Kennesaw State University Athletics

Career Highs
Games started (season): 32 – 2025
Games played (season): 38 – 2025
Hits (game/season): 3 - Twice // 26 – 2025
Runs (game/season): 2 – Twice // 10 – 2025
RBI (game/season): 2 – Twice // 8 – 2025
Doubles (game/season): 1 – Five times // 5 – 2025 
Triples (game/season): 1 on 2/15/2025 vs Creighton // 1 – 2025
Home runs (game/season): 1 on 4/15/2025 vs Georgia State // 1 – 2025
Walks (game/season): 2 on 2/15/25 vs Creighton // 6 – 2025
Stolen Bases (game/season): 1 – Four times // 3 – 2025
 
As a Junior (2025):
Started 32 out of 38 games over the course of the season … Recorded a base hit with a steal against Northwestern on Feb. 7 … Scored twice versus Morehead State (Feb. 14) … First career three-hit game against Creighton, knocked in two runners (Feb. 15) … Tallied three hits with three RBI against her former team, Coastal Carolina, across two games (Feb. 22-23) … Capped off her seven-game hitting streak with two versus Saint Louis – scoring as well on March 1 … Three-hit performance versus in-state rival Georgia State (April 15) … Ended the season with five hits in the three-game series against NM State (May 2-4).

Prior to KSU:
At Coastal Carolina, she was a two-time NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete recipient (2023-24) ... As a Chanticleer, she played 43 games and scored five runs ...   Three-year letterwinner at East Coweta HS ... 2021 7A State Champions ... 2021 7A All-State honorable mention ... 2022 State Champion runner-up ... Two-time all-region team selection (2021-22) ... 2021 First Time All-County ... Played with GA Power Tunon ... Off the field, Strickland graduated as a member of the National Honor Society, 2021-22 Student Government and 2022 FCA Leader ...  Father played football at Appalachian State.