Shelby Hughston

Position Infield/Catcher

Height 5'2''

B/T L/R

Class Junior

Hometown Bastrop, Texas

High School Cedar Creek HS

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2020 (SENIOR)

2019 (JUNIOR):

Played in 48 games with 47 starts (30 starts at catcher, 17 starts at shortstop)
Moved from shortstop to catcher following season-ending injury to Shelby Gayre
Finished with a .222 batting average (22-99) and sixth on the team in RBI (12)
Led KU in hit by pitches (7) and walks (22)
Logged multiple RBI games against UMASS (2 | 2/15), Virginia (2 | 2/24) and Wichita State (2 | 3/20)
Finished with two hits and her only triple of the season against Mississippi State (3/2)
Six-game hitting streak from March 22-April 3

Prior to Kansas (Lamar 2017-18)

Played in 56 games with 55 starts in 2018 and finished with a .242 batting average
Finished second on the team with 90 assists
Appeared in 60 games, making 58 starts in 2017
Named team’s Most Improved Player and defensive MVP … Made 23 starts at 3B before moving to SS, where she started 35 games
Batted .197 overall with two home runs and 13 RBIs
Batted .263 in Southland Conference games
Third on the team with 93 assists
Led LU with eight sacrifice bunts.

Cedar Creek High School/Texas Blaze Gold:

Four-year starter at Cedar Creek High School, where she batted .461 with 75 RBIs for her career
Earned honorable mention all-state honors as a shortstop in her junior year and at catcher as a senior
Batted .472 with 30 RBIs as a senior
Named team MVP as a junior and senior
Played travel softball for the Texas Blaze Gold

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