Western Illinois University Athletics

Awards & Recognition
Named to The 2010-11 Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence
2011 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League Team - Distinguished Scholar
2010 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League Selection
2010 Student-Athlete Provost Award
2009 All-Summit League First Team Selection
2007 All-Mid Continent Second Team Selection

Career Highlights
2011 (Senior): Played in 43 contests and made 37 starts... named as an All-Summit League First Team selection after leading the league and ranking 68th in the nation in hitting (.400)... also led the league and ranked 63rd nationally in slugging (.713)... ranked third in the league in on-base percentage (.462)... led The Summit League in total bases (82)... set career highs in hits (46), runs (19), doubles (11), triples (2) homers (7) and RBI (36)... earned Summit League 'Player of the Week' honors after batting .667 with three homers and 10 RBI in four games from 3/23-3/26... was 3-for-5 with a triple, a home run and a career-high five RBI against IUPUI (3/26)... drove in two or more runs on eight occasions... batted .446 (33-for-74) with five homers and 28 RBI against Summit League opponents... posted 13 multi-hit games on the season... ended the year tied for seventh in single-season batting average in program history... Game-By-Game Stats

2010 (Junior): Played in 50 contests, starting in 45 games... batted .264 with 32 hits, 15 RBI, nine runs and seven doubles... batted .273 in conference action... posted a six-game hit streak from April 30 - May 7... collected five multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games... saw action as a designated player and as a catcher... Game-By-Game Stats

2009 (Redshirt-Sophomore): Named to the all-Summit League First Team as a designated player... finished the season with 32 hits and 25 RBI for a .239 batting average and a .373 slugging percentage... made 44 starts in 47 appearances for the Purple and Gold... posted a five-game hit streak from February 8-13... collected three hits and two RBI in the season opening victory over Wright State, 11-0 (5), in the Country Inn and Suites Invitational... hit her first home run of the year in the 11-3 victory over Minnesota on February 12, driving in two Western base runners... collected three hits in each game of the doublehearder against Southern Utah on April 10... went 2-for-3 at the plate with three RBI in the 4-3 win over North Dakota State on April 17... collected 71 putouts and six assists while only committing four errors for a .951 fielding percentage... helped her team set the school record for most runs scored in a season (270) and most RBI in a season (243)... named to The Summit League Winter-Spring Academic All-Conference Team... selected to The Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence... helped Western earn NFCA Girls Got Game Top 10 All-Academic Division I honors, posting the nation’s ninth-best team grade point average (3.446) among Division I softball programs... earned NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete honors for earning a 3.5 GPA or higher... Game-by-Game Stats

2008 (Sophomore): Redshirted... named to The Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
2007 (Freshman): Named to the all-conference Second Team as catcher... started 45 of 46 games played... recorded a .269 batting average with 35 hits, seven doubles... collected two home runs and 10 RBI in 130 at bats... finished the season with a .369 slugging percentage and a .317 on-base percentage... posted a six-game hit streak from May 3-11... registered a season-high three hits against Missouri on March 18... hit her first home run with the purple and gold against Ball State on May 4 as she recorded two hits and two RBI in the game... recorded a double and two hits in her first career game against Bradley on February 17... hit her second home run of the season in the 5-4 win over Illinois on April 25... drove in a season-high three base runners on May 3 against UIC... recorded 199 putouts and 33 assists while committing only five errors for a .979 fielding percentage... caught 18 base runners stealing... named to The Summit League Winter-Spring Academic All-Conference Team... Game-by-Game Stats

High School
Holds her high school record for career home runs with 17... hit 11 home runs in one season... named to the  all-state team as a catcher from 2004-06... earned all-Big Bend Conference honors in 2002-03... earned all-WAMAC conference First Team honors from 2004-06... selected as team captain during senior campaign... earned all-state Third Team honors and all-conference first-team honors as a utility player during her sophomore season.

Personal
Born Sept. 6, 1987... daughter of Peggy and Ed Schlotfeldt... majoring in Physical Education K-12... nickname is Schlo.

In Van Vlymen’s Words
“Schlo has proven to be one of our best hitters and I know she will continue to be a force at the plate this season. She has continued to work hard on getting her knee back to catching shape. She keeps her team fired up and will prove to thrive in clutch situations.”

Career Statistics