Columbia University Athletics

2008: Solid rookie campaign ... finished season batting .270 with a team-best 11 doubles ... 17 walks helped produce a .361 on-base average ... tied for team high with 21 runs scored ... made just three errors while starting all 48 games in center field ... had big weekend in league-opening sweep of Brown with four hits in eight at-bats, including three doubles ... against Iona, also went 4-for-8 with three runs scored in Columbia's doubleheader sweep ... went 3-for-4 with a run scored in game three at Cornell ... went 2-for-4 with two RBI in 6-3 win vs. Colgate ... had four hits in four at-bats in collegiate debut vs. Grambling. 

Notre Dame Academy: Three-time all-league first team selection ... team MVP as a junior and senior ... league MVP as a junior ... first-team All-California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section ... team's rookie of the year in her first year ... captain as a junior and senior ... played for the California Cruisers in under-18 Gold travel ball ... played outfield and first base ... also played basketball for four years ... basketball MVP as a senior.

Personal: Plans to major in economics ... enjoys wakeboarding, snowboarding and traveling ... daughter of Carol and Richard Ecker ... b. January 3, 1989 in Torrance, Calif.