Auburn University at Montgomery Athletics

Junior: Started 42 games and saw action in all 43 games … Led the team with a .397 batting average and 50 hits … Tallied 12 doubles which was also a team-best … Tied for the team lead in RBIs (29), total bases (70) and walks (16) … Recorded a .556 slugging percentage … Posted 11 multi-hit games on the year including two 4-hit and four 3-hit performances … On March 29 against Christian Brothers she went 4-for-4 with a homer, three runs scored and three RBIs.

Prior to AUM: Comes to AUM after a two season showing at Shelton State CC in Tuscaloosa, Ala. ... she set a new career record for doubles with 33, while also establishing a new season high of 22 as a freshman ... in her second year, she compiled a .354 batting average, with 34 runs scored, 24 RBIs and a pair of home runs ... added a .451 on-base percentage and did not commit an error in the field ... hit .319 with 22 runs batted in and 39 runs scored as a freshman.

Prep: Lettered in softball all four years for head coaches Jim Brown and Erin Wright at Hoover High School in Hoover, Ala., where she graduated in 2014 … was named the team captain her senior season, as well as winning the Golden Glove Award for the program in 2013 & 2012 … made the All-State Team in 2011 after batting .313 with 47 hits, scoring 30 runs and stealing 11 bases … tallied a .413 batting average her junior season in addition to 52 hits, 25 RBIs and scoring 34 runs.

Personal: Full name is Kalee Nicole Sparks … was born April 12, 1996 ... is the daughter of Bobby Sparks and Jeff and Kerrie Madison ... has an older brother, Casey ... is majoring in biology and pre-veterinary studies.