Bradley University Athletics

Honors & Awards

• All-Tournament Bayer CropScience Classic (2011)
• Bradley AD Honor Roll all eight semesters

2012 Season (Senior): A part-time starter in the outfield, she started 23 of the 41 games she appeared in during her final season on The Hilltop ... Collected six of her seven hits on the year in MVC play, hitting .214 in league play ... Was tied for sixth on the team in walks, despite ranking 10th in at bats ... Led the team with 10 pinch hit at bats ... Scored the go-ahead run in Bradley's victory against regular-season conference champion Northern Iowa to help BU snap the Panthers' 18-game regular-season conference  win streak ... Had an RBI double in Bradley's series opening win against Southern Illinois. 

2011 Season (Junior): Appeared in 43 games, starting 20 contests ... Saw the bulk of her starts in left field (11) or at designated player (8) ... Earned all-tournament honors at the Bayer CropScience Classic in Fresno, Calif. ... Made nine appearances as a pinch hitter ... Drove in eight runs and was tied for fifth on the team with nine walks despite having only 74 plate appearances ... Hit .273 with three doubles, four RBI and one run scored in five games at the Bayer CropScience Classic ... Drove in all three of Bradley's runs against 10th-ranked California ... Went 3-for-4 a double and run scored in two games against Fresno State.

2010 Season (Sophomore): Emerged as Bradley's top pinch hitter ... Went 5-for-16 (.313) in a pinch hitting role ... Her five pinch hits were the most by a Bradley player since Jessie Musgrove was 7-for-17 as a pinch hitter in 2005 ... Led BU's reserves with three RBI ... Went 2-for-3 with a run scored, one RBI and a walk against Rutgers ... Drove in runs against Evansville and Missouri State.

2009 Season (Freshman): Played in 18 games and made five starts ... Ranked second on the team with eight appearances as a pinch hitter ... Made all five of her starts at designated player, with three coming in Missouri Valley Conference play ... Also saw time as a pinch runner ... Notched her first career hit against SIU Edwardsville.

High School: A four-time all-East Suburban Catholic Conference selection, she earned first-team all-state honors as a senior ... Had 16 doubles, two triples and three home runs among her 49 hits in her final prep season, helping the Irish to the IHSA sectional finals ... Hit .450 with 19 extra-base hits as a junior ... Helped her summer team to the AFA National Championship in 2005.

Personal: The daughter of James and Candi Kresl, Alison was born in Kankakee, Ill. ... Has three older siblings: Katy, Jack and Ellen ... Her sister Ellen played softball at Loyola-Chicago... Majored in nursing.