Career Highlights:

• All-MVC First Team (2024)
• 45 career games played
• Highest BA for the Redbirds in Freshman campaign (.347)
• First-career hit against Florida (Feb. 10), First-career home run walked-off Bradley (Mar. 27)
• AFNI Honor Roll Member

Freshman (2024): Played in 45 games for the Redbirds, starting in 41...2024 All-MVC First Team Honoree in the DP/Utility spot...AFNI Honor Roll Member...Led the 'Birds in BA at .347 and all Redbird freshmen in hits (42), RBI (18), SLG% (.413), and OB% (.386)...Had 6 putouts in the field with 5 assists and a .917 FLD%...Had 11 multi-hit games...Went 4-for-4 in the win over Missouri State (Mar. 16) with 4 straight singles, the first time a Redbird achieved the feat since 2022...Went 2-for-4 with one run scored, and 3 RBI while hitting her first-career home run that walked off Bradley to help earn the sweep in the I-74 rivalry series.

High School: Four-year letterwinner for the Mill Valley High School Jaguars in Shawnee, Kansas…Earned All-Sunflower Team Second Team and led the Sunflower League in doubles…Voted team's Most Hard Working…Hit .436 with a 1.342 OPS as a sophomore…Her league leading doubles was also the second-most in school history for a single season…As a junior voted the team's Most Valuable Player, Most Hard Working and Best Bat…Earned All-Sunflower League Honorable Mention…Had a .442 batting average with a 1.231 OPS and .500 on-base percentage…Also played volleyball for two seasons…Two-year member of the Spanish National Honor Society.

Travel Team: Hopkins has played for Select Fastpitch for four years under head coach Eric Jones in Kansas City.

Personal: Daughter of Amanda and Mitch Hopkins…Has two siblings, Kian and Carter…Plans on majoring in Molecular Biology at Illinois State and hopes to go into Biotech or Biomed research…She chose ISU because of the academics as well as a great softball program and she really loves Coach Kramos and the rest of the coaches and players.