| Michelle Batts |
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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 on 9/15/89 ... 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.
