Biography
2026: Started all 51 games she appeared in as a sophomore - 49 times at catcher and twice as the designated player ... posted a team-best .364 (64-for-176) batting average ... also led team in hits, runs scored (39), doubles (15) and stolen bases (22) ... ranked second on the team in on-base percentage (.420) and slugging percentage (.466) ... cracked Valpo's single-season top-10 charts in five different categories: doubles (5th), hits (6th), stolen bases (7th), fielding percentage (9th, .993) and runs scored (10th) ... through two seasons, already ranks fifth in program history with 39 career stolen bases ... ranked third in the Valley in stolen bases, fifth in doubles and sixth in hits ... threw out 12 runners attempting to steal, tied for the most in the MVC and good for 45th nationally ... ranked 50th nationally in stolen bases and led all catchers ... set program single-game record with four stolen bases Feb. 7 against Green Bay, a mark which was tied for fifth nationally in 2026 ... tied program single-game record with four runs scored on two occasions: March 13 in nightcap at Murray State and March 15 in opener at IU Indy ... just the third player in program history to score four runs in a game twice in their career ... had 22 multi-hit games, eight multi-run games and six games with at least two stolen bases ... went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and the aforementioned four stolen bases in Feb. 7 win over Green Bay ... reached base four times the next day in win over Oakland, going 1-for-2 with three walks ... had multiple hits five times in a seven-game stretch Feb. 19-27 ... had season-long 10-game hitting streak March 13-28, hitting .514 (19-for-37) in that stretch ... in addition to her record-tying four runs scored, hit two doubles, her first career homer and stole two bases while going 4-for-5 in win in opener at IU Indy March 15 ... four hits are tied for second-most in a game in program history, while nine total bases are tied for third on the single-game chart ... had a pair of hits and scored two runs at Notre Dame April 8, and applied game-ending tag at the plate in program's first win over the Irish since 1989 ... had three hits and scored a pair of runs in opener win at Drake April 18.
2025: Started all 50 games as a freshman at Valpo - 29 at catcher, 15 at third base, three in right field and three as designated player ... posted a .333 (57-for-171) batting average ... led team in batting average, on-base percentage (.409), slugging percentage (.409), hits and stolen bases (17) ... ranked third in the MVC in stolen bases and tied for ninth in hits ... moved into a tie for 10th place on Valpo's single-season steals chart ... was a perfect 17-for-17 swiping bases, the most steals without getting caught once by a Valpo player in program history ... opened career with a 22-game on-base streak, tied for the fourth-longest by a Valpo player since 1999 ... had a 13-game hitting streak as part of that on-base streak Feb. 28-March 15, a season long by a Valpo player ... named MVC Freshman of the Week after an opening weekend at the DePaul Dome Tournament where she went 9-for-16 with a walk, six runs scored, two doubles, a triple and three stolen bases ... bookended the weekend with three-hit games against Butler and in the win over Detroit Mercy, while scoring three runs in the win over Green Bay ... kicked off a season where she would tally 18 multi-hit games ... had three multi-hit games the next weekend at Presbyterian, going 7-for-12 with three walks over the four games - capping the weekend with a 3-for-5, two-run effort against Cleveland State ... came up a homer shy of the cycle March 2 in win oer Western Illinois ... had three consecutive multi-hit games March 8-9 ... posted two-hit games in the final two games of the Evansville series March 28-29 ... delivered walk-off single to win the latter game, completing a comeback from a five-run deficit ... went 2-for-4 with a walk, two runs scored, two RBIs and a stolen base in April 1 nightcap win at UIC ... reached in four of five plate appearances in April 5 nightcap win at Bradley, going 2-for-3 with two walks, two runs scored, three RBIs and a stolen base.
Prep: Second Team All-State as a senior as she hit .509 with 59 runs scored, 25 RBIs and 39 stolen bases ... previously earned Third Team All-State as a junior and Second Team All-State as a sophomore ... earned All-Area and All-Conference honors in each of her four seasons ... played travel ball for Chicago Wildcats.
Personal: Daughter of Stephanie Kuchenbecker and Robert Vrastil ... major is exercise science.
