Biography
2022: started all 44 games this season (one of two Monarchs to do so)… team captain … USA South first team All-Conference … USA South first team All-East Division … USA South Academic All-Conference recipient … National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Academic All-American … College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District honoree … awarded senior scholar-athlete (cumulative GPA 3.4 or better) … led the team with 46 hits while registering 12 RBI’s ... also recorded 30 runs scored, 20 walks, one sacrifice hit, and 13 stolen bases ... batting average of .322 ... recorded two separate six-game hitting streak ... 11 games with multiple hits, including three, 3-for-4 performances ... 96 putouts, 65 assists, and six errors for a fielding percentage of .964.
2021: started all 36 games this season … team captain … Female Scholar Athlete of the Year … USA South Academic All-Conference … second on the team with 27 hits and a team-high 15 RBIs ... also recorded 13 runs scored, eight walks, four sacrifice hits, and two stolen bases ... batting average of .237 ... recorded two separate six-game hitting streak ... six games with multiple hits, including a 3-for-4 performance against William Peace ... four multi-RBI games, including a season-high three against Cairn and Mississippi University for Women ... 88 putouts, 43 assists, and six errors for a fielding percentage of .956.
2020: Voted team's Offensive Player of the Year … team captain … USA South Academic All-Conference, With Distinction (GPA = 3.90) … started all 18 games ... led the team in qualified batting average (.373), qualified OPS (.806), at-bats (67), hits (25), runs batted in (10), stolen bases (five), doubles (four), sacrifice hits (four) ... 10 runs scored was second on the team ... 31 putouts and 30 assists for a fielding percentage of .924 ... six and eight game hitting streaks ... eight games with multiple hits, including a perfect three-for-three against St. Andrews and Piedmont Int'l ... season-high three RBIs against Piedmont Int'l ... three doubles, including two against Ferrum ... two stolen bases against St. Andrews and Piedmont Int'l ... game-tying RBI single in the eighth and then scored the walkoff run in a 4-3 win against Piedmont Int'l ...
2019: started all 38 games as a freshman for MU ... named to the USA South's All-Sportsmanship team ... USA South Academic All-Conference … led the team in at-bats (121), hits (35), and runs scored (19) ... finished with a .289 batting average and a .657 OPS ... tallied 11 RBIs, three doubles, one triple, and seven walks ... season-high three hits in four at-bats in her first collegiate game ... 11 multi-hit games ... drew a season-high three walks against Berea ... 66 put-outs and 81 assists for a fielding percentage of .907.
High School: started all four years of varsity softball and basketball at Illiana Christian ... four-time all-conference softball selection ... two-time All-Area and one-time All-state selection ... three-year team captain ... senior basketball captain ... member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: daughter of Deanna and Daniel Junker … father, Daniel, played baseball and basketball at Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) University ... sister, Hillary, played softball at Dartmouth College … Bethany is majoring in digital forensics & cyber security.
