Bio

2017 at Taylor: Made 53 appearances for the Trojans in her sophomore campaign, starting all 53 times, primarily in right field…Finished the year second on the team and top-six in the Crossroads League with 67 hits and 16 doubles…Ranked fourth in the league and 27th in the NAIA with 52 RBI…Posted a .522 slugging percentage, good for fifth on the team and 11th in the Crossroads League…Tallied 21 multi-hit games, including a stretch of four-straight games with at least two hits from March 24 to March 25…Collected a career-high three hits in four games, highlighted by a 3-for-4 day with a career-high two doubles and a career-high four RBI against IU Southeast on February 20…Blasted a three-run, walk-off home run to Taylor to 10th-straight win on April 1…Totaled six games with at least three RBI…Led the team with 10 doubles in league play…Paced the Trojans in home games, batting a team-best .444 at the plate, with team-highs of 28 hits and 22 RBI at Gudakunst Field…Stole four bases in five attempts…Owned a .957 fielding percentage, recording 22 putouts in 23 chances…Was named to the All-Crossroads League Team…Earned CoSIDA Academic All-America First-Team and CoSIDA Academic All-District II honors…Became the first sophomore in TU softball history to earn Academic All-American recognition.

2016 at Taylor: Played in 41-of-55 games, drawing 35 starts for TU as a freshman, primarily as a designated player…Collected 34 hits and batted .318 on the year, while scoring eight runs…Tallied three doubles and three home runs and recorded 18 RBIs…Notched 46 total bases and posted a .392 on-base percentage…Registered a .430 slugging percentage for the Trojans…Recorded a hit in eight-straight games…Totaled nine multi-hit games on the season, including two on the same day in a doubleheader against Mount Vernon Nazarene on April 16…Knocked in a season-high three RBIs in TU’s Crossroads League Tournament loss to Huntington on May 5…Was successful on her lone stolen base attempt.

Prep: Castor is from North Vernon, Indiana and attended Jennings County High…Castor lettered all four years of high school…Named the Jennings County Softball MVP and was named to the All-Hoosier Hills Conference team following senior season…Earned 2015 Academic All-Indiana Honorable Mention…Was an Indiana Elite All-Star game participant and was named MVP…Given All-Hoosier Hills Conference Honorable Mention after junior season…Was a member of National Honors Society and earned academic honors.

Personal: Daughter of Gary and JoAnne Castor…Majoring in biology at Taylor.