Stanford Athletics

• 5/14/20: Playing With A Purpose - David Kiefer (GoStanford.com)

• Two-time NFCA All-Region (2018-19)
• All-Pac-12 (2019)
• Two-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (April 1, 2019, March 5, 2019)
• Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player of the Week (March 5, 2019)
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Feb. 14, 2017)
• Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic (2018-2019)

As a Senior (2020)

• Set the Stanford program record for career triples with her 19th in an 8-0 victory over Pacific (Feb. 28)
• Hit .390 with 26 runs scored, six doubles, six triples, a home run and 11 RBIs
• Six triples led the Pac-12 and ranked second in the nation
• Stole a conference-best 15 bases in 16 attempts
• Led the team in runs scored, doubles, triples, slugging percentage (.646), on-base percentage (.474) and stolen bases and finished second on the team in average
• Struck out just four times in 82 at bats while drawing 12 walks
• Reached safely in 19 straight games from Feb. 8 – March 6, highlighted by a 12-game hit streak from Feb. 16 – March 6
• Amassed 12 multi-hit games
• Walk-off, two-run home run to hand Stanford a run-rule victory over Drake (Feb. 16)
• Walk-off RBI-single to hand Stanford an 8-0 victory over Saint Francis (Feb. 29)
• Hit .571 with nine runs scored and four stolen bases during the DeMarini Invitational (Feb. 28 - March 1)

As a Junior (2019)

• NFCA All-Region third team
• Pac-12 All-Conference second team
• Two-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (April 1, March 5)
• Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player of the Week (March 5)
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
• Started all 53 games in the outfield while serving as team's leadoff hitter
• Batted a team-best .374 with 35 runs scored, 10 doubles, five triples, six home runs and 20 RBIs
• Posted team-high .592 slugging percentage and .442 on-base percentage
• Drew 19 walks to just 12 strikeouts while swiping 10 bases in 11 attempts
• Finished 12th in the Pac-12 in average (.374) and second in triples (5)
• Collected a team-best 20 multi-hit games, including 15 two-hit games and five three-hit contests
• Had a 12-game hit streak from March 10 - April 12 (.619, 26 for 42, eight runs, five doubles, two triples, one home run, seven RBIs)
• Hit safely in 40 of 53 games, including 34 of the last 43 overall
• Reached in 16 straight games from March 10 - April 18
• Went 3 for 3 with a career-high four runs scored, a triple, a homer and two RBIs vs. Montana (March 1)
• Finished 2 for 2 with a career-best four runs scored and three walks vs. Cal Poly (March 3)
• Strung together seven consecutive games with multiple hits from March 10-30
• Connected for a pair of leadoff home runs (Feb. 8 vs. Kansas, March 8 vs. Bucknell)
• Hit .343 in Pac-12 play

As a Sophomore (2018)

• NFCA All-Region third team
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team
• One of three Stanford players to start all 55 games (all starts at third base)
• Second on the team with .326 batting average, seven doubles and .394 on-base percentage
• Team-high six triples were tied for second-most in a single season in school history
• Also led team with 18 multi-hit games, 32 runs, 58 hits and 77 total bases
• Started season 18 for 18 on stolen base attempts and finished 18 for 19
• Season-best two steals on three occasions and had at least one steal in 15 games
• Season-high three runs against Fresno State (Feb. 10) and CSU Bakersfield (March 11)
• Career-high four hits (4 for 5) in win over UAB (Feb. 17)
• Went 3 for 3 with two triples, a run, one walk and one RBI in a Pac-12 win at Utah (March 24)
• Team-best 13-game hit streak from March 3-30

As a Freshman (2017)

• Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Feb. 14)
• One of two players to start all 51 games
• Led the team with four triples and was second with a .313 batting average
• Went 4 for 6 and hit a game-winning two-out, two-RBI-triple to lead Stanford to an 8-6 comeback victory in eight innings at Oregon State (April 23)
• Produced a nine-game hitting streak, accumulating 18 hits during that span (Feb. 18 - March 3)
• Hit .500 (9 for 18) with six runs, two doubles, a triple, two RBIs and two walks in five games at the Mary Nutter Classic (Feb. 23-25)
• Led Stanford with a .700 batting average (7 for 10) with four RBIs, four runs and a double in three games during the Stanford Nike Invitational (Feb. 18-19)
• Hit .619 (13 for 21) with seven RBIs, seven runs, two stolen bases, two walks and a triple over six games at the Kajikawa Classic (Feb. 9-12)
• Went 4 for 5 against Purdue (Feb. 11)

Club Competition

• Played club softball for Team Mizuno/NW Batbusters, NW Bullets and the Birmingham Bolts
• Helped lead teams to PGF Nationals in three straight years (2014-16)
• Selected as 2016 Premier Girls Fastpitch Regional All-American

Prior to Stanford

• 2016 graduate of Columbia River High School in Vancouver, Wash.
• Three-year captain (2014-16)
• Two-time Greater St. Helens League (GSHL) champion
• Helped guide team to state championship tournament twice
• Held a career batting average of .577, batting above .500 in all four years
• Four-time team Most Valuable Player (2013-16)
• Four-time first-team GSHL All-League (2013-16)
• GSHL Player of the Year (2016)
• Four-time WIAA Scholar-Athlete (2013-16)
• Three-time High School All-Region Softball Team selection (2014-16)
• Two-time High School All-Season and All-Region Top-10 Outstanding Female Athlete (2014, 2016)
• MaxPreps Underclass All-American (2015)
• International Baccalaureate Diploma Program recipient
• Graduated in the top five percent of her class
• WSJHS Top-Five Poster Finisher in 2015 and Regional ISEF first-place finisher in the microbiology division (both events are science fairs)
• National Honor Society member

Personal

• Daughter of Bobby Cowles and Heidi Houchen
• Has a younger brother, Karsten