MSU Denver Athletics

2009: Named third team All-RMAC ... batted .387 with 60 hits in 155 at bats, while starting the first 49 games of the season at second base, before missing the final three with an injury ... was second on the team with 17 home runs and 60 RBI and added 56 runs scored and 10 doubles ... drew 22 walks, also second on the team ... stole four bases in five attempts ... was named RMAC Player of the Week on Feb. 10 after going 5-for-10 with five RBI, four runs scored and a double and a triple in four games to open the season on Feb. 7-8 ... went 2-for-4 with five RBI and a home run on Feb. 7 against Colorado State-Pueblo ... went 3-for-3 with a home run on March 1 against Mesa State ... drove in four runs, scored three times and went 2-for-4 with a homer on March 3 at Regis ... added four home runs in a span of eight games from March 14-25 against Western New Mexico, Fort Lewis and Regis ... helped Metro State set the NCAA single game home run record by hitting two and going 3-for-4 with four RBI on April 10 at UC-Colorado Springs ... hit two more home runs in the next game on April 11 ... homered in consecutive games on April 19 at Nebraska-Kearney ... drilled a pair of home runs and went 3-for-4 with four RBI on April 25 against Chadron State ... drove in five runs, going 3-for-5 with another home run in the final regular season game to clinch the conference championship on April 26 against Chadron State ... homered and had two hits and two RBI on May 1 against Colorado Mines, before getting injured in the RMAC Tournament semifinals ... had 17 multi-hit and 17 multi-RBI games during the season.

2008: Named second team All-RMAC ... led the Roadrunners with a .378 batting average, 62 hits, 18 doubles and 46 runs scored ... finished second on the team with 50 RBI and 10 home runs ... led the team with 19 multi-hit games and was second with 14 multi-RBI games ... had a hit in her first game at Metro State on Feb. 9 against Fort Lewis ... hit first home run as a Roadrunner on Feb. 10 vs. UC-Colorado Springs ... went 3-for-4 with a home run on March 1 at Western New Mexico ... went 3-for-4 with three RBI, two doubles and a home run on March 2 at Western New Mexico ... drove in four runs with two hits in two at bats on March 8 against Adams State ... was 3-for-4 with a home run and a double on March 15 at CSU-Pueblo ... also had three htis on March 22 against New Mexico Highlands ... was named RMAC Player of the Week on April 8 after going 8-for-14 with a home run in four games on April 5-6 ... belted two home runs on April 27 at Chadron State and again on May 3 vs. Adams State at the RMAC Tournament ... went 3-for-4 with four RBI and a home run on May 2 vs. CSU-Pueblo in the opening game of the RMAC Tournament.

Before Metro State: Played her 2006 freshman season at Otero Junior College ... Rattlers won the district and regional championships ... named second team all-Region IX ... named Academic all-Region.

High School: 2006 graduate of Standley Lake High School ... four-year letterwinner ... earned Standley Lake's Best Defensive Player honors as a 2005 senior and a 2004 junior ... an all-conference performer as a senior ... coached by Carrie Ott.

Personal: Born March 19, 1988, to Loren and Deanna Rusch ... has two brothers, Scott and Andrew ... enjoys camping, fishing and hunting ... majoring in land use at Metro State.


Career Statistics

2009 Game-By-Game Statistics
2008 Game-By-Game Statistics