Francis Marion University Athletics

FMU:  Returning starter and 3-year letterwinner....CSC Academic All-District Team 2025....Conference Carolinas Academic All-Conference Team 2025, 2024....Appeared in 50 games (45 starts) as part of the 2025 squad that reached the NCAA Super Regionals....Conference Carolinas rankings: 9th in batting average (.407), T-13th in on-base percentage (.456), T-16th in runs scored (35), and T-17th in hits (55)....15 multi-hit games and 6 multi-RBI games....Ended the 2025 season having reached base safely in 13 consecutive games and with a 10-game hitting streak....Missed part of the 2024 season with an injury....Appeared in 22 contests and made 17 starts at DP....Batted .360 with a .418 on-base percentage....4 multi-hit games and 1 multi-RBI contest....Hit .385 with runners on base....Played in 27 games and made 4 starts (RF) in 2023....Part of the 2024 and 2023 conference tournament winning squads that earned NCAA bids....Batted .316 with 11 runs scored, and 2 RBIs....Went 2-for-6 as a pinch hitter....Going to be a great asset to our program....High academic student....Speedy outfielder....Brings a little bit of everything to the plate, with some power and the ability to be a contact hitter as well.....Will strengthen our outfield speed, and will also translate that speed to the base paths.....Excited to have another South Carolina addition to our roster and can’t wait to see what she will do in the future....Older sister (Golden) is a left-handed pitcher at Georgia College....NFCA/Easton All-America Scholar-Athlete 2025, 2024, 2023....Chi Alpha Sigma national college athlete honor society....Division II ADA Academic Achievement Award 2024....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2022 (fall), 2023 (spring, fall), 2024 (spring, fall), 2025 (spring)....Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll 2022 (fall), 2023 (spring, fall), 2024 (spring, fall), 2025 (spring).

PERSONAL:

• Born in Hanahan SC
• Graduate of Hanahan High School, where she played for coach Katrina Moffett 
• 4-year letterwinner
• All-Region and All-Lowcountry selection as a junior in 2021
• Played travel ball with Team NC Moskos (18U), batting .528 in the most recent 2021 season and stealing 12 bases in 12 attempts
• Nickname is Andy

PERSONAL FAVORITES:

• As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up: Movie Star
• How you got your nickname: From my high school softball team
• Favorite Athlete: Katrín Davíðsdóttir
• Favorite Sports Team: N.Y. Yankees
• Favorite Movie or TV Show: Money Ball
• Favorite Food: Crab legs
• Favorite Vacation Spot: The lake
• Favorite Musical Artist: Tim McGraw
• Favorite Thing About FMU: The Campus, the softball program, and the Professors
• Favorite Off-Field Activity: Going to the Gym
• Goals for Upcoming Season: Go to the SHIP
• Why you first chose your sport: I enjoyed the softball community and it was my favorite sport I played when I was little
• Biggest mental challenge in your sport: You are going to fail more than you succeed, but that is still being successful in softball
• Interesting Notes: Female athlete of the year at my high school; Older sister (Golden) is a left-handed pitcher at Georgia College and they will play against each other on March 10, 2023, in Florence