SOFTBALL BIOS

#3 SARAH VAN LINGEN
Redshirt Freshman
Catcher
5'4"
BATS: Right / THROWS: Right
Aurora, CO / Dakota Ridge H.S.

2008: One of four Orediggers to start all 57 games...Hit .390 and had a .414 on-base %...Amassed a new single-season CSM individual record 205 at bats...Led the RMAC and established a new single-season CSM individual record with 20 doubles...Finished third in the RMAC and established a new single-season CSM individual record with 58 RBI...Finished third in the RMAC and established a new single-season CSM individual record with 142 total bases...Established a new single-season CSM individual record with 15 stolen bases...Had 25 multiple-hit games and 15 multiple-RBI games...Posted a 12-game hitting streak...Second on the team and fourth (tied) in the RMAC in hits (80)...Hit 12 HR and finished with a .693 slugging %...Amassed a .996 fielding % in 250 total chances (only one error)...Selected as the RMAC's Freshman of the Year... Named Second Team All-RMAC...A First Team Academic All-RMAC performer.

2007: Redshirted during her first season at Mines...Earned the Silver Academic Achievement Award.

High School: Lettered three times in softball...A Second Team All-Conference pick in 2003...A First Team All-Conference selection in 2004 and 2005...Garnered Honorable Mention All-State and CHSC All-State recognition in 2005...Led her team to third-place State finish in 2003... Earned two letters in lacrosse...An All-Conference selection in 2006...Helped team to set new single-season school record for victories...Selected as DRHS’s Student-Athlete of the Year as a senior in 2005-06...Dakota Ridge’s Class of 2006 Salutatorian.