Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the softball team at Hastings Senior High School … team captain all four years … named team MVP three times … a two-time first team All-Conference, first team All-Region, Academic All-Conference and Academic All-State selection … named first team All-Area and honorable mention All-State three times … team won the 2011 District Championship and advanced to the State Tournament … hit .449 with four home runs, 29 runs batted in and a .797 slugging percentage as a senior … also played varsity basketball and soccer … played club softball for Team Nebraska, which team finished third at the USSSA B Nationals in 2011 and sixth at the USSSA A Nationals in 2009 … named Offensive MVP of the 2011 National Tournament … Student Council President as a senior … member of the Nebraska Wesleyan Honors Academy … class valedictorian … member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Eric and Mary Christensen … has two brothers (Kevin and Sammy) … has not yet declared a major.