Biography
2025 – SENIOR
ASUN Honor Roll recipient...played in and started all 41 games of the season…served primarily as the team’s DP…ranked second on the team with 20 walks…one of eight players to hit a home run…hit .211 on the season with 24 hits, three doubles, a homer, six RBI and seven runs…turned in four multi-hit games…registered an eight-game on-base streak from 3/19 to 3/19…scored two runs on 2/8 at Charleston Southern…registered back-to-back two hit games in a doubleheader on 2/28 against UAlbany and Binghamton, adding a double in game one…recorded a two RBI single on 3/1 against Bethune Cookman…launched her one home run of the year on 3/1 vs Binghamton…tallied two hits with a double on 4/16 against Northern Kentucky…knocked a double on 5/2 in game one of a doubleheader at Eastern Kentucky…went 2-for-3 in the final game of the season…ended the season on a seven-game on base streak…over the stretch, turned in a four-game hit streak from 4/18 to 4/26 and recorded a hit in seven of her last nine games
2024 – JUNIOR
Played and started all 46 games of the season as the team’s primary DH…played 1B four times…led the team in batting average (.297), hits (41), OPS (.824) and SLG (.471) and tied for the team lead in home runs (6)…added six doubles (T-2nd) and 12 runs on the year…on 2/23 vs. St. Bonaventure, went 3-for-3 with a grand slam, double, four RBI (career-high) and two runs...hit a home run in back-to-back games on 2/23...went 3-for-4 on 3/10 vs. Evansville with two doubles and a home run... turned in her third three hit game on 3/15 vs. Jacksonville, recording a home run and two RBI...went 3-for-4 on April 7 vs Lipscomb, including a walk-off RBI double...hit .555 (5-for-9) April 6-7 vs Lipscomb with one double and one RBI...belted her team-lead tying sixth home run of the season on April 27...went 2-for-3 with an RBI against UNA on April 28
2023 - SOPHOMORE
Played and started in 47 games for the Knights as the team’s primary first baseman...Led the team in batting average (.246), hits (33), home runs (eight), RBI (17), slugging percentage (.455) and total bases (61)...Ranked 11th in the ASUN in home runs...Homered in Bellarmine’s first game of the season against Toledo on Feb. 10...Connected for a two-run blast against Ball State on Feb. 24...Hit another two-run homer at Murray State on Feb. 26...Hammered a solo home run against Valparaiso in Bellarmine’s home opener March 4... Tallied a five-game hit streak from March 18-22...Tallied the first three-hit game of her career against Kennesaw State on April 28, driving home two runs with a RBI double and solo homer.
2022 - FRESHMAN
ASUN Honor Roll recipient...Led all Bellarmine freshmen with 43 games played and 39 starts, primarily at first base...Led the Knights in home runs (six), slugging percentage (.477), OPS (.824), and RBI (17)...Ranked second on the team in batting average (.266), hits (29), doubles (five), total bases (52), walks (13) and on-base percentage (.347)...Picked up first career hits versus Maryland Eastern Shore on Feb. 13, followed by two more hits in a win against Furman on Feb. 13...Blasted a walk-off three-run homer to beat Indiana State 8-7 on March 13, marking the first home run of her career...Belted a two-run home run the following game against Tennessee Tech on March 14...Accumulated a 4-for-8, seven-RBI, two-homer stat line in three games on March 13-14...Pounded first ASUN home run in the conference opener versus Jacksonville on March 19, also giving her a five-game hit streak...Went 3-for-5 with two RBIs in a pair of games against Liberty on April 1...Homered in back-to-back games at North Alabama on April 15-16.
PERSONAL: Daughter to Tom and Leta…sister to Chase Waddell and Sofie Collins…in addition to softball, also played varsity basketball for six years at Raceland High School in Raceland, KY…enjoys growing plants, reading romance novels and listening to true crime podcasts…favorite music genre is country…favorite TV show is Criminal Minds…favorite movie is The Goonies…favorite meal is steak street tacos…favorite hobby is playing pickle ball
