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 | Class: Senior
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 | Hometown: Louisville, Ky.
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 | High School: DuPont Manual
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 | Height: 5-6
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 | Position: 2B
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 | Bats/Throws: R/R
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As a freshman: Played in 58 games with 56 starts at second base... Notched first career home run in the 7-2 win over Syracuse - also went 3 for 3 with two runs and two RBI in that game... Went 2 for 2 with three runs against Rhode Island (3/10)... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor roll in the fall and spring... Named to the Dean's List in the spring... Earned BIG EAST Academic All-Star honors.
In high school/club ball: Played softball for four years under coach Jackie Elston Carter...was a member of the ASA 18U "A" National Champion Team... Named Who's Who Among High School Student-Athletes... Also lettered four years in volleyball and one year in basketball...Valedictorian of her senior class.
Personal: Daughter of Keith and Pamela Saksefski...Born Rebecca Saksefski on November 29, 1987... Major is political science/exercise science...Academic goal at U of L is to gain a double major while holding a 3.7 GPA...Athletic goal at U of L is to make the College World Series...Favorite Music includes Garth Brooks and Rascal Flatts...Favorite pre-game meal is a ham sandwich... She loves pottery and photography and can juggle...Post college ambition is going to law school...If she could trade places with someone for a day it would be Condelezza Rice...She is the 12th member of her family to attend U of L...Best moment of her athletic career would be when she won the ASA 18U "A" National Tournament in 2005.