Career Highlights:
- 89 career games played
- Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2023, 2024)
- Member of the AFNI Honor Roll
- Recorded first collegiate hit, first multi-hit contest, first RBI, and first XBH at Florida Atlantic on March 5, 2022 (3-for-3, 2B, 3 RBI, R)
- First-career home run (April 21), First Redbird home run of 2024 against Michigan (Feb. 9)
- MVC Regular Season Champions (2021)
Senior (2024): Played in 32 games for the 'Birds, while making 15 starts...Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete...Member of the AFNI Honor Roll...Had 6 hits on the season with 4 runs scored, 7 RBI, and 2 home runs...Set a career-high in home runs (2)...Hit her second home-run of the year against Missouri State (Mar. 17)...Had a multiple RBI game against St. Thomas while going 1-for-1 (Mar. 1).
Junior (2023): Played in 31 games for the ‘Birds, while making 15 starts…NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honoree…Earned a career-high in hits (15), runs scored (15), home runs (1), RBIs (9), OB% (.409) and BA (.294)…Hit first-career home run on April 21 at UNI…Made five putouts on the season for a perfect fielding percentage of 1.000…Went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in the 10-3 victory over Drake (April 14).
Sophomore (2022): Made 20 appearances with 7 starts at first base…First appearance of the season was against South Florida (Feb. 10) as a pinch hitter…Drew a career high two walks against Purdue (March 5)…Registered first collegiate hit against Florida Atlantic on March 5…Went 3-for-3 in the contest with a double, 3 RBI, and a run scored as the Redbirds won 11-0…Had another hit against Chattanooga (March 10)…Finished the season with 45 putouts, two assists and two errors.
Freshman (2021): Appeared in five games as a pinch hitter … her first career appearance for the Redbirds was on March 5, 2021 in a victory over FIU … drew her first career walk in a 10-0, 5 inning shutout of Indiana State (Mar 20).
Illini Bluffs HS: Four-year member of the softball, volleyball and basketball teams at Illini Bluffs High School … Has helped her softball team finish at, or above, .500 in each of her three completed seasons … Aided in her team's effort to capture a regional championship title her freshman season, before Illini Bluffs finished second place at state last year … Three-time all-conference performer … Earned First Team All-State honors after a successful junior campaign.
Personal: Daughter of Brian and Molly Hicks … Born on October 5 … Has five younger sisters: Madi, Maci, Emma, Lilly and Sofia … Two of her aunts played collegiate softball and then played in the Senior Olympics, where they won gold twice … Plans on majoring in exercise science while attending ISU.
