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Awards and Honors
As a Senior (2023): Led the pitching staff with 40 appearances, making 27 starts … Finished the season ranked second all-time in career strikeouts, also becoming the second Yellow Jacket ever to surpass 500 career strikeouts with 561 to date … Picked up a pair of saves on the season, moving up to six in her career for an eight-way tie for third in program history in career saves … Tossed eight complete games and two shutouts through the year … Ranked fifth in the ACC in strikeouts for the season, surpassing the century mark with 153 punchouts … Chalked up 11 wins on the season, tossing eight complete games and a pair of solo shutouts while assisting in two more … Left opponents with a .214 batting average against … Racked up a career-high tying 13 strikeouts in a complete game two-hitter for a 2-1 victory over UConn (Feb. 10) … Came an out shy of a complete game in Tech’s 2-1 upset over then No. 18 Auburn (March 8), tallying seven punchouts and just one run allowed in 6.2 innings of work … Pitched a gem of a two-hit, complete-game shutout for the 8-0 (6) win over Kennesaw State (Match 28) … Earned her pair of saves by clinching shutouts in the I-75 Tournament as the White and Gold topped Southern Miss 1-0 (March 4) and Brown 6-0 (March 5) … In the I-75 Tournament, finished with a 1.45 ERA, tallying 15 strikeouts while surrendering just two runs on four hits in 9.2 innings of work (March 3-5) … Totaled nine punchouts and three hits allowed through five innings for a complete game in a 12-2 (5), mercy-rule victory over UNI (March 3) … Piled up 16 strikeouts and surrendered just two earned runs on three hits through 12.2 innings pitched for a 1.11 ERA and a 2-0 record through nearly two complete games in the Boston College series … Came within two outs of a no-no in her one-hitter with nine strikeouts against BC for a series-opening, 5-1 win (April 7) … Exited an out shy of another complete game in the series finale, a 10-2 (6) triumph (April 9) … Tossed a complete-game shutout for a 3-0, series-clinching victory at Pitt (April 16) … Led Tech to top host Notre Dame in the first round of the ACC tournament, allowing one run with four strikeouts in a complete game, 8-1 win (May 10).
As a Junior (2022): Made the fourth most appearances in the circle through a season in program history with 43, starting in 27 games … Tallied 15 wins and 11 complete games on the year, including a pair of shutouts … Also assisted in a third shutout and completed four saves, good for fourth in the ACC and top 20 in the nation … Finished top five in the conference in hits allowed per seven innings (5.20) … … Through 184.1 innings of work, piled up 220 strikeouts on the season to rank second in the ACC and fifth in program history … Allowed an opponent batting average of .203 … Finished with a .251 ERA … Surpassed 400 career punchouts, owning 408 at the season’s end for sixth in program history … Tossed a career-high 13 strikeouts twice – fanning 12 of 13 batters for a complete game, 4-1 win in the season opener over Saint Joseph’s (Feb. 11) and again in a 4-2 victory over NC State in the ACC tournament (May 11) … Nationally, ranked 18th in saves and 34th in strikeouts … Four games with double digit strikeouts … Allowed just two runs with 27 punchouts through 18 innings of work in her first three appearances for three wins … Heaved nine strikeouts and allowed just one run on the way to a complete game, 2-1 win in the first round of the Gainesville Regional over Wisconsin (May 20).
As a Sophomore (2021): Made 26 appearances, including 20 starts in the circle as the ace (12-8, 3.87 ERA) … Tossed 106 2/3 innings piling up a team-high 111 strikeouts … Amongst the conference her punchout total placed her eighth while her 7.3 strikeouts per seven innings ranked ninth in the league … Also ranked ninth in the ACC in hits allowed per seven innings at 5.84 … Threw a no-hitter with nine K’s in a 6-0 win over Syracuse in the First Round of the ACC Tournament (May 12) … The no-no marked the fourth in Georgia Tech postseason history and fourth individual no-hitter in ACC Championship history … Threw 10 complete games including three shutouts … Earned a season-high 10 strikeouts in a 5-1 season-opening win over Boise State (Feb. 12), an 8-0 victory over Georgia State (Feb. 14) and a 4-2 win over Troy (April 21) to garner ACC Co-Pitcher of the Week honors (Feb. 16)… Heaved a career-high 11 innings allowing just two runs on four hits with three strikeouts in a 4-2 extra-inning win over Louisville (April 9) … Allowed no more than three runs through at least five innings of work in 12 games … Totaled 29 strikeouts with just one run on eight hits allowed through 17 innings in her first three games of the season, resulting in wins over Boise State, Radford and Georgia State (Feb. 12-14) … To close out the season, allowed just nine runs with 36 K’s through 33 innings of work in the final six games.
As a Freshman (2020): (Season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic) Was the Jackets’ best and most consistent pitcher in the shortened season, making nine starts and finishing with a 9-1 record and 1.45 ERA … led the ACC with a .160 opp. BA, ranked fourth in strikeouts (77) and wins (9), and fifth in ERA (1.45) … set a new career high with 12 strikeouts against Penn State (Feb. 29) … complete game shutout with 11 strikeouts against Boston College (Mar. 6) … made her first career start Feb. 15 against Iowa, dealing out eight strikeouts and allowing just one hit in five shutout innings in Tech’s 8-0 win … recorded her first-career strikeout against Washington when she punched out Sis Bates to retire the side in the sixth (Feb. 8).
High School: Four season letter winner at Lassiter High School in Marietta, GA … Tabbed the regional pitcher of the year in 2016 and 2017 and region player of the year in 2018 … Competed in Georgia Dugout Fastpitch all state game … Named to the all-county team in 2016 and 2017 … Pitched a perfect game in the circle during 2017 season.
