Kennesaw State University Athletics

2016: Concluded collegiate career seventh on KSU's all-time career appearance list with 96 and tied for third with eight saves . . . Appeared in a career-high 45 games, starting six, and registered a 13-6 record and 1.94 ERA . . . Appearance total ranks second on the Owls' single-season chart and saves number ties for second . . . ERA placed third in ASUN Conference . . . 122 2/3 innings, allowed 127 hits, 47 runs (34 earned), walked 25 and struck out career-high 67 . . . Turned in a complete-game effort versus Lipscomb (5/6), allowing five hits, one walk and striking out two . . . Registered a season-high five strikeouts versus Rutgers (2/19) and at Jacksonville (3/19) . . . Worked four innings of relief, allowed two hits and a walk to earn a victory in a 5-2 victory over Stetson (5/13) in an elimination game of the ASUN Conference Tournament.

2015: Made 30 appearances and 11 starts in the circle as a junior … Led the pitching staff with a 3.15 ERA … Went 7-5 with three complete games and two shutouts in 80 innings … Gave up 93 hits, 46 runs, 36 earned runs and 14 walks … Posted 52 strikeouts … Made nine appearances and two starts in conference play … Registered a 5.76 ERA in 20.2 innings in A-Sun action and posted a 2-2 record … Recorded one save and 13 strikeouts in league action … Tallied four strikeouts or more on four occasions, including a season-high eight strikeouts against Morehead State on Feb. 14.

2014: Made 15 appearances and two starts as a sophomore … Went 0-1 with an ERA of 6.44 and 13 strikeouts … Walked just 11 batters in 25 innings of work … Ranked in a tie for eighth in the A-Sun in appearances … Went a career-long 5.1 innings, scattering seven hits and striking out two against Furman on March 12.
 
2013: Appeared in six games for the Owls as a freshman … Went 0-1 with an 11.25 ERA in 9.1 innings of action … Registered six strikeouts on the year.

PREP CAREER: Prepped at Chapel Hill High School … Was a member of the varsity softball team all four years of high school … Won 115 games in her four years at Chapel Hill … Named Douglas County Sentinel’s Player of the Year after a stellar sophomore season in which she led Chapel Hill to a third place showing at Georgia State AAAAA softball tournament … Named to the Georgia All-State first team as a sophomore after going 24-2 with a 1.20 ERA and 150 strikeouts in 162.6 innings in the circle … Also batted .407 and tallied 46 hits, 44 runs and 24 RBI as a sophomore … Three-time All-Region First Team honoree and two-time All-County selection … Played travel ball with Georgia Elite U16 team, the Duluth Wildcats, and the East Cobb Bullets ... Named All-Region in swimming and tennis.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Rocky and Lisa Sikes ... Has two siblings, Savana and Sara ... Sister Sara also plays on the KSU softball team ... Favorite quote is "she changed her can't into cans, and her dreams into plans." ... Most admires her dad, because "he never lets me down and pushes me to do my best." ... Most influential person in her life is her mother, because " she has always been there for me and without her I would not be who I am today. She is honestly my hero." ...  Majoring in nursing.