Wisconsin Badgers

Honors and Awards: 2017, 2018 & 2019 Academic All-Big Ten ... 2016 Newcomer of the Year (UW Coaches) ... Big Ten Freshman of the Week (3/28) ... NBC15 Player of the Week

2019: Started the season as Wisconsin’s primary catcher but played in only 36 games due to a broken hand suffered in weekend series vs Illinois (3/22-3/24). Cross would return later in the season against Nebraska (5/3) as a pinch hitter and outfielder … recorded 30 hits, six doubles, six home runs and 31 RBI … in her return to the starting lineup in the Big Ten tournament against Iowa (5/9), Cross recorded a single, double and triple in her three at bats, tallying three of Wisconsin’s seven runs in a win … ranked fourth on the team in batting average and third in slugging percentage
 

2018: Played and started in 49 games as UW’s primary catcher … recorded 35 hits, eight doubles, four home runs and 28 RBI … hit a grand slam against North Carolina (2/17), one of three dingers she hit that day for a total of eight RBI … ranked fourth on the team with six multiple hit games … went 3-for-4 with three RBI against College of Charleston (3/3) … hit a RBI double in UW’s 8-0 Big Ten Tournament shutout of Purdue (5/10) … tied for second on the team with three sacrifice flies

2017: Saw action in 51 games for Wisconsin, primarily starting as the designated player … batted in 18 runs and led the team with three sacrifice hits on the season … hit a career-high two home runs against Princeton (3/4) … batted in a career- and season-high 7 RBI against Princeton, one of just four Badgers to ever do so, tying the highest number of RBI in a single game in the conference this year … sent a homer over the fence to lead off the seventh inning against Northwestern (3/26) … hit another moonshot against Iowa (4/7) scoring two runs in the win.

2016: Named the 2016 Newcomer of the Year by the coaches … played in all 53 games, starting 51 behind the plate … had the second-most multiple hit games on the team with 11 multiple hit games, including two three-hit games … knocked out the game-winning walk-off home run against No. 24 Ohio State (4/1) … ranked second on the team with six home runs, which also ranked sixth in the UW single-season freshmen records … her nine doubles on the season ranks fifth in the freshmen records … ranked ninth on the team for runs scored with 11 … had the most sacrifice hits in a single game by any Badger with two vs. Minnesota (4/12) … ranks fourth all-time in UW’s Big Ten individual single-season records for her four home runs in conference play and is tied for eighth with 15 RBI … had the eighth-best slugging percentage (.455) by a UW freshman … also had the fifth-most doubles (9), sixth-most home runs (6) and fourth-most RBI (31) by a freshman … tallied seven multiple RBI games … earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week and NBC Player of the Week honors after helping the Badgers to a 4-1 week on the road (3/28) … Cross batted .500 (7-for-14) on the week with nine hits and eight runs in five games, she also had five RBI and a team-high 11 total bases.

High School: As a freshman, was named first-team All-Section ... had a .377 batting average and 24 RBI ... as a sophomore, was a member of 2013 Division I Section II Championship team ... Arizona Daily Star Honorable Mention ... posted a .290 batting average and 19 RBI ... as a junior, was a Division II Section II Champion ... named offensive MVP ... compiled a .505 batting average and 44 RBI ... named to first-team All-Section team ... as a senior, was a Arizona Division II State Champion ... offensive MVP ... had a .403 batting average and 52 RBIs ... named to All-Section first team ... career leader in RBIs and doubles at Cienega High School ... four year member of high honor roll ... four year member of Bobcat All-Academic Team 

Personal:  Parents are Dennis and Michelle Cross ... has one sister, Heather (27) and one brother, Brandon (17) ... major is pre-business