Upcoming Event: Softball versus Bethune-Cookman University on February 6, 2026 at 8 a.m. CT
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Jersey Number 2
Shelby Hughston
- Position:
- Infield/Catcher
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-2
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Bastrop, Texas
- High School:
- Cedar Creek HS
2020 (SENIOR)
- Appeared in seven games
- Started six games at catcher
- Finished with a .200 batting average (2-for-10)
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
PERSONAL:
- Born Dec. 2, 1997, in Harlingen, Texas
- Daughter of Sam Hughston III and Starla Hughston
- Enjoys hunting and fishing
- Plans to major in biology
Kansas at Wichita State Highlights
Wednesday, April 30
Kansas vs. Oklahoma State Highlights - Game 3
Sunday, April 27
Kansas at Iowa State Highlights - Game Three
Saturday, April 19
Kansas at Iowa State Highlights - Game 3
Saturday, April 19
