Annie Kate Dalton

Position:
C
Height:
5-4
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Murphy
Hometown:
Murphy, N.C.
Prev School:
North Carolina

2025: Appeared and started in all 57 games behind the plate at catcher for the Pirates … Slashed numbers of .285/.517/.390 at the plate and finished third on the team in home runs with 10 and in RBI with 43 … Named All-AAC Second Team … Earned AAC Honorable Mention after slashing numbers of .538/.600/1.000 in a series sweep over Memphis … Recorded 15 multi-hit games … Tied a single-game career high with five RBI against Memphis (Apr. 5) … Threw out 13 runners attempting to steal … Finished second on the team in putouts with 242 ... Named to CSC Academic All-District Team ... Named to the American All-Academic Team.

2024: Started in all of her 55 games played for the Pirates at catcher or the designated player position … Batted .303 at the plate with eight doubles and three home runs and 26 RBI … Tied for a team-high in walks drawn with 29 … Hit two walk-offs including a two RBI home run in the Pirates’ 4-2 win in nine innings over No. 21 Charlotte (Mar. 24) … Named to the AAC All-Academic Team ... Led all AAC players with 16 runners caught stealing and committed no errors behind the plate.

2023 (at North Carolina): Appeared in 18 games, making 13 starts at catcher ... Recorded first career throw out vs. Ole Miss (Feb. 10) ... Went 2-of-2 at the plate vs. NC Central, tallying a career-high four RBIs (Feb. 21) ... Batted .200 with seven hits, six RBIs, five walks, two runs and two doubles ... Threw out five runners, including three vs. Wisconsin (Feb. 24).

2022 (at North Carolina): Appeared in 15 games, making five starts ... Went 2-of-2 at the plate in second career start vs. No. 17 Missouri (Feb. 18) ... Plated the winning run vs. NC Central (Apr. 20), ending the game in five innings with an RBI base hit ... Had an on-base percentage of .261 on the season, recording four hits, a walk and a hit by pitch ... All-ACC Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Two-year letter winner at Murphy High School, playing catcher/third baseman for coach Thomas Nelson ... Earned all-district and all-state honors in 2018 and 2019 ... Two-time Smoky Mountain Conference Offensive Player of the Year ... Home run leader for western North Carolina as a freshman ... A football letter winner as a kicker, Dalton helped Murphy High School to two state titles ... Played travel ball for Georgia Impact under coach Jason Gusaeff ... A North Carolina Scholar, a Junior Marshal and a member of the Beta Club at Murphy High School ... Ranked sixth in her graduating class.