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Junior
Hometown
Sandy,
Utah
Last School
Alta High School
Roster Years
2017-2019
Personal
- Parents are Peter and Kathryn Vander Heide
- Both parents graduated from BYU
- Has three siblings: Katelyn, Hannah and Ryan
- Studying pre-management
Before BYU
- Max Prep Second Team All-American for medium schools
- Ranked 19th nationally for batting average in 2016
- Letter winner in softball (4 years), volleyball (3 years) and track (1 year)
- All-State First Team in 2015 and 2016
- All-Tribune Team in 2015
- Academic All-State for volleyball, softball and track
- Holds all-time Utah state record for single season batting average at .712
- Played club ball for Salt Lake Legacy and Pegasus
- Played on the Canadian Elite team in the summer of 2018
- Invited to the 2018 & 2019 Canadian National Team selection camps
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2017
- Started 40 games in centerfield
- Second on the team in stolen bases with 10
- Went 2/3 with 2 RBI vs. Louisville
- Bat .667 (2/3) vs. Sacramento State
- Went 2/3 with 2 runs, a triple and an RBI at Southern Utah
- Against San Diego, went 2/3 with 2 runs
- Had two hits, including an RBI double, at Santa Clara
- Had a diving catch against Mississippi State in the NCAA Regionals that reached No. 6 on the SportsCenter Top 10
- Notched 1 hit, 1 run and 2 RBI against Fordham in the NCAA Regionals
- 2017 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
- Named to 2017 WCC Commissioner's Silver Honor Roll
Sophmore Year
2018
- 2018 NCAA Eugene All-Region Team
- 2018 WCC All-Academic Team selection
- Played in 50 games and started 42 this season
- Went 2/3 in two games
- Had two hits and two runs against Portland St. (3/2). Also stole a career-high two bases in that game
- Caught a fly ball in center field and doubled up the runner at second against SUU (3/16)
- Tripled down the right-field line against Saint Mary’s (4/28)
- Had a hit in each of the three postseason games, including a triple down the left-field line against UAlbany (5/18)
- WCC Commissioner's Silver Honor Roll
Junior Year
2019
- Played in 46 games, starting 35
- Named WCC All-Academic Team
- Went 2 for 3 against North Carolina (2/9)
- Stole first base of the season against Mizzou (2/21)
- Hit first season triple against Florida Gulf Coast tallying two RBI to give BYU a 2-0 win (3/1)
- Batted in a run against No. 2 UCLA to tie the game in the fourth inning (3/9)
- Went 2 for 3 with one run, one RBI and one stolen base at LMU (4/6)
- Was 2 for 2 with 1 RBI vs USD (4/26)
- Recorded two runs and three walks vs. USD (4/26)
Senior Year
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
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Softball | Jul, 26
Twelve Cougars Named to WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll
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ImageSoftball | May, 18
Cougars conclude season with win over Albany and loss to Drake
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ImageSoftball | Feb, 23
Cougars win extra inning thriller vs. CSUN, fall to No. 4 Oklahoma
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ImageSoftball | Oct, 10
Three Cougars garner NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors
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ImageSoftball | Jul, 27
Nine Cougars named to WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll
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ImageSoftball | Apr, 19
Paulson shuts down Thunderbirds in Cougars' win
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ImageSoftball | Apr, 14
Solid pitching powers No. 20 BYU to doubleheader sweep over Pacific
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ImageSoftball | Apr, 11
Hot offense powers No. 20 BYU to 13-3 run-rule win at SUU
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ImageSoftball | Apr, 11
Hot offense powers No. 20 BYU to 13-3 run-rule win at SUU
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ImageSoftball | Jan, 23
BYU softball 2017 season preview