Charla Echols

Katelyn Hendershott

/ Softball

Photo by: Rey Del Rio/MSU Athletic Communications

Height:
5-5
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Northgate
Hometown:
Newnan, Ga.
Prev School:
Georgia Impact

Transferred to Florida at the conclusion of the 2019 season.

FRESHMAN (2019): Big Ten All-Freshman Team ... Led the Spartans with a .359 average (13th, B1G), while also leading the team in doubles (15, eighth B1G) and adding 28 RBI and seven homers ... Opened her collegiate career at the FIU Invitational (2/8-10), hitting .333 with four doubles, a pair of walks and four RBI as a starter in all five games ... Led MSU with a .571 average at the ACC-B1G Challenge (2/15-16), drawing six walks and adding a double and homer among her four hits ... Had a pair of base hits and a HBP at the GCU Purple Classic (2/22-24) ... Shared the team lead with a .462 batting average at the Alabama Crimson Classic (3/1-2), smacking a pair of doubles and a homer among her six base hits, walking twice and knocking in three RBI ... Hit .545 (6-for-11) with a double and four RBI at the Miami Invitational (3/16-17) ... Tallied a pairof base hits in the Penn State series (3/22-24) ... Posted a pair of base hits (one double) with two runs scored at Indiana (3/29-31) ... In the midweek game vs. Oakland (4/3), was a perfect 4-for-4 with a double, a homer, and four RBI ... Put a pair of base hits on the board in the Maryland series (4/5-7), drawing three walks ... Smoked a pair of homers in a 3-for-4 performance with four RBI at Central Michigan (4/9) ... Had three base hits (including a double) in the Minnesota doubleheader (4/14) ... Hit .429 with a double and four walks in the Ohio State series (4/19-21) ... Had three base hits - including a pair of homers - in the final season series against Rutgers (5/3-4).

CLUB: Won the PGF National Championship with Georgia Impact in July 2018, delivering the game-winning hit in the championship game ... Also played for Marty Moore of the Atlanta Vipers … Named Tournament MVP and led her team to a third-place finish in the USSSA Elite Select World Championship in Kansas City in 2017 … Team also captured the Scenic City Showcase in 2017 … In 2016, helped the team to first-place finishes at the USA Elite Select Gold Cup and Junior Olympic Cup.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letter winner at Northgate High School … Three-time Best Offensive Player and MVP recipient … Three-time First Team All-Region selection … Earned Second Team All-State honors as a sophomore and junior.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Charles and Lillian Echols … Sister, Ebonee, is a senior outfielder for the Spartans … Older sister, Cherae, lettered in softball at Columbus State … Also a varsity standout in basketball.