Natalie Hampton

Position:
Infield
Height:
6-1
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Antelope, Calif.
High School:
Center HS
B/T:
L/L

Redshirt Senior (2017) [Game-by-Game Stats]
• Pac-12 All-Conference third team.
•   Finished her career with 159 RBIs to hold the all-time record at Oregon State. She hit the record breaking hit on April 8 at Washington.
• Had five games with three RBIs, including a walk-off home run in game three vs. UCLA to secure the series win for the first time in program history on April 15.
• Closed her career in the Orange and Black tied for fourth all-time in home runs with 37.

Redshirt Junior (2016) [Game-by-Game Stats]
• Named CoSIDA Academic All-District.
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
• Third team All-Pac-12.
• Has 30 home runs for her career, the eighth-most in OSU history (Record is 52 by Tarrah Beyster, 1997-00)
• Tied her own Oregon State record with 50 RBI.
• Seventh in the Pac-12 in RBI (50)
•   Started all 51 games at first base or designated hitter.
•   Finished second on the team batting .349, while scoring 20 runs and talling 58 hits in 166 at bats.
•   Recorded 10 doubles and one triple and blasted a team-high nine home runs.
•   Finished the year with 19 multiple-hit games and three with three or more hits.
•   Hit two home runs against Wichita State on Feb. 20 and against Utah on March 18.
•   Recorded eight, three-plus RBI games, including four with four RBI.

Redshirt Sophomore (2015) [Game-by-Game Stats]
•   All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention.
•   Made 30 appearances and 27 starts after returning from injury, finishing the season with six home runs and 17 RBI.
•   Slugged a pair of home runs and three RBI against Washington on May 3.
•   Hit a home run and finished with four RBI against Stanford on March 22.
•   Tallied two hits, including a double, and two RBI against Utah on April 11.
•   Hit a home run and notched four RBI at Oregon on March 15.

Sophomore (2014)
• Redshirted the season due to injury.

Freshman (2013) [Game-by-Game Stats]
•   Named to the Pac-12 All-Conference Second Team.
•   Set an Oregon State single-season record with 50 RBI in her freshman campaign.
•   Tallied the third-best single-season total in school history with 15 home runs.
•   Hit .329, a mark that was second-best on the team and recorded a team-best 13 doubles after starting all 58 games.
•   Hit .433 in 2013 non-conference play.
•   Finished the season with 19 multi-hit games.
•   Went 3-for-4 with a home run, four RBI and a run in her collegiate debut on Feb. 7 against Stephen F. Austin.
•   Went 3-for-3 with two runs, an RBI and a walk against Saint Mary’s on March 8.
•   Hit 3-for-4 with two runs, two RBI and a double against Iowa State on March 9.
•   Tallied three hits, three RBI, a home run and a run scored against Stanford on April 3.
•   Recorded four hits in five at bats with two RBI and a pair of doubles in Oregon State’s double-header with New Mexico on March 14.
•   Went 2-for-3 with two RBI, two runs and a home run against Utah on April 14.
•   Went 2-for-3 with a home run and a double against Oregon on May 3.
•   Hit 2-for-3 with two RBIs, a home run and a run against UCLA on May 9.

Center HS
•   Graduated in 2012 after lettering four years in softball for coaches Mike Mello and Derek Evans.
•   Had a .450 batting average over her high school career and finished with a total of 93 RBI.
•   Was chosen for all-city her senior year and all-state for "medium schools".
•   Ranked as the 74th recruit nationally for the 2012 class.
•   Additional awards included team offensive player of the year her freshman and sophomore year and team MVP her junior and senior year.

Club
•   Played three years for the All-American Sports Academy in California.

Personal
•   Daughter of Tina and Brett Hampton.
• Her mother is a banker and her dad is a highway maintenance worker.
•   Has an older sister, Corina.
• Majoring in fisheries and wildlife sciences.
• Enjoys hiking, fishing, hunting and listening to music.
• Former prep teammates playing DI softball include: Leona Lafaele (Alabama), Stephanie Ceo (Texas), Alyssa Reina (North Dakota).
• Favorite athlete is Tim Tebow.
•   Chose Oregon State because "it is one of the best schools for my major and the opportunity to play in the Pac-12."