Bio

2018 at Taylor: One-of-five players to start all 47 games … Tallied 46 hits, seven doubles, five home runs, 34 runs batted in and scored 32 runs … Finished fifth and second on the team in hits and RBIs … Had a .301 batting average … Tallied seven hits in the team’s first three games of the season … Recorded 12 multi-hit games of the season … Tallied a seven-game hit streak between April 27 to May 2 … Had 15 hits in the team’s last 10 contests of the year … Tied her career-high of four RBIs on two occasions … Hit in two-or-more RBIs on seven occasions, while the team held a 7-0 mark during those contests … Scored 22 runs during Crossroads League play, which ranked 12th … Stole two bases and had 12 base on-balls … Amassed a .980 fielding percentage in the outfield … Made 47 putouts and had three assists … Selected to the Crossroads League Gold Glove Team while playing in the outfield for TU … Earned NAIA Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Crossroads League accolades.

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 four RBI against IU Southeast on Feb. 20 … Blasted a three-run, walk-off home run to give Taylor its 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 … 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: Lettered all four years at Jennings County High … Named the Jennings County Softball Most Valuable Player and was named to the All-Hoosier Hills Conference team following senior season … Earned 2015 Academic All-Indiana Honorable Mention … Selected as an Indiana Elite All-Star game participant and was named MVP … Given All-Hoosier Hills Conference Honorable Mention after junior season … Member of National Honors Society and earned academic honors.

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