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Tarah Hilton

Position:
UT
Height:
5-9
Class:
Junior
High School:
Northwest HS
Hometown:
Haslet, TX
Prev School:
East Central University
Pronounced:
R/R

• 2020 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll

2021 (Senior)
Appeared in 35 games for North Texas and made 33 starts … Hit .278 with 27 hits, seven doubles a home run and eight runs driven in while scoring 17 runs … Slugged at a .381 mark while reaching base at a .391 clip … Made 89 putouts between catcher and the outfield for a .989 fielding percentage … Hit her lone home run of the season and drove in three in the win at Tarleton State on 4/21 … Had a pair of hits in three of the games during the road sweep of UTEP … Had a double in the win over UT Arlington on 4/14 … Had three hits and drove in a pair of runs during the road sweep of Arkansas-Pine Bluff … Had a hit against UAB on 4/2 … Had a hit in three consecutive games from 3/6-3/11 … Had a pair of hits in the win over Texas A&M – Corpus Christi on 3/4 … Had a pair of hits with a double in the win over Stephen F. Austin on 2/27 … Had a pair of hits against Texas on 2/21 … Had a pair of hits and drove in a run in the win over Lamar on 2/20 … Picked up her first hit of the season in the win over Southeastern Louisiana on 2/13.

2020 (Junior)
Appeared in and started 23 games for North Texas ... Hit .318 with 21 hits, two doubles, a triple and four home runs ... Drove in 13 runs while slugging at a .561 mark and posting a .420 on-base percentage ... Stole two bases on two attempts ... Made 36 putouts and caught one would-be base stealer while posting a .952 fielding percentage ... Recorded at least one hit in 10 of the season's final 11 games ... Had a seven-game hit streak from 2/22-3/1, posting nine hits during the stretch ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run, an RBI and two runs scored at Incarnate Word on 3/9 ... Went 2-for-2 with an RBI against Abilene Christian on 3/1 ... Went 1-for-2 with a pair of RBI and a run scored against UT-Arlington on 2/25 ... Went 1-for-2 with a pair of walks and a runs scored against Texas Southern on 2/21 ... Went a perfect 3-for-3 with a pair of home runs, a double, four RBI and three runs scored against Abilene Christian on 2/15 ... Recorded her first Division I hit with a home run against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on 2/8 ... Made her North Texas debut against Prairie View A&M on 2/7 ... On March 13, the remainder of the 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Prior to North Texas
2019 (Sophomore – East Central)
Appeared in 40 games and made 38 starts for the Tigers … Hit .407 with 50 hits, 12 doubles and seven home runs … Drove in 47 runs while slugging at a .675 mark and posting a .500 on-base percentage … Stole one base in her lone attempt … Made 74 putouts while throwing out four would-be base stealers while posting a .967 fielding percentage … Posted a hit in each of the final six games of the season … Had a nine-game hitting streak from 2/11-2/25, posting 17 hits during the stretch …. Had a pair of hits and drove in a run against Southwestern Oklahoma on 4/27 … Had three hits with a pair of doubles and drove in three runs against Southwestern Oklahoma on 4/26 … Drove in a pair of runs in the win over Oklahoma Baptist on 4/18 … Doubled and drove in a pair of runs on a pair of hits in the win over Northwestern Oklahoma on 4/15 … Hit three home runs, all in one game, double and a drove in 10 runs in a five-hit performance in the doubleheader sweep over Northwestern Oklahoma on 4/14 … Homered against Ouachita Baptist on 4/5 … Drove in three runs in with two hits in a series sweep over Henderson State from 3/30-31 … Homered in both games of the doubleheader at Southern Nazarene on 2/25, her first career home run came in game one … Had four hits, a double and an RBI in the win over Newman on 2/13 … Drove in a pair of runs with a double in two hits in the season-opening win at Oklahoma Christian on 2/5.

2018 (Freshman – East Central)
Appeared in 35 games and made 26 starts for the Tigers during her first collegiate season … Hit .276 with 27 hits and five doubles … Drove in 25 runs while slugging at a .327 mark and posting a .297 on-base percentage … Stole two bases and two attempts … Made 74 putouts while throwing out nine would-be base stealers while posting a .989 fielding percentage … Posted a hit in each of the final three games of the season … Had a six-game hitting streak from 2/15-3/2, posting 10 hits and driving in four runs during the stretch … Had a double in the season finale against Henderson State on 5/4 … Drove in a run in the win over Arkansas-Monticello on 4/29 … Drove in a pair of runs against Southeastern Oklahoma on 4/17 … Drove in six runs on three hits in the series sweep of Oklahoma Baptist from 4/13-4/14 … Had a pair of hits and drove in three runs in a doubleheader at Harding on 4/8 … Drove in three runs on five hits in a series sweep of Southwestern Oklahoma from 3/2-3/3 … Notched her first career RBI in the win against Southern Arkansas on 2/25 … Recorded her first career multi-hit game at Oklahoma Christian on 2/15 … Picked up her first career hit against Central Missouri on 2/3 … Made her collegiate debut and first career start in the win against Cameron on 2/2.

High School
A four-year letterwinner and three-year starter at Northwest High School … First Team All-District honoree as a senior … First Team All-District, First Team All-Wise County, Second Team All-State, Texas Girls Coaches Association All-Star and Northwest Team MVP as a junior … Broke the Northwest High School single-season RBI record as a junior with 45 RBIs … Was a member of the PALs program at Northwest … Played in high school with current North Texas teammate Tuesday DerMargosian … Played Travel Ball for Texas Fusion and head coach Mark Rhine.

Personal: Daughter of Ronnie and Sandra Hilton