EOU Awards & Honors
- CCC All-Academic Team (2020,2021,2022)
- Daktronics Scholar Athlete (2022)
2023 • Grad Year: Balkenbush played in 11 games and was tabbed a starter in 6 games for the Mounties... Scored one goal on the season against Corban on Oct 21... Took 9 shots on the season and 4 of those were shots on goal.
2022 • Senior: Balkenbush played in all 19 games for the Mounties and was a starter for 14 of those matches... She tallied 19 shot attempts on the year with 17 shots on goal... Balkenbush scored a goal against Providence on October 7... She also had 1 assist in the 2022 season against Bushnell on September 24.
2021 • Junior: Appeared in all 16 games for the Mounties last season and was tabbed a starter in nine of those matches… Balkenbush was a strong part of the Mounties offense last season, recording 4 goals and 1 assist… Balkenbush took 189 shots on the season with fourteen of those being shots on goal… Balkenbush also recorded two game winning goals on the season.
2020 • Sophomore: Appeared in all 13 games in her second season with EOU and was tabbed a started in 12 ... Scored one goal on the year, a gamewinner, against Northwest on February 28, 2021 ... Took 10 shots total and had five shots come on goal ... Garnered CCC Player of the Week honors once ... Named to the U.S. Bank CCC All-Academic Team for her work in the classroom.
2019 • Freshman: Played in 20 games as a true freshman and got the starting nod in two of those contests ... Scored two goals and tallied one assist for five points ... Took six shots total and had three come on goal ... Part of an offense that ranked 23rd in the NAIA in total goals and was 24th in total assists ... Tallied her first career assist on Nov. 2 against Warner Pacific and scored her first career goal on Nov. 3 against Multnomah.
In High School: Was a four-year varsity letterwinner at Freeman High School under head coach Dave Ellis ... Garnered All-Conference honors all four years of her prep career ... Was a First Team All-Conference selection as a senior and was named Co-Offensive Player of the Year for the league ... Was named Player of the Week four times ... Earned Second Team All-Conference honors from her freshman-junior year ... Helped lead her team to a District Championship in her senior season ... Also competed and lettered in track & field for one season ... Played club soccer for the Spokane Sounders.
Personal: Daughter of Jay and Christina Balkenbush ... Her sister, Alisha Sorensen, played basketball for EOU for one season ... Majoring in Business
Off the Field: Favorite Sports Hero: Lionel Messi. Hobbies: Skiing, Snowboarding, Boating, Hiking, Reading, Baking, Working out. Favorite Food: Ice cream. Favorite Movie(s): Harry Potter series. Favorite Book(s): Harry Potter series. Favorite Musician(s)/Genre(s): Country, Chris Stapleton, Blake Shelton, Rap, 21 Savage, Roddy Rich, Big Sean.
