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Junior (2023)

Started 45 games for UTSA, hitting .276 and smacking a team-high seven home runs and collecting 64 total bases … drove in 18 RBIs for the squad, with 37 hits, four doubles, and a triple … logged a team-high 193 putouts

 

Prior to UTSA

Played three seasons at Florida SouthWestern State College in Fort Myers, Fla. …Posted a career .410 average, recorded 118 RBI and had 20 home runs … Helped the Bucs win back-to-back NJCAA National Championships in 2021 and 2022 … Named the 2021 NJCAA National Tournament Most Outstanding Defensive Player and was a member of the FCSAA State Tournament All-Tournament Team … Also in 2021, garnered first-team FCSAA All-State/NJCAA Region 8 and All-Suncoast Conference accolades … In 2022, repeated as All-Suncoast Conference, FCSAA All-State/NJCAA Region 8 First Team honors … Batted .336 with a .452 OBP in 47 games with the Bucs in 2022, logging 43 RBI and 38 runs with 10 doubles and five home runs … During her rookie season, started strong before 2020 forced an early ending, hitting a team best .552 with 6 doubles, 4 home runs, and 22 RBI in just 22 games during the COVID-shortened season.
 
High School

Played four years of softball at Viera High School in Viera, Fla., under coaches Alex and Joe Breeden … Also played volleyball for three years under Sarah Wayne …During her senior softball season, batted .469 with six home runs ... As a senion, was named Friday Night Locker Room – Space Coast Daily Breakfast of Champions Softball Player of the Year, which recognized the top softball player in Brevard County, Fla.

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Junior
2023

Catcher/Infielder
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