Kennesaw State University Athletics

Career Honors:
2016 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
2015 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete

2016: National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar-Athlete . . . Battled through injuries to start 52 of 53 games played . . . Batted .243 and established single-season career-highs for at-bats (152), runs scored (22), hits (37), doubles (7), triples (2), home runs (2), RBIs (22) and stolen bases (3) . . . Recorded a .355 slugging percentage and .320 on-base percentage (.320) . . . Had nine multiple-hit and four multiple-RBI games . . . Established a career-high with four runs scored versus Alabama A&M (2/27) . . . Went 4-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs vs. Connecticut (3/4) while equaling single-game career-high for hits . . . Tied a single-game career high with two doubles at Tennessee Tech (3/12).

2015: National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar-Athlete . . . Appeared in all but one game for the Owls as a junior, making 49 starts and mostly seeing action at third base … Registered a .224 batting average with 30 hits, including seven doubles and a triple … Totaled 17 runs, 14 RBI and 39 total bases … Owned a .291 slugging percentage and a .262 on-base percentage … Tallied a .929 fielding percentage with 39 putouts and 92 assists … Started all 20 games in conference play … Upped her batting average to .246 with 15 hits, eight runs, six RBIs and four doubles … Had a.939 fielding percentage with 18 putouts and 44 assists in league play … Posted six multi-hit contests, including a season-high four hits against Jacksonville on Mar. 28 … Went 2-of-3 with a run scored and a season-high two RBI against Austin Peay on Mar. 7.

2014: Saw action in 40 games, making 35 starts as a sophomore … Made 31 starts at shortstop and four as the designated hitter … Hit .284 with 29 hits, including one double and a home run … Totaled eight RBIs and eight runs … Registered a .933 fielding percentage with 38 putouts and 45 assists … Collected three three-hit games … Was 3-of-4 with a home run against Temple on Feb. 28.
 
2013: Appeared in 30 games, making 27 starts as a freshman … Owned a .244 batting average with 19 hits, including one double and three RBI … Scored 12 runs and had 20 total bases … Tallied a .939 fielding percentage with 31 putouts and 46 assists … Totaled four multi-hit contests … Went 3-of-4 with two RBI against Furman on March 6.

PREP CAREER: Four-year letterman for the Sequoyah High School softball team … Earned the Athlete of the Year award by the Optimist Club following her senior season, as well as taking home team MVP honors … Two-time All-Region First-Team, receiving honors after both her junior and senior seasons … Three-time All-County First-Team, earning the award in the final three seasons at SHS … Tallied the Best Offensive award during her junior year and the Best Defensive award following her sophomore campaign for Sequoyah … Was named All-County Honorable Mention after her freshman season … Played travel ball with the Atlanta Vipers-Berry club team, as well as the Georgia Knockouts Gold … Finished as the Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) national runners-up in 2010, while also advancing to the ASA 18 Gold Nationals in Oklahoma City, Okla.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Erin Jackson and Phil Perkowski … Has a younger brother, Brian … Hopes to eventually move to New York City after graduation … Has a dog named Cooper … Favorite athlete in her chosen sport is former USA Softball great Lisa Fernandez … Lists the Braves as her favorite professional sports team … Chose Kennesaw State because “I loved the campus and the close-to-home feeling, the softball program is fabulous and the education is top notch” … Majoring in exercise science.