Andrea Filler

Photo by: Stephen J. Carrera

Photo by: Stephen Carrera

Photo by: Stephen Carrera

Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
High School:
Bishop Dwenger
Hometown:
Fort Wayne, Ind.

Andrea Filler transferred to Northwestern after two seasons at Boston College. She played 14 games as a sophomore in 2013 before suffering a season-ending injury. Filler received a medical hardship waiver for the year and arrived in Evanston with three years of eligibility.

2016: Started every game at shortstop ... Candidate for the Senior CLASS Award ... All-Big Ten first team ... NFCA All-Region first team ... CoSIDA Academic All-District V first team ... CoSIDA Academic All-America third team ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Won the N Club Performance Award at the inaugural NESPYs ... Finished the regular season ranked 15th in the nation in sacrifice flies (5), 20th in RBIs per game (1.12), 20th in total RBIs (58), 24th in home runs (16), 26th in home runs per game (0.31) and 36th in slugging (.763) ... At the time of her graduation, ranked third in Northwestern history in doubles (40), fourth in slugging (.693), sixth in batting (.351), seventh in on-base percentage (.433) and RBIs (159), eighth in total bases (316) and ninth in home runs (34) despite playing just three years in Evanston ... Ranked third in NU single-season history with 16 home runs in 2016, and was fifth in doubles (14), fifth in RBIs (59), seventh in slugging (.739) and eighth in total bases (122) ... Hit .565 and slugged 1.375 in five games at the Kajikawa Classic (2/12-2/14), driving in 13 runs and crushing six extra-base hits ... Opened the year with a bang, smashing two three-run home runs for a career-best six RBIs while scoring a career-best three runs in a 15-3 (5) win over UC Riverside (2/12) ... Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored against Virginia (2/12) ... Blasted a two-run home run versus No. 8 Tennessee (2/13) ... Finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two run scored on a double and a triple in a victory over Bradley (2/14) ... Was 2-for-3 with a double against No. 6 Oregon (2/14) ... Remained on fire at the B1G/ACC Challenge, hitting .538 and slugging 1.077 over four games (2/19-2/21) ... Clobbered a pair of doubles versus North Carolina (2/19) before finishing 3-for-4 with a home run the next day against the Tar Heels ... Tripled home a run and scored twice in a two-hit effort against Oregon State (2/26) ... Clobbered a two-run double in a win over No. 11 UCLA (2/28) ... Hit a solo home run in a game against No. 19 Arizona State (3/6) ... Was 3-for-4 with a double against LIU Brooklyn (3/18) ... Blasted a two-run home run versus Georgia Tech (3/20) ... Went 0-for-3 but scored a career-high three runs in a 13-12 win at No. 2 Michigan (3/25) ... Clubbed a two-run home run the next day at Michigan (3/26) ... Had another two-run home run in a 10-2 (5) run-rule win against No. 21 Minnesota (4/3) ... Clubbed a solo home run in the second game of a series sweep of Iowa (4/9) ... Doubled, homered and drove in four in the series finale against the Hawkeyes (4/10) ... Batted .667 (4-for-6) in a doubleheader sweep at Illinois (4/13), going 1-for-2 with two RBI walks in the first contest before a three-hit effort with a double, a triple and four RBIs in the nightcap ... Concluded a sweep of Michigan State with a two-home run game, driving in four and scoring three times (4/24) ... Clubbed two more home runs, both solo, in a midweek win against Loyola (Chicago) (4/27) ... Smashed a go-ahead, two-run, seventh-inning home run at DePaul (5/4) ... Broke a 0-0 tie with a two-out, two-run single in the seventh at Purdue (5/6) ... Again snapped a seventh-inning deadlock the next day against the Boilermakers with a solo home run, accounting for the only run in a 1-0 NU win (5/7) ... Singled home a run, scored, stole a base and was hit by a pitch in an NCAA Tournament game against Oklahoma State (5/21).

