University of Central Arkansas Athletics

Honors and Awards:
2020 First Team All-Academic SLC
Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2020)
2019 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2019)
 
2022: Started 46 of the 48 games in which she appeared, locking down the backstop … batted .193 on the year, logging 23 hits with three doubles, a triple and four home runs, driving in 12 RBI … matched a Central Arkansas single game record with two home runs against South Dakota, bringing in five runs against the Coyotes … smashed a solo homer in the home game against #9 Arkansas (4/5) … was excellent behind the plate defensively, committing just two errors in 300 fielding opportunities, holding a fielding percentage of .993 … caught 11 baserunners stealing, catching runners at a 38 percent clip.

2021: Started 43 of her 46 games, batting .253 on 99 at bats … recorded 25 hits with six doubles, driving in 10 runs … drew 14 walks and stole eight base, reaching safely on all eight attempts … was perfect behind the plate, holding a perfect fielding percentage in 241 attempts … her work behind home put her atop the single season record for most attempts without an error in school history, and she was one of three Southland athletes to record a perfect fielding percentage with over 200 attempts.

2020: Named First Team All-Academic SLC … appeared in 24 games, started 21 … posted a batting average of .348 on 16 hits … finished third on the team with a slugging percentage of .565 … posted an on-base percentage of .492 … tied for second on the team with five doubles … tallied 11 walks, nine RBIs, two hit by pitches, one home run and one triple … finished second on the team with 76 putouts … went a perfect 5-for-5 on stolen base attempts … added seven assists and produced a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage … notched a personal-best two stolen bases against UIW (3/7) … collected a career-high 11 putouts against Alcorn State (3/10) … tied a career-high with two doubles against South Dakota (2/16) … produced a season-high three RBIs against ULM (2/29).
 
2019: Named Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete … appeared in 44 games, started 37... hit .202 with 21 hits and seven doubles ... slugged .356 and had an on-base percentage of .297... drove in 18 runs and belted three home runs  ... scored 20 runs and stole six bases ... had a season-high three hits and four RBIs against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
 
High School: Was a stellar, two-sport athlete who excelled in both softball and basketball at Pangburn High School in Pangburn, Ark. ... Was selected All-State (2015-2018), All-Conference (2015-2018), Small School All-American (2016) and was named the MaxPreps National Player of the Week twice during her softball career with the Tigers ... was the Valedictorian of her class with a 4.06 GPA.
 
Personal: Daughter of Jamie and Stephanie Vernon ... has one brother, Brodie ... mother, Stephanie, is a UCA graduate ... majoring in Nutrition.