Western Illinois University Athletics

Awards & Recognition
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
2010 Phyliss Rafter Memorial All-Tournament Team
2009 All-Summit League Second Team Selection
2009 All-Summit League Tournament Team Selection
2009 Metrodome Classic All-Tournament Team Selection
2007 All-Mid Continent Tournament Team Selection

Career Highlights
2010 (Senior): Named to the all-Summit League First Team as an infielder... named to the all-Summit League Tournament Team... selected to 2010 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine All-District V First Team... played and started in all 54 contests for the Leathernecks... scored a team-high 43 runs and had the second-best batting average on the team (.353)... recorded a team-high 65 hits with 18 RBI, nine doubles, five triples and home runs... was 10-for-14 in stolen bases... recorded a hit in all but 11 contests... posted an 11-game hits streak from March 26-April 5... posted 19 multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games... scored two or more runs in a contest on nine different occasions... finished her career as the school's all-time leader in runs scored (126) while ranking seventh in career hits (185), fifth in career triples (12), eighth in career home runs (14) and RBI (87) and second in career stolen bases (65)...finished her career ranked fifth in Summit League history in stolen bases and eighth in career runs scored.
Game-by-Game Stats

2009 (Junior): Earned all-Summit League Second Team honors at third base... selected to the all-conference tournament team... named to the Metrodome Classic All-Tournament team... started and played in all 53 games for the purple and gold... recorded a .305 batting average and a .466 slugging percentage... scored the most runs in the conference (40) and registered the eighth most hits (53)... drove in 31 batters, the tenth most in the conference, and collected the second most triples (5)... was 15-for-20 in stolen bases... posted a four-game hit streak from April 24-28... recorded a season-high four hits against SIU-Edwardsville on March 7... collected three hits in a game on three different occasions... drove in a season-high three RBI in a 7-2 win over Wichita State on March 17 and in a 6-2 win over Northern Illinois on April 14.... scored a season-high three runs in an 11-8 win over Southern Utah on April 10... stole a base in four consecutive games from April 29-May 2... recorded 41 putouts, 100 assists and only committed 10 errors for a .934 fielding percentage... finished the year ranked fifth in the Western Illinois record books for most runs scored in a season with 40... finished the year ranked eighth in the Western Illinois record books for most triples in a season with five... finished the year ranked third in the Western Illinois record books for career stolen bases with 55... helped her team set the school record for most runs scored in a season (270) and most RBI in a season (243).
Game-by-Game Stats

2008 (Sophomore): Finished the season ranked second in the Western Illinois record books for most stolen bases in a season with 24... ended the season ranked fifth in the Western Illinois record books for most career stolen bases with 39... batted .275 with 38 hits, four doubles, two triples and four home runs... recorded a .938 fielding percentage with 48 putouts and 89 assists at third base... drove in 24 base runners, the second most on the team... had 11 games with two or more hits... recorded two stolen bases in five different games... collected two doubles in a 4-3 win over Kansas on March 10... drove in five base runners in the 17-2 win over IPFW in the conference tournament championship game... scored two runs and had a hit in Western’s first NCAA Tournament win against Drake, 3-1, on May 17... appeared in 48 games and made 47 starts... received academic all-league honors and NFCA academic recognition for earning a 3.671 GPA.
Game-by-Game Stats

2007 (Freshman): Named to the Mid-Con All-Tournament Team... started all 45 games played at third base... recorded a .945 fielding percentage with 47 putouts, 107 assists and nine errors... had a .216 batting average with 29 hits, five doubles, two home runs and 14 RBI in 134 at bats... stole 15 bases in 16 attempts... recorded 13 sacrifice hits.
Game-by-Game Stats

High school
Named to the all-Southern Inter-Conference Association team her junior and senior years... named to the Southtown Newspaper All-Area Team and the Herald News All-Area Team... hit .353.

Personal
Born Sept. 1, 1988... daughter of Jeff and Jackie DePolo... majoring in history education... nickname is Ju Ju.

In Van Vlymen’s Words
“Julie has a true passion for the game, she truly loves to play and spreads that passion to her teammates. She is a huge reason we are so successful with her outstanding defense, great at bats and tremendous base running.”

Career Statistics