CAREER AWARDS/ACCOLADES
- All-Big 12 Conference Freshman Team (2025)
FRESHMAN (2025)
- Named to Softball America's Preseason Freshman Watch List.
- Selected to the Big 12 Conference's post-season All-Conference Freshman Team.
- Appeared in 58 of UCF's 60 total games, including 54 starts as UCF's primary catcher, hitting .277/.343/.493 (41-for-148) with 17 runs scored, six doubles, one triple, eight home runs, 73 total bases, nine walks, 37 RBI and one stolen base.
- Led the team throughout the spring with 37 RBI.
- Earned her first career hit in UCF's season-opener against CSU Bakersfield, a two-run single in the Knights' 10-0 run-rule win Feb. 6.
- Recorded her first career three-hit game against Clemson Feb. 15, leading the Knights to a 6-4 eight-inning win in Clearwater Feb. 15 by going 3-for-3 with one double, four total bases, three RBI and two runs scored.
- Went 1-for-3 with her first career triple in UCF's 3-0 win over Quinnipiac, a contest in which Kaitlyn Felton also threw her first career no-hitter.
- Hit her first career home run in UCF's 3-0 road shutout win over then-No. 22 Florida Atlantic Feb. 26; the long ball also represented the game-winning run in the winning effort.
- In UCF's 7-0 win over Providence March 1, went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI.
- Helped lead the Knights to their series-opening 9-3 win against then-No. 4 Arizona March 7 with her second career home run, a second-inning solo shot; the long ball also represented her second home run against a ranked opponent.
- Enjoyed her most prolific offensive game as a Knight in UCF's 11-0 run-rule win over Arizona State March 15, going 3-for-4 with two home runs, including her first career grand slam, and seven RBI; her seven RBI marked the second-most by a player in a single game in program history; clinched the run-rule in six innings with her grand slam in the bottom of the sixth inning.
- In UCF's 4-0 home win over then-No. 3 Florida March 26, went 2-for-3 with a double.
- Hit safely in each of UCF's three games over Baylor, highlighted by a 3-for-4 showing in the series finale March 30 that featured a pair of RBI singles in UCF's 7-2 win.
- Playing in her home state for the first time, went 3-for-4 against St. Thomas in the Okana Invitational hosted by then-No. 2 Oklahoma, recording her second career two-homer game and a career-high-tying nine total bases.
- Hit her seventh homer of the year in UCF's 4-3 win at BYU April 11, helping UCF clinch the series win.
- Hit safely in each of UCF's three games at Kansas May 2-4, slashing .444/.455/1.000 (4-for-9) with two doubles, one home run, five RBI and nine total bases in the series; went 2-for-3 in the series opener with her eighth homer of the year; doubled in both of the final two games of the weekend, including a go-ahead eighth-inning RBI double in game two and a fourth-inning RBI double in the series finale; also came through with an RBI sacrifice fly in UCF's seventh-inning rally in game three.
- Hit safely in both of UCF's two Big 12 Conference Championship matchups against Utah and then-No. 10 Arizona; her double against Utah marked her third straight game with a double, and she came through with a second-inning RBI single against the Wildcats in the quarterfinal round.
- Went 2-for-3 against then-No. 25 Michigan in the Knights' NCAA Austin Regional opener May 16.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Damon represents the highest-ranked recruit in UCF’s 2025 class at No. 24 in the nation according to Extra Inning Softball, and was also tabbed a four-star catcher by Softball America/On3, one of two four-stars in UCF's 2024-25 freshman class (Izzy Mertes).
- Throughout her first 137 career high school games, Damon boasts a .526 batting average with 181 hits, including 54 doubles, 80 walks and 164 RBI.
- Has garnered two All-Conference Offensive Player of the Year selections, three All-District Player of the Year selections, one All-Region selection and one All-State Selection.
- With Edmond Memorial, she and her team won a state championship in 2022 as well, and finished as a quarterfinalist in 2021 and semifinalist in 2020 and 2023.
“I chose UCF because of the exemplary culture of the program,” Damon said. “The coaching staff is incredible, and UCF felt like home from the moment I stepped on campus.”
ABOUT BETH
Major: Health Sciences ... Favorite pro team: Boston Red Sox ... Pregame ritual: Listening to music ... Favorite off day activity: Going to Disney World ... Favorite movie: Good Will Hunting ... Favorite music artist: Tyler Childers ... Go-to karaoke song: Into the Unknown ... Favorite sport outside softball: Basketball ... Dream vacation destination: Europe ... Go-to road trip snack: Pop corners ... Fun facts: I have nine siblings and I collect vinyl records.