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2026 Catamount Softball Roster

Greg Hartlage - WCU Athletics
Greg Hartlage - WCU Athletics
Greg Hartlage - WCU Athletics
Greg Hartlage - WCU Athletics
Greg Hartlage - WCU Athletics
Greg Hartlage - WCU Athletics
Greg Hartlage - WCU Athletics
Greg Hartlage - WCU Athletics
Greg Hartlage - WCU Athletics
Greg Hartlage - WCU Athletics

00 Amanda Fulton

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-6
  • Hometown Woodstock, Ga.
  • High School River Ridge HS
  • Class Sophomore
  • B/T R/R

Biography

Innings Pitched 11.2 at Wofford (5/1/2026)
Strikeouts 13 vs N.C. A&T (3/2/2025)
Batters Faced 46 at Wofford (5/1/2026)
# of Pitches 168 vs UNCG (3/28/2026)






2026 (Sophomore): FIRST-TEAM All-SoCon Honoree... SoCon Pitcher of the Week (March 16)... Saw action in a team-best 37 games in the circle with 23 starts to lead the WCU pitching staff... led the team with 16 victories during the program's most wins since 2016 and the second-most in school history, which placed her in second place in the SoCon with her 16 wins... finished third in the league with 164 strikeouts to pair with a league-best 17 complete games over 180.1 innings to pace the Southern Conference... her innings pitched ranked 26th in the NCAA... Fulton tied for seventh in the single-season program record book for strikeouts, tied for second in wins, tied for sixth in complete games and ninth in strikeouts per seven innings... placed third in the league with 33 strikeouts looking... ranked 23rd in NCAA with a league-best four saves.... in March, she went 6-1 with a team-best 2.81 ERA over 13 appearances with seven starts and five complete games... early on in 2026, she tossed an 8.0 inning complete game, one of 14 outings she went 7+ innings and limited Big East Champion UConn to one run with five strikeouts in a 2-1 win on February 15th... over two outings against Big South tournament Champion USC Upstate, Fulton pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, earning a win and a save in doubleheader sweep of the Spartans on March 24th...  pitched a career-high 168 pitches in 9.0 inning start against SoCon tournament champion UNCG on March 28th... had 28 appearances with two earned runs allowed or fewer including 13 outings with no earned runs allowed... had 19 games with five or more strikeouts including a season-high nine punchouts against UNCG (March 28) and ETSU (April 3)... pitched a career-high 11.2 innings in matchup in SoCon play against Wofford on May 1st, the longest outing by a Catamount arm in program history... Fulton's first-team honors marked the squad's most all-conference honorees in program history with nine representatives, the most since 2021... also part of the most first-team selections since 2021... sits in a four-way tie for fifth in school history with 26 victories... ranks fifth in program history with 3.35 ERA... tied for second with five saves... ninth in strikeouts in her two seasons with 264 strikeouts... CSC All-District Team Selection…


2025 (Freshman): Appeared in 25 games in the circle with 17 of those coming as starts in her debut season for the Catamounts… Tallied a team-high 10 victories, which ranked in a tie for seventh in the SoCon… totaled 100 strikeouts as she was one of five players in league to tally 100+ strikeouts… paired with senior Tessa Juett’s 129 strikeouts, she was apart of the first pitching duo in Catamount history to eclipse 100 strikeouts in a season since 2016 (Taylor Sigmon – 202 & Courtney Buchanan – 126)… finished tied for fifth in the conference with 6.0 strikeouts per seven innings… tied the team lead with 11 complete games which tied for fourth in the SoCon with teammate Tessa Juett… finished fourth in the league with 33 strikeouts looking… tossed a two-hit shutout with a season-high 13 strikeouts in Catamount Classic finale against N.C. A&T on March 2nd… had 10 games with 5+ strikeouts… recorded six appearances without allowing a run… recorded first collegiate save on April 5 in a 3-2 win for series victory over Chattanooga… picked up first collegiate hit and RBI in walk-off fashion with RBI single through the right side on April 26 against Furman to win a nine-inning decision from the Paladins… added a pair of shutouts coming against N.C. A&T and Rhode Island as part of the Catamount Classic… totaled a 7-1 record over her first 10 outings with her lone blemish coming against Big 10 Foe Michigan State… 2024-25 SoCon Academic Honor Roll...

HIGH SCHOOL: Fulton heads to WCU after a successful four-year prep career at River Ridge High School. During her four years she finished with 56-23 Record totaling 677 strikeouts and a 1.50 ERA over 539+ innings of work. She earned first team all-region honors during her sophomore and junior years while also garnering all-county honors in those same two seasons at River Ridge. Following an 18-6 record in her sophomore campaign, Fulton was named Region 7-6A Pitcher of the Year and Cherokee County Pitcher of the Year. Fulton closed out her prep career with a the same honors as sophomore and junior years while also receiving first team all-state honors. During her time at River Ridge, she was apart of four teams that totaled 20+ wins per season including a region title during her senior season. River Ridge advanced to the final four during her junior campaign and finished in third place during her senior year, also garnered a state runner up during sophomore season. She broke numerous records at River Ridge setting the single-game program record for strikeouts (21), single-season program strikeout record (264) during her senior season and the program’s career strikeout mark (677). Fulton spent part of her high school career as teammate to current catamount and reigning Co-SoCon Freshman of the Year Lily Bell.

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