Biography
2024: Started all 42 games (1B) ... Batted .377 (49 for 130) with 13 doubles ... Had 30 walks ... Scored 39 runs and knocked in 25 ... Stole 13 bases in 15 attempts ... Slugging percentage of .492, on-base percentage of .494, and OPS of .986 ... Compiled .994 fielding percentage ... First on team in hits, batting average, total bases, walks, runs, doubles, slugging percentage, and stolen bases ... Second in triples ... One hit in 18 games and multiple hits in 14 others with season-best four once and three in four contests ... At least one run in 19 games and multiple in 10 ... Went 4 for 4 with two doubles, two runs, and three RBI's against Oneonta ... Liberty League Performer of the Week once ... NFCA First Team All-Region III … All-Liberty League First Team … Liberty League All-Academic Team …
2023: Started all 43 games (1B) ... Batted .462 (60 for 130) with 13 doubles and four triples ... Had 27 walks ... Scored 48 runs and knocked in 25 ... Stole 18 bases in 20 attempts ... Slugging percentage of .623, on-base percentage of .560, and OPS of 1.183 ... Compiled .976 fielding percentage ... First on team in hits, batting average, triples, total bases, walks, runs, slugging percentage, and stolen bases ... Second in doubles ... One hit in 15 games and multiple hits in 18 others with season-best three in nine contests ... At least one run in 30 games and multiple in 16 ... Went 6 for 6 with three doubles, three walks, three runs, and two RBI's in two NCAA Tournament games ... Liberty League Weekly Honor Roll four times ... Liberty League Performer of the Week once ... NCAA Cambridge Region All-Tournament Team ... All-Liberty League First Team ... All-ECAC First Team ... NFCA All-Northeast Region First Team ... NFCA All-America Third Team ... Liberty League All-Academic ... CSC Academic All-District ... CSC National Academic All-America Second Team ...
2022: Played 41 out of 42 games, all as starter (1B) ... Batted .379 (67 for 132) with 15 doubles, three triples and two home runs ... Had 17 walks ... Team-high 41 runs scored and drove in team-high 37 ... Stole three bases in four attempts ... Team-high for slugging percentage (.583), on-base percentage (.444) and OPS (1.072) ... Compiled .991 fielding percentage ... One hit in 18 games and multiple hits in 14 others ... At least one run in 16 games and multiple in 11 ... Went 2 for 2 with home run and three RBI's against Russell Sage ... Liberty League Weekly Honor Roll twice ... All-Liberty League First Team ... All-ECAC Honorable Mention ... NFCA All-Northeast Region First Team ... Liberty League All-Academic ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... CoSIDA National Academic All-America Second Team ...
2021: Started all 15 games (DP, 1B, OF) ... Batted .457 (21 for 46) with seven doubles, two triples and three home runs ... Six walks ... Team-high 17 runs scored and drove in team-high of 16 ... Stole four bases in five attempts ... Team-high for slugging percentage (.891), on-base percentage (.509) and OPS (1.400) ... Compiled .909 fielding percentage ... One hit in 13 games and multiple hits in five ... At least one run scored in nine games ... Went 4 for 5 with two home runs and five RBI's against RIT ... Liberty League Performer of the Week once ... All-Liberty League Second Team ... Liberty League All-Academic ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ...Â
2020: Played 11 games, all as starter (DP, 1B) ... Batted .406 (13 for 32) with two doubles ... Team-high five walks ... Scored seven runs and drove in seven ... Stole three bases in three attempts ... Compiled .469 slugging percentage, .462 on-base percentage and .931 OPS ... Multiple hits in four games ... At least one run scored in six games ... Went 2 for 3 with run, RBI and two stolen bases against Swarthmore ... Had two hits and three RBI against Penn State-DuBois ... Liberty League All-Academic ...Â
2019: Played 37 games, including 34 as starter ... Batted .324 (34 for 105) with nine doubles, two triples and two home runs ... Scored 23 runs and drove in 24 ... Stole one base in one attempt ... Compiled .505 slugging percentage and .405 on-base percentage ... Went 3 for 3 with double and two runs against Utica on April 24 ... Liberty League Rookie of the Week twice ... All-Liberty League First Team (DP) ... NFCAÂ All-Northeast Region Second Team (DP) ...
High School: Three years of softball ... Three-year starter ... Captain for one ... Led league in home runs and slugging percentage once ... All-League First Team three times ... League MVP twice ... All-Area twice ... United States Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award (2018) ... Triple Crown Sports Best-of-the-West Tournament All-Star Game MVP (2016) ... Team played in league semifinals three times ... Marching Band ... Rensselaer Medalist ... Spanish Club Immersion (Ecuador) ... Academic Letter Winner four times ... Top 3% of Class ... National Honor Society Treasurer ... Science Department Award ... California Scholarship Federation ...Â
Personal: Civil Engineering undergraduate degree ... Psychology minor ... Dean's Honor List ... Master of Business Administration graduate program ... Olympia (RPI Athletics Honor Society) ... SAAC ... Pickett T Simpson Prize 2021 ... Rensselaer iPersist Mentor (Calculus 1) ... Research for GeoExplorer (creating virtual geotechnical environments to perform field tests) ... Intern with AECOM ... Schnabel Engineering intern ... Two internships with NASA at Armstrong Flight Research Center (research on rudderless flight) ... Daughter of Dana and Paul Askins ... Mother played volleyball and ran track at California State University, Bakersfield.
On attending Rensselaer: "I knew I wanted to major in engineering, but I also knew that I wanted to play softball. RPI gave me the chance to focus on academics while also continuing to play the game I love." - November 2020Â
"I wanted to be able to focus on academics while playing for a competitive softball team. RPI checks both boxes." - July 2021
Benefits of undergraduate community: "One of the biggest things for me is how willing the students are to help each other. It was honestly kind of surprising when I first came to RPI and saw just how close the student community is." - November 2020
"RPI undergrads are always willing to help each other academically and socially. It's nice to be part of such a great group of students." - July 2021
