2020 / SENIOR

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All-MVC Second Team
Appeared in 49 games … finished third on the team and 11th in the MVC in hits (47) … hit .301 with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 8 walks, 25 runs scored and 12 RBIs … hit a team-best .333 in MVC play … tallied 13 multi-hit games … became the first Saluki since 2016 with a double-digit hit streak after she went 10-straight games with a base knock from Feb. 22 to March 12, 2021 …. reached base safely in 37 of the 49 games that she played in … went 2-for-3 with 3 RBIs in SIU’s win over Bradley (3/27) … tallied three multi-RBI games - which is as many as she had in 110 career games prior to the 2021 season … recorded a hit four of SIU’s final five games, which included in both of Southern’s games at the NCAA Tournament … went 2-for-4 with a double and a triple at Indiana State (4/24).

2020 / JUNIOR

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Played in 20 games, which included 14 starts … notched a .404 on-base percentage … finished third on the team in walks (11) … drew at least one walk in nine games, which included three games with multiple walks … drove in her first run of the season in the win over Nicholls State (2/16) … hit her first collegiate home run - a two-run shot - in SIU’s victory over Purdue Fort Wayne (2/28) … scored a run in four of her final five games of the 2020 season …. went 2-for-4 with two runs scored in the win over Purdue Fort Wayne (3/1).

2019 / SOPHOMORE

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Appeared in 37 games, which included 19 starts … hit .283 with two doubles and six RBI … tallied three multi-hit games and one multi-RBI game … went 3-for-4 with a career-best two doubles in SIU’s win at Loyola (4/20) … notched a season-best three RBI in SIU’s win over Valparaiso (3/23) … tied her career-high with three hits against Louisville in SIU’s opener at the NCAA Evanston Regional … recorded her first career walk-off hit, a RBI-single, to propel Southern to a 2-1 win over Detroit Mercy and give SIU its first NCAA Tournament win since 2007.

2018 / FRESHMAN

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NFCA Scholar-Athlete
MVC Honor Roll
Appeared in all 53 games, including 31 starts in the outfield … hit .214 with 19 runs scored and nine RBI … Finished second on the team with six sacrifice bunts … Tallied three multi-hit games … Tied for second on the team with two outfield assists … Recorded her first collegiate RBI in SIU’s season-opening win over Abilene Christian (2/9) … Notched her first collegiate hit in Southern’s win over Georgetown (2/17) … Recorded her first multi-hit game when she went 2-for-2 at St. Louis (3/21).

Prior to SIU

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Helped her team to a 2A State Championship in 2014... Hit .438 with a .570 on-base percentage in 2015... Quad Cities All-Metro First team in 2015, 16 and  17... All-Conference in 2016 and 2017... Voted high school team MVP in 2017... Helped club team to an NSA National Championship in 2016 and 17 and a third place finish at the USSSA World Series in 2014... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal

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Full name is Maris Lee Boelens... Born on Dec. 11, 1998 in Vladimir, Russia... Adopted by Gary and Julene Boelens... Has three siblings... Mother and father are both probation officers... Also played basketball in high school... Related to Jamie Young, an assistant coach with the Boston Celtics... Studying sports administration.