Parkside Athletics

High school: Won the Illinois High School State Home Run Derby as a senior. Team Most Valuable Player and all-conference pick as a senior. Hit .311 as a sophomore; .398 as a junior; and .455 as a senior. Prep career batting average was .399.

2007: Had two three-hit games. Drove in five runs vs. St. Cloud 2-25-07. Second on the team in batting average at .292. Logged eight doubles and four home runs, while pacing the squad in triples with three. Her 19 runs scored ranked second on the team.

2008: Had two hits in a game, six times. Drove in three vs. Southern Indiana 4-13-08. Recorded five assists vs. Lewis 3-30-08.
2009: Tallied the hat trick in hits three times. Started all but three games and hit .287. Second on the squad in sacrifices with seven.  Coaxed three walks vs. Minnesota State Moorhead 3-17-09.  Recorded five putouts in a game vs. Winona State 3-26-09.

Personal: Majoring in Sport & Fitness Management with a minor in Economics. Daughter of Mary and Tom McNellis. Born 5-13-88.