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Ohio State Overview
• Played in 205 career games with 198 starts
• Had a .290 career batting average with 111 RBI, 159 hits and 28 home runs
• Her .390 career on-base percentage was aided by 52 hit-by-pitches
• Is a special education major
• Five-time OSU Scholar-Athlete
• Was a member of the Big Ten All-Freshman Team in 2018
Career Honors
• First Team All-Big Ten (2022)
• Second Team All-NFCA Midwest Region (2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2019, 20, 21)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2018)
• Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week (Feb. 12, 2018)
• Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2018, 2022)
• OSU Scholar-Athlete (2018, 19, 20, 21, 22)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2021, 2022)
As a Fifth-Year Senior (2022)
• Had career-highs in every statistical category and earned first team All-Big Ten honors
• Was one of four players on the team to start all 53 games while playing first base
• Improved her batting average by 71 points, jumping from .277 in 2021 to .348 in 2022
• In 23 Big Ten games, hit .415 with four home runs, 16 RBI and a league-best .581 on-base percentage, which was aided by seven walks and 14 hit-by-pitch.
• Had 11 home runs – second-most on the team – and 35 RBI as well as a team-best .491 on-base percentage.
• Finished with nine multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI outings
• Hit two home runs and drove in four runs in a 5-4 win over Toledo (April 12)
• Went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run vs. No. 8 Northwestern (April 10)
• Drove in three runs and had a pair of doubles in a 6-0 series-opening win vs. Maryland
As a Senior (2021)
• Started all 39 games that she played in during the 2021 season and hit .277 with 27 RBI, five home runs, two doubles and two triples
• Registered her 100th career hit in a 10-9 eight-inning win at Indiana (4/17/21)
• Started off the season by hitting with turned out to be a game-clinching three-run home run in the opener vs. Iowa (2/26/21)
• Had a grand slam and a career-high five RBI in a 13-5 win over Rutgers (3/24)
• Finished with a .983 fielding percentage, playing primarily at first base
As a Junior (2020)
• Started 18 games at third base
• Tallied 14 hits, 14 RBI, 11 runs, three doubles, two home runs and two walks
• Recorded 23 assists and 11 putouts
• Had five multi-hit and four multi-RBI outings
• Went 2-for-3 in the season opener against South Carolina (2/8)
• Hit her first home run of the season against NDSU (2/8)
• Was 3-for-4 and scored twice versus UCSB (2/21)
• Posted two hits, including a double and two-RBI single, and one run against Fresno State (2/21)
• Facing two outs, hit a game-winning grand slam, the first of her career, to beat Pacific (2/22)
• Had a RBI single, RBI double and score twice versus Wright State (3/7)
• Notched three runs, three RBI and a double against Lehigh (3/9)
As a Sophomore (2019)
• Started 41 of the 47 games she played in
• Batted .281, connected on 32 hits and scored 17 runs
• Earned 17 RBI and 10 extra-base hits, including five home runs
• Recorded 207 putouts, 12 assists and a .982 fielding percentage at first base
• Posted 10 games with multiple hits
• In 21 Big Ten games, batted .333 with 18 hits, 14 runs, 12 RBI and four homers
• Went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI versus Utah (2/16)
• Tallied two hits, including a double, against Idaho State (3/9) and Portland State (3/12)
• Came up with two hits at Grand Canyon (3/16)
• Scored a run against No. 22 Indiana (3/23)
• Knocked a solo home run and scored twice against Rutgers (4/6)
• Batted .625 with five hits, three RBI, two runs and 1.125 slugging percentage in doubleheader at Penn State (4/9)
• Was 3-for-4 with two runs, a homer and three RBI in the finale against the Nittany Lions (4/9)
• Connected on a three-run homer and two-run homer in consecutive at-bats in the series finale at Michigan State, driving in a career-high five RBI (4/21)
• Went 2-for-2 with two runs and two walks against Illinois (4/27)
• Had two hits, including a RBI single, and scored a run at Iowa (5/5)
As a Freshman (2018)
• Started 48 of 49 games she played in
• Batted .257 with 36 hits, 27 runs scored, 18 RBI, six doubles, five home runs and three triples
• Had a .933 fielding percentage, 69 putouts and 70 assists at third base
• Hit .365 with 13 runs scored, three doubles, two triples, three home runs, six RBI and a .673 slugging percentage in Big Ten play.
• Connected on eight hits in 18 at-bats for a .444 batting average and added seven RBI and five runs at the FAU “First Pitch” Classic
• Went 4-for-5 with a career-high three RBI and two runs against FAU
• One of only five athletes to record four hits in a single game as a freshman
• Hit a walk-off single against Louisville (2/16)
• Connected on the first home run at Buckeye Field in 2018 vs. Wisconsin (3/30)
• Was 3-for-5 with two runs and a RBI in a doubleheader vs. Penn State (4/11)
• Batted .571 with four hits, three runs scored, two RBI, a double, triple, home run and 1.429 slugging percentage in three games vs. Michigan State (4/20-4/22)
• Had a .625 batting average, five hits, four runs, two RBI, a double, triple, home run and 1.375 slugging percentage against Maryland (4/27-4/29)
• Had one run and one hit against TTUN (5/6)
Prior to Ohio State
• All-region and all-state as a catcher for North Hall High School, leading her team to a regional runner-up finish
• Scholar-athlete
• Played club ball for the Georgia Impact, the ASA 14U and 16U state champions
• Took fifth place at ASA 14U Nationals
• ASA 12U State Champions in 2010-11
• Member of Flo Softball’s Hot 100 list for the Class of 2017
• Primarily played catcher for her high school team but also pitched a perfect game in North Hall’s 8-0 win over Dawson County early during her senior season
• Played her first two seasons at East Jackson High School
• Also a member of North Hall’s basketball team
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Rhonda and Gary Carver
• Has two older brothers – Zach and Jacob
• Worked at the Special Olympics and mentored at a local elementary school, assisting teachers with special education students
