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KarissaHamilton
- position Catcher
- class Senior
- Hometown Flat Rock, Ind.
- High school Shelbyville HS
2025 (Junior): Went on a six-game hitting streak in February into March, one shy of her career-high set in 2024 … 6 RBI in game two vs. Mississippi State with a 2-run HR, 3-run HR and an RBI double … Scored two runs vs. Louisville on April 2 in 8-3 win over the Cards … Hit .281 with 23 runs, 32 hits, six doubles and six HR’s
2024 (Sophomore): Hit .250 for the season with 41 games started and 32 hits … Had eight doubles on the year and seven home runs, the most HR’s in a single season for her career
2023 (Freshman): Walk-off 3-run HR vs. Louisville on opening day in the NFCA Lead-Off Classic … Two multi-hit games … Vibrant personality on and off the field … RBI double vs. Tennessee
*Utility
*Bats: R/Throws: R
*Travel ball team: Indiana Magic Gold
*Ranked as the No. 22 overall player by Extra Innings Softball and the No. 7 catcher in the nation
*Last season, hit .604 with 22 HR’s, 55 RBI, 11 doubles and two triples en route to a single-season record tying season with her 22 HR’s. She was also named first team all-state and all-conference as well as a first-team all-American.
*Also a swimmer where she was a 2021 state qualifier in the 50m freestyle and 200m freestyle relay and a member of the National Honor’s Society