2014: Had an impressive junior season, batting .250 (39-for-156) with three home runs and 19 RBI ... Named a second team All-Missouri Valley Conference selection after hitting .301 (22-for-73) with two home run and 10 RBI in league play ... Caught six runners stealing to lead the conference... Strung together a season-best seven-game hitting streak, March 30-April 7 ... Crushed a two-out two-strike walk-off single with bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning to push Loyola past Northern Illinois(4/23) ... Collected three hits in a 10-inning victory over UC Riverside (3/3) ... Recorded five two-hit efforts over a seven-game span, April 6-13... Knocked in a season-high three RBI against Missouri State (4/7) after blasting her second of three home runs on the season ... Also circled the bases as part of a 2-for-2 day in a win over Indiana State (4/15) ... Ripped a bases-loaded RBI single in the MVC Championship game versus Bradley (5/10) ... Had a string of 27 consecutive errorless games to start off the year.
2013: Bounced back from a tough freshman season to bat .286 (38-for-133) with six doubles, eight home runs, and 28 RBI ... Her 28 RBI ranked second on the club ... Deserved All-Horizon League recognition but was not voted to a team despite hitting .329 (23-for-70) with six homers, 18 RBI, and a team-best .643 slugging percentage in conference play ... In Loyola's wins, posted a .359 (28-for-78) batting average ... Totaled eight multi-hit games and drove in two or more runs on 11 occasions ... Had a string of 70 consecutive errorless games snapped when she committed a miscue in the final game of the year ... Strung together a season-best, eight-game hitting streak, April 6-18 ... Crushed three roundtrippers over a two-day span, April 19-20 ... Loyola went 6-1 when she circled the bases ... Drove in three runs in a victory over Toledo ... Went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI against Penn State ... Doubled twice and drove in a run in a win at UIC as she made her first start of the year at first base ... Finished that series at UIC with four hits in nine at-bats (.444) ... In a three-game sweep of Valparaiso, reached base in a whopping 8-of-10 plate appearances ... Recorded four two-hit efforts over a five-game span, April 14-20 ... Homered twice and scored three runs in an extra-inning win at Cleveland State ... Belted a clutch, game-tying, three-run homer in the fifth inning of Loyola's 5-4 loss to Cleveland State at the Horizon League Championship.
2012: Started all 49 games and batted .197 with seven doubles, two triples, a home run and 15 RBI ... Saw action at both catcher and first base and committed only two errors in 308 chances (.994) ... Committed only one error in her final 47 games ... Got her career off to a hot start, registering a hit in 8 of her first 15 at-bats (.533) ... In her first game as a Rambler, went 2-for-4 with a double, triple, and pair of RBI against North Texas ... Recorded five multi-hit performances, going for two hits in three of the team's first five games ... Opened the season by hitting safely in the first seven contests and she also reached base safely in the first 11 games of the year ... Drove in a pair of runs at Oklahoma State ... Crushed her first career home run in an 8-4 loss to Wisconsin ... Hit .300 (9-for-30) in neutral site contests.
High School: During her senior campaign, batted .481 with 11 doubles, four triples, six home runs, a .830 slugging percentage and a .495 on-base percentage ... Hit a robust .621 in conference play in 2011 ... Had a decorated and illustrious prep career, and in addition to being named team MVP in 2011, was selected to the Illinois Mizuno Super 60 Team and earned Illinois Coaches Association All-State honors in both 2010 (third team) and 2011 (second team) ... Four-time all-conference honoree and was a three-time team captain in her four-year stint on the varsity softball squad ... Named 2011 Sherrard High School Female Athlete of the Year ... Four-time selection to the
Rock Island Argus All-Area Team ... During her career, helped Sherrard to three conference and regional championships, two sectional titles, and a pair of Elite 8 appearances ... Tremendous all-around athlete, who also played golf and basketball at Sherrard and was part of two IHSA Sweet 16 basketball squads ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Played club for the Quad City Firebirds.
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Shaffer's Career Statistics
|
Year
|
G-GS
|
Avg.
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
RBI
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
BB
|
SO
|
HBP
|
SB-SBA
|
|
2012
|
49-49
|
.197
|
132
|
9
|
26
|
15
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
13
|
48
|
1
|
0-1
|
|
2013
|
46-46
|
.286
|
133
|
18
|
38
|
28
|
6
|
0
|
8
|
14
|
23
|
0
|
0-0
|
|
2014
|
55-52
|
.250
|
156
|
17
|
39
|
19
|
8
|
1
|
3
|
15
|
35
|
5
|
0-0
|
|
2015
|
41-33
|
.228
|
92
|
11
|
21
|
13
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
7
|
30
|
4
|
0-0
|
|
Totals
|
191-180
|
.242
|
513
|
55
|
124
|
75
|
24
|
4
|
14
|
49
|
136
|
10
|
0-1
|
