Longwood University Athletics

2025 (Junior): Pitched to a 4-9 record with a 4.29 ERA in 65 1/3 innings over 25 appearances and 13 starts in her first season with the Lancers ... Surrendered 76 and 50 runs (40 earned), striking out 24 and walking 27 ... Earned one of Longwood's three saves on the season ... Turned in four complete games and was part of one shutout ... Made NCAA debut Feb. 7 against No. 1 Texas, pitching one inning ... Earned first victory against Gardner-Webb, 5-3, on March 29 with four innings of two-hit, two-strikeout relief ... Struck out a season-high three at No. 16/14 Virginia Tech on March 19 ... Fired three hitless outings on the season, including retiring the final two batters in a doubleheader sweep of USC Upstate on the road on April 26 ... Went the distance for her first complete game in a five-hit, three-strikeout 1-0 loss to Central Michigan on March 2 in eight innings ... Named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

Prior to Longwood: Spent two seasons at Patrick & Henry Community College, an NJCAA institution in Martinsville, Va., from 2023-24 ... Led the Patriots to the 2024 NJCAA Division III national championship ... Named Pitcher of the Tournament, tossing 38 2/3 of 39 innings in the event ... Claimed NJCAA Region 10 player of the year, national player of the year and first-team all-American honors as a sophomore ... Pitched to a 24-10 record in 228 2/3 innings with a 2.76 ERA and 214 strikeouts ... Batted .484 with an .857 slugging percentage and .531 on-base percentage with 22 doubles, 12 homers and 68 RBIs ... Earned 2023 NFCA Joan Joyce Utility/Pitcher First Team All-American honors, going 15-8 with a 2.97 ERA in the circle while hitting .469 with 10 doubles, nine homers and 53 RBIs ... In her career at Patrick & Henry, she went 39-18 with a 2.83 ERA in 63 appearances in the circle, striking out 301 in 349 innings with 6.04 strikeouts per seven innings ... At the plate, she hit .478 (141-for-295) with 32 doubles, 10 triples, 21 home runs and 121 RBIs, while slugging .868 and getting on base at a .521 clip.
 
High School: Graduate of Franklinton High School in Louisburg, N.C., in 2022 ... Batted better than .370 each of her four seasons., including hitting .554 as a senior, coupled with a 0.10 ERA, for the Red Rams.

Personal: Daughter of Jeff and Melissa Strickland ... Born March 14, 2004 ... Has three siblings -- Taylor (22), Jessica (18) and Rachael (10) ... National Honor Society member in high school ... Kinesiology major at Longwood.