• 2009 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year
• 2009 All-Big 12 second team
• 2009 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I Central All-Region team
• 2011 All-Big 12 first team
• 2011 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year
• 2011 NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-Central Region second team

2011 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Earned her second Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year honor after another banner year as a rare left-handed second baseman … Selected to the All-Big 12 first team and the NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-Central Region second team … Led the team from the plate with 14 doubles, 47 runs scored and 10 steals on 15 attempts … Ranked second on the team with a .335 batting average … Had 57 hits on the season, including a triple and five home runs … Hit grand slams vs. Mississippi Valley State (March 12) and Louisiana Tech (March 13) … Hit the game-winning, two RBI single against Texas (May 4) … Scored game-winning runs against Louisiana Tech (March 11) and Kansas (April 30) … Went 3-for-3 against Stephen F. Austin (Feb. 16) and against UT Arlington (Feb. 19) … Was also 3-for-3 with two doubles vs. Bradley (Feb. 13) … Went 3-for-4 with three doubles against Iowa State (April 3) … Had a 10-RBI weekend with four vs. Mississippi Valley State (March 12), two vs. San Diego State (March 12) and four against Louisiana Tech (March 13).

2010 (JUNIOR): Redshirted.

2009 (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in 49 of 54 games … Collected 32 runs on 52 hits on the season … Slugged home runs vs. UTSA (Feb. 7) and Iowa State (April 26) … Hit the game-winning two-run home run vs. Baylor (April 15) … Hit a triple vs. Oklahoma State (April 8) … Tallied a .333 batting average … Earned the program’s first-ever Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year award after making just two errors and posting a .971 fielding percentage at second base … Named to All-Big 12 second team and Louisville Slugger/NFCA Div. I Central All-Region team.

2008 (FRESHMAN): Started all 67 of the Aggies’ games at second base … Hit .255 on the season … Logged 12 multiple-hit and six multiple-RBI games … Drove in 33 RBIs on the season … Recorded three RBIs against Oregon State (2/9) … Hit first career home run against Nevada (2/15) … Was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs against Notre Dame (2/16) … Hit 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and a season-high four RBIs against North Texas (2/23) … Was 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and three RBIs against Temple (2/23) … Committed just four errors in 248 chances … Honored as an All-Big 12 Second Team selection … Sacrificed the game-winning run into scoring position in the opening game of the WCWS against Virginia Tech (5/29) … Recorded a team-high 12 sacrifice hits … Tallied a team-high four hits at the WCWS.

PREVIOUS ATHLETIC BACKGROUND: Named to the all-state team in 2006 and received district MVP honors … Voted by her Frisco teammates as team MVP, offensive MVP and defensive MVP … Was an all-district selection in 2005 as well as a member of the All-DFW team in both 2005 and 2006 … Named all-district newcomer of the year and all-city team MVP as freshman in 2004 … Also lettered in basketball and garnered all-district honorable mention honors … Received the Irving High All-Girls Award her freshman and sophomore seasons.

PERSONAL: Natalie Christine Villarreal was born Feb. 14, 1989 … Daughter of Tammy and Bumby Villarreal of Irving, Texas … Has two siblings, Ryan (19) and Misty Scrivner (27) … Aunt Kim McGuire Wuthrich played softball at UT Arlington and a cousin, Brook Cline, currently plays softball for Delta State … Chose Texas A&M because she liked everything about it, including the campus, people and coaches, and has wanted to go here since she was little … Agricultural leadership major who plans to work with children or coach after graduation.