Cara Hoover

Position:
Catcher/Designate Player
Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
High School:
Azle HS
Hometown:
Azle, Texas

2015 (Senior): Named to the Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Appeared in 39 games with 36 starts ... Finished third on the team with a .301 batting average, going 31-for-103 with five doubles, four home runs and 14 RBI ... Scored 10 runs ... Enjoyed one of the best games of her career in the season finale vs. Houston Baptist, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs and four RBI ... Finished the HBU series with five hits and batted .269 vs. the Southland to lift her season batting average 42 percentage points ... The week prior to the start of conference play, went 3-for-5 with four RBI, double and home run vs. Pine Bluff ... Recorded two hits in both games against Texas Tech and vs. Illinois, Baylor, Incarnate Word, Sam Houston State ... Started all three games behind the plate vs. the Bearkats and went 4-for-10 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs ... Crushed a two-run home run in final game of Stephen F. Austin series and went deep again two games later at Sam Houston ... Caught the second no-hitter of pitcher Hannah Null's career on March 5 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff in a 9-0 win.

2015 (Junior): Appeared in 38 of 47 games with 28 starts split between catcher and designated player ... Hit .171 with four home runs and 13 RBI ... Clubbed a pair of doubles and scored five runs ... Five of her RBI came during a 2-for-4 outing vs. Cleveland State, during which she hit a home run ... Homered in games vs. North Texas, Savannah State and Southeastern Louisiana ... Enjoyed a 2-for-2, two RBI game vs. Prairie View A&M ... Drew nine walks.

2014 (Sophomore): Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Appeared in 34 games with 23 starts … Hit .289 (22-76) with seven runs, four doubles, two home runs and 19 RBI, nine of which came with two outs and 11 of which were against Southland Conference opponents … Crushed a grand slam in 9-0 win over Incarnate Word … First home run of year with a two-run pinch-hit shot against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi that gave the Wildcats a 5.0 inning run-rule victory … Drilled a two-run pinch-hit double in the bottom of the seventh to give the Wildcats a walkoff 3-2 win over Lamar … Led squad with nine pinch-hit at-bats and was 3-for-9 in those situations … Recorded a pair of two-hit games and drove in three runs during the Texas Shootout hosted by North Texas … Ripped two hits with two runs and two RBI during four-game series at Prairie View A&M.

2013 (Freshman): Appeared in 44 of 54 games with 39 starts split between catcher and designated player … Batted .252 (27-for-107) with five home runs and 25 RBI, which tied her for third on the team … Smacked five doubles … Scored 12 runs … Drew 17 bases on balls and was credited with five sacrifice hits … Hit first career home run vs. Eastern New Mexico on Feb. 8 … Blasted two more round-trippers vs. the Zias on April 19, one of which was a pinch-hit grand slam … Clubbed a three-run home run in second game vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville … Went 7-for-11 (.636) with a home run, double and six RBI through four stars at the NFCA D-II Leadoff Classic … Doubled twice with two RBI as part of a 3-for-3 game vs. Incarnate Word … Tied for second on Wildcats with seven multi-RBI games … Caught five runners stealing.

High School: Graduated in 2012 from Azle High School, where she was a four-year varsity letterwinner ... Hit over .350 during her sophomore and junior years and .412 as a senior ... Received first team honors and voted offensive MVP in 2011 ... Again made first team as a senior and tabbed defensive MVP ... 2010 honorable mention ... Reached state semifinals with freshman-year team in 2009 ... Honored for academics all four years ... Received Student of the Month Award from Optimist Club.

Personal: Given name is Cara Merissa Hoover ... Born March 6, 1994 in Fort Worth ... Daughter of Keith and Carol Hoover ... Resides in Azle, Texas ... Exercise science and nutrition major.