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2026 (Junior): Appeared in 18 games, primarily as a pinch runner, in her first season with the Lancers ... Scored seven runs on the season ...  Made Longwood debut in an 8-6 win over Lindenwood on Feb. 22 in Gainesville, Fla. ... Scored her first run for the Lancers on Feb. 28 against Penn, a 6-4 win in the Bank of the James Invitational ... Also scored runs versus Hampton (March 1), Lafayette (March 7), Norfolk State (March 11), both games at North Carolina Central (March 25) and at Presbyterian (April 3) ... Pinch hit on March 1 against Mount St. Mary's, striking out in her only at-bat of the season ... Named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete and to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

Prior to Longwood: Played two seasons at Louisburg College where she helped the Hurricanes to a pair of NJCAA Region X championships in 2024 and 2025 ... Helped Louisburg advance to the NJCAA World Series quarterfinals her freshman season ... Batted .327 with 36 hits, 16 home runs and 42 RBIs as a freshman, slugging .855 and posting an .472 on-base percentage ... Followed that with a .366 batting average with 56 hits nine homers and 50 RBIs as a sophomore ... Slugged .667 and got on base at a .464 clip ... Won the 2025 NFCA/Rawlings Gold Glove for NJCAA Division II at third base as a sophomore ... Did not commit an error in 96 chances with 64 assists and 32 putouts.

High School: Played three seasons of high school softball, first at Kettle Run High School in Virginia in 2021, then at Western Alamance High School in North Carolina in 2022-23 ... Twice earned all-state and all-district honors, helping Western Alamance to a runner-up finish in the 2023 North Carolina 3A Championship while batting .390 with a .489 on-base percentage ... Named 2023 state championship Player of the Game, going 4-for-4 with two homers, including a walk-off bomb.

Personal: Daughter of Scott and Teresa Brunton ... Born Dec. 10, 2004 ... Has an older brother, Tyler ... Cousins Justin and Jeff Gates played men's soccer for the Lancers ... Earned her associate's degree from Louisburg in May 2025, graduating summa cum laude ... Claimed the 2025 Robert Butler Award as the student with the highest leadership impact within the School of Social & Behavioral Sciences ... Named the recipient of the 2025 Isaac Dean Moon Award as the most outstanding female graduate in leadership, scholarship and citizenship and winner of the Allen P. Brantly Award, given to the graduate with the highest GPA ... Business administration major at Longwood.