Career Highlights:

• 99 career games played
• All-MVC First Team (2024)
• MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team (2024)
• CSC Academic All-District (2024)
• Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete (2022, 2023, 2024)
• AFNI Honor Roll 

Junior (2024): Played in 51 games for the Redbirds while making 50 starts...All-MVC First Team...MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team...CSC Academic All-District...Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete...AFNI Honor Roll...Posted a career-high 35 hits, with 6 runs scored, 4 doubles, 2 home runs, and 19 RBI...Earned a .341 SLG% with a .334 OB%...Earned 173 putouts behind the plate with 205 catches, 31 assists, while making just one error for a .995 FLD%...Threw out 11 runners behind the plate, while turning 3 double plays...Went 3-for-3 with 3 RBI and a double in the win against Valparaiso (Apr.12)...Hit her first home run of the year while going 2-for-3 against Murray State with one run scored and 2 RBI (Mar.23).

Sophomore (2023): Played in 20 games for the ‘Birds while posting 37 at-bats…NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete…Earned career-highs in runs scored (7) and OB% (.356)…Earned 46 putouts on the season with 5 assists, for a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage…Earned a season-high 2 hits in her first game in the victory over Saint Joseph’s (Feb.10) going 2-for-4 with 2 runs scored…Caught three runners stealing on the season against Western Kentucky (Feb.26), Pennsylvania (Mar. 5), and Valparaiso (Mar.24)…Had 9 putouts against Jacksonville State on Feb. 24.

Freshman (2022): Made 20 appearances with 16 starts, all but one start came as a catcher…Collected 14 hits over 46 at-bats with three doubles, a home run and 4 RBI…First career hit came against No. 16/13 Michigan (Feb. 11)…Blasted first career home run at No. 23/21 Arizona State – it was a solo shot and her first career RBI and run scored as well…Had three multi-hit contests, the first against Texas El Paso (Feb. 18), the second against Chattanooga (March 10), and the third against Northern Iowa (March 11)…One multi-RBI game came against Northern Iowa (March 11) in the final game prior to conference season as she went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored…Longest hit streak of the season was four consecutive games on April 3 to April 15…Ended the season 79 putouts, four assists and three errors for .965 fielding percentage.

Lincoln-Way Central HS: Four-year starter for Lincoln-Way Central High School's softball team … Helped her team win back-to-back-to conference championships (freshman, sophomore and senior seasons as there was no junior season) … Aided in her team's effort to boast a 60-7 record in her first two seasons … Won a regional championship as a sophomore and senior … Led her team to second place at the Class 4A State Tournament as a senior after winning Sectionals and Super Sectionals ... Earned All-Conference and All-Area selections as a senior ... Averaged .371 with five doubles, five HR, 21 RBI and scoring 18 runs in her senior season ... Garnered her team's sportsmanship award as a rookie … Played volleyball for two seasons as well.

Personal: Daughter of Chris and Sharna Wilkerson … Born on February 6 … Has two siblings: Peyton and Charlotte … Father played football and mother played softball at Eastern Illinois … Father is also a current college football coach … Plans on majoring in marketing at Illinois State.