2009: Played in 15 games for the Cobbers.

2008: Played and started 37 games for the Cobbers this year...played in all but one game for the Cobbers...second on the team in runs scored (19)...led the team in walks (16) and hit by pitch (3)...tied for second in stolen bases (7).

Personal: MVP of softball team 2007...member of 3x State Champion softball team...daughter of Ron and Marn...enjoys wakeboarding, water tubing, swimming, reading, watching TV, and sleeping.

Why did you choose to come to Concordia? "Concordia has a good pre-med program, plus it is close to home. "

The ODDEN File:

Nickname:  Odie

One word that best describes me: chill

Where you would go if you could spend one week anywhere in the world: Mediterranean Coast

Favorite food: fruit and pasta

Favorite restaurant: Olive Garden, Schlotzkey's Deli, Thai Orchid, Santa Lucia's

Favorite TV show: Grey's Anatomy, Sportscenter, Hey Arnold, Deadliest Catch, Devine Design

Favorite movies: The Dark Knight

Favorite music groups: The Fray, Green Day, Jack Johnson, One Republic, and Schwayze

Favorite book:Organic Chemistry- 7th Edition

Favorite holiday: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

One thing I can't live without: laughing at my two cats and friends and family

What is the best gift you ever received: life

Best class ever taken at Concordia: Organic Chemistry

The threepeople I would most like to meet: Einstein, Steve Nash, Paul

Nobody knows how much I like to: sleep

The biggest influence on my softball career: Pat Johnson, HS fastpitch coach

Greatest personal sports moment: diving catch in the state championship game my sophomore year of HS

Favorite pro sports team: Phoenix Suns

My dream job is: doctor (specialist in Orthapedic Surgery)

If I were to play another sport, it would be: basketball or pickleball

The most unusual thing the average person would not know about me is: every day I hum Greensleeves

Before each game I: run to the field (because I am late)

What is your greatest fear? failure and drowning when scuba diving

What was the first CD you ever owned? Billy Joel

One thing I absolutely have to do before I turn 40 is: travel, travel, travel

The best thing about Fargo Moorhead is: It is close to home

The summer I will do: undergraduate research