2008 Softball Roster
Roster
Denise Van Vossen
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Redshirt
- High School:
- Lockport
- Hometown:
- Lockport, IL
Started 50 games and played in 51 games ... Had a .267 batting average with 150 at bats, 40 hits and 19 runs ... Led the team in sacrifice bunts with eight ... Finished the season with a .943 fielding percentage with four errors.2005
Started all 55 games for the Rockets, tied for most on the team ... Batted .230 with 35 hits and 14 RBIs ... Led team in triples with four ... Was 6-8 stealing bases ... Had season-high seven game hit streak (3/11-3/19) including four two-hit games ... Had two triples 3/18 vs. Rutgers ... Finished with a .938 fielding percentage.
2004
Started in 54 games for the Rockets, the most of any player on the team ... Recorded a season batting average of .227 with 141 at bats (third-highest on team), 32 hits (fourth-highest on team) and nine RBI...Went 2-for-4 vs. Western Kentucky (2/29) with two runs in the fist game of the doubleheader...Finished the season with a .943 fielding percentage in right field.
High School
Two-time softball letterwinner who helped school to regional championship as a senior while serving as team captain ... Named to all-conference and all-area squads in addition to earning all-state honorable mention honors ... Received Chicago Tribune Player of the Week laurels.
Personal
Born Denise Lynn VanVossen on April 19, 1985 ... Daughter of Gil and Patti VanVossen ... Has an older brother, Eric, and two older sisters, Lori and Julie ... Majoring in exercise science.
