Delta State University

2017 (SENIOR): Played in 39 games with 39 starts ... Batted .169 with 12 hits, including three doubles and eight RBIs and scored 11 runs ...  Third on the team in assists (72), third in putouts (101), second in hit by pitch (seven) and third in walks (11).  

2016 (JUNIOR): Played in all 52 games with 51 starts at second base ... Finished with career highs in all offensive categories ... Batted .270 with 33 hits, including six doubles, two home runs and 13 RBIs ... Collected multiple hits on three occasions, including a career-best three in a victory over Alabama Huntsville in the Gulf South Conference Tournament (4.28) ... First career home run was a game-winning grand slam against in-state rival Mississippi College (2.13).

2015 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 32 games with 26 starts … Batted .217 with 13 hits, with two doubles and 12 RBIs in 60 at-bats ... Had two hits on three occasions, including back-to-back games against Arkansas-Monticello (3.11.15) ... Drove in a career best three runs at Christian Brothers (4.7).

2014 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 22 games with 10 starts behind the plate ... Recorded five hits in 37 at-bats ... Drove in five runs ... 

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in softball, basketball, track and participated in cheerleading at Nanih Waiya Attendance Center ... Helped guide the Lady Warriors to a state championship in 2013, which was the first in the history of the program ... Graduated Valedictorian of her class.

PERSONAL: Kara Lane Nowell ... Daughter of Daren and Michelle Nowell ... Major is biology/pre-med.