Height: | 5-9 |
Year: | Jr. |
Hometown: | Atlanta, GA |
High School: | North Springs Charter |
Position: | 1B/DP |
Bats/Throws: | R/R |
Parents: | Mark & Lisa |
Career:
After three years in an Emory uniform, she ranks among
the school's all-time top 10 in nine offensive categories ... First
on the Eagles' career charts with 28 home runs and with 159 RBIs
... Stands first in career slugging percentage (.746) and her .416
batting average is good for the No. 3 spot on Emory's all-time list
... Her 40 doubles rank fifth on the Eagles' career list and she is
10th with 115 runs score... Stands second on the school's all-time
ladder with 60 walks ... Sixth all-time at Emory with 656 putouts
... Has 48 multi-hit games to her credit.
Junior (2013):
Landed All-America honors for the second time in her career,
bringing home NFCA First Team acclaim ... All-Atlantic Region First
Team selection ... Tabbed as the UAA Player of the Year ... First
Team All-UAA pick ... Was one of two Eagles to have started all 47
games and ended the year with a team-high hitting mark of .408
(53-of-130), good for fourth place among UAA players ... Socked a
school-season record 12 home runs, good for third place on the UAA
list ... 53 hits represented the fourth-highest mark in the UAA ...
Posted 16 multi-hit contests and drove in two or more runs on 17
occasions, both of which were team highs ... Knocked in a
league-high 59 runs with the total the second-highest seasonal
effort in school annals ... Held down the No. 11 spot nationally in
D-III with a 1.26 per-game RBI average ... Pounded out 15 doubles,
second on the squad and in the UAA, and tied for seventh place on
the Eagles' season list ... Recorded an .800 slugging percentage
that led the UAA, ranked 34th nationally and that placed second on
Emory's season chart ... Held down the No. 1 spot among UAA players
and was 40th in the D-III ranks in on-base percentage (.530) ...
Established a school season record with 35 walks and her per-game
average of 0.74 walks-per-game was ninth nationally ... 288 putouts
were the fifth most on the Eagles' seasonal ladder ... Knocked in a
team-high six runs and drew a squad-leading five walks during
Emory's five-game run in the NCAA Regionals ... Stroked a two-run
double as one of her two hits, and which accounted for the eventual
game-winning RBI in the team's 8-1 win vs. Roanoke (May 11) in the
NCAA Regionals ... Drove in Emory's first run and later knocked in
the tying score as part of a four-run sixth inning vs. Piedmont
(May 12) in the NCAA Regionals ... Helped the Eagles to an 8-0
record and the UAA title by hitting .389 (7-for-18) and scoring a
team-high 10 runs that ranked second among league performers ...
Named UAA Player of the Week (Feb. 11) after hitting .615
(8-for-13) with two doubles, two homers and 11 RBIs in helping the
Eagles to four season-opening wins ... 3-for-3 with two homers and
five ribbies vs. Agnes Scott (Feb. 9) in an 8-0 triumph ... Posted
a 3-for-3 effort at the plate with a pair of home runs and three
RBIs in an 8-7 decision over Rhodes (Mar. 30) ... Socked a grand
slam in helping Emory to an 11-2 victory over regionally
ranked Fontbonne (Mar. 31) ... Tabbed as UAA Player of the Week
(Feb. 18) after hitting at a .556 clip (5-for-9) with a pair of
homers and six RBIs in spearheading the squad to four wins ... Hit
a grand slam in a 9-0 win over York College (Feb. 16) ... Finished
with a 2-for-3 peformance at the plate and knocked in two runs, one
on a double and the other on a solo homer, in a 12-2 victory over
Piedmont (Apr. 9) ... Sparked the Eagles to a 6-0 win over Kean
(Mar. 10) with three hits in four trips to the plate, and driving
in two ones, including the game winner ... Accounted for the
Eagles' final runs with a two-run homer in the sixth inning in a
7-4 triumph vs. Rhodes (Mar. 31) with that blast enabling her to
become the school's all-time leader in homers ... Singled in the
game's winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning in a 2-1
verdict over Gustavus Adolphus (Mar. 9) ... Played a prominent role
in a 9-6 win over Case Western (Mar. 14) at the UAA Tournament,
going 2-for-2 with a two-run homer and double while drawing a pair
of walks and scoring three runs ... Hit safely in 10 of the team's
first 11 contests ... Delivered one of the most dramatic hits in
program history with a two-out grand slam in the bottom of the
seventh inning that rallied the Eagles to a 12-9 win vs. Birmingham
Southern (Mar. 3), a game that saw the Eagles trail by a 9-3 margin
after five frames.
