Career:
- Appeared in 104 games with 51 starts in her four-year career
- Hit seven home runs in her career, six of which came during her freshman year when she burst onto the scene as a Pac-12 all-freshman honoree
2019: Saw action in 20 games, including 10 starts – nine at first base, one at designated player … Posted a career high .429 on-base percentage, helped out by 11 walks … Had the second best walk (11) to strikeout (8) ratio on the team … Drove in runs vs. Long Beach State (2/22) and UTEP (4/3).
2018: Appeared in 24 games, including 10 starts … Started three games at first and seven games at designated player … Hit .242 with a home run and nine RI on the season … Drew seven walks, helping her to a .375 on-base percentage … Hit a home run vs. Bryant (2/18) … Had one game with multipole hits (2 – Louisiana-Monroe, 2/17) and three games with multiple RBI (2 – Bryant, 2/18; 2 – St. John’s, 2/23; 2 – Grand Canyon, 5/6) … Tied her career long with a three-game hitting streak (2/17-2/23).
2017: Saw action in 16 games, including three starts … Hit .263 in 19 at-bats … Went 2-for-2 with an RBI vs. LIU Brooklyn (2/25) … Started one game at designated player and two at first base, including the season opener vs. Fordham (2/9) … Doubled and scored a run vs. Drake (2/18) … Drew five walks on the season, helping her to a .417 on-base percentage.
2016: A Pac-12 all-freshman performer … Started 28 games at first base and appeared in 16 more … Week 10 Pac-12 Freshman of the Week after hitting .500 with a homer and three RBI in Arizona’s sweep of Stanford … Hit a two-out, two-run home run in the top of the seventh to break a scoreless tie and lead Arizona to a victory over Arizona State in game 1 of the series (3/18) … Clouted six home runs, tied for fourth most on the team … Posted a .442 slugging percentage, fourth best on the team … Hit .195 in 77 at-bats … Drove in 16 runs and scored 13 … Slugged .442 and got on-base at a .308 clip … Drew 12 walks on the season … Notched two multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games … Five of her six home runs came in Pac-12 play … Knoxville Regional: Did not record a hit in one at-bat … Auburn Super Regional: Appeared in two games and was perfect in two defensive opportunities.
High School: A four-year letterwinner at Petaluma H.S. in Petaluma, Calif. under head coach Kurt Jastrow … Two-time all-state performer, including first-team as a senior … Named conference MVP as well as Region MVP and Region Athlete of the Year … All-region selection as well as team MVP and captain as a junior and senior … Three-time all-conference selectee … Hit .529 as a senior with six homers and 46 RBI while slugging .931 … Helped lead team to four consecutive league championships … Also played volleyball and basketball, the latter of which she was the team MVP, captain and named first-team all-league all four years.
Personal: Born Joelle Frances Krist in May of 1997 to Jim and Geri Krist in Santa Rosa, Calif … Cousin of former Wildcat Sam Banister (2006-09) as well as Chadd Krist, currently in the Miami Marlins farm system … Has three sisters (Jamie Dotson, Jessi Krist and Jaden Krist) … Undecided in field of academic pursuit … In her free time enjoys hanging out with friends and family … Chose Arizona over Loyola Marymount, Pacific and St. Mary’s because of “the softball program and the best university. I didn’t want to go anywhere else.”
Career Honors:
2016
Pac-12 All-Freshman
Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (4/11-17)
