Salem College

FIRST YEAR (2022): Responsible for 12 hits over the course of the season, driving in five RBI and scoring three runs along the way … ended the season with a .214 batting average and slugging percentage along with a .323 on-base percentage … responsible for the fifth-most assists (27) on the season … was the second-most hit batter on the team (five times), behind only Savanah Atkins’ six … made her collegiate debut at Guilford (Feb. 26) … connected on her first collegiate hit against the Quakers in the second game of the series, finishing 1-for-2 at the plate with a run scored … finished 1-for-2 at the plate against Carolina University (March 5) … capped off the second game of a clash with Randolph (March 6) with a 1-for-3 outing … followed that up with a 2-for-3 performance versus Montclair State (March 8) before extending her season-long hitting streak to three games with a 1-for-4 performance, which resulted in an RBI, against Centenary (N.J.) on March 9th … had a single in games against both Shaw (March 19) and William Peace (March 29) … opened April with singles in back-to-back contests against Southern Virginia (April 6) and Averett (April 9) … emerged with a single against Methodist (April 12) … connected on her final hit of the season at N.C. Wesleyan (April 23), finishing 1-for-3 from the plate with two RBI.

PREP: Graduated from Shelby High School in 2021 … a four-year varsity softball player for Lions’ head coach Haley Hoyle (2018-21) … two-time team Defensive Player of the Year honoree (2019, 2021) … recognized as an All-Conference performer following the 2019 season.

PERSONAL: Faythe Marie Bowles … daughter of Donna and Gilbert Bowles … born November 13, 2002 … has one sibling, Wesley … named National Society of High School Scholars … member of Science National Honor Society … was an A/B honor roll student throughout high school.