2015: Started every game at shortstop ... All-Big Ten first team ... NFCA All-Region first team ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Had a streak of eight-straight games with an RBI from March 8-24 ... Her total of 60 RBIs ranked fourth in school single-season history ... Finished 2-for-2 with a three-run home run in a 13-4 (5) win over UC Santa Barbara (2/6) ... Drove in two with a double and a sacrifice fly against Texas (2/7) ... Doubled home a pair of runs against No. 12 UCLA (2/13) ... Finished 2-for-4 with a double, home run and three RBIs at UNLV (2/14) ... Was 1-for-2 with two walks and two runs in a win over South Carolina (2/22) ... Hit .429 at the Louisville Slugger Invitational (2/27-3/1) ... Had a monster game in an extra-inning win at Cal State Fullerton, finishing 4-for-4 with a single, two doubles and a home run, driving in three ... Also had several outstanding plays at shortstop late in that game ... Batted .750 in two games at the Louisville Softball Classic, going 2-for-3 with two doubles, three RBIs and three runs against Ball State before a 4-for-5 performance with three RBIs and a home run at Louisville (3/8) ... Finished 2-for-2 with a run, an RBI, two walks and a steal in the first game of a doubleheader sweep of IUPUI (3/14) ... Was 2-for-5 with three RBIs and a home run in the second game of a doubleheader at Penn State (3/21) ... Smashed a solo homer and her fifth sacrifice fly of the year in the series finale at PSU (3/22) ... Was 2-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a run at Hofstra (3/24) ... Went 2-for-4 with a run later in the day versus Fordham ... Finished a two-game sweep of Wisconsin with a 3-for-5 performance, driving in four with a home run and a double (3/28) ... Went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run and an RBI single in a 4-3 (8) win over Purdue (4/3) ... Drove in three runs on a single and a pair of sacrifice flies at No. 15 Minnesota (4/10) ... Finished 2-for-4 with a home run, a double and two RBIs in a win at Nebraska (4/19) ... Went 4-for-5 in a Big Ten doubleheader against Illinois, going 2-for-3 with a double, a home run, two RBIs and two runs scored in game one before finishing 2-for-2 with a double, two more RBIs and two walks (4/22) ... Extended that performance by batting .555 with a home run and eight RBIs in a three-game set with Ohio State to be named Big Ten Player of the Week on April 27 ... Started the OSU series going 1-for-2 with two walks and two runs (4/24) before finishing 2-for-3 with a home run, a sac fly and a career-best five RBIs in game two (4/25) ... Concluded the series with two more hits and three RBIs in the finale (4/26) ... Was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run in a win over Iowa (5/2) before finishing 2-for-3 with a home runs, two RBIs and two run in the season finale (5/3) ... Singled, drove in a run, stole a base, walked and scored in a Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal win over Purdue (5/8) ... Went 2-for-2 with two walks in an NCAA-opening game against Kentucky (5/15).

2014: Started 52 games out of 53, 38 times as the designated player and 14 times at first base ... NFCA All-Region second team ... Began her NU career on an incredible streak, reaching base in her first 11 plate appearances in a row spanning all four Wildcats' games at the Kajikawa Classic ... All told, batted .778 with an .857 on-base percentage on the weekend to earn the Big Ten Player of the Week award in week one ... Later in the season, tied the NU record with hits in eight-straight at-bats from March 22 to March 28, raising her average at the time from .361 to .423 ... Walked three times and was hit by a pitch versus No. 22 Stanford (2/7) ... Went 2-for-2 with a triple, an RBI and a run against New Mexico later that night ... Was 3-for-3 with a walk against Utah (2/8), leading off a four-run, seventh-inning rally with a single in a 12-11 walk-off NU victory ... Concluded that weekend by going 2-for-4 against Boise State ... Doubled, drove in two and stole a base against George Washington (2/14) ... In a second game versus GWU, went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a double (2/15) ... Again doubled and drove in a pair in a run-rule win against Penn State (2/16) ... Crushed the first home run of her Northwestern career--a two-run shot--as part of a three RBI day against LIU Brooklyn (2/22) ... Was 2-for-3 in a run-rule win over LIU Brooklyn (3/8) ... Facing her former team, singled and hit a solo home run against Boston College (3/9) ... Knocked in a pair of runs with a double in a 4-2 win over Wisconsin (3/21) ... Was 3-for-3 with a triple, a three-run home run and two runs scored versus Northern Illinois (3/26) ... Was again 3-for-3 in NU's next game against No. 19 Nebraska, driving in a career-high five on a single and two doubles (3/28) ... Tripled and scored twice versus UIC (4/2) ... Tripled again as part of a 2-for-5 night with two RBIs at No. 14 Minnesota (4/13) ... Was a perfect 2-for-2 with an RBI and a run at Loyola (Chicago) (4/16) ... Clubbed a solo home run at Illinois (4/22) ... Tied the NU single-game record with three doubles in a 3-for-3 performance at Ohio State (4/25) ... Did not have an official at-bat versus Michigan State, walking twice and driving in one with a sacrifice fly (5/2) ... Named to All-Big Ten Tournament team after leading everyone with six RBIs ... Was 2-for-3 with a career-high-tying five RBIs on a double and a home run in the opening round against Michigan State (5/8) ... Went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and a sacrifice in an NCAA Tournament game against BYU.

