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AS A SENIOR AT TOLEDO (2022)
Second Team All-MAC... Academic All-MAC and President’s List with a 4.0 GPA... Jane B. Moore Memorial All-Tournament Team... Was a three-time MAC Player of the Week honoree (Feb. 15, March 15, May 3)... Was selected as a top-30 NCAA softball student-athlete recipient of the 2022 Senior CLASS Award... Denner was the only Rocket to start every game of the 2022 season, 49-49 primarily at third base... She led the team in 15 stat categories: batting average (.348), walks (27) tied for seventh-best in program history, slugging percentage (.660) for fourth-best in program history, hit by pitch (eight), runs scored (31), hits (49), RBIs (34), doubles (12), strike outs (33), triples (one), home runs (10) for fifth-best in a single season, at-bats (141), total bases (93) tied for seventh-best in a single season, and GP/SP (49)... Denner became the new career-home run leader with her home run vs. Kent State (April 24)... Had a season-high three hits vs. LIU Brooklyn (March 10), one double, one home run, three runs scored, and four RBIs in Game Three vs. NIU (April 30)... Ended her career with an all-time second best batting average (.389), fifth-best slugging percentage (.493), sixth-best doubles (35), home run leader (28), tied seventh-best in RBIs (90), 10th best total bases (263), seventh- best walks (60) and fifth-best HBP (16).
AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR AT TOLEDO (2021)
Named MAC Player of Year, the second Rocket to receive award... Became first Rocket to earn NFCA All-Great Lakes Region First-Team honors since 1995 and first to earn NFCA Second Team All-Academic selection since 1992 ... Earned Academic All-MAC honors ... NFCA Scholar-Athlete... Started all 53 games at third base ... Ranked second in MAC with .550 on-base percentage (15th nationally), .841 slugging percentage (17th nationally), 20 doubles (T-5th nationally) and 37 walks ... Third in MAC with .421 batting average and fourth with 13 home runs ... Also led team with 16 multi-hit games and tied for first with eight multi-RBI contests ... Registered career-high 17-game hitting streak (March 14-April 20) ... Tallied season-high three hits on five occasions ... Set three program individual season records in doubles (20), walks (37), slugging percentage (.841) and tied for home runs (13) Drove in season-best four runs vs. Ohio (April 9) ... Drew two or more walks in eight contests, including three at Kent State (March 21) and at Bowling Green (April 28).
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR AT TOLEDO (2020)
Started all 23 games at third base ... Led team with .408 batting average, 19 RBI, .690 slugging percentage and .462 on-base percentage ... Tied for team lead with five homers and tied for second with 10 runs scored ... Collected season-high four hits with two runs and two RBI at Tennessee (March 7) ... Notched three hits and five RBI vs. Texas Southern (Feb. 7).
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT ASHLANDÂ (2019)
Appeared in 56 games ... Posted .400 batting average with 37 runs, 64 hits, 13 doubles and 10 home runs ... Tallied school-record 47 RBIs ... Named to NCAA Division II All-America second team ... Named to NCAA Division II Conference Commissioners Association All-Midwest Region first team ... Earned National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Midwest Region first team accolades ... Earned All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference first-team honors.
AS A SOPHOMORE AT ASHLAND (2018)
Limited to five games played due to injury...Was 6-for-15 with two runs scored, two doubles, two triples and four RBIs...Landed on All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Academic Team (cumulative grade-point average of 3.00-3.49).
AS A FRESHMAN AT ASHLAND (2017)
Burst on the scene to land GLIAC Freshman of Year honors...Also was named first-team All-GLIAC, first-team National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) all-region and second-team Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) All-Region...Ranked second on team in batting average (.372), stolen bases (16), runs scored (33), home runs (four) and doubles (10)...Led team in triples (three) and walks (16).
HIGH SCHOOL
Ended prep career among Ohio's all-time leaders in home runs (28), RBIs (187) and hits (174)...A two-time first-team All-Ohio selection, once at third base and once in center field...Honors included three-time first-team All-Northeast Ohio and All-Cuyahoga Valley Conference, CVC Most Valuable Player in 2015 and Ohio Varsity Player of the Year in 2016...In 2015, was among Ohio all-time single-season best in home runs (14) and RBIs (62)...Set program records for single-season doubles (10), career doubles (32), single-season home runs (14), career home runs (28), single-season RBIs (62), career RBIs (187), single-season batting average (.565) and career batting average (.507)....Part of a state-title team as a sophomore, as well as three conference titles, three district championships and three regional titles.
PERSONAL
Daughter of David and Denise Denner ... Father is a telecommunication specialist ... Mother is a paralegal ... Has one brother, Dylan ... Received her bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies in May 2020 ... Working on master's degree in business administration.
