Michelle Batts Class: Junior Hometown: Bloomingdale, Ill. High School: Glenbard North Height: 5-8 Position: IF B/T: L/L

2009: Started 44 games as the designated player and twice at first base ... Went 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored against Kansas (2/7) ... Batted 2-for-3 against Hawaii (2/13) ... Blasted a solo home run against No. 4 UCLA (2/13) ... Was 1-for-2 with two walks and two runs against Cal State Fullerton (2/15) ... Was a career-best 4-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs against Oregon State (2/20) ... Drove in a pair of runs versus Long Island (2/28) ... Drove in five runs including a walk-off, seventh-inning grand slam to defeat No. 8 Tennessee at The Preview presented by Worth (3/7) ... In NU's next game against Tennessee (3/8), was issued three walks ... Was 2-for-3 with a run in game one of NU's series at Penn State (3/28) ... Followed that effort with a 3-for-3 performance, hitting a home run and driving in three in game two versus the Nittany Lions (3/29) ... Went 2-for-3 with a run and a walk in the second game of a doubleheader at Minnesota (4/8) ... Crushed a solo home run against No. 23 Iowa (4/15) ... Hit a three-run home run at Purdue (4/18) ... Hit a solo home run against No. 11 Ohio State (5/3) ... Went a collective 3-for-7 with a double in a series sweep at Wisconsin (5/8-5/9).

2008: Started every game, 25 times as the designated player and 31 times at first base ... Second-team All-Big Ten and NFCA All-Region selection ... Batted .357 (5-for-14) with eight RBIs in Northwestern's four games at the season-opening Kajikawa Classic ... Went 2-for-3 with two runs, three RBIs and a two-run home run against No. 3 Texas A&M (2/15) in her first collegiate game ... Hit a two-run double versus No. 1 Arizona (2/16) ... Finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs against Idaho State (2/16) ... Drew three walks against Oregon, scoring once (2/22) ... Walked twice and hit a solo home run versus No. 6 LSU (2/23) ... Went 2-for-3 with a solo homer that completed a four-run comeback in an eventual win for NU against No. 25 Texas (2/23) ... Hit a walk-off RBI double in the bottom of the ninth against Rutgers (3/7) ... Was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored in an 8-0 win over California (3/21) ... The next day, was issued three intentional walks by Cal (3/22) ... Hit a solo home run in an eventual 5-2 win over Minnesota (3/30) ... Had a big day against Loyola (Chicago) on 4/3, going 3-for-3 with two home runs, a double, five RBIs and three runs scored ... Finished 3-for-5 with two RBIs in the first game of a doubleheader at No. 24 Ohio State (4/6) ... Hit a two-run home run in the second game of the doubleheader ... Hit a two-run home run in the second game of NU's series at Illinois (4/12) ... Named Big Ten Player of the Week on April 14 ... Was 2-for-3 with two RBIs against Indiana (4/19) ... Hit a solo home run versus Purdue (4/20) ... Went 2-for-4 with a walk off two-run double in the bottom of the fifth inning against Illinois-Chicago (4/22) ... Hit a game-winning RBI double in the 14th inning of a 1-0 win at Penn State (4/25) ... Was 2-for-4 with a solo home run the next day against the Nittany Lions (4/26) ... Clubbed a two-run home run against Michigan State (5/3) ... Went a perfect 2-for-2 with a solo home run and five RBIs against Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals (5/9) ... Named to Big Ten Tournament All-Tournament team ... Hit a double and a home run, driving in three against Western Illinois in the NCAA Regional (5/16).

High School: Career high school batting average of .453 ... Named first-team Chicago Tribune All-State, first-team Chicago Sun-Times All-Area, first-team Daily Herald All-Area, DuPage Valley Conference Player of the Year, Bloomingdale Press Player of the Year and a Gatorade Player of the Year nominee as a senior ... Earned first-team Chicago Tribune All-State honors as a junior after setting the DuPage County single-season home run record with 16 ... Named 2006 DuPage Valley Conference Player of the Year ... Also named first-team Chicago Sun-Times and Daily Herald All-Area in 2006 ... Four-time All-DuPage Valley Conference and Academic All-Conference selection ... Named to the Chicago Tribune Top-25 and Chicago Sun-Times Top-100 Players to Watch lists prior to her sophomore season ... In May of 2005, hit a home run more than 300 feet in a game against St. Charles East ... High school won its conference title the last four years ... Played club with the Illinois Rockers, Wasco Diamonds and Thunder ... Diamonds won the 2005 ASA Metro championship and the USSSA "A" Illinois State Championship .... Thunder finished third at the ASA Regional Championship and participated in the ASA Nationals ... Rockers earned the 2007 ASA Chicago Metro championship, the AFA Turf title and the USSSA Illinois State championship ... Also played four years of basketball and two years of cross country and volleyball ... National Honor Society member ... DuPage County Leadership Conference ... Senior Medal of Honor ... Livingston Humanitarian Award ... Also named Academic All-Conference for basketball and cross country ... Played four years in the band.

Personal: Born Michelle Raenetta Batts ... Daughter of Michael and Maggie Batts ... Brother Michael played football at Northern Illinois ... Has a younger sister, Michala ... Chose Northwestern over Illinois, DePaul, Loyola (Chicago) and North Carolina ... Majoring in communication studies.

BATTS' CAREER STATISTICS

Year	Avg	GP	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	ATT
2008	.288	56	56	163	22	47	12	0	13	45	30	31	0	0
2009	.288	46	46	132	21	38	4	0	7	28	22	29	0	0
TOTAL	.288	102	102	295	43	85	16	0	20	73	52	60	0	0