Major: Sociology
Career Honors:
- 2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2014 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2013 SEC Academic Honor Roll
Career Highlights:
- Made top 10 on 1 single season list: 20 hit by pitches (3rd)….Made top 10 on 2 UF career lists: tied for 8th with a .889 stolen base percentage and 2nd with 37 hit by pitches
As a Senior (2015):
- Became the first player in Gator history to hit three home runs in a game (2/22 vs. Mercer - Game 1), when she also set a single-game school record with nine RBI
- Hit her fourth home run of the year on March 6 vs. Arizona at the Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton, Calif.
As a Junior (2014):
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 52 games / 31 starts
- Ranked third on the team in hitting and on-base percentage (.477)
- Led Florida with a .615 batting average against left-handed pitching
- Batted .350 with a .675 slugging percentage during conference play, both of which ranked third on the squad
- Four doubles against SEC competition were tied for second on the team
- Homered in three of the final five games of the regular season
- Batted .433 during the month of April, which ranked second on the team
- Knocked a personal-best three hits April 11 vs. Florida A&M to start a career-high 12 game hitting streak that ran through the end of the regular season
- Five multi-hit games during the streak, including three straight against SEC opponents Missouri and Arkansas (twice)
- Season-high three RBI on three occasions
- April 12 vs. NC State
- April 26 vs. Missouri
- May 2 at Arkansas
- Hit a triple vs. Baylor on June 1 during the Women’s College World Series; one of two Gator players (Stewart – 2) to log a three-base hit during the postseason
- Earned 12 “free passes” (eight walks, four hit-by-pitch) during the NCAA Tournament, which was tied for the team lead (Haeger)
As a Sophomore (2013):
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Ranked second in the SEC and 24th nationally with 20 hit-by-pitches, a UF single-season record
- Tied for sixth in a single season in SEC history
- 62 games / 53 starts
- Third on the team with 11 home runs; one of three Gators in double digits
- Her 11 bombs were the sixth-most by a Gator sophomore in UF annals
- Three grand slams—one each against Jacksonville and FAMU with a walkoff in extra innings against FSU
- Ranked second on the team with a .569 slugging percentage
- Seven multiple-hit games
- T-3rd on team with 11 multi-RBI games
- Three assists ranked first among UF outfielders
- Five game-winning RBI
- Homered in the top of the 10th in UF’s 15-inning WCWS win vs. Nebraska
- SEC Player of the Week (March 11) after she batted .667 (6-for-9) with a double, three-run homer, four RBI, two BB, three HBP and one stolen base vs. Alabama and Auburn
As a Freshman (2012):
- 35 games / 11 starts
- One multiple-hit game vs. UCF in the NCAA Gainesville Regional, where she went 2-for-4 with a two-run double and scored a run
- Three multi-RBI games:
- May 19 vs. UCF (NCAA Regional)
- Feb. 15 vs. Jacksonville, when she knocked a two-run double for her first career hit
- April 20 vs. FIU (Game 1), when she smashed a three-run home run for her first career blast
- Also scored a season-best two runs against the Panthers April 20
- Scored the lone run of the SEC Tournament opener vs. LSU as a pinch runner for classmate Bailey Castro
- Started the entire NCAA Gainesville Regional in the outfield, where she snagged a season-best four putouts in UF’s May 19 contest with FGCU
- Registered three hits during NCAA Regionals, representing half her season total
High School / Travel Ball:
- 2011 graduate of Middleburg High School
- Played travel ball with the Jacksonville Lady Bandits
- 2011 5A First Team All-State
- 2011 5A Offensive Player of the Year
- Batted .511 her senior year, with a .672 on-base percentage and a .867 slugging percentage
- 2010 Florida Times-Union All-First Coast Softball Team
- Middleburg captured the 2009 District 4-5A Championship, advancing to the Regional Semifinals with Little as the starting pitcher
- Three-time All-St. Johns River Athletic Conference selection (2008-10)
- 2010 Triple Crown Rising Stars All-Star
- A three-sport athlete
- 2008-09 weightlifting All-Conference selection
- 2008 volleyball District 3-4A Championship team that advanced to the Regional Semifinals
- A member of the Spanish Honor Society in high school
Little’s Career Statistics
| Year |
avg |
gp-gs |
ab |
r |
h |
2b |
3b |
hr |
rbi |
bb |
so |
sb-att |
fld% |
| 2012 |
.188 |
35-11 |
32 |
13 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
4 |
12 |
2-2 |
1.000 |
| 2013 |
.255 |
62-53 |
137 |
44 |
35 |
6 |
2 |
11 |
37 |
28 |
39 |
7-8 |
.981 |
| 2014 |
.320 |
52-31 |
100 |
27 |
32 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
26 |
22 |
22 |
7-7 |
.947 |
| 2015 |
.175 |
40-18 |
63 |
12 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
15 |
6 |
13 |
0-1 |
1.000 |
| TOTAL |
.253 |
189-113 |
332 |
96 |
84 |
15 |
3 |
21 |
86 |
60 |
86 |
16-18 |
.976 |
Little’s Career Bests
CAREER-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:
Hits: 3, Florida A&M, Apr 11, 2014; at Mercer, Feb 22, 2015
Doubles: 1, 15 times
Triples: 1 [t-4th], vs Baylor, Jun 01, 2014; Presbyterian, Mar 03, 2013; Hampton, May 17, 2013
Home runs: 3 [t-1st], at Mercer, Feb 22, 2015
Total bases: 12 [t-1st], at Mercer, Feb 22, 2015
RBI: 9 [1st], at Mercer, Feb 22, 2015
Runs scored: 4 [t-1st], at Mercer, Feb 22, 2015; at Auburn, Mar 08, 2013
Walks: 2, 7 times
Hit by pitch: 2 [t-5th], at Auburn, Mar 10, 2013
Struck out: 3 [t-6th], 4 times
Sac flies: 1 [t-9th], Presbyterian, Mar 03, 2013; Ole Miss, Mar 08, 2014; at Ole Miss, Mar 31, 2013
Sac bunts: 1, vs Loyola Marymount, Feb 21, 2013; Drake, Mar 01, 2013
At bats: 8 [1st], vs Nebraska, Jun 01, 2013
Stolen bases: 2, Mercer, Mar 12, 2014
