Drake University Athletics

2006 ? Posted an 8-15 record on the mound for the Bulldogs starting in 12 games...allowed 153 hits in 133 innings of work with a 3.32 earned run average...led the team with five saves...threw a complete-game shutout at Samford on March 2...second on the team in strikeouts with 59...batted .215 for the season, recording 20 hits including a home run...struck out a season high seven batters against Northern Iowa on April 15, while going 2-for-2 from the plate the same game.

Before Drake ? Two-time first-team all-region and National Fastpitch Coaches Association Academic All-American at Indian Hills...third-team NJCAA and NFCA All-American as a senior...also earned NJCAA Distinguished Academic All-America honors with a 4.0 grade point average...recorded a 20-2 record behind eight shutouts, 131 strikeouts and a 1.19 ERA as a senior...posted a 27?6 record with a 1.43 ERA, while hitting .464 in 39 at bats as a freshman.

Prep ? Named to 2002 Iowa Class 3A fourth-team all-state as a junior before spending senior campaign playing for the Salinas Valley Wildcats, an ASA team in California...earned second-team All-Central Iowa Metropolitan League honors as a freshman before being named to first-team as a sophomore and junior...posted an 0.60 ERA as a sophomore with 19 wins...set an Ottumwa High School record by pitching 40 scoreless innings as a junior.

Personal ? Journalism major...daughter of Scott and Chris Heller...born Cassandra Michelle Heller July 10, 1985, in Ottumwa, Iowa.