As a Junior (2006): Made 29 starts in left field as a junior...batted .227 with eight runs scored...recorded a season-high two hits against Buffalo (3/12)...had a three-game hitting streak on two occasions...suffered a broken nose against Long Island (3/16), but continued to play in six consecutive games before having surgery...opened her JU career with hits against Texas Tech (2/9) & USF (2/10)...also tallied a RBI against USF...recorded five putouts against Western Kentucky...made a key double play in a 2-1 victory over Florida State (2/22).

Prior to JU: Spent the 2005 season at Muskegon Community College under head coach Jack Wolffis...as the starting third baseman, she batted .507 to earn all-conference and all-state accolades...played her freshman season at Indian River Community College under coach Dale Atkinson...helped lead the Pioneers to a state championship and a third place finish in the nation...ranked third in the state with a .476 batting average en route to all-conference honors as a freshman.

High School: Four-year starter at Spring Lake High School in Spring Lake, Mich., under coach Billy Core...finished her career with 19 school records (nine season & 10 career)...also holds eight Michigan High School Athletic Association records...named to four consecutive all-conference teams in her tenure...made the all-district and all-region teams in her final three seasons...boasts a career .487 batting average and led the Lakers in batting average for four consecutive years...as a senior, she helped her team win the conference championship after batting .487 and stealing a school-record 62 bases...led the team in home runs to earn all-state honors...batted .525 and led the team in RBIs, runs scored and stolen bases to be named to the all-state team as a junior... as a sophomore, she batted .525 and led the team in four offensive categories for the Lakers...broke the school-record in stolen bases and hit over .400 in her freshman season...also played volleyball, basketball and tennis while at Spring Lake...lettered three seasons on the Lakers' volleyball team under coach Sarah Bulthuis...holds the school-record in digs and named all-conference in every season...played her junior and senior seasons for the tennis team under coach Charlie Bassett...earned two all-state honors as the #1 seed in singles...lettered her freshman and sophomore seasons on the Lakers basketball team under coach Bill Core...as a sophomore, she led the conference in scoring as the team's point guard and was named all-conefernce...played six seasons of traveling softball for the West Michigan Heat...helped the Heat win the World Series in Kansas City during her last season...also earned a spot on the all-world team for her efforts.

Personal: Born Sept. 28, 1985, in Tulsa, Okla....daughter of Kurt and Betty Alter...has one brother, Ryan, and one sister, Melanie...father, Kurt, played baseball for Western Michigan ...brother, Ryan, played baseball at Western Michigan and Mississippi College...majoring in communications.