2008 All-Summit League First Team
2008 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
2007-08 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic, Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence
2007, 2006 Division I All-Independent First Team
2006 Division I Independent Newcomer of the Year
2008 SEASON: One of the top catchers in the region ... Defensively, one of the program's best all-time ... Threw out 21 of 36 opposing base runners attempting to steal and has gunned down 61 of 130 during career ... Set school single-season record for fielding percentage with no errors in 393 fielding chances including 51 assists ... Tied a career-high with two home runs against the College of Charleston (3-8-08# that produced a career best six RBI ... On career charts, ranks No. 2 in fielding percentage #.993)l; No. 4 in walks (79#, fielding chances #1,169# and putouts #1,021#; No. 6 in home runs #18# and No. 8 in RBI #103# ... Started all 54 games last season and all 168 in her career ... Hit .269 with seven home runs and 31 RBI ... Added 29 runs scored, six sacrifice hits, three doubles, a pair of doubles ... Earned All-Summit League and CoSIDA Academic All-District first team honors ... Named to league's Winter/Spring All-Academic and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence ... Recorded a career best 16 fielding chances and tied a career-high with 13 putouts against Southern Utah.
2007 SEASON: Started all 57 games ... Named to the Division I All-Independent first team ... Division I Independent Player of the Week #3-20-07# ... Hit a team-high 365 with seven home runs and 42 RBI ... Scored 33 runs and added 10 doubles ... Issued 24 walks ... Hit .394 #28-71# with runners in scoring position ... Had 13-game hitting streak ... Recorded 15 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI efforts ... Threw out 23 of 36 opposing base runners attempting to steal and has gunned down 40 of 94 during career ... Compiled a .990 fielding average with only four errors in 389 fielding chances ... Tied the NDSU single-game home run record with a pair vs. UMKC #4-14-07# ... Also scored a career best three runs against the Kangaroos ... College of Charleston all-tournament team ... Collected a career-high four hits against Missouri #3-14-07# ... Had 13 games with double-figure fielding chances including 14 vs. South Dakota State #4-20-07#.
2006 SEASON: Started in all 57 games ... Selected the 2006 Division I Independent Newcomer of the Year after hitting .310 with four home runs and 31 RBIs ... Committed only four errors in 346 fielding chances for a .990 fielding percentage ... Threw out 17 of 58 opposing baserunners attempting to steal ... Finished with 37 fielding assists .... Recorded a season-high four assists against Santa Clara #3-14-06# ... Named to the Division I All-Independent first team and Division I Independent all-tournament team ... Two-time Division I Independent Newcomer of the Week ... Led the Bison with nine multi-RBI games ... Second on the team with 12 multi-hit games ... Her four home runs came over the final 17 games of the season including her first collegiate long ball against St. Cloud State #4-12-06# ... Had 10 games with double-figure fielding chances including 13 vs. Minnesota-Duluth #4-19-06).
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2005 graduate of Papillion LaVista High School ... Selected to 2004 all-Nebraska, Class A all-state, Lincoln Journal Star Super State and all-metro first-teams ... Catcher/third baseman on the 2003 and 2004 Class A state, district and metro championship teams ... Hit .373 as a senior with seven doubles and 25 RBIs ... Limited opponents to only four stolen bases ... Also had an on-base percentage of .500 and a .991 fielding percentage ... Recipient of Papillion LaVista 2004 Hall of Fame award ... Named first-team 2003 Class A all-State and all-metro, while earning second-team honors on the Lincoln Journal Star Super State and all-Nebraska squads ... Hit .415 as a junior with 30 RBIs ... Four-year starter for Papillion LaVista ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Four-year regular on the honor roll ... Played summer softball for the Nebraska Echoes Renegades, which placed 13th at the 2004 18-under ASA Nationals in Clovis, Calif.; fifth at the 18-under ASA Nationals in Garland, Texas, and 13th at the 2002 16-under ASA Nationals in Sioux Falls, S.D.
PERSONAL: Daughter of John and Patty Cantrell ... Strangest nickname is "KC Masterpiece" ... Majoring in psychology with a minor in coaching ... Has one sister, Allison ... Hobbies include art, raquetball, playing video games and biking ... Prep coaches were Mike Govig and Kristi Renner.
