Senior - 2019

• Fighting Illini Spirit Award Winner
• Illinois’ Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Recipient
• Saw action in 40 games for the Illini, starting 40 of them
• Hit .328 with 22 R, 39 H, 10 2B, 1 3B, 9 HR, 35 RBI, 78 TB, 21 BB, 2 HBP on the season
• Turned in a hit, a run and an RBI in a win over No. 23 Wisconsin (3/24).
•  Paced the team with a .750 average with three hits, four RBI, three runs and two homers in midweek contests vs. IUPUI and Indiana State.
• Led the Illini with a .500 average on a 4-for-8 performance at the plate with three RBI and three runs at the LMU Tournament.
• Posted a 2-for-2 effort with a run against Seattle (3/2).
• Knocked a clutch RBI double in a win over Nicholls State (2/24).
• Turned in a hit, a run and an RBI in a win over No. 23 Wisconsin (3/24).
•  Paced the team with a .750 average with three hits, four RBI, three runs and two homers in midweek contests vs. IUPUI and Indiana State.
•  Led the Illini with a .500 average on a 4-for-8 performance at the plate with three RBI and three runs at the LMU Tournament.
•  Posted a 2-for-2 effort with a run against Seattle (3/2).

Redshirt-Sophomore - 2018

• Saw action in 36 games, starting in 13 of them, mainly at the designated player spot
• Hit .261 with 7 R, 12 H, 3 2B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 21 TB, 9 BB, 8 HBP
• Registered a .457 slugging percentage and an .460 on-base percentage
• Registered a two-run pinch hit home run vs. Northwestern (3/28/18).?
• Went 3-for-6 with an RBI and a run in a doubleheader vs. Green Bay (4/18/18), including knocking her second home run of the season in game one.
• Posted a .500 batting average with an RBI in Maryland series.
• Registered a two-run pinch hit home run vs. Northwestern (3/28/18).
• Notched a pinch-hit two-RBI single at Purdue (3/22/18).
• Knocked an RBI double in a win over Cal Poly (3/17/18).
• Doubled on her first at-bat of the season vs. Providence (2/9/18).

Redshirt-Freshman - 2017

• Saw action in 35 games, starting in 14 of them, mainly at the designated player spot
• Hit .286 with 2 R, 16 H, 14 RBI, 8 BB, 4 2B, and 1 HR
• Knocked two-run game-tying double in the seventh inning against Michigan State in game one of a doubleheader outing (April 15)
• Registered her first collegiate home run against USF (March 18)
• Started all four games she saw action in at the LSU Invitational, posting a .333 batting average with three hits
• Knocked first career hit for an RBI single against North Carolina (February 11)
• Made first Illini appearance at the plate against Georgia Tech (February 10)

Freshman - 2016

• Used the season as a redshirt year

High School

• A four-year starter for Marengo Community High School under head coach Dwain Nance.
• Collected 166 career hits, 155 RBIs, 32 home runs, and 61 walks over 124 high school games, batting .519 as a junior and slugging 1.108 with a .483 average in her senior season.
• Three-time all-area first team (2013, 2014, 2015).
• Two-time all-state first team (2014, 2015); Third team in 2013.
• Three-time all-conference (2013, 2014, 2015).
• Named Northwest Herald Player of the Week on April 28, 2015.
• Led the Indians to second place finishes at the 3A State Tournament in 2012 and 2015 and to the sectional finals in 2013 and 2014.
• Played travel ball for the Northern Illinois Lightning from 2008-15.
• Led the Lighting to a fourth-place finish at Minnesota Nationals in 2013.
• 2010 USSSA All-Tournament

Personal

• Born Veronica Carey Ruelius on Dec. 30, 1996.
• Daughter of Meg and Chuck Ruelius.
• Has an older sister Nichole and a younger sister Jessica.
• Named to the Marengo Honor Roll in 2014-15.