Cora Bassett

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Year:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Newburgh, Ind.
Position:
UT

REDSHIRT SENIOR (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• CSC Academic All-District
• 2023-24 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
Started all 60 games for the Hoosier either at right field or as the designated player … hit .269 on the season … charted 49 hits, eight doubles, one triple and nine home runs … accounted for 26 RBI and 42 runs scored … drew 28 free passes … stole 13 bases on 18 attempts … went 3-for-4 with a double and three runs scored in 6-3 win over No. 15 Oregon at NFCA Leadoff Classic (Feb. 8) … hit a home run against No. 5 Clemson in next game (Feb. 9) … hit .583 at Troy Classic (Feb. 16-18) … hit a home run at No. 17 Arizona (Feb. 24) … became the program’s all-time runs scored leader at FAU (March 13), finished career with 166 runs … went 3-for-3 with a double, a home run, an RBI and two runs scored in 9-1 win over Iowa (April 20) … ranked No. 10 in runs scored (42) in the Big Ten.

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2023)
• Second Team All-Big Ten
• 2023 Big Ten All-Tournament Team
• CSC Academic All-District
• NFCA All-Region Third Team
• Ranked No. 68 in D1Softball Preseason Player Rankings
• Big Ten Player of the Week (May 1)
• Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
Started all 62 games for the Hoosiers as the leadoff hitter … broke her own program record in runs scored with 67 for second most in program history … hit .319 on the season with 60 hits, a team-high 15 doubles, two triples and five home run along with 29 RBI … recorded 15 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games … held a reached base streak of 13 and an eight game hitting streak … went 18-for-19 in stolen base attempts … finished with a .500 slugging percentage and a .436 on base percentage … went 2-for-3 against Mississippi State (2/17) with one home run, two RBI and one run scored … went 3-for-3 at bat against Memphis (3/17) with one walk and one RBI … batted .500 in the series sweep over Michigan recording six hits with one triple, a home run, with two RBI holding a 1.455 OPS to capture Big Ten Player of the Week … recorded an RBI with a sacrifice fly against Louisville (5/21) at the NCAA Knoxville Regionals.

JUNIOR YEAR (2022)
• First Team All-Big Ten
• NFCA All-Region Second Team
Had a stellar season for the Hoosiers in 2022 as she played and started in all 49 games for the Hoosiers … named First Team All-Big Ten … set the Indiana single season record for doubles with 19 and tied the single season record for runs scored with 57 … hit 13 home runs which ranks third most for a season in program history … became the 10^th player in program history to hit .400 or better for a season … tallied 57 runs, 62 hits, 19 doubles, 13 home runs, 34 RBI and 16 stolen bases … 18 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games … had an 11 game hitting streak and 16 reached base streak.

AT PURDUE (2021)
Second Team All-Big Ten in 2021 season … started all 32 games she appeared in ... after 103 at-bats, the sophomore secured 15 runs on 32 hits and nine walks … .311 batting average and tallied 22 RBI and 10 doubles … Bassett amassed a six consecutive game hitting streak and reached base in eight straight games and recorded eight multi-hit games over the season.

PREP/PERSONAL:
Earned varsity letters in soccer and track and field … earned three All-Conference honors for soccer including two Academic All-State accolades … qualified for state finals in track and field…Flosoftball national ranking of 63 in the 2019 class … daughter of Stephan and Joni Bassett … two sisters Ella and Mia.