2015 Softball Roster
Anna Edwards
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- La Cañada
- Hometown:
- La Cañada, Calif.
2015: Appeared in every game with 50 starts at third base ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Drove in a pair of runs against Texas (2/7) to reach 100 RBIs for her career ... Broke out of an early-season slump by hitting .375 in four games at the Louisville Slugger Invitational (2/27-3/1) ... Her big game at the tournament came via a four RBI effort in a win over Stanford in which she was 2-for-2 with two walks, a single and a home run (2/28) ... Was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run in a win over Ball State (3/8) ... Was 1-for-1 with a double and three walks in the first game of a doubleheader sweep against IUPUI before starting a sixth-inning rally with a double in game two (3/14) ... Was 2-for-3 with a double, a home run and two runs scored at Penn State (3/21) ... Went 2-for-3 and slugged a solo home run in a win against Fordham (3/24) ... Was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs against Wisconsin (3/28) ... Did not record a hit in a three-game sweep of Purdue, but did reach base at a .500 clip in the series via four walks (4/3-4/5) ... Was 1-for-1 with a walk, an RBI and a run in the first game of a doubleheader against Illinois before clubbing a two-run home run in the second contest (4/22) ... Finished a midweek win over DePaul 1-for-2 with two RBIs and two runs scored ... Walked and scored in an NCAA tournament game against Kentucky (5/15).
2014: Started every game at shortstop ... Was 2-for-5 with two RBIs and a double against George Washington (2/15) ... Went 0-2 but scored twice in a run-rule victory against Penn State (2/16) ... Jacked a three-run home run in the fifth inning of a tie game against No. 3 Washington that proved to be the game-winning hit in a 4-2 NU victory (2/21) ... Drove in a pair against LIU Brooklyn (2/22) ... Was 2-for-2 with two runs, a double, a hit by pitch and what proved to be the game-winning solo home run in the sixth inning of a 4-3 win over Kansas (3/7) ... Reached base three times on two hits and a walk against Western Michigan (3/8) ... Didn't record a hit, but scored twice in a run-rule win over No. 19 Nebraska (3/28) ... Finished 2-for-2 with an RBI and a double versus the Cornhuskers (3/30) ... Walked three times and scored in a run in a 6-4 win at Iowa (4/5) ... Finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs in a win at No. 14 Minneota (4/11) ... Was not retired through the first two games of NU's sweep over Indiana ... First had a career-best three hits including a home run and scored twice in a run-rule victory (4/18) ... In game two, was 1-for-1 with a double, two walks, an RBI and a run (4/19) ... Had a home run and a sacrifice fly for a two RBI game at Ohio State (4/27) ... Drove in four runs and collected a pair of doubles in a series sweep of Michigan State (5/2-5/4) ... Was 2-for-4 with a run in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals against Wisconsin ... Finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored and four RBIs including a three-run home run in an NCAA Tournament elimination game against Iona (5/16).
2013: Started every game at shortstop ... All-Big Ten second-team selection ... Batted .375 with 28 RBIs over Northwestern's final 27 games ... Hit .471 at the Kajikawa Classic and started the season with an eight-game hitting streak overall ... Went 2-for-3 against both No. 13 Arizona and San Diego State on Opening Day (2/8) ... Finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs, a double and a triple versus No. 2 Oklahoma (2/10) ... Went 2-for-4 with a triple, a home run and three RBIs against Middle Tennessee State (2/15) ... Clubbed a three-run home run later than night at No. 13 Georgia ... Went 2-for-3 with a double in a win over No. 4 Tennessee (2/22) ... Scored a pair of runs versus Loyola Marymount (2/23) ... Went 2-for-3 with a steal and a run against Saint Joseph's (3/8) before finishing 2-for-3 with a solo home run later that night against Boston ... Batted .555 (5-for-9) with five RBIs, a home run and a double in NU's series against Minnesota ... Was a perfect 3-for-3 with a career-best three hits and a career-best three runs scored, two RBIs and a home run in game one (3/29) ... Doubled and drove in two in game two of that series (3/30) ... Went a perfect 2-for-2 with a double, a home run, an RBI and two runs in a run-rule win over Illinois (4/6) ... Drove in three during a 2-for-3 performance against Notre Dame (4/9) ... Hit .600 in NU's series against Iowa, beginning with a 2-for-3 performance with a double and a walk (4/12) ... Following that up with a career day on April 13, homering twice as part of a 3-for-5 outing with a career-best six RBIs and three runs scored ... Finished the series with a 1-for-2 effort, driving in a run, scoring once and being hit by a pitch (4/14) ... Concluded a series sweep at Penn State by driving in both runs with a 2-for-3 performance in a 2-1 NU win (4/21) ... Singled, hit by a pitch and scored twice in a win over Purdue (4/26) ... Drove in a pair in NU's series finale against Purdue (4/28) ... Finished 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in a 4-2 win against regional rival DePaul (4/30) ... Slugged a solo home run in a win over Indiana during the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament (5/9).
2012: Started 57 times at second base while appearing in all of Northwestern's games ... Debuted with a 1-for-3 performance, driving in a run and scoring against Texas Tech (2/10) ... Hit her first-career home run with a solo shot at No. 1 Arizona State (2/10) ... Went 3-for-4 with a run against Louisiana Tech (2/17) ... Hit a solo home run and scored twice in a win over No. 11 Missouri (3/26) ... Doubled home a pair of runs against Oregon State (3/2) ... Finished 1-for-2 with a run, a walk and a steal in a win over Southern Miss (3/4) ... Went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI in a win against Fairfield (3/16) ... Also was 2-for-3 later that day against No. 24 South Florida (3/16) ... Went 1-for-2 with an RBI, a run and two walks in a contest at Nebraska (3/24) ... Finished a doubleheader at Indiana 3-for-6 with two doubles and a home run, driving in three and scoring twice (4/22) ... Clubbed a two-run home run at Northern Illinois (4/25) ... Singled, scored and drove in a run in a win over Ohio State (4/29) ... Drove in one run and scored once in each of NU's three wins over Illinois (5/11-5/12) ... Hit a game-tying, solo home run in the first game, a double in the second and her first-career triple in the third contest to earn Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors (5/14).
High School: Three-time All-Rio Hondo League first-team choice ... Two-time All-San Gabriel Valley first-team selection ... As a junior in 2010, batted .590 with a .654 on-base percentage and a 1.034 slugging percentage ... Named Rio Hondo League MVP, All-Los Angeles County Area first team, CIF Southern Section Division 5 first team and all-state medium school first team as a junior ... Owned the highest batting average of anyone on the 2010 All-Los Angeles Country Area first team ... High school won the Rio Hondo League championship in both 2009 and 2010 and were CIF-SS semifinalists in 2010 ... Academic Team honorable mention and Academic Emblem recipient ... National Society of High School Scholars ... Plays club with the San Gabriel Valley Velocity, serving as team captain ... Club team assistant coach is three-time Northwestern All-American Garland Cooper ... Club squads she has played on finished ninth at Nationals in 2009 and third at Premier 2010.
Personal: Born Anna Jane Edwards ... Daughter of Craig and Jane Edwards ... Attended the same high school as Northwestern men's golf 2010 Big Ten champion David Lipsky ... Chose Northwestern over Michigan and Cal Poly-SLO ... Majoring in economics with a minor in business institutions.
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