Drake University Athletics

2006 – Started all 54 games as catcher for the Bulldogs...batted .207 with 30 hits...second on the team in doubles with a career-high eight...hit a homerun against Southern Illinois...batted 2-3 with one RBI and one run scored against Evansville on March 18...went on a four-game hitting steak late in the season.

2005 — Tied for team-high with three home runs and collected team-high 17 walks ... home runs came against Creighton and Indiana State in the same week and another against UMKC ... had two hits with two RBI's and two runs scored against Indiana State ... had only one error in 70 chances at catcher and outfield.

Prep — Named to 2003 and 2004 Iowa Elite All-State team, batting .410 as a senior ... also a first-team Iowa Class 4A all-state pick as a junior and senior ... four-time first-team all-Central Iowa Metropolitan League Iowa Conference selection ... led West Des Moines Valley to the 2003 Iowa Class 4A state championship.

Personal — Biology and pre-medicine major ... daughter of Doug and Linda Slycord ... born Susan Lynn Slycord on Oct. 6, 1985, in Des Moines, Iowa.