Prep: A four-year letterwinner for the Tigers ... served as team captain from 2007 through 2009 ... rolled a high game of 298 in USBC Youth League action on March 7, 2005 ... a member of National Honor Society ... honored as an Illinois State Scholar ... named a National Merit Scholar Commended Student.

Personal: Gretchen is the daughter of Doug and Nancy VanHeeren ... major is mechanical engineering ... born December 16, 1990.