2015 (Senior Season): Started all 52 games and hit .319 with 44 runs scored, second most in her career … added 36 RBI, eight doubles and six home runs … over the final 15 games of the season, batted .383, sixth best amongst regular starters … against Big Ten competition, batted .329 with 21 runs scored and 16 RBI … began the season by going 3-for-4 with a home runs and three RBI against Southern Illinois (2/6) … had a hit in each of the Buckeyes’ first nine games … drove in a career-high five runs vs. Buffalo (2/15) … 14 multi hit and nine multi RBI games, including four at Northwestern (4/26) and three at Maryland (3/29) … played both center field and right field … finished her career ranked second all-time in runs scored (166), third in hits (234), seventh in RBI (125), ninth in batting average (.340), ninth in doubles (36) and eighth in home runs (21) … played in and started 215 games during her career.
2014 (Junior Season): First team All-Big Ten and second team All-NFCA All-Midwest Region … started all 55 games in center field and led the Buckeyes in batting (.361) … hit .405 in 23 Big Ten games with 15 runs scored and 12 RBI … seventh in Big Ten-only batting average … added 40 run scored, 28 RBI, six stolen bases, seven home runs and 10 doubles on the season … named the College Sports Madness Big Ten Player of the Week after hitting .467 with four RBI, three home runs and a 1.200 slugging percentage in five wins vs. Penn State and Northwestern (4/23-4/27) … had a 1.000 fielding percentage … went 3-for-3 with a career-high five RBI in a 13-3 win over Massachusetts (3/8) … tied for the team lead with 17 multi-hit games … seven multi-RBI games … hit .429 with three home runs and six RBI in the Buckeyes’ final 15 games … batted a team-best .429 with runners in scoring position … went 4-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in a 6-0 victory over Ohio (4/9) … has started all 163 games of her Buckeye career with a .347 average (eighth best all-time), 182 hits (15th best all-time) and 89 RBI (13th best all-time).
2013 (Sophomore Season): Started all 56 games … second Team NFCA All-Midwest Region selection … led the team in slugging percentage (.534), total bases (95), RBI (38) and stolen bases (17) … was second on the team in batting average (.337), hits (60), walks (32) and home runs (seven) … had 17 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI games … hit .449 with runners in scoring position (22-of-49) and .409 (18-of-44) with two outs … finished 12th in the Big Ten in stolen bases … went 3-for-4 with a season-high four RBI in an 8-2 win against Indiana (March 23) … drove in four runs against Winthrop (Feb. 9) … went 3-for-5 with three doubles against Minnesota (April 28) … hit safely in 38 of the team’s 56 games … had three stolen bases to go along with two hits and three RBI against Maryland (March 9).
2012 (Freshman Season): Played and started in 52 games … had the second-highest batting average on the team with an average of .343 … had 62 hits on 181 at-bats, both team-highs … scored 37 runs, third-most on the team … had 23 RBI, fifth-most on the team … earned six doubles … hit a home run vs. Wright State (March 28), first home run of career … had 17 games with multi-hits … posted a 15-game hitting streak (March 16-April 4) … slugged a .392 percentage … had the third-highest on base percentage at .397 … had 71 total bases, second-most on the team, including a career-high four bases vs. Tennessee State (March 16) and vs. Wright State (March 28) … slugged .392 percentage … was selected as an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete.
Prior to Ohio State: Two-time MVP for the SPSL league champions at Bonney Lake High … team captain for Coach Andrew Sage … conference most valuable player … two-time state champions in softball … also the volleyball team captain.
Personal: An animal sciences major with plans of attending veterinary school after graduation … daughter of Suzie and Bill Watkins … has two older sisters, Ashlee and Cassidy … enjoys hiking and horseback riding.
