2013: Started all 53 games... Finished with a .291 batting average... Leading the team in runs with 36 and third in at-bats with 172... Hit over the fence four times... Batted in 24 runs... Hit for 10 doubles and one triple... Was walked 18 times... Fourth highest on the team in on-base percentage.
2012: Made 53 starts while appearing in 55 games...Finished with a .248 batting average...Fifth on the team in hits with 39 and second in at-bats with 157...Went deep four times and was tied for second on the team with 25 runs scored...Produced the third-most runs with 24...Knocked six doubles and registered 12 walks...Swiped 10 bases in 14 attempts.
2011: Appeared in 50 games, starting all of them...Recorded a .208 batting average on the season...Tallied one homerun and 12 RBI...Also scored 10 runs...Posted a slugging percentage of .272 and an on-base percentage of .288...Went 2-for-6 on stolen base attempts...Fielding percentage of .851.
High School: Four-year letterwinner for softball and basketball...Won 2010 Female Athlete of the Year her senior year for her high school...Was also named Ann Arbor Player of the Year and Monroe County Player of the Year her senior year while earning All-State, All-League, All-District and All-Region honors...Was also voted Team MVP and Huron League MVP and served as a team captain...Earned All-League and All-District honors three times, and was named All-Monroe County her junior year.
Personal: Born Lani Nicole Ernst on January 27, 1992...Daughter of Brian and Liisa Ernst...Has one brother, Logan...Majoring in nursing.
Ernst's Batting Statistics
|
| 2011 |
.208 |
50 |
125 |
10 |
26 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
13 |
2
|
|
| 2012 |
.248 |
55 |
157 |
25 |
39 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
24 |
12 |
10
|
|
| 2013 |
.291 |
43 |
172 |
36 |
50 |
10 |
1 |
4 |
24 |
18 |
3
|
| TOTAL |
.249 |
148 |
454 |
71 |
115 |
19 |
3 |
9 |
60 |
43 |
15 |
