Texas Tech University Athletics
2020 Softball Roster
Roster
Karli Hamilton
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Redshirt 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 โฆ named the Softball America Preseason No. 30 player in the country โฆ named to the Softball America Preseason All-America Third Team โฆ tallied three multi-RBI games and five multi-hit games โฆ led the team with 13 walks and three sacrifice bunts โฆ tied for second on the team with four doubles and stood second with two sacrifice flies โฆ ranked third on the squad with 13 runs scored, 16 RBI and four stolen bases โฆ sat fourth overall with 20 hits and 27 total bases โฆ kicked off the season with a single, double, sacrifice fly, two RBI and a stolen base in Techโs opening win over Houston Baptist (2/7) โฆ went a perfect 3-for-3 with two doubles, one walk and one RBI against Jackson State (2/7) โฆ drove in one run off one hit and one walk in Techโs first meeting with Louisiana Tech (2/8) โฆ tallied a pair of walks and scored Techโs only run in the Red Raidersโ 1-0 win over Central Arkansas (2/8) โฆ tallied single hits against Montana (2/9) and Houston (2/22) โฆ drew one walk and scored one run in Techโs 5-1 victory over No. 18 South Carolina (2/13) โฆ collected two walks and scored twice in the Red Raiders 5-2 win over No. 15 Georgia (2/15) โฆ laid down a one sacrifice bunt, was plunked by a pitch and scored one run in Techโs second matchup against Louisiana Tech (2/22) โฆ powered two sacrifice flies against Syracuse (2/23) โฆ picked up one hit and two RBI against No. 4 LSU (2/27) โฆ went 2-for-2 with one home run, one stolen base and two RBI against BYU (2/28) โฆ 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) โฆ drove in one RBI in Techโs second meeting with Delaware State (3/8) โฆ went 3-for-4 with one RBI and one stolen base at Hawaii (3/11) โฆ tallied a season-high three putouts against Montana (2/9) and Cal-State Fullerton (2/27) โฆ finished the season with 21 putouts and a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage โฆ named a Senior CLASS Award candidate โฆ on March 13, the remainder of the 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON (2019)
Became the fourth All-American in program history with NFCA All-America Third-Team honors โฆ NFCA All-Region First Team, All-Big 12 First Team and Academic All-Big 12 First Team โฆ claimed the school career (13) and single-season record with eight triples in 2019 โฆ started all 58 games in center field โฆ led the team with 25 multi-hit games, including 18 outings where she posted two doubles โฆ 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 โฆ 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 โฆ at the end of the Red Raidersโ 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 โฆ led all Big 12 players with a .460 batting average and 29 hits in conference play โฆ posted a team-leading 22-game reached-base streak from Mar. 16-Apr. 30 โฆ earned three Big 12 Player of the Week nods and maintained a .317 batting average with 20 hits against Top-25 RPI teams โฆ led the Red Raider lineup with 58 runs, 128 total bases, 78 hits, eight triples and a .398 average at the plate โฆ finished third on the team with a 10-game hitting streak from April 12-30 โฆ earned the leagueโs 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 โฆ went 3-for-4 with one run, one RBI and two stolen bases in Techโs 3-1 win over Lamar (Feb. 10) โฆ posted a perfect 3-for-3 outing at the plate with two steals, one run and one RBI against Furman on Feb. 16 โฆ collected one triple against No. 17 Oregon (Feb. 12) and scored in all but one game at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic โฆ went 3-for-4 with two runs, one double and one RBI against North Texas (Mar. 2) โฆ blasted her first home run of the season on a three-RBI shot against UTEP (Mar. 5) โฆ 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 โ double the amount of RBIs produced by any player in the Big 12 that week โฆ tallied one homer and RBI at Memphis (Mar. 16) โฆ collected four hits in Techโs series against No. 2 Oklahoma (Mar. 22-24) and five hits against Iowa State (Mar. 29-31) and Oklahoma State (Apr. 26-28) โฆ 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 โฆ Came out of the Kansas series with six hits, five runs, three RBI, two doubles, one homer and two stolen bases (Apr. 18-20) โฆ went 2-for-4 with ne triple and three RBI at New Mexico State (Apr. 30) โฆ 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 โฆ collected one hit and one run to secure Techโs sweep over the Wildcats on May 5 โฆ posted a 2-for-3 effort against Kansas with one triple, one RBI and two runs at the Big 12 Conference Championship (May 10) โฆ pushed the Red Raiders to their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2012 โฆ tallied a season-high four putouts, as well as one hit and one run in Techโs narrow loss to No. 10 LSU (May 18) โฆ collected one hit in Techโs 3-1 win over Louisiana Tech (May 18) at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional and tallied four putouts once again in Techโs 5-4 victory over No. 10 LSU on May 19 โฆ finished the season with a .398 batting average โ the fourth-highest in Techโs 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, startingย all 59 games in right field โฆ finished second on the team in home runs (8), RBI (50), doubles (13) and slugging (.569) โฆ along with teammate Heaven Burton, broke the schoolโs single-season triples record, finishing with five on the year โฆ second on the team in stolen bases, going 15-for-20 โฆ ranked fourth on the team with a .319 batting average, a .367 on base percentage and 31 runs scored โฆ ranked among the Big 12 leaders in triples (T-1st), stolen bases (3rd), RBI (6th), total bases (T-8th) โฆ throughout Big 12 play, her .618 slugging percentage ranked among the league leaders โฆ recorded a 19-game hitting streak, the longest by a Red Raider since 2004 (Apr. 10 โ May 17) โฆ 17 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI performances โฆ set a career high in hits with three on three different occasions โฆ set a career high in RBI with four on three different occasions โฆ set a career high with two stolen bases on two separate occasions โฆ ย Big 12 Player of the Week (Apr. 30) after going 7-for-9 in Techโs three-game sweep at Kansas, with five runs, three RBI and a home run, two walks and a stolen base โฆ enjoyed a 2-for-4 day with a run in the series opener โฆ opened up a 3-for-3 outing with a three-run dinger in Techโs 11-7 win on Saturday โฆ accounted for the lone run scored on Sunday to complete the series sweep โฆ her .778 average and .818 on-base percentage led the conference for the week โฆ 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) โฆ ย drove in the game-winning run with a sac fly in the bottom of the tenth against Northwestern State (Feb. 23) โฆ scored the game-tying run against No. 15 Baylor in the top of the seventh in the opener of the Big 12 Championship โฆ drove in the only run of the game against Stephen F. Austin with an RBI single in the first inning (May 16) โฆ 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 โฆ seven of her 22 hits were home runs โฆ scored 13 runs for Tech along with batting in 13 RBI โฆ ended the season with a .521 slugging percentage and a .308 on base percentage โฆ hit a home run in her first two collegiate at bats โฆ started off the season hot with three home runs and five hits overall in her first three games as a Red Raider โฆ 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) โฆ in her first collegiate start, hit a three-run home run to get the scoring started against Utah Valley (Feb. 12) โฆ 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.
