Debuted each year at the OSCARS - the year-end highlight video provides a look back at all 26 varsity sports competed at the University of Notre Dame and is created in cooperation with the Student Welfare and Development Office and LeSea Broadcasting.
The Irish Softball team took on Connecticut in Melissa Cook Stadium, coming out on top 7-2.
AS A JUNIOR (2012): All-BIG EAST second team selection ... second on the Irish with a .348 batting average (on 57 hits) with nine RBI and 33 runs scored ... team-high 19 stolen bases in 23 attempts ... team-best 16-game hitting streak spanned from April 22 against DePaul until May 19 at Arizona (23-for-53 during the streak, .434 batting average) ... scored a pair of runs at North Carolina (Feb. 26) ... 2-for-4 with two RBI against Ohio State (March 3) ... contributed two hits and scored two runs against Oregon State (March 10) ... 3-for-4 with a pair of runs scored at Cal State Fullerton (March 14) ... offensive standout during conference set against Connecticut (March 31-April 1), batting .364 and scoring four runs in a series sweep of the Huskies ... perfect 3-for-3 with an RBI, stolen base and run scored in a non-conference matchup with Valparaiso (April 18) ... stroked three base hits and stole a pair of bases in a second round BIG EAST Championship win over St. John's (May 11) ... batted at a .412 clip (7-for-17) during NCAA Regional play.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2011): Utilized primarily as a pinch runner throughout her second season on the squad ... played in 44 games and scored 17 runs with 10 stolen bases in 14 attempts ... stole one base in three straight games from April 27-April 30 ... scored once in each of the three games against Connecticut (May 7-8) ... had one putout in a starting effort during the Feb. 18 season opener against Miami (Ohio) ... posted three separate streaks of three-straight games with one run scored.
AS A FRESHMAN (2010): Succeeded in stealing 17 bases in 20 tries ... the 17 swiped bags put her in a tie for ninth on the school's single-season list ... appeared in 48 games - primarily as a pinch runner - and scored 27 times ... scored in her Irish debut against Creighton (Feb. 12) ... stole a bag versus Stephen F. Austin (Feb. 21) ... crossed the plate against George Washington and Virginia on the first day of the Cavalier Invite (Feb. 26-27) ... picked up first collegiate hit in the third game of the BIG EAST opening series at Seton Hall (March 28) ... scored one run in each of the eight games from March 18-28 ... swiped her 10th bag of the season against Rutgers (April 3) ... scored twice during the three-game series at Louisville (April 17-18) ... closed the regular season with a stolen base in each of the last four games played (April 28-May 9) ... stole a base and scored against Providence (May 13) in the BIG EAST Tournament.
PREP AND PERSONAL: Earned a quartet of letters at Elkins (Texas) as a prep under head coach James McClanahan ... led her squad to three conference titles ... area champions as a sophomore ... two-time all-conference selection ... team was nationally ranked three times throughout her prep career ... batted .600 as a senior with 45 hits and a .647 on-base pct. ... first team all-state as a senior ... Texas Sports Writers Association Honorable Mention All-State as a junior ... three-time all-district choice ... Houston Chronical all-area team in 2009 ... hit .470 as a junior with a .500 on-base pct. while her squad finished the season with a 30-5 overall record ... first team all-district choice in 2008 after taking second-team honors in 2007 ... paced her club team to a pair of Texas regional titles ... member of National Honor Society, English Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society ... active within Habitat for Humanity and Young Life ... won school's Wendy's Heisman award ... graduated magna cum laude ... won United States Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete Award in 2009 ... production assistant for Scattered Voices, a play written by Notre Dame students that premiered in Houston ... the performance was written and directed by sister, Shay ... also lettered in volleyball ... has a dog named Rudy ... ventured with the Houston Power and Sudden Impact Gold club teams to China in 2007 to play softball against local and national programs ... daughter of Jan and John Thornton ... both parents graduated from Notre Dame in 1977 ... has two older siblings ... sister, Erin, gradated from Notre Dame in 2007 ... sister, Shay, graduated from Notre Dame in 2010 ... enrolled in the College of Science as a science business major.
