Shanan Hester Season 2023

2023: Appeared in four games for the Hokies with one at bat… Scored a run against Gardner-Webb (3/8).
Prior to Virginia Tech: Four-year member of the Roanoke College softball team ... Played in 125 games over the course of her undergraduate career, tallying 137 hits, including 39 doubles ... Hit over .300 every year at Roanoke College ... Named NFCA All-Region and VaSID All-State, as well as earning a spot on the ODAC All-Tournament team after a great senior season ... Hit .427 with a .645 slugging percentage in 2022 ... Hit a career-high 16 doubles as a senior with 26 RBI ... Led the ODAC with the highest batting average for the 2022 season and posted a .724 conference slugging percentage ... Finished career at Roanoke College with a .927 fielding percentage ... Also saw time in the circle, throwing 128.1 innings with a 3.22 ERA in her 41 appearances.
 
Personal: Daughter of Paul and Shaile Hester ... Has one sibling, Morgan Hester ... Graduated Roanoke College with a B.S. in Environmental Studies, minor in Sociology and concentration in Anthropology ... Studying for a Masters of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech.