Biography
2023: Started all 44 games for USI, primarily at first base...hit .222 with 28 hits in 126 at-bats...was second on the team with four home runs and 23 RBIs while also tallying seven doubles and one triple...scored 13 times...was hit by a pitch a team-high eighth times...sported a .982 fielding percentage with three defensive assists...had six multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games...had a season-best nine-game hitting streak and 10-game on-base streak during March...totaled three hits, four runs, two home runs, and six RBIs in USI's doubleheader sweep against Lindenwood on March 19...collected three hits, coming up a home run shy of the cycle, with a run and a season-best four RBIs in USI's extra-inning, road win at Eastern Illinois on April 7...batted .444 with four hits two runs, a double, and an RBI in USI's three games at the OVC Tournament...finished the season tied for eighth all-time in USI Softball history with 19 career home runs...entered the top 20 in USI history with 92 career RBIs...set the program record with 40 career hit-by-pitches...ended the season with 32 career doubles and five shy of the top eighth in USI's all-time history...named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2022: Collected second-team All-Region by D2CCA, second-team All-GLVC, and Academic All-GLVC after playing and starting in all 62 games for the Eagles…honored on the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division II Player & Pitcher of the Year Top 50 List after being named as GLVC Player of the Week…batted .389 which adds her to the national rankings and seventh best in the conference…had 72 hits in 185 at-bats, third most in the conference and top-40 in the nation…brought home 56 batters which ranks her second in the GLVC and 27th nationally while her 0.90 RBI per game average gave her fifth best in the conference and just above the top-100 in Division II…slugged 13 home runs to place her fifth in the conference and 42nd in the nation in bombs…recorded 137 total bases to secure second most in the GLVC and 15th nationally…tallied a .489 on-base percentage and a .741 slugging percentage, both fourth best in the conference and ranked nationally…was hit 22 times to walk her to the most in the GLVC and second most in the country…hit 20 doubles, most in the conference and 11th most nationally…fielded .982 in 340 chances, second most on the team…went a combined 12-for-28 at the plate in postseason play…catapulted two homers in the National Championship opener against Rogers State...during the 2022 campaign, she had the most hit by pitches in a season (22), second-most doubles in a season (20), second-most RBI in a season (56), and fourth-most home runs in a season (13).
2021: Earned Academic All-GLVC honors after appearing in 34 games and making 33 starts during her first year of collegiate softball...hit .268 with five doubles, two home runs and 13 RBI...had five multi-hit games, including a season-high three hits twice...also had a season-high two RBI in three contests...put together a season-high six-game hitting streak in April that saw her hit .579 (11-19) with two doubles, a home run and four RBI...put together a strong season at first base, posting a .989 fielding percentage with 170 putouts and five assists compared with just two errors.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Center Grove High School in Greenwood, Indiana, where she was a three-time Academic All-Conference honoree in addition to a two-time All-Conference and All-County selection...helped lead CGHS to the 2019 IHSAA Class 4A state title as a junior, hitting .343 with seven doubles, a triple, six home runs and 29 RBI during the 2019 season...her at-bat in the top of the first inning of the state title game produced the game's only run...hit .378 as a sophomore in 2018 and .370 as a freshman in 2017, helping CGHS to three consecutive conference, county, sectional and regional titles.
TRAVEL BALL: Competed for the Indy Crush Premeir 18u.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Rob and Amber Fair.
