Biography
NFCA Second Team All-South Region
D2CCA Second Team All-South Region
Second Team All-Gulf South Conference
NCAA South Regional All-Tournament Team
* 11th in UWF career history with 674 putouts
2021 Gulf South Conference Spring All-Academic Team
2021 (R-Sr.): Hit .340 and made 42 starts behind the plate and as the DP for UWF in her final season... Hit 9 home runs -- the most for a UWF catcher since 2000 and the second-most among GSC catchers this season... Threw out 28.6 percent of baserunners who tried to run against her, the fourth-best mark in the GSC... Led the GSC in sacrifice flies (5) and led all catchers in the GSC in total bases (73)... Ranked sixth in the conference in doubles (10), eighth in RBIs (37), 10th in slugging (.689), 9th in walks (23), and 12th in home runs (9)... TIed GSC single-game high for the season and a single-game career high with 6 RBIs against Montevallo (4/9)... Had 10 multi-hit games and 7 games with multiple RBIs... Hit game-winning home run late in win over Auburn Montgomery on the road (3/12)... Hit another game-winning, go-ahead homer at Union (4/3)... Named to NCAA South Regional All-Tournament Team after leading UWF in hits (6), batting (.375), RBIs (7), total bases (10), and on-base percentage (.444) during the tournament, and hitting a critical home run against Valdosta State in UWF's third game of the week... Ranked 7th in the GSC in fielding percentage (.997)... Set career highs in batting (.340), runs (17), home runs (9), RBIs (37), slugging (.689), walks (23), and on-base percentage (.453).
2020 GSC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020 (Sr.): Made 18 starts and appeared in 19 games... Hit .231 with a .355 on-base percentage... Ranked third on the team with seven walks... Hit 3 doubles and a home run... Did not commit an error for a second consecutive season... Started season with a 2-for-3 day against No. 9 Florida Tech (2/1), with two runs, a double, an RBI, and a walk... Picked up another two hits against FIT on 2/8, with another run scored and an RBI... Hit her first home run of the year against Montevallo (2/15), and she went 2-for-3 with a double, as well... Went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, a run, and a double against Spring Hill (2/19) in the home-opener.
NFCA Second Team All-South Region
CoSIDA Academic All-District
All-Gulf South Conference Tournament Team
2019 (Jr.): Made 43 starts behind the plate and played in 46 games in junior season... Led team with 5 home runs and ranked second with 11 doubles... Started season with an 11-game hitting streak, batting .452 with 9 RBIs, 2 doubles, and a triple... Earned a spot on the GSC All-Tournament team after hitting .455 with 2 doubles, a home run, and 5 RBIs in the conference championship... Had 10 multi-hit games, and 6 multi-RBI games... Recorded a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, one of just two players in the Gulf South Conference to do so... Set career highs in batting average (.324), runs (15), hits (44), doubles (11), home runs (5), RBIs (30), slugging (.529), and on-base percentage (.370)... Had a .459 OBP when leading off an inning... Had a 3-hit day against Spring Hill (2/13), adding two runs, an RBI, and a triple... Had 3 RBIs in GSC Championship Game against West Georgia (5/5)... Went 2-for-4 against Tampa in NCAA South 1 Regional elimination game... Went 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs and 2 doubles against Miles (2/27).
2018 GSC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2018 (So.): Played in 39 games and made 31 starts... Slugged .343 with 16 hits and 13 RBIs... Hit first career home run against Lee (4/7)... Started season with a six-game hitting streak, including a 2-hit game against No. 8 North Georgia... Added five doubles on the year, including in a pinch-hitting effort against Spring Hill (4/18)... Had two games with 3 RBIs, against Christian Brothers (3/12) and Lee (4/7)... Had .385 on-base percentage when leading off an inning.Â
2017 (Fr.): Made starts in 18 of 36 games she played in as a freshman... Hit .237 with a .313 OBP, three doubles and nine RBI... Was a top pinch-hitting option for UWF, hitting .333 with two doubles, a .400 OBP and a .556 slugging percentage... Added RBI single in GSC Tournament win against Shorter... Brought in game-winning run against Christian Brothers with a sacrifice fly... Had multi-hit game and an RBI against Auburn-Montgomery (4/11)... Had first career multi-RBI game against Delta State on 4/14... Hit .429 against left-handed pitching and posted a .400 OBP when leading off an inning... Recorded six-game on-base streak from 3/7-26... Hit .296 with a .375 on-base percentage when catching.
High School: Lettered four years in softball at Ontario Christian HS, seeing time behind the plate, at first base, at second base and in right field… Career .372 hitter at OCHS with a .423 on-base percentage… Member of two league championship-winning teams and first team all-league in 2015.
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Personal: Daughter of David Poling and Jenifer Reed-Poling… Has one sibling, Ryan… Participates with the Let It Be Foundation.