Anna Gunderson

Bio

2016 at Taylor: Started all 48 games she appeared in for TU during her junior season, primarily at second base…Totaled 36 hits at the plate, with five doubles and one home run for a .267 batting average…Posted an on-base percentage of .311 and drew 10 walks…Notched 44 total bases and drove in 16 runs…Was fourth on the team in runs scored (26)…Rated second on the team with 12 stolen bases and seven sacrifices…Tallied 10 multi-hit games, including four in a five-game stretch from April 23 to April 27…Went a perfect 3-for-3 at the dish at Grace on April 27, as TU dominated the Lancers, 15-3, in five innings…Recorded 85 putouts and a team-leading 111 assists for a .925 fielding percentage.

2015 at Taylor: As a sophomore, Gunderson was one of three Trojans to start all 52 games for a Taylor squad that went 36-16…Was a middle infielder throughout the season and made the transition from second base to shortstop defensively for the Trojans…Produced a .291 batting average with an on-base percentage of .360 and slugging percentage of .463…Had 51 hits on the year in 175 at-bats with 11 doubles, two triples and five home runs…Scored 42 runs on the season, which ranked third on TU and 11th in the Crossroads League…Drove in 34 runs and drew 20 walks from the plate…Stole 11 bases in 12 attempts…Led TU in successful sacrifices with four sacrifice flies and five sacrifice bunts…Had an eight-game hitting streak from March 31 through April 6…Went 2-for-3 with a walk and two home runs, one solo shot and one grand slam, to total five RBIs in an 11-1 win over Goshen on March 20…Was 6-of-9 from the plate with a walk, a double, two home runs, four runs scored and six RBIs in a doubleheader sweep of Saint Francis on April 6…Named to the Crossroads League All-Tournament Team for the second consecutive season after batting .381 with eight hits, seven runs scored, three doubles and four RBIs in TU’s six games played.

2014 at Taylor: Played in 56 games and started in 54 for Taylor as a freshman, positioned primarily at second base...Taylor finished 42-17 overall for the most wins in program history for a season, highlighted by a Crossroads League regular season and tournament title and the program’s first win in the NAIA National Tournament, a 4-3 victory in extra-innings over Georgetown (Ky.)…Batted .328 on the year with an on-base percentage of .356 and slugging percentage of .495 …Finished the season with a total of 63 hits, including 13 doubles, two triples and five home runs...Recorded at least one hit in 37 contests with 19 games of two or more knocks…Had 29 RBIs and scored 45 runs of her own, the eighth-most runs scored in the Crossroads League…Led TU in sacrifice flies (3) and sacrifice hits (8)…Posted a .946 fielding percentage on 202 chances…Stole 14 bases in 16 attempts to rank No. 6 in the Crossroads League…Batted .429 in the Crossroads League Tournament and was a combined 5-for-9 with a double, a triple and two runs scored in the two tournament final games against Huntington…Went 1-for-3 with an RBI single in the third inning in the historic NAIA Tournament win over Georgetown…Named Crossroads League Player of the Week (March 31 - April 6)…Selected to the Crossroads League All-Tournament Team.

Prep: Gunderson is from Greenwood, Indiana and attended Center Grove High School…Lettered all four years in softball…Was an Academic All-Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference, an Indiana All-Star and a Third Team All-Indiana performer…Graduated from Center Grove with academic honors.

Personal: Daughter of Jon and Dawn Gunderson…Majoring in biology at Taylor.