Honors and Awards: 2011: UW Coaches Award winner ... 2010: Third-team All-Big Ten ... team's Best Defensive Player
Career: Ranks second all-time at Wisconsin in slugging percentage (.512) and OPS (.909) ... third in sac flies (5) ... fourth in OBP (.397) ... sixth all-time in home runs (16), 3+ RBI games (8) and 4+ RBI games (2) ... eighth all-time in batting average (.298), hit by pitch (11) and multi-RBI games (17) ... tenth in home RBIs (68)
2011: Tied for fifth for most home runs (9) in single season at UW, second-most sac flies (4), fourth-most walks (25), ninth-most RBIs (32) and 10th-most mult-RBI games (8) and 3+ RBI games (3) ... led team in RBIs and assists and tied for team lead in home runs ... went 1-4 with a home run, 1 run and 2 RBI against Iowa (4/27) ... became second player in school history to hit a leadoff home run, going 1-3 with 1 run, 1 RBI and 1 walk in extra-inning contest against Indiana (4/16) ... went 2-2 with 1 home run, 3 RBI and 1 walk in comeback victory over Northwestern (4/9) ... tied a season high with 3 RBI against North Dakota, going 2-3 with 1 home run (4/7) ... smacked her fifth home run of the season in UW's comeback win over Michigan State, going 1-3 on the day with 1 run, 1 RBI and 1 walk (4/3) ... went 1-4 with a home run and 2 RBI against Loyola Chicago (3/31) ... tied career high with 2 walks against Penn State (3/27) ... enjoyed career-long nine-game hit streak from 3/13-3/19 ... homered and added 2 RBI in a 1-3 day against Loyola Marymount (3/16) ... hit a two-run home run with 2 outs in the sixth inning of a comeback victory over Loyola Marymount (3/15) ... drilled first home run of the season against UNLV, going 2-3 with 2 RBI (3/13) ... notched a pair of doubles and 3 RBI while going 2-4 against Colorado State (2/20) ... went 2-3, hitting a double with 1 run scored against Texas State (2/17) 2010: Ranked third for one season at UW with 36 RBI ... ninth with .333 batting average, .945 OPS (on-base + slugging) and 7 hit by pitches ... tied for 10th with 7 home runs ... among freshman all-time at UW, ranked second with a .414 OBP, .945 OPS, 36 RBI and 7 hit by pitches ... third with a .333 batting average, .531 slugging percentage and 78 total bases ... fourth with 8 doubles and 7 home runs ... fifth with 49 hits ... started all 51 games and led team with 15 multi-hit games and 7 hit by pitches and tied for team lead with 8 doubles ... went 2-3 with home run and 2 RBI vs. Michigan State (5/14) ... homered and hit double in 3-5 day with 3 RBI, 2 runs scored against Northwestern (5/8) ... in DH against South Dakota (4/25), went 3-5 with two runs and 5 RBI, including 3-run HR ... went 2-4 with 2 RBI in game one of DH against Northern Illinois (4/20) ... finished 3-5 with 3 RBI in two-game series against Purdue (4/17-18) ... went 3-4 nailing one home run and tying career-high 4 RBI against South Dakota State (4/11) ... went 2-4 with 3 RBI and one home run in game one of DH against Green Bay (3/31) ... career-high three hits, two doubles, one home run, four RBI and three runs against Prairie View A&M (3/13) ... hit first career home run against UC Santa Barbara (2/26) ... went 2-3, notching first career RBI against FIU (2/21) ... went 2-3, including first career hit, and scored first run of career against No. 16 Texas A&M (2/12)
High School: A two-time all-state selection and three-time all-southern Arizona honoree ... named the "Southern Arizona Female Athlete of the Year" by the Sierra Vista Herald in 2007 ... honored by Adidas Futures National Camp and named one of the "Top-100 softball players" ... had a high school batting average of .460 ... team received the 2008 Scholar-Athlete AIA Honor Roll ... high school teammate of fellow freshman Meghan McIntosh ... head coach was Mike Tomooka ... also played varsity volleyball Personal: Parents are Roosevelt and Anndrea Blackshear ... has one older brother, R.J., and one older sister, Tihisha ... hobbies include movies, music, friends and family ... major is undecided