Elon University Athletics

Career Honors
2019: All-CAA Second Team
2016: CAA All-Rookie Team

2019 (Redshirt Junior)
Earned second team All-CAA accolades as a utility/pitcher...Appeared in 42 games with 27 starts overall...Had 14 appearances with eight starts in the circle...Batted .238 on the season with 11 RBI and a pair of doubles...Went 3-4 in the circle in 42.0 innings...Was 2-for-2 at the plate with a double, a home run and three RBI against Appalachian State (2/8)...Was 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double versus Hampton (2/16)...Earned the win in the circle at No. 8 Georgia (3/9), pitching 5.1 innings while allowing two earned runs...Picked up her second win versus a ranked opponent at No. 19 James Madison (3/23), throwing a complete game with two earned runs allowed and three strikeouts...Had a season-high five strikeouts in 6.0 innings while earning the win at Drexel (4/20).
 
2018 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared in 38 games with 23 starts with 16 at designated player…Also made 14 appearances in the circle with four starts…Was fourth on the team with a .260 average…Threw 32.1 innings and went 2-0 with a save on the season…belted her first career homerun versus Drexel (4/29) while adding a season-high three RBI…Earned the win versus N.C. Central (2/10) after pitching a season-high 6.1 innings with three strikeouts…Fanned a season-high four batters versus Howard (2/24) in a shutout win…Had a season-best three hits with a RBI versus College of Charleston (3/25).
 
2017 (Sophomore)
Redshirted.
 
2016 (Freshman)
Named to the CAA All-Rookie Team…Led the team in appearances (30), starts (19), shutouts (three), innings pitched (108.1) and ERA (2.58)…Also struck out a team-best 68 batters…Pitched 10.0 shutout innings while tallying a season-best eight strikeouts against Central Connecticut State on March 13…Struck out six batters in 6.2 relief innings in another shutout versus Presbyterian on March 6…Had a complete-game shutout against Fairleigh Dickinson on Feb. 27 while fanning five batters…Gave up no earned runs in a complete-game performance against College of Charleston on April 2…Earned her first collegiate victory in the Phoenix’s season opener versus Winthrop on Feb. 12.
 
High School
• Played at the Brunswick Academy for head coach Bobby Cheely
• Two-time conference MVP and All-State accolades
• Four-time All-Conference performer
• Helped her team to a runner-up finish in Division II of the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association (VISAA) as a Division III school

Personal
• Daughter of Joe and Sonja Knapp-Walton
• Father played basketball at Ferrum College
• Plans to major in exercise science