Honors: 2017 ASUN First Team All-Conference, 2016 ASUN First Team All-Conference, 2016 ASUN All-Academic Team, 2014 ASUN All-Freshman Team
2017: USC Upstate Female Student-Athlete of the Year…Made 55 starts in the outfield…Was fifth on the team with a .307 average and hit five home runs while driving in 30 RBI…Tied for the team-lead with three triples and recorded 10 doubles…Went 11-for-11 in stolen bases…Compiled a .483 slugging percentage and .344 on-base percentage…Hit .350 in conference play with two home runs and 12 RBI…Had 13 multi-hit and six multi-RBI games…Had a team-leading 10-game hitting streak and reached base in 13 straight games…Tied her career-high of three hits versus Georgetown, two walks at Western Carolina and two stolen bases against Howard…Ranked tenth or better in the ASUN in at bats and triples…Is 41st nationally in toughest to strikeout and 48th in sacrifice flies…Drove in a season-high four RBI after hitting her second career grand slam against N.C. State…Scored two runs in a game seven times.
2016: Led the conference in home runs and RBI…Started in all 56 games she played in primarily as a right fielder…Hit .322 with 15 home runs and a team-leading 49 RBI…Also led the team with 113 total bases, and added a .649 slugging percentage and 16 stolen bases in 18 attempts…Ranked in the top 10 for the ASUN in slugging percentage, runs and hits…Ranked 42nd in the nation in home runs…Led the team with 12 multi-RBI games and was second with 16 multi-hit contests…Had a six-game hitting streak and reached base in eight consecutive games…Named ASUN Player of the Week twice…Recorded three home runs in a game twice against Valparaiso and Stetson, while homering two times against Lipscomb…Homered in four consecutive at-bats versus Valparaiso and SIU Edwardsville…Drove in a career-high six RBI against Lipscomb, and had five RBI in the win over Valparaiso…Compiled seven of her home runs in conference play.
2015: Saw action in 29 games…Started nine times…Split time between playing in the outfield and serving as a pinch runner or hitter…Hit .258 for the season…Hit three doubles…Drove in four runs…Scored nine times…Turned in her best performance of the season in the 10-3 win over Gardner-Webb…Had three hits, including two doubles, with a run and RBI.
2014: Played in 37 games, 16 as a starter...Scored 15 runs and drove in nine others...Went 4-for-5 in stolen base attempts...Hit .267 against ASUN competition...Posted two multi-RBI games as well as a three game hitting streak.
High School/Travel Ball: Led Palmetto High School in its first season playing in the 3A classification as a senior…Led the Mustangs to a 19-5 overall record and an 11-3 mark in the region play…Runner-up in the 3A district championships…Hit .397 with three home runs, six doubles and four triples…Drove in 16 runs…Stole 11 bases…Earned All-State and All-Region honors…Also played in the 3A All-State Game…Led the Mustangs to the 2012 2A state championship as a junior…Earned All-State honors…Hit a solo home run in the eighth inning to win the first game of the state championship series against Dillon…Scored the game-winning run from third on a passed ball in the second game to secure the championship…Hit .398 with seven home runs, 40 RBI and 53 runs as a junior…Named the Anderson Independent Player of the Year…Earned her second All-Region honor…Also an All-Area selection as well…Hit .356 with 13 RBI in the 2012 3A state playoffs en route to the state title…Also a standout basketball player at Palmetto…A two-time All-Region selection in leading the Mustangs to back-to-back region championships…Had a successful travel ball career playing for the Carolina Elite under former Elite head coach, and current Upstate assistant coach, Bryan Pack from 2010-13…Helped lead the Elite to the 16U Nationals in two of the last three years.
Personal: Born on June 1, 1995…Parents are Rock and Missy Rector…Has one younger sister, Rose (17)…Is majoring in elementary education…Hobbies include spending time with her dog, shopping, reading, hiking, going to the lake and beach, interior decorating, going to church and spending time with her family…Enjoys eating Mexican food…Says her favorite movie is “10 Things I Hate About You” and “The Office” her favorite TV show…Her favorite actors are Steve Carrell and Amy Pohler…Likes listening to the music of Judah and the Lion…Summer is her favorite season…Claims her favorite book as Through My Eyes by Tim Tebow…Her favorite athlete is Kerri Walsh-Jennings…Favorite quote is, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”…Her dream job is to be the superintendent of a school district.
