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High School: Skipped inside the perimeter from Riverdale, Ga. … A captain and four-year letter winner as a pitcher, outfielder and first baseman for Whitewater High School … Came in as the No. 21 prospect in the nation according to Extra Inning Softball … Aided the Wildcats in four postseason runs, including region championships in 2019 and 2022 … Pushed her squad along to the Elite Eight in 2019, followed by a Final Four run in 2020 before finishing as state runner up in 2022 … Garnered multiple honors as she was named all-state last season and has been selected to both all-region and all-county teams in each of the last four years … Competed in a senior all-star game … Posted a 0.36 ERA with 237 punchouts and a .077 batting average against, allowing just six runs on 30 hits with 18 walks in 118.1 innings of work in 2022 … Amassed 544 career strikeouts over the course of her career … On the travel circuit, played alongside teammate Gracie Hillman on the Birmingham Thunderbolts as she tossed 22 shutout innings without allowing a walk, surrendering just five hits while compiling 30 strikeouts last season … Also hurled a pair of combined no hitters along with a perfect game … Was a member of the National Honor Society, National Science Honor Society, National Social Studies Honor Society, Beta Club and School Ambassadors … Was vice president of the HOSA … Was a four-time honoree on high honor roll and in the top one percent of her 2023 class … Majoring in biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech.