Sophomore (2012):
Turned in another big offensive season en route to earning Third
Team All-Atlantic Region honors ... Played in 39 games, 38 as a
starter, and finished second on the squad in hitting with her .388
average (47-of-121) tying for eighth among UAA players ... Topped
the squad with 47 hits, seven home runs (fourth on Emory's seasonal
list) and 39 RBIs (third on the UAA list) ... First on the team and
fifth on the league chart in slugging percentage (.636) ... Tied
for the team lead with 13 multi-hit outings while driving in two or
more runs a club-high 12 occasions ... First Team All-UAA selection
... Was named the MVP of the UAA Tournament after helping the
Eagles to the conference crown by hitting .458, the
fourth-highest mark during the tourney, rapping out 11 hits in 24
trips to the plate ... Scored a league-high tying 10 runs during
the league tourney and tied for the conference lead with three
homers while producing 11 RBIs ... Hit safely in six of the eight
outings and enjoyed four multi-hit performances ... Homered
in three separate contests including a blast in the team's 7-2
decision over Washington University on the final day of competition
(Mar. 17) that clinched the team's outright title
... Against regionally ranked Brandeis at the UAA
Tournament, she went a combined 4-for-6 over the two meetings with
four RBIs, hitting a solo home run vs. the Judges in an 8-0
decision (Mar. 13) before collecting three hits in as many plate
appearances with three RBIs in the second meeting ... Keyed an 5-0
verdict over regionally ranked Rochester, singling in the team's
first run before smacking a two-run homer later on ... Closed out
the regular season hitting safely in eight of her last nine
contests ... Posted four hits in six trips to the plate with two
RBIs in helping Emory to a doubleheader sweep of Piedmont College
(Arp. 24) ... Huge effort vs. Millsaps (Feb. 25), going 4-for-5 at
the plate with four RBIs including a two-run homer in the bottom of
the eighth that tied the game followed by a run-producing single in
the ninth that snapped a tie and gave Emory a 9-8 win ... The
following day in an 8-1 outcome over Millsaps, she key the Eagle
attack with a three-for-three performance at the plate
that included a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the third
that snapped a 1-1 deadlock ... Socked a solo homer against
regionally ranked Keene State (Mar. 12) in an 8-0 triumph ... Drove
in the team's opening runs with a three-run double that helped in
an 8-0 decision over Covenant College (Apr. 25) ... Two hits
and three RBIs in an 10-0 win vs. Transylvania (Mar. 4) ... Helped
Emory to a 7-3 win over Guilford (Feb. 18) and a split of a
twinbill with a pair of hits in three plate appearances and three
RBIs ... Capital One Academic All-District Team member.
Freshman (2011):
Banner rookie season that saw her bring home many awards
and honors ... Second Team All-American selection by the NFCA ...
