UNCP Athletics

AS A JUNIOR (2017)
As an outfielder, she played in 48 games for the Braves, making 45 starts ... Hit .252 in 127 at-bats, scoring 21 runs and driving in 22 ... Totaled 32 hits and 48 total bases, including five doubles, one triple and three home runs ... Drew six walks and stole 16 bases on 18 attempts ... Had two sacrifice flies and five sacrifice bunts ... Slugged .378 and compiled a .281 on-base percentage ... Had seven multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games ... Logged 33 putouts and two assists, compiling a .946 fielding percentage ... Went 3-for-6 with three RBIs and two runs scored in a doubleheader Feb. 9 at Queens ... In a three-game span against Elizabeth City State and Barton on Feb. 19 and 25, she went 7-for-9 with seven RBIs, eight runs scored, two doubles, a home run and three stolen bases ... Was 3-for-4 with two RBIs against Augusta on March 11 ... A member of the squad that was named an Easton/NFCA Division II All-Academic Team for the third-consecutive year. 

AS A SOPHOMORE (2016)
As a utility player, she played in 32 games for the Braves, making 17 starts ... Hit .140 in 50 at-bats, scoring seven runs and driving in two ... Had seven total hits and nine total bases, including two doubles ... Drew eight walks and racked up four sacrifice hits ... Stole five bases in seven attempts ... Had 17 putouts and four assists, compiling a 1.000 fielding percentage, one of two Braves to do so ... Went 1-for-2 with 2 RBI, a double and a walk against St. Andrews on March 2 ... Went 1-for-3 with a double and a walk against Francis Marion on March 9 ... Went 2-for-4 against Georgia Southwestern on March 13 ... A member of the squad that was named an Easton/NFCA Division II All-Academic Team for the second-consecutive year. 

AS A FRESHMAN (2015)
NCCSIA All-State ... Helped UNCP to earn the 2015 PBC Softball Sportsmanship Award … As a designated hitter, outfielder and pinch runner, she played in 27 games with 12 starts for UNCP … Posted the second-best batting average on the team of .351, had with nine runs, 13 hits and three doubles … Had three RBI on 37 at-bats … Was 3-for-5 in stolen base attempts … Notched a .351 on-base percentage, a slugging percentage of .432 and a fielding percentage of 1.000 … Recorded nine putouts … Totaled 16 total bases and four sacrifice hits … Went 2-for-4 against Young Harris on March 16 and 2-for-5 against Kutztown on February 6 in her college debut … Had two multiple hit games, a four game hitting streak and had a four-game streak of reaching base.

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Northern Guilford High School under coach Russell Dorrell … A four-year letterman in softball … As a senior, she tallied a .426 batting average and .494 on-base percentage with five stolen bases … In her junior campaign, she was named all-conference, all-state and all-district … Hit .510 and assisted the team to advancing to the third round of the state playoffs … Played travel softball for coach Monica Armendarez for the Tar Heel Stars.

PERSONAL
The daughter of Laurie and Danny Epperson … Has a younger brother, Daniel … A member of the 4.0 Club, Young Life, Invisible Children and ELDA … Graduated with a 3.4 grade point average and was in the top-half of her class … An exercise science major at UNCP.