Minnesota State University - Mankato Athletics

2017: Started in all 71 games at second base…Finished fourth on the team in hits with 72…Tallied 16 doubles and seven home runs…Drove in 64 runs, which are the second most in a season in program history…Scored 54 runs…Named to the NSIC All-Academic Team…Recorded at least two hits in 20 games, including a season-high four hits against Minot State…Named to the NSIC All-Tournament Team…Drove in a season-high four RBI against Missouri Western State and Winona State…Recorded a two-run home run against West Virginia Wesleyan at the NCAA Championships…Received All-NSIC Second Team honors and NFCA All-Central Region Second Team accolades…Finished the season 10th in the NCAA in runs batted in…Drove in five runs at the NCAA Championships…Played in a program record 240 games…Is second all-time at MSU in doubles (52), third in RBI (152), fourth in runs scored (142) and sixth in stolen bases (56)…In game three of the NCAA Super Region against Harding, she drove in the game tying run in the seventh, with the go ahead run scoring via an error on the play.

2016: Appeared in 55 games, including 49 starts at second base for Minnesota State... Ended the season with a .321 batting average and a .479 slugging percentage... Collected 45 total hits, including 14 doubles, two home runs and a triple... Added 24 runs scored and 23 RBI... Notched 10 walks and nine stolen bases... Tallied 13 multi-hit games and seven games with multiple RBI... Received Second-Team All-NSIC honors...

2015: Started in 60 games for the Purple and Gold...Finished with a team-leading 35 RBI...Recorded 56 total hits, including 14 doubles, four home runs and two triples...Crossed the plate 32 times over the year and posted 17 stolen bases...Also collected nine walks...Recorded a season-high five RBI against MSU Moorhead (4/11/15)...Tallied a pair of three-hit games against Lock Haven (3/7/15) and MSU Moorhead (4/11/15).

2014: Played in 54 games for MSU, including 51 starts…Batted .331 with 45 hits in 136 at-bats…Scored 32 runs and drove in 30 runs…Registered 13 extra-base hits including eight doubles, one triple and four home runs…Maintained a .493 slugging percentage and stole 14 bases in 17 attempts…Made 59 assists in the field maintained a .969 fielding percentage…Drove in a season-high four runs against Ohio Dominican (3/8) and Missouri Southern (3/21)…Recorded 11 multi-hit games including a season-high three hits against Minnesota Duluth (4/26).

High School: Was a four-year letter winner in softball and a three-year letter winner in basketball… Was named team MVP, as well as receiving all-conference and all-area honors while batting .526 on the season. 

Personal: Daughter of Brad and Melissa Thell… Born May 23, 1995… Intends to major in health and physical education at Minnesota State.