2019: Scored the game-winning run as a pinch-runner in the seventh inning of a win over Idaho State (2/10) ... Scored the first run of a five-run seventh inning rally against Louisville (2/15) ... Scored the game-tying run in the 5 inning against Duke (2/22) ... Scored the game-tying run as a pinch runner in the seventh inning of a win over Drake (3/8) ... Pinch ran and scored to help defeat Iowa (3/29).
2018: Appeared in 10 games, six times as a pinch runner and four times as a pinch hitter ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Stole a base and scored in a run-rule victory over South Dakota (2/11) ... Was hit by a pitch as a pinch hitter against St. John’s (2/25) ... Was hit by a pitch again as a pinch hitter versus Penn State, later coming around to score (3/9) ... Scored as a pinch runner during a comeback win over Nebraska (4/1).
2017: Appeared in 23 games with one start at catcher, one start as the designated player, 19 appearances as a pinch runner and two defensive replacement assignments ... Pinch ran in all six games at the Santa Clara Round Robin (3/17-3/19), scoring three runs and stealing two bases ... Scored the winning run in the seventh inning against the host Broncos by rushing home from second on a shallow single and sliding in ahead of the ball (3/18) ... Scored twice and stole a base while pinch running in both ends of a doubleheader sweep of Maryland (4/8) ... Scored during a four-rule rally in a run-rule victory over DePaul (4/19) ... Crossed the plate as a pinch runner in each of the first two games of NU’s series sweep against Purdue (4/21, 4/22).
High School: Led Lane Tech to three Chicago City championships … Batted .625 with 54 runs, 35 RBI, 34 steals, 10 home runs, a 1.210 slugging percentage and a .698 on-base percentage as a junior in 2015 … Multiple-time All-City, Chicago Bandits/Sun-Times All-Star and Bill Harrison’s Top 100 Chicago area players honoree … Played nine years of club for the Oak Park Windmills … Qualified for five ASA Nationals under the direction of coaches Mike Solberg and Bruce Morgan … High Honor Roll member … Made honor roll every quarter of high school … AP Scholar … National Honor Society … Illinois Scholar.
Personal: Born Eva (A-va) Leigh Stees … Daughter of Cheryl Olson and Andy Stees … Northwestern has always been her “dream school” … Major is Environmental Sciences.
2018: Appeared in 10 games, six times as a pinch runner and four times as a pinch hitter ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Stole a base and scored in a run-rule victory over South Dakota (2/11) ... Was hit by a pitch as a pinch hitter against St. John’s (2/25) ... Was hit by a pitch again as a pinch hitter versus Penn State, later coming around to score (3/9) ... Scored as a pinch runner during a comeback win over Nebraska (4/1).
2017: Appeared in 23 games with one start at catcher, one start as the designated player, 19 appearances as a pinch runner and two defensive replacement assignments ... Pinch ran in all six games at the Santa Clara Round Robin (3/17-3/19), scoring three runs and stealing two bases ... Scored the winning run in the seventh inning against the host Broncos by rushing home from second on a shallow single and sliding in ahead of the ball (3/18) ... Scored twice and stole a base while pinch running in both ends of a doubleheader sweep of Maryland (4/8) ... Scored during a four-rule rally in a run-rule victory over DePaul (4/19) ... Crossed the plate as a pinch runner in each of the first two games of NU’s series sweep against Purdue (4/21, 4/22).
High School: Led Lane Tech to three Chicago City championships … Batted .625 with 54 runs, 35 RBI, 34 steals, 10 home runs, a 1.210 slugging percentage and a .698 on-base percentage as a junior in 2015 … Multiple-time All-City, Chicago Bandits/Sun-Times All-Star and Bill Harrison’s Top 100 Chicago area players honoree … Played nine years of club for the Oak Park Windmills … Qualified for five ASA Nationals under the direction of coaches Mike Solberg and Bruce Morgan … High Honor Roll member … Made honor roll every quarter of high school … AP Scholar … National Honor Society … Illinois Scholar.
Personal: Born Eva (A-va) Leigh Stees … Daughter of Cheryl Olson and Andy Stees … Northwestern has always been her “dream school” … Major is Environmental Sciences.