Drake University Athletics

Senior Year (2024): All-Missouri Valley Conference All Defensive Team…named the MVC Softball Scholar-Athlete Second Team for 2024…had a .266 batting average and a 154 AB… played all 49 games and started 48 of them… had 41 hits and 12 runs… had a 31 RBI and a .370 slugging average.

Junior Year (2023): Hit .203 in 128 at bats as the Bulldogs' primary player at first base ... hit three home runs and raced to second base for six doubles ... slugged .320 and logged a .621 OPS ... drove in 19 runs ... led Drake and ranked in the top 15 of the MVC with 241 putouts and 253 chances ... managed season-highs with two hits and three RBI at Valparaiso (Apr. 23).

Sophomore Year (2022): Earned Second-Team All-MVC and MVC All-Defensive Team honors at first base ... started 39 games in 48 appearances ... slugged .455 and finished with an OPS of .776 with a .268 batting average ... 15 of her 33 hits resulted in extra bases including 11 doubles and four home runs ... walked 10 times ... stole one base in one attempt ... drove in 29 runs while scoring 14.

Freshman Year (2021): Started all 49 games in her first season … primarily played first and third base after starting first five games at second base … batted .238 with team-tying five home runs … was second on the team in runs batted in with 25 … voted the MVC’s first newcomer of the week on Feb. 15 after batted .353 (6-for-17) with one double, one home run, three runs scored and a team-leading seven runs batted in while slugging .588 at the UNI-Dome Tournament … had eight multi-hit games.

Prior to Drake: Spent the fall of 2020 at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

High School: Played for Blue Springs South High School ... helped Blue Springs South win back-to-back state titles her senior and junior years ... earned all-state honors her senior and junior years ... earned all-region, all-district, all-area and all-conference honors each of her final three years ... named the 2019 Examiner Softball Player of the Year ... member of the DeMarini Aces softball club.

Personal: Born Oct., 2001 ... daughter of Scott and Tammy Lightner ... has one brother, Brandt, who plays baseball for Park University ... plans on majoring in Health Sciences: Clinical & Applied ... wants to attend Physician Assistant school after Drake ... chose Drake for the opportunity to get an excellent education while also getting to compete for a great softball program.