2012: Pitched in seven games, making four starts in the circle … totaled 23-1/3 innings, striking out 13 and throwing two complete games … struck out a season-best four batters against both Utah Valley (March 9) and Central Connecticut (March 22) … appeared in 16 games overall with 14 at-bats … recorded her first career hit against Utah Valley (March 9) and first run batted in against Indiana State (March 5).

Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity softball team at Holy Cross H.S. … team captain senior year … named team MVP 2008-2011 … named to the New England All-Star Team South in 2008 and 2009 and All-City, All-NVL, All-State Class M and Top Pitcher in the NVL in 2010 and 2011 … 2010 Republican American All-Academic Team member … 2011 New Haven Register All-State Team member … team won New England Class C Championship in 2009 and was the NVL Tournament runner-up in 2011 … set school single-game record with 20 strikeouts in 2008 … threw a perfect game with 19 strikeouts in 2011 … had 1,085 career strikeouts … also a member of the varsity basketball team for one season … member of the East Coast Elite Gold club softball team … member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Winfield and Tracy Cheske … has two brothers (Winfield and Francis) … brother, Francis, was a member of the basketball, football and crew teams at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy … majoring in Psychology.

Cheske's Career Batting Statistics
Year   Avg  GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB  SLG% BB HBP SO GDP  OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A  E  FLD%
2012  .143  16 4  14 1 2 0  0  0  1   2  .143  0  0   5  0   .143 0  0  0  2   0  5  2 .714

Cheske's Career Pitching Statistics
Year  ERA  W L  App GS CG SHO CBO SV IP   H  R  ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF  B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA
2012  6.00 0 5  7   4  2  0   0   1  23.1 36 32 20 16 13 9  0  3  107 .336  7  2   0  0   5