Addison Zimpleman

Position:
Infield
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Caston
Hometown:
Fulton, Ind.

PRIOR TO BALL STATE: Played the 2025 season at Purdue Fort Wayne

Purdue Fort Wayne (2025 - Freshman): Named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team ... started all 47 games at shortstop ... finished the year with a .215 batting average, collecting 29 hits with five doubles, one triple and seven home runs ... credited with 22 RBI and 12 runs scored ... recorded her first three collegiate hits in a 7-5 victory at Coastal Carolina (Feb. 7), going 3-for-4 in the game ... her first collegiate RBI came the next game on a sixth-inning RBI single versus Creighton (Feb. 8) ... later in the day, she blasted her first collegiate home run at Coastal Carolina (Feb. 8), a second-inning solo shot to open the scoring in the game ... had another home run in the 5-2 win versus DePaul (Feb. 14), a sixth-inning solo shot to drive in what proved to be the game-winning run ... also had an RBI groundout earlier in the game for her first career two-RBI outing ... went 1-for-3 with a homer against IU Indy (March 14) and against Cleveland State (April 16) ... her fifth-inning two-run blast at Cleveland State tied the score, helping the Mastodons claim a 4-3 victory ... went 2-for-3 at Robert Morris (April 18) with a two-run home run in the third and a solo shot in the sixth for her first career three RBI game ... smashed a two-run home run in the fifth inning of the 9-8 come-from-behind win versus Northern Kentucky (April 25) ... went 2-for-3 against Northern Kentucky (May 7) in the opening game of the Horizon League Championship, with an RBI double in the first to open the scoring and a RBI single in the fifth to cap the scoring in the 3-1 win ... registered 76 putouts and 70 assists on the year ... had a hand in one of the team’s eight double plays.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in softball for coach Jon Burks at Caston High School ... helped guide the Comets to an 81-19 record over her career and to the 2023 IHSAA Class 1A State Championship Game ... earned First Team All-State honors as a junior and senior ... a team captain all four seasons ... earned First Team All-Conference in each of her final three seasons ... also named All-Loganland and All-RTC all four seasons ... selected as a MaxPreps Athlete of the Week in 2022 ... finished her high school career with a .555 batting average, including 45 doubles nine triples and 37 home runs ... also drove in 117 RBIs ... also earned four letters in volleyball and four letters in basketball for Caston ... named the basketball team's Defensive MVP three times and earned First Team All-Conference as a junior and senior ... earned the Grit and Sportsmanship awards for her volleyball team.

WHY BALL STATE: Ball State felt like home when I first stood on campus. I loved the environment, the coaches, and the people here.