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
2011 All-Summit League Second Team Selection
2010 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League Selection
2010 All-Summit League First Team Selection
2010 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine All-District V First Team Selection
2010 Student-Athlete Provost Award
2009 All-Summit League Second Team Selection
2009 All-Summit League Tournament Team Selection
2009 Metrodome Classic All-Tournament Team Selection
2008 All-Summit League Second Team Selection
2008 All-Summit League Tournament Team Selection

Career Highlights
2011 (Senior): Earned Second Team All-Summit League honors after batting .324 (47-for-145) with 36 runs... was one of two players to start in every game during the season... ranked fourth in the league in runs scored... ended the season tied for second in program history with 122 career-runs and tied for sixth with 189 career-hits... also finished the season 14-for-17 in stolen bases to move her to seventh with 45 career swipes... batted .349 (29-for-83) and scored 27 runs against Summit League opponents...was 4-for-4 with three runs scored in a game at UMKC (4/2)... scored two or more runs on 10 occasions... was 2-for-4 with two RBI at UNLV (3/16)... ranked in the top 150 in the nation in runs per game (0.78)... Game-by-Game Stats

2010 (Junior): Named to the all-Summit League First Team as an outfielder... selected to 2010 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine All-District V First Team... batted .310 during the season with 45 hits, 24 runs and 10 RBI... batted .373 during conference only action with 25 hits... posted a six-game hit streak from Feb. 13-21... had a season-high three hits on three occasions... had a five-game hit streak with two or more hits from April 23-30... posted 15 multi-hit games... finished the season ranked 10th in Western Illinois history in career stolen bases (31).
Game-by-Game Stats

2009 (Sophomore): Named to the all-Summit League Second Team as an outfielder... named to the all-conference tournament team... earned Metrodome Classic All-Tournament team honors...  posted an 11-game hit streak that extended from April 1-21... had a season-high three hits on three occasions: against Wright State on Feb. 7, South Dakota State on April 24 and Southern Utah on May 9... scored a season-high three runs against Wright State... score two runs in a game on six different occasions... laid down seven sacrifice bunts, the sixth-most in the conference... scored the sixth-most runs in the conference with 33... 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 (Freshman): Earned second team all-conference honors... received academic all-league honors and NFCA academic recognition for earning a 3.79 GPA... named to The Summit League All-Tournament Team... finished the year ranked fifth in the Western Illinois single-season record books with 21 stolen bases... posted a six-game hit streak from April 5-13 and had three four-game hit streaks throughout the season... registered a season-high three hits against Kansas on March 2... stole a season-high five bases against Augustana College on April 2... scored a season-high four runs in the first game of the conference tournament against Centenary in a 9-7 win... registered two hits in Western’s first NCAA Tournament win over Drake, 3-1, on May 17... received Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League Team honors.
Game-by-Game Stats

High School
Was a three year all-East Suburban Catholic Conference honoree as a pitcher and an outfielder... selected as the East Suburban Catholic Player of the Year in 2007 as well as earning an all-state honorable metion honors... helped lead the Redhawks to three consecutive regional championships... was also a member of the Beverly Bandits 18U Gold club team with fellow Leatherneck Nikki Marinec... named to the Marist High School Honor Roll.

Personal
Born March 27, 1989... daughter of Cecilia and Kenneth Biebel... majoring in elementary education... nickname is Beebs.

In Van Vlymen’s Words
“Colleen has proven to be a spark for our team offensively, defensively and off the field. She keeps the team upbeat, but also pushes them with her incredible work ethic and dedication to make herself and her team better every day.”

Career Statistics