Bradley University Athletics

Honors & Awards

• MVC Elite 18 Award (2014)
• Second Team Academic All-District (2013)
• First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete: 2013 & 2014
• Bradley Athletics Carl Grose Service Award:  2012
• MVC Good Neighbor Award: Spring 2012
• Honorable Mention MVC Scholar-Athlete: 2012
• MVC Presidents Council Academic Award:  2014
• MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award:  2014
• MVC Honor Roll:  2014
• Bradley AD Honor Roll:  Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013 & Spring 2014

2013-14 (Senior): First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete … MVC Elite 18 Award Winner after helping Bradley to the 2014 MVC Tournament title … Led team with10 sacrifice hits and nine stolen bases … Had a team-best five outfield assists and was the only starter to own a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage … Named the squad’s top defensive player … Finished her career tied for seventh in school history with 200 games played … Owned a .333 batting average with runners on base and .333 average with runners in scoring position … Had eight multi-hit games … Made 55 of her 59 starts in center field … After a 3-for-19 start to the year, owned a .286 average in the final 50 games … Collected a double in a 3-for-4 effort with two runs scored against Fordham … Also had a three-hit game against Evansville … Drew a career-best 19 walks.

2013 (Junior): Second-Team Academic All-District V selection ... Ranked fifth on the team with a .280 batting average ... Had a career-best six-game hit streak during the season ... Started 45 of 49 games in the outfield ... Reached base 44 percent of the time she led off an inning and hit .290 with runners in scoring position ... Went 4-for-6 in the doubleheader at Illinois State.

2012 Season (Sophomore): Shared the team's defensive player of the year award after collecting eight outfield assists and owning a perfect fielding percentage on 54 chances ... Was an honorable mention MVC Scholar-Athlete and was given Bradley's Carl Grose Service Award ... Also earned the MVC State Farm Good Neighbor Award ... Started 47 of the 50 she appeared in ... Ranked fourth on the team with seven stolen bases and was sixth with 14 runs scored ... Hit .306 with runners in scoring position and was tied for third on the squad with five two-out RBI.

2012 Carl Grose Service Award: Represents the Bradley Softball team on the Braves Council, serving as the Secretary for the student-athlete advisory board ... Selected to represent Bradley at the NCAA Leadership Forum ... Has taken the lead on the Bradley Softball team's Community Service Committee, helping to determine beneficiaries, while organizing and implementing her ideas ... Her list of volunteer service activities include The Festival of Trees, Megan Fong Blood Drive, BU Dance Party clean-up, Loaves and Fishes, fundraiser for Kelly Dunn, Special Olympics, Big Brothers & Big Sisters, breast cancer awareness bag tags and other fundraising efforts, Animal Protective League, Key Club, recycling initiatives, local food pantries in Springfield, Bradley Softball's "Julie" fundraiser, Trinity Food Pantry, State Farm Just Read program, Bradley University Student-Athlete Day and the Crettenden Center.

2011 Season (Freshman): Emerged as the starting right fielder down the stretch ... Was used primarily as a pinch runner early in the year before making 20 of her 26 starts in the outfield ... Also saw time at second base, where she started five games ... Collected her first career hit and scored a run against 10th-ranked California ... Followed it up with a 1-for-2 effort against Idaho State, driving in a run and scoring once against the Bengals ... Drew six walks in 41 plate appearances.

Prep Overview: Two-time all-state selection and was a two-time all-conference pick ... Helped the Titans to a second-place finish in the IHSA Class 3A state tournament as a junior ... Led her team to a conference title her junior year.

Personal: The daughter of Jay and Jodi Cole, Mariah was born in Mt. Zion, Ill. ... Has a younger sibling: Peyton ... Majored in health science.