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Makayla Packer Season 2024

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Makayla Packer Season 2024

PositionUTL
Height5-8
YearSenior
HometownChattanooga, Tenn.

HONORS & AWARDS
2024 War Eagle Classic All-Tournament Team
2024 Jane B. Moore Memorial All-Tournament Team
2022 SEC Co-Player of the Week [Feb. 28]
2022 Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team
2022 Plainsman Invite All-Tournament Team
2021 All-SEC Freshman Team
 
2024 | SENIOR SEASON
Started all 51 games in centerfield for the Tigers … posted a .292 average behind 38 hits … tied for the team lead with 10 multi-hit contests … slugged six doubles, five triples and three home runs for a .485 slugging percentage … her five triples were the second most ever recorded in a single season at Auburn … the SEC leader in both triples and triples per game (0.10) … finished tied for second on the team with 27 runs scored … added 16 RBI … held a .433 on base percentage with help of 23 walks and 10 hit by pitches … led the team with 10 sacrifice bunts … led the SEC in sacrifice bunts per game (0.20) … swiped 17 bases on 19 attempts … finished with the 10th most steals in a single season at Auburn … ranked ninth in the league in total stolen bases and sixth in stolen bases per game (0.33) … recorded double-digit steals in every season of her collegiate career … committed just one error in 81 chances in centerfield for a .988 fielding percentage … Jane B. Moore Memorial and War Eagle Classic All-Tournament Team selection …  posted an .883 career stolen base percentage, the second highest in program history … her 68 career stolen bases were the second most in Auburn softball career history … tied Tiffany Howard for the program record in career triples with 11 … drew the walk-off walk in Auburn’s win versus No. 13 Utah (2/15) … walked off Auburn’s comeback win over USC Upstate (3/3) with a grand slam … was her first home run since April 27, 2022 … her diving catch versus No. 20 Arkansas (3/16) was the No. 8 on SportsCenter’s Top 10 … scored a crucial insurance run in the sixth inning to help secure Auburn’s 4-1 win over No. 4 Tennessee (3/31) and tallied the 100th run scored of her collegiate career … slugged the game-tying home run and went on to score the go-ahead run in Auburn’s comeback win over Kentucky (4/22) … turned in the first multi-double game of her career with two versus No. 14 Georgia (5/8) at the SEC Tournament … went 3-for-4 with a double, triple and two runs scored versus Chattanooga (5/18) in the Tallahassee Regional … also turned in a 3-for-4 performance with a home run and scoring both runs in Auburn’s 2-1 win over UCF (5/18)
 
2023 | JUNIOR SEASON
Appeared in 55 contests, starting 47 for the Tigers in centerfield … totaled 31 hits, including three doubles and a pair of triples … turned in five multi-hit outings … posted a .307 batting average … scored 24 runs and added seven RBI … drew seven walks en route to a .355 on-base percentage … turned in her third consecutive season with double-digit stolen bases, ending the year with 14 steals on 17 attempts … ended her junior campaign with 51 career stolen bases, the third most in program history … committed just one error to turn in a career high .985 fielding percentage behind 62 putouts and a pair of assists … spent the first two weeks of the season primarily as a pinch runner while battling an oblique injury … first start of the 2023 season came versus Austin Peay (2/17) … matched her career high in hits with a 3-for-3 performance at Georgia (3/11) … delivered a two-out single to right field in the bottom of the ninth to drive home Icess Tresvik and walk off Auburn’s first series win over LSU (4/16) since 2017 … used her 100th career collegiate hit to drive in Auburn’s lone run in its series-opening win at South Carolina (4/28) … went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and a pair of RBI in Auburn’s opening victory over Cal State Fullerton (5/19) at the Clemson Regional
 
