2017 Softball Roster
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."
