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2025 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete

2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District

2025 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll 

2024 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete

2024 SEC All-Defensive Team (Right Field)

2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District

2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll 

2023 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete

2022-23 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

CAREER

  • Finished her collegiate career with 187 games (152 starts), .236 batting average (.374 on-base percentage and .317 slugging percentage). Recorded 343 at-bats, 81 hits, 10 doubles, two triples, eight home runs and 33 RBIs.

SENIOR (2026)

  • Appeared and started 53 games in center field.
  • Recorded a .233 batting average with five extra-base hits and 10 RBIs. Also wrapped up the season with a .324 on-base percentage and a .317 slugging percentage. 
  • Finished her senior season with a .991 fielding percentage with seven outfield assists, 100 putouts and only one error.
  • Tallied two home runs: against NC State (Feb. 13) and at Florida (March 8).
  • Contributed a two-out RBI single against Auburn (March 27) and stole a base in the same inning in the 3-0 victory.
  • Produced a three-hit game at Missouri State (March 31), and added two RBIs, as well as one run scored. Also had a two-hit game in the opening game of the season against Penn State (Feb. 6). 
  • Ranked third on the team for hit-by-pitches with eight.
  • Scored two runs in two games: against Liberty (Feb. 7) and Minnesota (March 13).

JUNIOR (2025)

  • Appeared in 52 games with 39 starts (38 in center, one in right).
  • Registered 20 hits with 18 runs, three doubles, a triple and four homers. Added 11 RBI with a .402 slugging percentage (.342 on-base percentage, .217 batting average).
  • Notched a .989 fielding percentage in 2025 including 1.000 in SEC play.
  • Featured fifth on SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays for her diving catch against Texas (4/5).
  • Had four multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games in 2025.
  • Went 3-for-3 with two RBI and a double in MU’s midweek win over Missouri State (4/2).
  • Record two hits in three at-bats, including a double and a run against Southern Illinois (4/9).
  • Tallied a solo home run in Mizzou’s 12-8 win over No. 16 Mississippi State (4/12).
  • Recorded three hits in three at-bats including two RBI, a double, her first career triple and a run against SIUE (4/15).
  • Notched two RBI and a home run in Mizzou’s win over No. 1 Texas A&M (4/18). She hit .375 over the Texas A&M series (4/17-18) with an .875 slugging percentage (.500 on-base percentage).

SOPHOMORE (2024)

  • Appeared in 62 games with 59 starts in right field.
  • Hit .258 with 31 runs, 33 hits, five doubles, two homers, 12 RBI and a .344 slugging percentage.
  • Notched an on-base percentage of .435 with 18 walks and an SEC-leading 22 HBP (hit by pitches, third in the NCAA).
  • Named to the 2024 SEC All-Defensive Team for play in right field. Posted a fielding percentage of 1.000 during SEC play this season (45 putouts, zero errors).
  • Overall, compiled a fielding percentage of .982.
  • Posted four career-best two-hit games in 2024 along with three multi-RBI games.
  • Tallied an 11-game reached base streak.

FRESHMAN (2023)

  • Appeared in 20 games as a pinch runner with one start in right field against Butler (2/17).
  • Scored 10 runs and had three at-bats.
  • Earned a walk and had a .400 on-base percentage.
  • Made Mizzou debut against Prairie View A&M (2/12), coming on as a defensive replacement in left field.
  • Made first career start in the outfield against Butler (2/17), compiling a walk and a run.
  • Scored a career-best two runs against Cal Poly (2/23) to go with a stolen base.

PREP

  • Helped the Liberty North Eagles to a conference championship in 2019 and then a district championship in 2021.
  • Also, a standout on the track & field team in the javelin. She earned a fourth-place finish at the state championships in 2021.
  • Was a member of the National Honor Society and served on the student council.
  • Lettered in softball, basketball, and track.
  • In her spare time, she has volunteered with the Special Olympics.

PERSONAL

  • Majoring in Elementary Education at Mizzou. 
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Senior
2026

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Sophomore
2024

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Freshman
2023

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