ... reached base in all three plate appearances against Northwestern (April 4) ... back-to-back two-hit games at home against Michigan State (April 24) and Seton Hall (April 25) ... scored two runs in the series finale at Providence (April 29) and against Eastern Michigan (May 2) ... scored a career-high three runs in a second round BIG EAST Championship victory over St. John's (May 11).
PREP AND PERSONAL: Led Penn (Ind.) to three conference titles as a prep ... named all-state, all-conference and team MVP as a junior ... Northern Indiana Conference MVP in 2010 ... finalist for Indiana's Gatorade Player of the Year in 2010 ... second team all-conference and all-state in 2009 ... holds school records for highest batting average (.594), hits (59) and stolen bases (41) in a season ... totaled 159 hits and 162 runs scored through three seasons of high school competition ... played on the club circuit with Indiana Magic Gold under head coach Kim Clay (father of former Notre Dame player Alexia Clay) ... member of Key Club, Big Brothers / Big Sisters, Habitat for Humanity and DECA ... daughter of Ann and Bill Simon ... oldest of three children ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.
