AS A SENIOR (2018)
2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District V First Team honoree, selected by CoSIDA ... SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll ... 2018 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award Honoree ... appeared and started 54 games behind the dish for the Lions ... tallied 36 hits in 131 at-bats with 18 runs and 4 RBI ... hit one double on the year ... went a perfect 12-for-12 in stolen bases on the base paths ... finished the season with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage with 268 putouts and 23 assists and zero errors ... Helped Saint Leo post its fourth straight 30+ win season (39-18) … helped the Lions sweep the South 2 Regional at North Alabama (3-0 W vs Embry-Riddle; 2-1 W vs UNA; 2-1 W vs UNA) to advance to Super Regional play, which the Green and Gold would host Alabama-Huntsville (4-3 W; 7-5 L; 6-3 W) … helped Saint Leo advance to the NCAA DII Softball Championships in Salem, Va. for the first time in program history … guided the Lions to a 3-2 win over #3-seed Chico State to open up play before a 4-3 loss to #2-seed Saint Anselm, followed by a knock-out of the top-seeded North Georgia with a 3-2 win and reached the National Semifinals, falling to eventual National Champion Southern Indiana 5-4 in 8-innings across two days... member of Saint Leo University President's Club Fall 2017 & Spring 2018
AS A JUNIOR (2017)
Appeared in 49 games with 46 starts on the year … tallied 29 hits in 126 at-bats with 28 runs scored … hit 2 doubles, 2 triples, and 1 home run … her first career home run was on March 7 against Findlay which the Lions won 7-0 … finished with a .988 fielding percentage with 292 putouts and 30 assists while just 4 errors on the year … … Helped Saint Leo win the second consecutive SSC title (17-7) and finish the season ranked no. 2 in the South Region to host the NCAA South Region 2, the first regional the softball program has hosted... member of Saint Leo University President's Club Fall 2016
AS A SOPHOMORE (2016)
ALL-SSC SECOND TEAM (C)… SSC COMMISSIONER’S HONOR ROLL …was the everyday catcher for the Nations Statistical Champion in Earned Run Average (0.93)…played in all 47 games with 47 starts for Saint Leo including all 24 conference games…recorded 41 hits in 118 at-bats…scored 24 runs with 17 RBI while collecting 43 total bases…had a .366 batting average, .384 slugging percentage and a .415 on-base percentage…tallied 15 stolen bases on the base paths for the Green and Gold…recorded 301 putouts with 18 assists and 3 errors for a .991 fielding percentage…SAINT LEO RECORDS: Career - Ranks 5th all-time in Batting Average (.364)... member of Saint Leo University President's Club Fall 2015 & Spring 2016
AS A FRESHMAN (2015)
Played in 34 games while appearing in 15 conference contests… Totaled 11 hits in 38 plate appearances good for a .355 batting average in her premier season with the Green and Gold… Swiped seven bases while scoring 14 runs as a catcher and pinch-runner… Was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate against Chadron State (Feb. 7), scoring a pair of runs in the 12-2 win… Notched three multi-hit games on the season… Was errorless in 65 total chances, recording a perfect fielding percentage of 1.000... member of Saint Leo University President's Club Fall 2014 & Spring 2015
CAREER
Attended Countryside High School… Played softball for Coach Kaylyn Bayly… Earned an honorable mention award during her time on the Countryside softball team… Played for the club team Sarasota Heat under Coach Mark Dover.
PERSONAL
Born on October 25th in Tarpon Springs, FL… Now calls Clearwater, FL home… Biology major… List some of her hobbies as going to the beach and reading… Names her career goal as becoming a veterinarian… Says if she could choose one super power it would be the ability to read people’s minds… Chose Saint Leo because of the academics offered… Believes her best asset to the team is her positivity... Daughter of Ann and Jim Pollard… Has two brothers, Austin and Tyler.
