Biography
2017 Season (Senior): Finished career as the best statistical hitter in NSU history, holding four career records and ranking top five in five others as an outfielder … Program leader in slugging percentage (.713, 81 points higher than No. 2), RBIs (186), total bases (447, 72 more than No. 2) and tied for home runs (53) … ranked top five in batting average (.354, second), hits (222, fourth), runs scored (152, second), doubles (44, tied 3rd), triples (11, fifth) … finished regular season of senior year in ninth on NCAA’s then-active career leaders in home runs … Third-team All-SLC outfielder … honorable mention outfielder for the LSWA All-Louisiana Team … team’s best power hitter as a senior, producing team highs in home runs (11), RBIs (42), total bases (101) and tied for team lead with four triples … second on team with a .287 batting average, 27 runs scored, 11 doubles and 18 walks … tied for team-best reaching base streak with 10 … had 12 multi-hit games highlighted by three hits vs. Prairie View A&M … nine multi-RBI games with four each against Prairie View A&M, Louisiana Tech and TAMU-Corpus Christi … hit two home runs against a Louisiana Tech team that reached NCAA Tournament … hit a home run at TAMU-CC on a day with gusts up to 30 mph … had three RBIs three times, including Maryland and Western Kentucky.
2016 Season (Junior): All-Southland Conference Second-Team outfielder that started in all 52 games … Honorable Mention on the All-Louisiana team … Led the team in batting average (.362), runs scored (43), doubles (14), triples (2), and slugging (.748) … Tied for team lead with 15 home runs … Her slugging percentage and total bases (122) rank third and fourth in NSU single-season history … Made the Getterman Classic All-Tournament team with eight hits (three doubles and two home runs) and three RBIs in five games … Career-high 4-for-4 at Louisiana Tech, which included two home runs and five RBIs … Four other games with three hits, including against Oklahoma State (three runs scored and five RBIs), DePaul, UIW (two home runs, three RBIs) and Central Arkansas … Had a nine-game hitting streak from 2/17 to 2/28 … Had seven other games with two RBIs, including two at Sam Houston State, one at ULM, one at Nicholls and one against Stephen F. Austin … Tied a career-high with three runs scored three times, including against Oklahoma State, Liberty and Sam Houston State … Led off a team-high 22 times.
Junior Accolades: Southland Conference Preseason All-Southland Conference, first team selection ... Getterman Classic All-Tournament Team (2/21/16) ... All-Southland Conference Softball Team, second team selection ... LSWA’s All-Louisiana Collegiate Softball Team, honorable mention team ... Southland Conference All-Academic second team selection
2015 Season (Sophomore): Pieced together arguably the best season in program history with single-season records for RBIs (60), runs scored (48) and slugging percentage (.789) … Posted the third-best batting average (.409, 70-for-171) in school history … Belted 15 home runs, second-best on the team and fourth-best in program history … Moved into fifth place on NSU’s career home run charts *(27) … Started 53 of the 54 games in which she appeared as an outfielder … Reached base in the last 21 games of the season … Added 12 doubles and a team-high four triples … Fielding percentage of .973 in the outfield … Had 11 multi-hit games … Had 15 multi-RBI games … Season-high six RBIs against Houston Baptist (March 13) … Compiled four RBIs against Jackson State (Feb. 14), UIW (March 6) and Lamar (May 8) … Had an 11-game hit streak from March 6-27.
Sophomore Accolades: Southland Conference Softball Student-Athlete of the Year … All-Southland Conference first team … All-Southland Conference Tournament team … LSWA All-Louisiana Collegiate Softball second team … Southland Conference All-Academic first team … Southland Conference Preseason first team ... Spring SLC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2014 Season (Freshman): Starting left fielder who finished third on team with .357 average in 42 games started … Team with 41 RBIs including 11 multiple-RBI games … Tops in slugging percentage (.706) … Tied for second in runs scored (34), home runs (12) and total bases (89) … Third on team with 14 multi-hit games … Reached base in 10 consecutive games … Against Louisiana Tech, had three RBIs in 2-for-4 performance on March 26 and posted team-high seven RBIs in 3-for-4 outing against Bulldogs on April 23 … Had four RBIs going 3-for-4 at the plate on opening day win against Troy … Went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs scored and three RBIs against Southeastern Louisiana on May 3.
Freshman Accolades: Southland Conference Hitter of the Week on April 28 … Louisiana Sports Writers Association Player of the Week on April 29 … Southland Conference Hitter of the Week on May 5 … All-Southland Conference Honorable Mention … National Fastpitch Coaches Association 2014 All-South Region Team … LSWA’s 2014 All Louisiana Collegiate Softball Team, outfielder, second team.
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High School: Aided Brazoswood High School to a fifth-place state finish while compiling a 38-5 mark, district championships, area championship and regional finalist crowns as a senior … Named TGCA All-State All Star, All-Greater Houston 5A first team, All-District 5A MVP and All-Brazoria County MVP her senior year … Earned all-state first team and Brazoswood High School MVP as a junior and senior … All-district first team and All-County first team and team MVP honors her junior year … Named to the all-district first team, all-county second team and team defensive player of the year as a sophomore … Member of National Honor Society.
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Personal: Born April 26, 1995 … Daughter of Alexa and Douglas … One twin sister, Kirby (21), who plays volleyball for Southwestern University … Biology major with a concentration in biomedical science that aims to be a certified registered nurse anesthetist … Has a 3.3 GPA … Member of Tri Beta Honor Society ... Aspires to travel as many different places as possible.