In 2023 Anderson enters her second season as assistant coach at Webster University. Prior to coaching she was an NCAA/NFCA Division I All-American at Southeast Missouri State University where she played outfield.
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Highlights of her career include a career batting average .412, Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) 2019 Player of the Year, OVC 2017 Freshman of the Year. In 2017 she was named to the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year Top 25. She was named to the all-conference OVC 1st team four years. Anderson was a 3-time NFCA All-Region player. At SEMO, she started every game over a five year period (231 games), including COVID year. She ranked 54th out of the top 100 players in 2020 by Softball America.
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Anderson was SEMO’s all-time career leader in batting average (1st, .412), slugging percentage (1st, .695), on-base percentage (1st, .505), runs scored (1st, 173), hits (1st, 277), doubles (3rd, 41), triples (1st, 31)(T10th ALL-Time NCAA DIV I), home runs (4th, 29), RBI (2nd, 160), total bases (1st, 467), walks (1st,108) and stolen bases (2nd, 59).
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In 2020 she was COSIDA Academic All-American, 2 time OVC Academic Medal of Honor , 2020-2021 SEMO Female Athlete of the Year.
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Prior to SEMO, Anderson attended Edwardsville High School, IL. In 2016 she was the St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro Spring Softball Player of the Year and earned First-Team Illinois Coaches Association Class 4A All-State honors at Edwardsville High School…Hit .543 with a .922 slugging percentage and set new school records in runs scored (52) and triples (9) during her outstanding senior campaign…Also notched four home runs, 44 RBI, 11 stolen bases, 14 doubles and a near .600 on-base percentage…Edwardsville Career-Batting Average (1st, .507),Hits (1st, 212), Runs scored (1st, 182), Doubles (52), Triples (22), Home Runs (18), RBIs (1st, 140)s, On-Base percentage (.570, Slugging percentage (.871), 41 stolen bases, and 65 walks in four prep seasons…All-State honoree each of her four high school seasons…ASA Junior Olympics All-Star Team Most Valuable Player…Played for the St. Louis Chaos-Gold summer league team.
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