Bethune-Cookman University Athletics

2017 Preseason All-MEAC First Team
2016 All-MEAC Third Team
 
2016 – Sophomore Season
Finished the season second on the team with a .336 batting average… Played and started in 51 games during her first season with the program… Produced a team second-best 51 hits in 152 official at-bats…Pounded out four home runs and nine doubles… Tallied a team-best 36 RBIs… Used a .474 slugging percentage on the year – tops on the team in that category… Posted a team-high 24 stolen bases… Netted a .973 fielding percentage with 309 putouts and 16 assists from her first base position… Picked up a 2-for-4 game with two runs and a RBI in the season-opening victory over Morgan State (Feb. 12)… Was 2-for-3 at the plate with two runs and three RBIs, adding a double and two stolen bases against Liberty (Feb. 12) in Orlando, Florida… Picked up her first home run of the year versus LSU (Feb. 19), adding five putouts on defense… Collected a 3-for-4 performance with a run, and two stolen bases, adding seven putouts against Wagner (March 5)… Knocked out her second home run of the year with a perfect 4-for-4 day against Fairfield (March 6), adding a run and four RBIs… Had a home run in a home game against Tennessee-Martin (March 10)… Turned in a 3-for-4 game with a run and three RBIs, also producing four putouts in the second game of a doubleheader sweep of South Carolina State (April 16) in Orangeburg, South Carolina… Had a season-high tying four RBIs with a home run against Hampton (May 12) during the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament in Ormond Beach, Florida…
 
Before Bethune-Cookman
Played her rookie collegiate year at Concordia College… Played and started in 32 games… Finished with a team-best .379 batting average after going 39-for-103 at the plate… Earned six doubles, one triple, three home runs and 22 RBIs… Led the Cardinals on the bases finishing 23-for-27 in stolen bases… In the field, finished with a .972 fielding percentage with 190 putouts, 12 assists and six errors…
 
Norte Vista HS
Four-year varsity starter at Norte Vista High… Named all-league performer all four years in high school… All Inland Empire First Team during her senior year…
 
Personal
Daughter of Lani Waters-Cruz and Scott Cruz…