2021 Softball Roster
Roster
Karli Hamilton
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Cinco Ranch HS
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
2020
- Softball America Preseason All-America Third Team
- Softball America Preseason No. 30 player in the nation
- Senior CLASS Award candidate
- NFCA All-America Third Team
- NFCA All-Region First Team
- All-Big 12 First Team
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Big 12 Player of the Week (2/12/19)
- Big 12 Player of the Week (3/12/19)
- Big 12 Player of the Week (4/23/19)
- 2018 All-Big 12 Second Team
- 2018 NISC All-Regional Team
- Big 12 Player of the Week (4/30/18)
- 2018 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- 2016 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON (2020)
Started all 26 games, making 23 starts in center field and three starts in right field … named the Softball America Preseason No. 30 player in the country … named to the Softball America Preseason All-America Third Team … tallied three multi-RBI games and five multi-hit games … led the team with 13 walks and three sacrifice bunts … tied for second on the team with four doubles and stood second with two sacrifice flies … ranked third on the squad with 13 runs scored, 16 RBI and four stolen bases … sat fourth overall with 20 hits and 27 total bases … kicked off the season with a single, double, sacrifice fly, two RBI and a stolen base in Tech’s opening win over Houston Baptist (2/7) … went a perfect 3-for-3 with two doubles, one walk and one RBI against Jackson State (2/7) … drove in one run off one hit and one walk in Tech’s first meeting with Louisiana Tech (2/8) … tallied a pair of walks and scored Tech’s only run in the Red Raiders’ 1-0 win over Central Arkansas (2/8) … tallied single hits against Montana (2/9) and Houston (2/22) … drew one walk and scored one run in Tech’s 5-1 victory over No. 18 South Carolina (2/13) … collected two walks and scored twice in the Red Raiders 5-2 win over No. 15 Georgia (2/15) … laid down a one sacrifice bunt, was plunked by a pitch and scored one run in Tech’s second matchup against Louisiana Tech (2/22) … powered two sacrifice flies against Syracuse (2/23) … picked up one hit and two RBI against No. 4 LSU (2/27) … went 2-for-2 with one home run, one stolen base and two RBI against BYU (2/28) … tallied one hit, one run and one RBI against No. 13 Michigan (2/29), Grand Canyon (2/29), Delaware State (3/6) and Fairleigh Dickinson (3/6) … drove in one RBI in Tech’s second meeting with Delaware State (3/8) … went 3-for-4 with one RBI and one stolen base at Hawaii (3/11) … tallied a season-high three putouts against Montana (2/9) and Cal-State Fullerton (2/27) … finished the season with 21 putouts and a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage … named a Senior CLASS Award candidate … on March 13, the remainder of the 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON (2019)
Became the fourth All-American in program history with NFCA All-America Third-Team honors … NFCA All-Region First Team, All-Big 12 First Team and Academic All-Big 12 First Team … claimed the school career (13) and single-season record with eight triples in 2019 … started all 58 games in center field … led the team with 25 multi-hit games, including 18 outings where she posted two doubles … led the Big 12 Conference with 73 hits and seven triples during the regular season while ranking second in the league with a .427 batting average … became the first Big 12 player to record eight triples in a season since 2010 and tied for third in Big 12 single-season history with her triples mark … at the end of the Red Raiders’ run in the NCAA Tournament, Hamilton finished her season tied for 14th in the nation and only four other student-athletes around the country finished higher in triples … led all Big 12 players with a .460 batting average and 29 hits in conference play … posted a team-leading 22-game reached-base streak from Mar. 16-Apr. 30 … earned three Big 12 Player of the Week nods and maintained a .317 batting average with 20 hits against Top-25 RPI teams … led the Red Raider lineup with 58 runs, 128 total bases, 78 hits, eight triples and a .398 average at the plate … finished third on the team with a 10-game hitting streak from April 12-30 … earned the league’s first Player of the Week nod after she helped Tech to a perfect 5-0 start with nine hits, nine runs, four steals and four RBI at the Lone Star Collegiate Classic … went 3-for-4 with one run, one RBI and two stolen bases in Tech’s 3-1 win over Lamar (Feb. 10) … posted a perfect 3-for-3 outing at the plate with two steals, one run and one RBI against Furman on Feb. 16 … collected one triple against No. 17 Oregon (Feb. 12) and scored in all but one game at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic … went 3-for-4 with two runs, one double and one RBI against North Texas (Mar. 2) … blasted her first home run of the season on a three-RBI shot against UTEP (Mar. 5) … homered in three consecutive games against Gardner-Webb (Mar. 8 and 10) and Jacksonville State (Mar. 9) and earned Big 12 Player of the Week laurels after knocking four home runs, three