Candain Callahan

Photo by: Rick Yeatts Photography

Position:
IF
Height:
5-6
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Canyon HS
Hometown:
Canyon, TX
Pronounced:
R/R

• 2022 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2021 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 2020 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll

2021 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 49 games for North Texas and made 48 starts … Hit .214 with 22 hits, four doubles and one home run … Drove in 12 runs while scoring 15 … Slugged .282 with a .283 OBP … Drew nine walks and was 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts … Made 37 putouts with 55 assists at a .836 clip from shortstop … Hit her first career home run against UIW on Feb. 27 … Drove in two runs against both Lamar and Arkansas PB … Scored her first career run in her first career game on Feb. 13 against Nicholls State.

2020 (Freshman)
Started all 24 of North Texas' games at shortstop ... Hit .242 at the plate with 15 hits, two doubles, a triple and a home run while driving in nine runs ... Ranked second on the team with 35 assists and third with 31 putouts ... Posted a .355 slugging percentage with a .338 on-base percentage ... Hit her first career home run in a 3-for-4 performance at UTSA on 3/8 ... Had her first multi-hit game with a 3-for-3 performance at UTSA on 3/6 ... Recorded the final outs in the program's first win over No. 5 Oklahoma on 2/29 and win at No. 8 Louisiana on 2/8 ... Registered a season-high two RBI on three occasions ... Recorded her first career hit and pair of RBI against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on 2/8 ... Made her collegiate debut and first career start in the season's opening win over 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 District 3-4A First Team All State...2019 District 3-4A Panhandle Softball Player of the Year...Top 5 in the nation in career home runs, and home runs in a single season all of high school softball...hit record breaking home run #72 for Canyon HS to break single-season team home run national record...played for Texas Glory coached by Junior Torres.

Personal: Daughter of Montess and Reid Callahan ... younger sister Chloe will join the North Texas Women's Basketball team in 2021.