Bri Despines

Photo by: Rachel Klotz | Louisville Athletics

Photo by: Lillian Camp | Louisville Athletics

Photo by: Lillian Camp | Louisville Athletics

Photo by: Taris Smith | Louisville Athletics

PRONUNCIATION

AWARDS/ACCOLADES AT LOUISVILLE (2025, 2026):

As a senior (2026):

Started all 58 games, making 54 starts at catcher and four as the designated player
Batted .402 with 66 hits, 70 RBIs (4th ACC), a .552 on-base percentage (3rd ACC) and a .756 slugging percentage
Ranked among the ACC leaders in on-base percentage (3rd), RBIs (4th) and runners caught stealing (T-1st, 12)
Finished the season with 19 multi-hit games, 17 multi-RBI games and 20 multi-run games
Recorded six games with four or more RBIs, including her first career five-RBI performance against WKU (3/18)
Hit her first career grand slam in the series finale against Pitt (4/19) before adding another grand slam three games later in the series opener against Syracuse (4/24)
Went 21-for-23 on stolen base attempts and tied a career high with two stolen bases against Boston (2/13)
Closed the season on a team-best 33-game reached-base streak, reaching base in 57 of 58 games
Earned D1Softball National Player of the Week honors on March 24
Finished second in program single-season history in on-base percentage (.552), runs scored (64), RBIs (70) and walks (46), while ranking ninth in stolen bases (21)
Ended her two-year Louisville career ranked second in program history in slugging percentage (.657) and on-base percentage (.494), seventh in batting average (.362) and seventh in stolen base percentage (.912)

As a junior (2025):

Slashed .318/.421/.547 with 7 home runs and 37 RBIs
Caught 41 games and started 10 as designated hitter
Second on team with 11 multi-RBI games and a 9-game hitting streak
Had four games with 3 RBIs, included three in a row (3/16, 3/18, 3/21)
Went 10-for-11 on stolen bases
Threw out 4 runners and committed just 5 errors (.979 fielding %)
Went 4-for-5 with 3 RBIs, a double, a triple, and two stolen bases against NKU (3/18)
Tallied 3 RBI and a home run in each game against Virginia Tech (3/16) and North Carolina (3/21)

AWARDS/ACCOLADES AT KENT STATE (2023, 2024):

As a sophomore (2024):

As a freshman (2023):

One of two Golden Flashes to appear in all 49 games
Team-high nine doubles
Hit .309 and had 24 RBIs
Totaled 31 runs scored and 43 hits
Recorded 12 multiple-hit games, including a career-high three hits at Akron (March 24) and Bowling Green (March 29)

High School/Travel:

2022 Extra Innings Second Team All-American
2022 Illinois Player of the Year Finalist
First Team All-State in 2021 and 2022
First Team All-Conference in 2019, 2021 and 2022 (no 2020 season)
Top 8% of graduating class
Had a .576 batting average in 36 games played in 2022
Set numerous single-season school records in 2022, including hits (68), runs scored (57), innings caught (236), putouts (334) and pickoffs (5)
Played volleyball in high school as well

Personal: