Honors
· Third-Team All-Southland Conference (C, 2009)
As a junior (2011)
Sat out the season after transferring from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Prior to UTSA
Played two seasons at fellow Southland Conference member Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ... hit .258 with 10 doubles, one triple, seven home runs and 38 RBIs over two seasons with the Islanders ... named third-team all-conference catcher in 2009 after hitting .287, driving in 31 runs and slugging a team-high six home runs ... fielded .980 with 176 putouts at either first base or catcher ... was a four-year letterwinner at Deer Park High School in Deer Park, Texas ... named all-district her senior season ... also lettered and started all four years for the basketball team and was named all-district twice ... member of the National Honor Society and named to Who’s Who Among High School Students.
Personal
Born June 11, 1990, in Nederland, Texas ... daughter of Alan and Nancy Byars ... has one sister, Kayla ... marketing major.