Career Accolades
- Two-time NFCA All-Region (2018-19)
- Two-time All-Pac-12 (2019 second team; 2021 third team)
- 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District
- 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)
- 2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic (2018-2019)
As a Fifth-Year (2021)
- All-Pac-12 third team
- CoSIDA Academic All-District
- Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
- Stanford’s everyday starter in right field, one of three players on the roster to start all 55 games
- Batted .271 on the season with five doubles and a triple, scoring 35 runs to rank second on the team
- Was 16-of-17 on the basepaths – both team highs
- Scored a season-high three runs against Cal Poly (March 14) and BYU (March 24)
- Had four multi-RBI games on the season, including one against Manhattan in the NCAA Tournament (May 22)
- Stole two bases in a game on three occasions: against BYU (March 4 and March 24) and Saint Mary’s (March 11)
- Tripled against UC Santa Barbara to tie the Pac-12 record for triples in a career, sharing the honor with Natasha Watley (March 7)
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