Career: Finished her career tied for 12th all-time at USI with seven home runs.
2011: Earned Academic All-GLVC honors for the second straight year...played in 37 games, making 34 starts at third base during her senior season...hit .224 with two home runs and 17 RBIs...had a season-high five-game hitting in March that saw her hit .421 with a home run and seven RBIs...had six multi-hit games, including a season-high three hits against Maryville, and five multi-RBI outings...had a season-high three RBIs on two occasions.
2010: Earned second-team All-GLVC honors as well as Academic All-GLVC accolades after hitting .318 with nine doubles, five home runs, and 24 RBIs...ended the year with a four-game hitting streak that saw her hit .375 with a home run and two RBIs...went 3-for-5 in USI's regular-season finale and GLVC Tournament berth-clinching victory over Rockhurst...had a season-best seven-game hitting streak early in the year that saw her hit .579 with a double, a home run, and two RBIs...was third on the team in home runs, RBIs, and batting average...also was second on the team in doubles...tied for third on the team with nine multi-hit games, recording a season-high three hits in two contests...had six multi-RBI games and reached at least three RBIs in two contests...recorded a season-best four RBIs against Illinois-Springfield.
TRANSFER: Transferred from Wabash Valley Junior College where she hit .488 with 16 home runs and 79 RBIs as a sophomore in 2009...hit .438 with six home runs and a school-record 83 RBIs in 2008...earned All-Great Rivers Athletic Conference and All-Region XXIV honors...helped Wabash Valley to the 2009 NJCAA I Region XXIV title and a berth in the NJCAA I National Championship Tournament in St. George, Utah...in two seasons, Collins helped Wabash Valley to a 91-10 overall record as well as two GRAC championships...also helped Wabash Valley to the 2008 Region XXIV title and a seventh-place finish at the 2008 NJCAA I National Championship.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from New Prairie High School (New Carlisle, Indiana) where she earned All-State honors as a senior in 2007...helped NPHS to a second-place finish at the IHSAA Class 3A Tournament as a junior in 2006.
PERSONAL: Born July 16, 1988...daughter of Dennis and Joyce Collins.
Career Statistics
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
2010 .318 44-42 129 17 41 9 0 5 24 65 11 26 2 2 0-0 37 98 13 .912
2011 .224 37-34 107 8 24 3 0 2 17 33 8 15 2 3 1-1 40 82 10 .924
TOT. .275 81-76 236 25 65 12 0 7 41 98 19 41 4 5 1-1 77 180 23 .918
