Presbyterian College

2026: Put together one of the greatest seasons by a first-year player in Blue Hose history, chosen as the Big South Freshman of the Year and voted to the All-Big South First Team lineup...Became the first PC softball athlete to win Freshman of the Year since the jump to Division I in the late 2000's, leading all players in the conference with four weekly awards throughout the campaign (1x Player of the Week, 3x Freshman of the Week)...Set two new single-season program records by batting .389 overall with 61 hits, ranking fourth in the Big South with 14 doubles...Topped everyone in the league with a .458 on-base percentage, touching 83 bases which was at least 20 more than any other player on the roster...Led Presbyterian with 33 RBI and 30 runs scored, also getting six successful steals and drawing 21 walks...Struck out at an astonishingly low rate, only six percent of the time in 178 plate appearances...Was the only Big South player - regardless of class - to win four weekly awards in 2026, becoming the first Blue Hose in four years to be recognized as Freshman of the Week three times...Played some of her best games once the schedule shifted to conference territory, batting exactly .400 with 22 hits, 13 RBI, five doubles, and a 1.011 OPS in league contests...Reached base safely at least once in 27 consecutive games, a streak that lasted from March 3 to May 1 where she batted .425 along the way...Embarked on an 18-game hitting streak (the longest of the spring from any PC player), doubling four times with 9 RBI in that span...Boomed her first collegiate home run in the fourth game of the season, a solo shot in the 4th inning to defeat Morehead State in Clinton...Went 4-of-4 at the plate during a neutral-site encounter against George Washington, the first four-hit performance by a PC player in three years...Batted in five runs throughout a crucial extra-innings triumph at Gardner-Webb, the first single-game 5-RBI stat line from a PC player since 2023...Over the final two months of the semester, Duke batted .396...Averaged one hit per game over the last 40 games of an extraordinary debut year...Was one of just two freshmen in the Big South who were named all-conference first team.

Prior to PC: Tanked 16 home runs in her senior season at Bremen High School, selected as the Region Player of the Year and voted All-State in Georgia as a result...Led the Blue Devils to an appearance in the state semifinals, and was also a member of the Beta Club.

Personal: Born on May 21, 2007...Hobbies include shopping, going to church, and spending time with friends...Daughter of Jonathan and Amy Duke.