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2011 - Junior: NFCA Midwest All-Region Second Team ... Getterman Classic All-Tournament Team ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Played in 48 games on the season, making 47 starts at first base ... Hit .336 with a Big Ten-leading 16 doubles in addition to nine home runs to earn a .643 slugging percentage ... Totaled 45 RBIs, second on the Illini and tied for seventh among all conference players ... Owned a .442 on-base mark, with 47 hits, 25 walks and four hits by pitches on the season ... Finished among the Big Ten leaders with 16 doubles (1st), 16 fielding double plays (tied-first), three sacrifice fly outs (tied-second), 45 RBIs (tied-seventh) and a .643 slugging percentage (ninth) ... Went 4-for-4 with a career-best six RBIs and two runs scored on two home runs, one double and a single against UTSA on Feb. 12, with her 11 total bases ranking first for individual total bases on the season in the Big Ten ... Earned Getterman Classic All-Tournament honors after leading the Illini with a .467 batting average on seven hits, including three doubles and two home runs. Also drove in eight runs and scored five more on the tournament ... Was 2-for-2 with two RBIs and two runs scored on a double and a home run against Longwood on March 5 and 2-for-3 with two doubles and one RBI against Fordham on March 5 ... Hit an impressive .833 (5-for-6) against #18 Missouri and Illinois State on March 12 with a double, solo home run and five RBIs ... Was 2-for-2 with a double, home run, walk, two runs scored and four RBIs against Penn State on April ... Hit a three-RBI double to cap the nine-run sixth inning and walked twice to score two runs against Ohio State on April 10 ... Went 5-for-8 (.625) over both games against Purdue on April 13, including 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored in the second contest ... Went 2-for-4, including a solo home run and the go-ahead RBI-single, to total two RBIs and a run scored against Wisconsin on April 23.
2010 - Sophomore: Louisville Slugger/NFCA First Team All-American ... NFCA Midwest All-Region ... All-Big Ten First Team ... Big Ten Player of the Week (3/22) ... Batted a team-high .418 in 53 games ... Also led the Illini in home runs (16), RBIs (56), total bases (123), slugging percentage (.804), walks (29) and on-base percentage (.516) ... Batted .455 over 18 Big Ten contests to go along with a team-high nine home runs and 24 RBIs ... Totaled 64 hits and 34 runs on the season, good for third and fourth place among Illini, respectively ... One of six Illini to start all 53 games ... Led the Big Ten in batting average among those who accumulated at least 150 at-bats on the season ... Third in conference in total RBIs and total bases, fourth in home runs and fifth in doubles ... Went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and five RBIs against Long Beach State on Feb. 13 ... Went 2-for-3 against Sacramento State on Feb. 19, walking once and driving in three runs ... Scored two runs and drove in one RBI on three hits and one walk against Virginia Tech ... Went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and five RBIs against Dartmouth ... Knocked in four runs on four hits and scored two more against Loyola-Chicago on March 24 ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and four RBIs during Illinois' 6-0 shutout of Wisconsin on April 24 ... Slugged a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to push the Illini past Iowa, 6-4, on May 5 ... Was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and one run scored during the Orange and Blue's 8-0 shutout of Purdue on May 12.
2009 - Freshman: Played and started in all 46 games at first base ... Tied for team lead with seven home runs on the season, also totaling eight doubles and 21 RBIs ... Finished year with a fielding percentage of .975 ... Hit safely in five consecutive games from March 6-24 ... Led Illinois to a 6-5 extra-inning win over No. 18 Southern Illinois on March 6, going a perfect 4-for-4 with a home run and a double ... Had three-hit games against Loyola-Chicago on March 24 and Purdue on April 29 ... Hit a three-run double against Northern Illinois on Feb. 21 and a three-run homer against Texas Tech on Feb. 27 ... Hit a grand slam against No. 18 Houston on Feb. 20 to help the Illini to a come-from-behind win ... First career hit came on a home run against James Madison on Feb. 6.
High School: Led team to the 2006 CIF Championship and the semifinals in 2007 ... Broke Santiago's home run record in 2007 with nine long balls while batting .420 ... First team all-league and second team all-county ... Earned all-tournament honors at the Santiago Spring Fling and Corona Tournament ... Received academic all-league recognition for three straight years and an all-state nominee in 2007 ... Played club for the California Raiders under coach Phil Bruder ... Four-year honor roll student.
Personal: Born Nov. 11, 1990 ... Daughter of Casey and Judy Hackett ... Has an older brother, Bradley ... Majoring in elementary education.
Getting to Know Meredith: Favorite Food: Mexican ... Favorite Athlete: Joe Mauer ... Favorite Pro Team: Los Angeles Angels ... Favorite Music Artist: Paramore ... Favorite Movie: Titanic ... Why Illinois? "The tradition, loyalty and the Big Ten atmosphere" ... Three people you'd take to dinner: Rob Dyrdek, Joe Mauer and Jeff Mathis.
