Career: Ranks second among Southeast Missouri’s all-time career leaders in home runs (34)...Broke SEMO’s single-season records with 17 home runs, 60 RBI, 64 games played and 64 games started in 2019...Also ranks fourth in RBI (122), sixth in total bases (273) and ninth in slugging percentage (.544) ...Made 164 consecutive starts in her career.
2020 (Shortened due to COVID-19): Ranked fourth on the team with a .347 batting average as one of four players hitting over .340...Started 17 games and accumulated 13 runs scored, 17 hits, two doubles, eight home runs and 21 RBI...Boasted a .878 slugging percentage and drew a team-high 11 walks...Led the Ohio Valley Conference in home runs and fielding percentage (1.000), and ranked second in slugging percentage...Was named OVC Player of the Week on Feb. 17 after hitting four home runs in four games at the Troy University Tournament...Homered twice against Purdue Fort Wayne (2/14)...Ranked fifth in the nation in home runs per game (0.47)...Had a season-best four RBI in back-to-back games vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (2/14) and Southern Mississippi (2/15)...Homered in four of her first five starts of the season...OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.
2019: First-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference and National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Mideast Region selection...Hit .330 as SEMO’s fourth-leading hitter...Led the Redhawks with a single-season school record 17 home runs and 60 RBI...Ranked third on the team in doubles (9) and hits (62), and second in total bases (124) and slugging percentage (.660)...Tied for seventh in the nation in RBI...Led the OVC in RBI and fielding double plays (15)...Was second in the league in home runs and tied for third in total bases...Rated first on the team with 15 multiple-RBI games to go along with 18 multiple-hit performances...Reached base safely in 17-straight games...Hit .308 with 11 runs scored, 20 hits, three doubles, seven home runs and 20 RBI in 22 conference games...Here seven home runs were second-most in league games only...Went 3-for-4 with a run scored, triple, home run and four RBI in her third game of the season at Northern Iowa (2/9)...Hit a grand slam at SIU Edwardsville (4/6)...Had four RBI in four of her starts...Hit two home runs at Tennessee Tech (4/26)...OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.
2018: One of three players to start all 53 games…Made all of her starts at first base…Tallied 29 hits, 18 runs scored, four doubles, a triple, five home runs and 21 RBI for a .212 batting average…Walked 21 times, third-most on the team…Also ranked third on the team in home runs…Stole three bases…Boasted a .991 fielding percentage, best among the Redhawks starting infielders…Collected multiple hits in six games and drove in two or more runs in five contests…Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored, two home runs, three RBI and a walk vs. Western Michigan (2/25)…Had a six-game hitting streak from Mar. 18 23…Went error free in her first 36 games of the season.
2017: Started 47 games at first base as a freshman...Hit .242 with 31 hits, five runs scored, nine doubles, two triples, four home runs and 20 runs batted in...Drew eight walks...Ranked third on the team in home runs and tied for second in doubles...Collected multiple hits on seven occasions...Drove in two or more runs in five games...Hit a three-run home run, had a double and finished with a season-high five RBIs at Jackson State (2/12)...Hit safely in 10 of her first 11 starts of the season...Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection and Southeast Scholar-Athlete.
Prep: Suburban West Conference Player of the Year and a First-Team All-Conference, All-District, All-State and All-Region performer at Fox High School…Started all four of her prep seasons and hit .453 with 16 home runs and 56 RBIs as a senior...As a junior, she hit .613 with 11 home runs and 44 RBIs…Finished her stellar prep career with a .477 batting average, 34 home runs and 142 RBI, and ranked among the state’s top 10 leaders in 17 categories…Led the Warriors to a pair of district titles and a third-place state finish (2015)…Was teammates with fellow Southeast signee Claudia Gallo at Fox High School…Played in the summer for the St. Louis Esprit Premier.
Personal: Born November 17, 1997…Majoring in Mass Communication…Daughter of Glen and Shea Ellis.