2022 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
Appeared in 50 contests, earning 49 starts in centerfield … finished second on the team with a .324 average at the plate behind 44 hits … tied for the team lead with 11 multi-hit contests … scored a team-leading 43 runs …  scored a run in 31 of her 49 starts while scoring multiple runs in 10 outings … averaged 0.86 runs per game to rank 13th in the SEC … slugged six doubles, three triples and nine home runs for a .610 slugging percentage with 20 RBI … knocked the second most triples by an Auburn sophomore in school history … averaged 0.06 triples per game to rank sixth in the league … finished tied for fifth in Auburn single-season history for triples … recorded the fifth highest slugging percentage by a sophomore in program history … drew 16 walks coupled with a team-leading 13 hit by pitches to help hold a .442 on-base percentage … ranked tied for seventh in the SEC in total hit by pitches and ranked sixth in the league, averaging 0.26 hit by pitches per game … closed the season 10th in Auburn single-season history for total hit by pitches … led the team on the base path with 21 steals in 25 attempts … finished seventh in the SEC in total steals while averaging 0.42 stolen base per game, the sixth highest mark in the conference … her 21 steals set the program’s sophomore record and rank tied for third overall in Auburn single-season history … ends her sophomore campaign with the program record for highest career stolen base percentage with a .902 mark while ranking fifth in school history with 37 career steals … SEC Player of the Week (2/28) … named to the Tiger Invitational and Plainsman Invite All-Tournament Teams … matched her career high in runs scored after going 2-for-4 with a home run, RBI and three runs against Wisconsin (2/18) … led off the game against No. 11 Texas (2/18) with a home run to spark Auburn’s 6-2 victory … matched her career high in hits with a 3-for-4 performance at Jacksonville State (2/23) … turned in another three-hit effort against Syracuse (2/27) with a double, two RBI and three runs scored … set the tone against Alabama State (3/30), slugging a home run on the first pitch for the third home run to lead off a game during her sophomore season … slugged a triple and a home run to set a season high with three RBI against No. 7 Florida (4/2) … knocked an inside-the-park home run at Alabama State (4/27)
 
2021 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Appeared in 45 contests, starting 38 games in centerfield for the Tigers … led the team with a .303 average at the plate behind 30 hits … slugged three doubles, one triple and three home runs for a .444 slugging clip … scored a team-leading 19 runs … finished tied for third on the squad with 15 RBI … drew 10 walks to help post a team best .384 on-base percentage … totaled six multi-hit games … committed just one error on 54 chances, a .981 fielding percentage … a perfect 16-for-16 in stolen base attempts, setting the program's single-season record for highest stolen base percentage (min. 15 attempts) … finished sixth in the SEC in stolen bases per game … her 16 steals were the second most by an Auburn freshman in program history … the mark also ranked tied for seventh in Auburn single-season history ... SEC All-Freshman Team … earned her first collegiate start as a centerfielder against SEMO (2/13), recording a hit, two runs scored and a stolen base ... turned in her first career multi-hit game in game two of the doubleheader against the Redhawks (2/13), recording the first RBI and double of her career ... knocked the first home run of her collegiate career against Jacksonville (2/20) with a solo shot off the scoreboard in left center at the UNF Softball Complex ... went 2-for-3, slugging her first collegiate triple to drive in the go-head run, against Jacksonville (2/25) ... made an athletic diving catch against Murray State (2/26) to preserve Auburn's perfect game bid ... the play was ranked No. 4 on NCAA Softball's Plays of the Week ... knocked the first grand slam of her collegiate career to record a career-high four RBI against IUPUI (2/27) ... made a home-run robbing grab in the first inning against Southern Miss (3/5) ... drove in a pair of runs with a 2-for-3 outing at the plate against Southeastern Louisiana (3/6) ... turned in her fifth multi-hit performance of the season with a pair of infield singles at Troy (3/10) ... made a diving catch in left centerfield to rob Kennesaw State (3/21) of a base hit in the top of the seventh in Auburn's 4-3 win ... reached base in all four plate appearances at Texas A&M (4/9) with a career high three hits, a walk and a pair of RBI ... went 2-for-2 with three RBI, including a two-run home run, and two runs scored at No. 16 LSU (5/8) ... her two-run homer against the LSU drove in the go-ahead run
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Versatile athlete that has won multiple state championships in both softball and track … led the Baylor School to three straight TSAA Division II AA Softball State Championships … held a .461 average at the plate as a freshman behind 35 hits … slugged eight home runs to help close the season with a .961 slugging clip … tallied 39 RBI and scored 37 runs over her debut season … drew 13 walks and held a .567 on-base percentage as a freshman … closed the season with 13 stolen bases … totaled 23 hits, including six homers, as a sophomore … drove in 25 runs while also scoring 25 runs of her own … closed her sophomore season with a .615 slugging and a .404 on-base clips … coming off an impressive junior campaign with a career-high .444 batting average … totaled 32 hits, 40 runs scored, and 20 RBI … slugged at a .722 mark with help of four home runs … drew a career-high 15 walks to close the 2019 season with a .598 on-base percentage … senior season was suspended due to COVID-19 … was also a standout track athlete, breaking records in the 100m and 200m events and wining multiple all-region honors

PERSONAL
Full name is Makayla DeShay Packer … born Dec. 18, 2001 … daughter of Del and Daphne Packer … has two siblings, Jaylon Jackson and Chase Packer ... majoring in pre-pharmacy