2013 (at Boston College): Played in 14 games before suffering a season-ending injury ... Batting .382 with a .559 slugging percentage, .523 on-base percentage, three doubles, a home run and 10 RBIs in 14 games played at the time of her injury ... Granted a medical hardship waiver by the NCAA following the season.

2012 (at Boston College): Started 45 of 51 games at second base, earning second-team All-ACC honors ... Athletics Director's Award for Academic Achievement recipient ... Ranked ninth in the conference for slugging percentage (.546) ... Posted 10 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games ... Had an eight-game hitting streak and reached base in 13 consecutive games at one point during the year ... Doubled and drove in a run at ACC Tournament versus North Carolina (5/10) ... Hit a two-run homer in 2-for-4 showing against Boston (4/26) ... Had a double, stole two bases and scored two runs in a 3-for-8 day at Dartmouth (4/25) ... Blasted two home runs and drove in three in a 4-for-4 performance in game three against Virginia Tech (4/15), following a 3-for-6, two-run, four-RBI, home run showing in a doubleheader the day before ... Went 3-for-8 and scored a run in a series at NC State ... Went a perfect 3-for-3 with a home run, double and three runs scored in game two against Virginia (3/31) ... Went 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBIs and two runs scored in the second game against Dartmouth (3/24) ... Tripled and scored against Central Arkansas (3/3) ... Doubled and scored three times against Morgan State (2/25) ... Hit her first-career home run at Charlotte (2/26).

High School: Two-time all-state first-team selection ... Led the state of Indiana with a .703 batting average and 12 home runs in addition to 16 doubles and 11 triples as a junior in 2010, leading Bishop Dwenger to the state championship ... As a senior, was third in the state with a .629 average while leading Indiana with a .693 OBP, finishing the year with eight homers and 45 RBIs ... 2010 and 2011 Fort Wayne News Sentinel Player of the Year ... Four-time first-team All-SAC, two-time team MVP and captain and 2008 team Offensive Player of the Year ... Earned 2011 US Army Reserve Academic and Athletic Excellence Award ... High school won three conference and sectional titles during her career ... Played eight years of club with the Indiana Shockwaves and one year with Indiana Magic G ... A National Softball Association (NSA) Hall of Fame inductee after winning four NSA World Series Championships ... Club took fourth at the 2009 ASA Nationals ... Also lettered two years in basketball, earning a first-team all-conference nod in 2009 ... Four-year honor roll member.

Personal: Born Andrea Marie Filler ... Daughter of Dan and Judy Filler ... Has a twin brother, Daniel, and younger brothers, Michael and Jonny ... Family also has a history in hockey with an uncle, John Baldassari, playing semi-pro and a cousin, Gianni Baldassari, playing at Holy Cross ... Graduated in 2015 with a bachelor's degree in communication studies ... Currently enrolled in graduate school pursuing a master's degree in sports administration.

Stats in this bio are only from Northwestern