At Midwestern State
Academic Awards
LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll (1): 2023 (S)
Junior (2024)
appeared in one game as a pinch hitter… was 0-for-1 against East Central (2/6)…
Sophomore (2023)
appeared in 39 games, making 38 starts including 24 at designated player, eight at third base, five at second base, and one at shortstop... led team with a .287 batting average (29-for-101) with two doubles, a homer, and nine RBIs... recorded multiple hits in seven games... had season-high three hits, going 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI in a 6-4 win over Oklahoma Christian (4/1)... amassed a pair of five-game hitting streaks... hit .500 (6-for-12) during a five-game hitting streak with a double and two RBIs (3/21-3/26)... collected one hit in each of the last five games of the season (4/15-4/29)... lone home run of the season was a solo shot to left field at East Central (Okla.) (3/21)... registered an .870 season fielding percentage with 24 assists, 23 putouts, and seven errors in 54 total chances...
At Merrimack
Redshirt Freshman (2022)
started 26 games at second base... hit .183 (13-for-71) with two doubles, a triple, and a home run... drove in eight runs and scored six... handled 89 of 91 chances flawlessly for a .978 fielding percentage... first collegiate hit was a run-scoring double against Hartford (3/5)... belted first collegiate homer -- a two-run shot -- against Mount St. Mary's (3/20)... accounted for a hit in five consecutive games from March 13 against Niagara through a 2-for-3 effort including her first homer against Mount St. Mary's (3/20)... had season-high two hits on three occasions against Mount St. Mary's (3/20), Boston U (3/22), and Rhode Island (4/7)...
Freshman (2021)
served redshirt season...
At Rolling Hills Preparatory
a four-year letter winner for coach Ben Pasco at Rolling Hills Preparatory School in San Pedro, California... a member of Team Puerto Rico's bronze medal winning effort in the 2020 Triple Crown Sports International Tournament... hit a walk-off homers against Team Canada and Team Polynesia... also went 2-for-2 with a home run against Team USA... played and started for Team Puerto Rico helping the club win bronze medals at the 2021 Pan American Junior Games and the 2021 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) World Cup... one of 90 girls selected to train with Team USA and former Olympians Jennie Finch and Crystl Bustos at the 2017 USA Softball Elite Development Invitational held at Dodger Town in Vero Beach, Florida... club team (Youth Academy/Compton, California) won the first Jennie Finch Classic in 2018 and received championship trophy on the field prior to the 2018 MLB Home Run Derby at Nationals Field in Washington, D.C... competed on the club level for coach Kevin Ward of Texas Blaze (2020-21) and for coach Tony Bracamonte at Orange County Batbusters (2019-20)... also played soccer at Rolling Hills...
Personal
daughter of Michael and Lori Shimkus... has two brothers -- Cody Shimkus and Richard Alcaraz... father -- Michael -- played collegiate football at Norwich University... uncle -- Lance Brady -- played collegiate hockey at Holy Cross before competing in the American Hockey League (AHL) and East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)...