triples and a whopping 15 RBI – double the amount of RBIs produced by any player in the Big 12 that week … tallied one homer and RBI at Memphis (Mar. 16) … collected four hits in Tech’s series against No. 2 Oklahoma (Mar. 22-24) and five hits against Iowa State (Mar. 29-31) and Oklahoma State (Apr. 26-28) … helped Tech to its first-ever series sweep over Baylor with a 3-for-4 effort that included one home run and four RBI on Apr. 13 … Came out of the Kansas series with six hits, five runs, three RBI, two doubles, one homer and two stolen bases (Apr. 18-20) … went 2-for-4 with ne triple and three RBI at New Mexico State (Apr. 30) … helped the Red Raiders to a series sweep over No. 21 Kentucky with a solo homer and two hits in game one on May 4 … collected one hit and one run to secure Tech’s sweep over the Wildcats on May 5 … posted a 2-for-3 effort against Kansas with one triple, one RBI and two runs at the Big 12 Conference Championship (May 10) … pushed the Red Raiders to their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2012 … tallied a season-high four putouts, as well as one hit and one run in Tech’s narrow loss to No. 10 LSU (May 18) … collected one hit in Tech’s 3-1 win over Louisiana Tech (May 18) at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional and tallied four putouts once again in Tech’s 5-4 victory over No. 10 LSU on May 19 … finished the season with a .398 batting average – the fourth-highest in Tech’s single-season history.
2019 TTU Leaderboard: 1st in batting average (.398), runs (58), hits (78), triples (8), total bases (128); 2nd in at-bats (196), on-base percentage (.459); 3rd in slugging percentage (.653), doubles (10), stolen bases (13), stolen base attempts (14); 4th in RBI (41); 5th in home runs (8), walks (22)
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON (2018)
An All-Big 12 Second Team performer, starting all 59 games in right field … finished second on the team in home runs (8), RBI (50), doubles (13) and slugging (.569) … along with teammate Heaven Burton, broke the school’s single-season triples record, finishing with five on the year … second on the team in stolen bases, going 15-for-20 … ranked fourth on the team with a .319 batting average, a .367 on base percentage and 31 runs scored … ranked among the Big 12 leaders in triples (T-1st), stolen bases (3rd), RBI (6th), total bases (T-8th) … throughout Big 12 play, her .618 slugging percentage ranked among the league leaders … recorded a 19-game hitting streak, the longest by a Red Raider since 2004 (Apr. 10 – May 17) … 17 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI performances … set a career high in hits with three on three different occasions … set a career high in RBI with four on three different occasions … set a career high with two stolen bases on two separate occasions … Big 12 Player of the Week (Apr. 30) after going 7-for-9 in Tech’s three-game sweep at Kansas, with five runs, three RBI and a home run, two walks and a stolen base … enjoyed a 2-for-4 day with a run in the series opener … opened up a 3-for-3 outing with a three-run dinger in Tech’s 11-7 win on Saturday … accounted for the lone run scored on Sunday to complete the series sweep … her .778 average and .818 on-base percentage led the conference for the week … named to the NISC Conway Regional Team after hitting safely in three of four games, including a three-run home run at Central Arkansas (May 17) … drove in the game-winning run with a sac fly in the bottom of the tenth against Northwestern State (Feb. 23) … scored the game-tying run against No. 15 Baylor in the top of the seventh in the opener of the Big 12 Championship … drove in the only run of the game against Stephen F. Austin with an RBI single in the first inning (May 16) … Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2017)
Redshirt season.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2016)
Made an immediate impact as a freshman with 27 starts and 45 appearances … seven of her 22 hits were home runs … scored 13 runs for Tech along with batting in 13 RBI … ended the season with a .521 slugging percentage and a .308 on base percentage … hit a home run in her first two collegiate at bats … started off the season hot with three home runs and five hits overall in her first three games as a Red Raider … In her first collegiate at bat, Hamilton pinch hit and slammed a two-run homer to give Tech a 7-3 lead against UNLV (Feb. 12) … in her first collegiate start, hit a three-run home run to get the scoring started against Utah Valley (Feb. 12) … hit a two-run shot against No. 20 Washington (Feb. 12) ... recorded a hit and a run in each game in the series against Iowa State (Apr. 22-24).
CINCO RANCH HIGH SCHOOL
Impressive outfielder from Katy, Texas ... totaled 20 stolen bases while maintaining a .483 batting average ... slugged in 40 RBI including seven home runs ... named to first team all-district team ... first team all greater Houston ... two time second team all-state selection.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Walt and Lexa Hamilton ... older sister Shelby and younger brother Bryce Hamilton ... majoring in marketing.