Played in all 46 games and ended the year leading the team and UAA
in hitting with her .449 mark (62-of-138) placing her 57th
nationally and 11th on Emory's seasonal ladder ... Named the UAA's
Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year ... First Team All-UAA
honoree .... Her 61 RBIs established a school record and led the
UAA ... Averaged 1.33 RBIs per game, good for 14th place
nationally among D-III players ... Her team-high 16 doubles
placed her second among UAA players and tied for the No. 4 spot on
the Eagles' seasonal ladder ... Led the league and stood 45th
nationally with a .790 slugging percentage that ranked second on
the school's seasonal ladder ... Gained a berth on the UAA
All-Tournament Team after helping the Eagles to the championship
with an 8-0 mark, hitting .565, with a league-tying 13 safeties in
23 trips to the plate ... Also registered a league-best 16 RBIs
during the conference championship ... Big outing vs. Washington
University (Mar. 10) with a pair of homers and four RBIs in an 8-0
win ... In a Mar. 13 contest vs. Wash U., she went 3-for-4 at the
plate. including another homer, with two RBIs and two runs scored
... Came through with a season-high five RBIs, including a grand
slam, vs. Case Western (Mar. 10) ... Came through with the
game-winning RBI vs. Piedmont (Apr. 21) in an opening-game 3-0
triumph and knocked in two more runs in the nightcap in a 5-4
verdict ... Against then No. 8-ranked DePauw, she went a combined
four-for-eight in the twinbill with four RBIs ... Ended the year
with an 11-game hitting streak that included one safety in each of
Emory's three NCAA Tournament games ... Hit a two-run homer in the
bottom of the first in the Eagles' 6-1 win over Kean (May 12) in
the opening game of the Salisbury Regional ... 2-for-4 at the plate
with three RBIs, including a two-run double, in a 5-2 win over
Rhodes College (Apr. 9) in the first game of a doubleheader ... 62
hits led both Emory and the UAA while placing her in a tie for
seventh place on the school's seasonal list ... Finished the
campaign with nine home runs, second on the team and second most by
an Emory player in a season ... Topped the squad with 19
multi-hit outings and delivered a team-best 17 contests with two or
more RBIs ... Enjoyed a team-best 17-game hitting streak (Mar. 6-
Mar. 24) and had two or more safeties in nine contests during that
stretch ... Knocked in the team's first run and registered a pair
of RBIs vs. LaGrange (Apr. 26) in a 5-4 win ... 3-for-3 effort at
the place and finished with three RBIs and three runs scored in a
7-0 decision over Covenant College (Mar. 16) in the second game of
a doublheader ... First career homer was a two-run blast and closed
out the team's scoring in a 7-0 win vs. Maryville College (Feb.
19).
High School:
Four-year member of the softball program at North Springs Charter
High School ... Was coached by Sarah Coleman ... Served as team
captain as a senior ... Distinguished herself on the mound and at
the plate ... Tossed 163 innings and totaled 199 strikeouts while
crafting an ERA of 1.62 ... A four-time team MVP, she hit a
hefty .444 as a junior and closed out her senior year with a .394
average ... Captured all-area honors her final campaign ... Also
competed on the lacrosse team.
Was a member of the 18U Georgia Fire Gold (Lilburn) team and
played summer ball for the 16U Atlanta Worth Cobras, helping her
club qualify for the exclusive Hall of Fame Tournament.
Personal:
Born February 12, 1992 ... Daughter of Mark and Lisa Light ...
Plans to major in biology ... Recipient of the Scholar Athlete of
the Year presented by the Georgia Best Chevy Dealers and awarded at
the 5th Annual Atlanta Sports Awards.
Quote:
"I chose Emory because it was close to home and provides a good
balance between academics and athletics. Plus, the campus is
beautiful."
Stats
Year | G-GS | AB | R | H | RBI | 2B | 3B | HR | SB-ATT | AVG |
2011 | 46-45 | 138 | 38 | 62 | 61 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 0-0 | .449 |
2012 | 39-38 | 121 | 33 | 47 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0-0 | .388 |
2013 | 47-47 | 130 | 44 | 53 | 59 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 3-3 | .408 |
TOTAL | 132-130 | 389 | 115 | 162 | 159 | 40 | 2 | 28 | 3-3 | .416 |