University of Arizona Athletics

2018: Third-team NFCA all-west region performer, her third straight all-region selection … Started all 59 games for Arizona, 25 in right field, 21 in center field and eight in left field … Hit .252 on the season …. Finished fourth on the team in both doubles (7) and home runs (8) … Ranked fourth on the team with 32 RBI and scored 27 of her own, fifth most runs scored on the team … Got on-base at a .370 clip and slugged .470 on the year, fourth highest slugging percentage on the team … Collected 71 total bases, fifth most on the team … Led the team in walks (29) and sacrifice flies (3) … Prior to the season, Craighton was named to the USA Softball Player of the Year Top 50 Watch List, she was No. 23 on the ESPNW Preseason Top 25 Players and was a first-team preseason All-American from three different publications (Hero Sports, College Sports Madness and JWOS).
 
Prior to Arizona: Spent three seasons at Louisiana Lafayette prior to transferring to Arizona … Earned first-team NFCA All-America honors as a junior and second-team honors as a sophomore … Hit .345 with 18 home runs in 2017 to earn the first-team All-America recognition … Named Sun Belt Conference Female Student Athlete of the Year in 2017 … A two-time all-conference and all-region player … Named to the Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament team twice, including the Most Outstanding Player in 2016 … Hit .365 in her Louisiana Lafayette career with 48 career home runs, 154 RBI and a .794 slugging percentage.
 
Personal: Born on May 15, 1995 in Baton Rouge … daughter of Alonzo and Loretta Craighton … has three siblings, older sister Shantel, younger sister Alaijah and younger brother Alonzo … is a biology/pre-med major.
 
Career Honors:
2018 (Arizona)
NFCA All-West Region (Third Team)
USA Softball Player of the Year Top 50 "Watch List"
ESPNW Preseason Top 25 Players (#23)
Hero Sports Preseason All-American (First Team)
College Sports Madness Preseason All-American (First Team)
JWOS Preseason All-American (First Team)
2017 (Louisiana Lafayette)
NFCA All-American (First Team)
Sun Belt Conference Female Student Athlete of the Year
NFCA All-Central Region (First Team)
All-Sun Belt (First Team)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List
Sun Belt Conference Tournament All-Tournament Team
All-Louisiana (First Team)
USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List (50 Players)
Preseason Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year (2017)
2016 (Louisiana Lafayette)
NFCA All-American (Second Team)
All-Sun Belt (First Team)
NFCA All-Central Region (First Team)
Sun Belt Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
All Louisiana (First Team)
2015 (Louisiana Lafayette)
All-Louisiana Honorable Mention
2014 (Louisiana Lafayette)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List