Co-Captain, starting left fielder and lead-off hitter.
2008 (Junior): Second-Team All-Horizon League selection…Received National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Scholar-Athlete honors for the 2007-08 academic year for excellence in the classroom maintaining a 3.79 GPA...Started all 39 games…Named team Most Valuable Player…Led the team in at-bats (123), ranked second in runs (14), third in hits (33), fourth in batting average (.268) and RBI (8)…Posted a .941 fielding percentage and perfect 1.000 in Horizon League play…Tallied season-high four hits versus UIC (4-26-08) and three RBI against Lehigh (3-6-08).
2007 (Sophomore): Appeared in 42 games, playing primarily in the outfield…Posted a .287 average while making 126 plate appearances)…Drove in two runs while collecting two hits versus Georgetown (3-8-07)…Went 5-for-11 with three runs scored, a double and a home run to go along with three RBIs in the Best Western Catamount Classic (3-16-18-07)…Collected two hits, a walk, and two RBIs in four plate appearances at Oakland (4-10-07)…Clubbed second home run of the season at Wright State (5-3-07)…Hit her sixth double of the season and drove in a run against Cleveland State (5-6-07).
2006 (Freshman): Appeared in 41 games, posting a .168 average in 101 at-bats in her first season as a Titan…Went 1-for-2 against Penn State (3-7-06)…Missed two days of action in Hawaii after taking a foul ball to the face and needing stitches…Went 1-for-2 against Alabama A&M (3-18-06) blasting her first career homer…That game started a five game hitting streak, her longest of the season…Posted two RBIs and a double while going 1-for-2 against IPFW (4-6-06)…Hit her second homer of the season at Loyola (4-15-06) as part of a 1-for-3 day that saw her collect two RBIs and score a run…Went 2-for-4 with a run scored and a double at Butler 4-29-06)…Closed the season going 1-for-2 with a double against Cleveland State (5-11-06) in the Horizon League tournament.
High School: Earned four letters on the diamond and two more on the volleyball court at Monsignor Kelly…Helped lead her squad to the Texas TAPPS 6A State Championship on the diamond as a senior, posting a 19-2 record…Named to the All-State Tournament team in addition to the All-District team…Awarded the "Coach’s Heart" award as a junior and senior…Named All-District and Second Team All-State as a junior…Picked up her first All-District selection as a sophomore…Named the team’s Best Defensive player on the volleyball court as a junior and repeated that feat as a senior while also being a team co-captain…In addition to her on-field awards, Nortman was a member of the National Honor Society, the honor roll and was given the President’s Award for Academic Excellence after being named a Henry Wells Scholar (top five percent of graduating class)…Also given the prestigious math and science award from the Society of Women Engineers and was given the McDermott Scholars Award from the University of Texas-Dallas.
Personal: Full name is Jacqueline Rene Nortman…Born on February 1, 1987…Daughter of Michael and Aurora Nortman…Has two sisters, Jessica and Madeline…Majoring in bio-chemistry, with an eye towards medical school.
