Drake University Athletics

Junior Year (2021): Played in 46 games with 29 starts in the outfield … batted career-high .215 behind 20 hits … drove in career-high 11 runs … drove in career-high three runs with pinch hit double in regular season finale win over Bradley on May 9.

Sophomore Year (2020): Played in 13 games with five starts ... reached base four times ... scored one run.

Freshman Year (2019): Played in 18 games with 11 starts ... suffered arm injury in middle February and returned against Valparaiso on April 7 ... hit a two-run home run against Toledo on Feb. 9 ... hit a two-run double against SEMO on Feb. 10.

High School: Four-year letterwinner for Pleasant Valley High School ... helped the Spartans win back-to-back Iowa Class 5A state titles as a senior and junior ... 2017-18 Iowa Softball Gatorade Player of the Year ... All-USA High School Softball Third Team member ... two-time The Des Moines Register Elite First Team selection ... finalist for the 2018 Des Moines Register Softball Player of the Year award ... two-time Iowa Girls Coaches Association First Team All-State honoree ... three-time Iowa Class 5A All-Tournament team selection ... four-time All-Mississippi Athletic Conference selection ... three-time Quad-City Times First Team All-Metro honoree ... batted .455 with 39 RBI and 29 runs as a senior ... batted .473 with 50 RBI as a junior ... utility player ... member of the Southeast Iowa All Stars club.

Personal: Born Jan., 2000 ... daughter of Jose and Michelle Bennett-Lara ... father is the head softball coach at Pleasant Valley High School ... has one sister, Jasmie, who plays softball at Western Illinois ... has one brother, Jose ... majoring in health sciences ... chose Drake  because the campus is great, is familiar with the Des Moines area, her major and the softball coaching.